--- title: The 2022 Venture of the Year description: Nominated and voted on by their peers, the VentureFuel Venture to Watch is the Hall of Fame for Startups. image: https://info.venturefuel.net/hubfs/2022%20Venture%20of%20the%20Year.png --- [![2022 Venture of the Year - Curio](https://info.venturefuel.net/hubfs/2022%20Venture%20of%20the%20Year%20-%20Curio.png "2022 Venture of the Year - Curio")](https://www.curiodigitaltx.com/) ## Curio A Digital Therapeutics company with tailor-made Cognitive Behavioral Therapy programs for Women across the cycle of life. #### Represented by: ## Shailja Dixit, CEO Shailja is an accomplished healthcare & pharmaceutical physician executive with more than 15 years of healthcare industry experience with Big Pharma (Sanofi and Pfizer), Big-5 Consulting (Accenture), Payer (Aetna), and Provider Groups. [ Listen to Shailja Dixit's Interview here ](https://blog.venturefuel.net/pov/healthcare-innovation-featuring-the-founders-of-kit-curio-vital-bio) ## Meet the rest of this year's finalists:   Nominated and voted on by their peers, the VentureFuel Venture to Watch is the Hall of Fame for Startups. These organizations are rethinking traditional business models to reshape society. From healthcare to FinTech, these are the innovators intent on blazing new paths, discovering inventive solutions and powering the future. [![Blooming Health](https://info.venturefuel.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Blooming%20Health.png?width=500&height=500&name=Blooming%20Health.png "Blooming Health")](https://gobloominghealth.com/) ## Blooming Health Next-generation engagement and aggregator platform to connect older adults with the right aging care providers. [![LI-In-Bug](https://info.venturefuel.net/hs-fs/hubfs/LI-In-Bug.png?width=50&height=43&name=LI-In-Bug.png "LI-In-Bug")](https://www.linkedin.com/company/blooming-health-co/) [ Listen to the episode ](https://blog.venturefuel.net/pov/healthy-aging-in-place-aarp-foundation-and-blooming-health) [![Honeycomb Credit](https://info.venturefuel.net/hubfs/Honeycomb%20Credit-1.png "Honeycomb Credit")](https://www.honeycombcredit.com/) ## Honeycomb Credit Connects growing small businesses with local investors to build vibrant, financially empowered Main Streets. [![LI-In-Bug](https://info.venturefuel.net/hs-fs/hubfs/LI-In-Bug.png?width=50&height=43&name=LI-In-Bug.png "LI-In-Bug")](https://www.linkedin.com/company/honeycomb-credit/) [ Listen to the episode ](https://blog.venturefuel.net/pov/financial-impact-challenge-comcast-solo-funds-honeycomb-credit) [![Pinktada-1](https://info.venturefuel.net/hubfs/Pinktada-1.png "Pinktada-1")](https://www.pinktada.com/) ## Pinktada The future of hotel booking is here. Revolutionizing hotel booking by bringing the power of tokenization to the travel market. [![LI-In-Bug](https://info.venturefuel.net/hs-fs/hubfs/LI-In-Bug.png?width=50&height=43&name=LI-In-Bug.png "LI-In-Bug")](https://www.linkedin.com/company/pinktada/) [ Listen to the episode ](https://blog.venturefuel.net/pov/hospitality-innovation-with-pinktadas-ilana-grossman-stay-opens-steve-shpilsky) [![Proto](https://info.venturefuel.net/hubfs/Proto.png "Proto")](https://protohologram.com/) ## Proto Proto is the world’s first and only holographic communications platform with its own hardware, software and app ecosystem.  [![LI-In-Bug](https://info.venturefuel.net/hs-fs/hubfs/LI-In-Bug.png?width=50&height=43&name=LI-In-Bug.png "LI-In-Bug")](https://www.linkedin.com/company/portl-inc/) [ Listen to the episode ](https://blog.venturefuel.net/pov/portl-david-nussbaum) [![SoLo Funds](https://info.venturefuel.net/hubfs/SoLo%20Funds.png "SoLo Funds")](https://solofunds.com/) ## SoLo Funds A financial service provider enabling a marketplace where members can request and fund emergency needs. [![LI-In-Bug](https://info.venturefuel.net/hs-fs/hubfs/LI-In-Bug.png?width=50&height=43&name=LI-In-Bug.png "LI-In-Bug")](https://www.linkedin.com/company/solo-funds/) [ Listen to the episode ](https://blog.venturefuel.net/pov/financial-impact-challenge-comcast-solo-funds-honeycomb-credit) ## 2022 Visionary of the Year Learn more about the change-agents embracing new opportunities to drive outsized results. From CEOs to Venture Capitalists, these are the folks intent on blazing new paths, discovering inventive solutions and powering the future. [ learn more ](https://info.venturefuel.net/2022-visionary-of-the-year) ## The VentureFuel Visionaries  Visionaries are defined as having extraordinary foresight and imagination. Those who can see what isn't there. They can imagine the unimaginable and they have the grit to make it happen. Business Visionaries are the change-agents embracing new opportunities to drive outsized results. 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