G51 STUDIO
I build companies, products, and technologies that make it easier and more fun for people to get and stay healthy.
Cofounder of Edwin Health and Vagus Labs. Partner at Prehype. Building the future of health through behavior design and technology.
Current & recent projects
Arabella Labs
Edwin Health
I’m a co-founder at Edwin Health that enables digital health companies to build and deliver AI-driven behavior change programs at scale in their own patient-facing app without exchanging protected health information (PHI).
Vagus Labs
I’m a co-founder of Vagus Labs, a health company that has a set of patented algorithms that use subtle vibration, light, and electrical pulse stimulation for use in wearables, hearables, and other devices to enhance physical and mental health.
Foresite Labs
I led an effort at Foresite Labs to formalize the process of building a new venture studio. Together, we identified new business opportunities in health care using data science.
Ophelia
At Arabella Labs, we built the health tech stack for the member and clinician experience at Ophelia, a digital health company providing medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder.
Origin
At Arabella Labs, we built the Origin platform, a digital health company providing providing physical therapy for women and mothers.
Northwell Health
I advise and consult with Northwell Health on developing new digital products and coaching services for alcohol moderation and substance use disorder.
past projects
Chompers Club
Co-founder of a groundbreaking new way to fight dental disease in pets by harnessing a natural enzyme that is activated by chewing. Chompers Club is now Bark Bright, part of BarkBox.
Ro
At Arabella Labs, we built the complete MVP for Roman, a digital health company for men’s health.
Sense Health
As a product advisor and investor, I helped build a modern SMS-based communication platform to help health care providers more easily communicate with their patients outside the office. Acquired and now part of Personify Health (formerly Virgin Pulse).
venture studios @ prehype
Citi, RBS, Unilever, Pfizer, Danone, Leo Pharma, Mondelez, AmFam, Novozymes, Dow Jones, News Corp, Arla, BAE Systems
Led and facilitated building new digital businesses for some of the world’s finest corporations through our Prehype venture building framework. 55 concepts built since 2011. $1.5B value created across concepts. 40+ corporate partners.
Indigo
At Prehype, I co-founded a new venture to help people in retirement find the right tools and resources to help them discover what’s next.
Nutrimom
At Prehype along with Danone, I co-founded a new venture to help connect moms with experts that guide them through pregnancy and the first two years of life.
Steven Dean
Steven is the cofounder of Vagus Labs and Edwin Health, where he leads product and brings new health technologies to market. He’s also a partner at Prehype, the venture studio known for building startups alongside Fortune 500 companies.
Across his ventures, Steven focuses on how behavior design, technology, and science can be combined to help people get and stay healthy. He has built products and programs for some of the most innovative names in health and wellness, from virtual care platforms to patented neuromodulation technologies.
Earlier in his career, Steven helped pioneer the fields of service design, quantified self, and health innovation, and has taught at Rhode Island School of Design, Parsons, NYU ITP, and the School of Visual Arts. He continues to advise and collaborate with researchers, startups, and established organizations that want to rethink how health is designed and delivered.
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