Best Of: OxiWear Founder is Saving Lives

Venture Forward

English - November 04, 2021 19:00 - 25 minutes - 17.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 27 ratings
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We’re revisiting an interview with Shavini Fernando, Founder of the life-saving device, OxiWear. She invented OxiWear as a tool for herself, after she was diagnosed with a life-threatening heart and lung ailment. Exposure for her product idea grew exponentially after she won Georgetown’s Bark Tank Pitch Competition in 2018. With the help of a team of medical specialists at Johns Hopkins University Hospital, and other savvy advisors, Shavini and OxiWear were off and running.

Originally from Sri Lanka, Shavini is a graduate of Georgetown, and winner of several awards including DC Fem Tech and Citi Ventures.