Empowering cancer patients to find the right support at the right time
Your Story Matters. Apovo listens, learns, and guides you toward better survivorship care.
Feel heard and supported with a conversational AI that provides support and information from trusted sources.
Discover financial grants, free patient navigation services, local communities, and much more --all centralized in one place.
Resources customized to your personal care journey.
Nicole founded Apovo while she was an infusion room volunteer at the Breast Cancer Resource Center, where she cared for patients undergoing chemotherapy. She has led the company to win numerous pitch competitions and with the goal of creating a more supportive journey where patients can focus on healing instead of being overwhelmed by other stressors. In her free time she likes to go outdoors, be with family and friends, and play just dance.
Katie is a designer, font collector, and pica enthusiast. Her work focuses on creating impactful and user-centered experiences that prioritize audience needs. At Apovo, she hopes to help simplify the cancer journey—making people feel seen, heard, and supported by thoughtfully incorporating patient stories into every design decision. In her free time, you can find Katie being a total nerd—reading books, watching movies, and listening to Broadway cast albums on repeat.
Raina's commitment to patient-centered design is rooted in her upbringing, as both of her parents work with cancer patients. She witnessed early on the profound challenges cancer patients endure beyond their medical care, so with Apovo, she saw the opportunity to make a meaningful impact. As a UX designer, she strives to create an experience that is not only intuitive and supportive, but also feels like a warm, reliable companion—one that helps patients feel seen, supported, and less alone in their journey.
Vishal's drive to help cancer patients is deeply personal. After witnessing his grandmother face breast cancer alone in India, he was determined to create the support system she never had. As a developer for Apovo, he applies his passion for AI and Machine Learning to provide patients with an instant, caring resource. Aspiring to one day become a doctor, Vishal's work is the first step in his lifelong commitment to ensuring every patient feels seen, heard, and supported throughout their journey.
Jonathan started as a developer of cool digital trinkets, but became inspired by Nicole's vision for turning digital connectivity into a platform for social medicine. Driven by the challenge of addressing deep loneliness and disconnection among patients, he has since focused on leveraging cloud infrastructure, machine learning, and transparent customization to bridge the gap between available resources and what patients actually experience.
Gordon realized that there was a feeling of hopelessness and isolation among cancer patients after watching his mother battle cancer. He wanted to fight this problem by bringing doctors closer to their patients and patients closer to resources. He envisions a future where medical staff are no longer overburned by clerical work and can spend more time with patients, thereby improving health outcomes.
Sustainability Education and Enterprise Development
Kendra Scott End of Year Celebration Pitch Competition
Sell Your Impact, Social Entrepreneurship Learning Lab
We understand that your journey is overwhelming. Many non-profit organizations, social enterprises, and foundations were founded to help YOU. But patients are given a long list of resources to look through that's nearly impossible to filter based on relevancy.
Apovo is the only tool that is customized to your personal care journey. Resources are recommended based on your timeline. What you need when you are first diagnosed may be very different from what you need after surgery, after radiation, or after completing treatment.
Most of our resources come from non-profits whose mission is to support your cancer journey. You can find free services such as cleaning, childcare, transportation, and legal assistance. You can find help from programs that can connect you to a fellow survivor who has been through your shoes or informational articles/webinars from medical providers on managing emotional side effects. We help you become aware of financial grant opportunities you may qualify for and local resources in your state.
These programs are not run by Apovo. We help connect you to existing resources that can make your care journey less stressful, so that you can focus on your health.
Apovo does not provide any type of medical recommendations. However, we provide patients with general information on cancer, treatments, and side effects sourced from verified organizations found below. Please ask your medical team for any questions you may have for your specific diagnosis and treatment plan.
Full list of medical information we source from:
American Cancer Society (ACS)
National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)
We found that survivors find it helpful to recommend products such as mastectomy pillows, wigs, and skin care. We are currently experimenting with providing recommendations to products that may be helpful post-surgery, from the recommendations of breast cancer survivors themselves. At this time, there are no paid partnerships and no paid advertising on our app.
If you are a breast cancer patient who would like to trial and give feedback about our app, please join the waitlist above.
If you are a healthcare professional, nonprofit organization, or administrator, we would love to connect with you. Please email nicolewu@utexas.edu.