Summary: "Inrobics busca capital. La compañía española ha abierto una ronda de financiación de 275.000 euros para impulsar el crecimiento de su tecnología. La ronda se tramita a través de la...
A New, Radically Collaborative Way to Fight Type 1 Diabetes
Summary: "StartUp Health and a consortium of diabetes leaders launch the first dedicated moonshot to prevent, manage, and cure Type 1 diabetes, rallying once-siloed entrepreneurs, investors,...
Alimetry gets FDA clearance for wearable gut disorder test
Summary: "Auckland-based health technology startup Alimetry has received clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration for its wearable device for diagnosing gastric disorders." "Gastric...
Here’s how PeerCapsule is building a collaboration platform to jumpstart medical research
Summary: "When Abdullah Norain was a resident surgeon at Mayo Clinic and frequently traveled to conferences, he was struck by the lack of an ability to continue the stimulating conversations he had...
Study: Many digital health startups lack clinical trials, regulatory filings
Summary: "Many venture-backed digital health startups aren't clinically robust, as measured by the number of regulatory filings and clinical trials, according to a study published in JMIR. " "The...
How a tech startup is using AI to find better treatments for autism
Summary: "Shao, who is the mother of four children with autism spectrum disorder, is a health industry veteran. She has held executive leadership roles at insurer UnitedHealth, healthcare services...
Met with AWS funding, Oben Health seeks to treat hypertension in at-risk groups without medication or surgery
Summary: "Oben Health, a San Francisco-based company developing a digital treatment platform to fight heart disease without medication or surgery. The platform is designed to treat Black and Brown...
StartUPDATES: New developments from healthcare startups
Summary: "Equiva, an innovator in patient engagement and health relationship management solutions, commends the health systems participating in an initiative recently launched by the American...
Meta Pharmaceuticals lands $15M to make autoimmune drugs with AI, new immuno-metabolism tech
Summary: "Biotech startup Meta Pharmaceuticals sets itself an ambitious goal as it secures its initial investment. The Shenzhen-based company, which sets out to develop treatments for autoimmune...
For mental health startups, happiness is in niches
Summary: "The more the pandemic seemed to subside, the less venture capital investors seemed willing to commit to companies and sectors that had initially benefited from strong tailwinds when most...
Healthtech start-ups inspire with HIV project breakthrough
Summary: "It is estimated that 25 million – or 67% – of all people living with HIV, live in sub-Saharan Africa. Approximately 8.1 million of these people are virally unsuppressed." "Through...
Startup with bold goal to establish digital biomarkers for neurological disease diagnosis wins $25M
Summary: "Artificial intelligence is being leveraged to solve a variety of healthcare challenges, but its greatest promise remains its potential to detect and diagnose diseases better than humans...
Indian derma startup Clinikally developing AI-driven skin, hair treatment plan
Summary: "Founded in 2021, the startup is connecting patients and dermatologists through its web-based platform and delivers prescription products directly to consumers." "Its system works by users...
Disney for mental health! Berlin-based startup rethinks children’s entertainment and brings in €3 million
Summary: "Alarmingly, one in three children has suffered mental health problems since the outbreak of the pandemic. The global digital health market is predicted to be worth around $640 billion by...
Q&A: Why startups should work with the healthcare industry to improve maternal care
Summary: "Compared with other wealthy countries, the U.S. lags when it comes to maternal health outcomes. Maternal mortality rates have generally worsened since 1987, reaching 23.8 deaths per...
Meet the start-up: Sensing smarter care
Summary: "Anthropos is a technology platform, aiming to change the face of care in the UK. The platform connects to discreet, smart sensors around the home – which provide data we turn into usable...
Caregiver support startup Homethrive raises $20M
Summary: "Caregiver support platform Homethrive scored $20 million in a Series B funding round led by Human Capital." "Other participants in the fundraise include Allianz and existing...
Male fertility startup Legacy raises $25M to expand offerings
Summary: "Male fertility startup Legacy scored $25 million in a Series B funding round led by Bain Capital Ventures." "Other investors participating in the raise include FirstMark Capital, Section...
«Startup like no other»: China’s Hengrui launches Luzsana with Big Pharma veternas at the top and a goal to improve drug access
Summary: "After 50 years establishing itself as one of the largest pharma companies in China, Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals is launching Luzsana Biotechnology targeted at the global market....
Roundup: Free mental health app offered to UK NHS users, Dutch startup begins study on therapy for chronic disorders, and more briefs
Summary: "Free mental health app available to 1 million South Yorkshire NHS users" "An emotional wellness app is being offered to over 16s in the UK's South Yorkshire for free, to help manage low...
Sidekick Health grabs $55M for digital-first care programs
Summary: "Digital therapeutics plus pills? Iceland’s Sidekick Health has developed a gamified digital care platform that’s designed to support healthcare outcomes by applying personalized behavioral...
Irisbond se apoya en Apple para acelerar en Estados Unidos
Summary: "Irisbond gana cuota de mercado. La compañía española, dedicada al diseño de tecnologías de control de los movimientos de la mirada a través del seguimiento ocular, ha recibido la...
Mental Health Startup Uses Voice ‘Biomarkers’ To Detect Depression And Anxiety
Summary: "Kintsugi’s AI software analyzes the human voice to detect depression and anxiety, offering clinicians “a more well-rounded, 360-view of the patient” that sometimes gets lost in virtual...
Digital health firm Hello Heart raises $70m
Summary: "Hello Heart’s digital platform is based on a blood pressure monitor and smartphone app. It deploys artificial intelligence to help users track their blood pressure, pulse rate, weight and...
The 20 Healthtech Leaders in Latam in 2022
Summary: "The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated startup ecosystem growth across Latin America (LatAm), according to a January report from The Economist." "While international investors’ eyes have...
AcceXible busca más de dos millones de euros para acelerar su expansión
Summary: "AcceXible busca capital. La start up española especializada en detección y seguimiento de enfermedades a través del análisis del habla opta a más de dos millones de euros provenientes de...
What Medtech Startups Need to Know About Healthcare
Summary: "Healthcare is arguably one of the largest and most complex sectors in America. It’s big business too." "According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), in 2020 alone,...
Japanese startup Ubie brings AI symptom checker to the US
Summary: "Japanese medtech startup Ubie has launched its AI symptom checker in the United States". "The web-based Ubie AI Symptom Checker generates relevant questions about a user's symptoms from...
Health startup myNurse to shut down after data breach exposed health records
Summary: "MyNurse, a healthcare startup that provides chronic care management and remote patient monitoring services, said it will shut down at the end of the month after reporting a data breach...
Ruth Health scores $2.4M for pregnancy, postpartum support
Summary: "Ruth offers virtual pelvic floor physical therapy, C-section recovery and lactation consulting. The startup said its pelvic floor therapy and lactation support can be accessed during...
Brave Health and the Doula Network partner for maternal mental healthcare
Summary: "Virtual behavioral health company Brave Health is partnering with the Doula Network, a service that pairs pregnant Medicaid patients with doulas, to offer maternal mental healthcare. As...
Transcarent Launches Oncology Care for Collaborative Cancer Care Experience
Summary: "Transcarent, a new, different, and better health and care experience company for employees of self-insured employers and their families launches Transcarent Oncology Care, a collaborative...
Corporate venture capital-backed funding for digital health startups increased sharply in 2021 – MedCity News
Summary: "According to a CB Insight's report, GV (formerly Google Ventures) funded the most digital health companies with 22 investments, making it most active investor in that sector for four years...
Telstra Health launches residential aged care app
Summary: "Digital health company Telstra Health has unveiled its latest mobile app for residential aged care. According to a press statement, the CareKeeper app enables staff to view, capture, and...
Medicina de precisión contra el cáncer: crean con IA los tratamientos más adecuados para cada paciente
Summary: "KeyZell desarrolla fármacos oncológicos novedosos y halla la combinación de tratamientos más eficiente según cada genética e historial clínico." "La investigación en la cura del cáncer se...
MeeToo mental health app shows positive results in study
Summary: "A study into the MeeToo mental health app has provided evidence that digital peer support helps young people to feel better, less alone and to find new ways to help themselves. Published...
Robotics startup NexStem announces launch of BCI headset, software
Summary: "Its BCI solutions can be used by mental health professionals to directly access patients' EEG data." "NexStem, a robotics startup based in Palo Alto, California with a R&D team in...
How corporate VCs, accelerators and incubators can prepare startups to work in healthcare
Summary: "During a session at HIMSS22, panelists discussed how provider-based venture capital firms, accelerators and incubators can help digital health startups understand and collaborate with the...
The 10 Mental Health Tech Unicorns with the Highest Valuations in 2021
Summary: "The mental health tech space raised $5 billion and created nine new mental health unicorns in 2021, according to new data from CB Insights. The number of unicorns — companies...
A startup provides medical data for testing AI health solutions
Summary: "When a pharmaceutical company needs to test a new drug, it employs a Contract Research Organisation (CRO). These are companies that specialise in designing clinical trials. But in today’s...
La industria digital del sueño quiere desterrar a los medicamentos: así quiere dormirnos Bodymatter
Summary: "Durante el día tomamos decisiones que más tarde tienen un gran impacto a la hora de dormir, o, al menos, así lo aseguran desde la startup Bodymatter (Newport Beach, California). La...
Menopause start-up extends NHS partnership and expands digital clinic
Summary: "A menopause health start-up has extended its partnership with the NHS in order to help expand its digital clinic for women’s health." "Bia Care was the first of its kind to partner with...
Digital mental-health medication provider Minded scores $25M
Summary: "The company is focused on providing patients mental health medications without having to go to an in-person healthcare visit. Patients first use the company's online assessment to fill out...
Abi Health aterriza en China y Japón para extender su servicio de telesalud
Summary: "La empresa española acaba de abrir una ronda de 7,5 millones de euros, asesorada por la firma de finanzas Clairfield, que debe servir para financiar su expansión a 35 países y llegar a...
Sincrolab cierra una ronda de un millón de euros liderada por Laboratorios Rubió
"La start up española, especializada en el diseño, desarrollo y distribución de terapias digitales para pacientes con trastornos del neurocognitivos en población infantil y tercera edad, ha...
Neurovascular Company Perfuze Raises €22.5m ($25m) Series A for New Stroke Treatment
Summary: "GALWAY, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Perfuze, a medical device company developing next-generation catheter-based aspiration technology to treat large vessel occlusion acute ischemic stroke,...
España, en la vanguardia de la digitalización del sector óptico: de optometrista a gestor de datos con esta tecnología
Summary: "Acudir al óptico de confianza cuando los síntomas de un problema visual ya son evidentes es la pauta más normalizada entre la población española que, en los últimos dos años, ha aumentado...
Dawako abre ronda de 1,2 millones para dar impulso a su tecnología de imagen biomédica
Summary: "Dawako Medtech, en busca de capital para crecer. La compañía española, especializada en tecnología de imagen médica de ultrasonidos, ha abierto una ronda de financiación de 1,2 millones de...
These startups aim to help cancer patients beyond the oncology ward
Summary: "Jasper Health is part of a wave of startups that hope to expand the notion of what cancer care is. The platform offers care management and a library of resources on everything from how to...
Adntro se apoya en Lanzadera para impulsar la comercialización de su ‘kit’ de detección genética
Summary: "La compañía especializada en la detección genética a través de muestras de saliva ha abierto una ronda de financiación con el objetivo de comercializar a gran escala su prueba de detección...
La inversión en ‘start ups’ de salud en Cataluña alcanza 238 millones de euros
Summary: "El biotech catalán, imparable. La inversión en start ups de salud de la región sigue al alza y ha vuelto a superar la barrera de los 200 millones por segundo año...
Innitius abre una ronda puente de un millón de euros para acelerar sus ensayos clínicos
Summary: "Innitius abre ronda puente para completar la fase de desarrollo de Fine Birth, su dispositivo enfocado a diagnosticar potenciales partos prematuros. De momento, la compañía española busca...
What Bubble? Digital Health Funding Year In Review 2021
Summary: "Coming off of almost two years of a global pandemic that has changed how consumers and clinicians seek and provide health care services, it’s not surprising to see continued growth in the...
GrayMatters Health Raises $10M for Biomarker-Based PTSD Therapeutics
Summary: "MH develops digital self-neuromodulation therapeutics for mental disorders to help patients regain agency over their emotion regulation." "About 250 million people worldwide live with...
Femtech Startup Diana Health Launches with $11M to Redesign Maternity and Women’s Health Programs
Summary: "The maternal mortality rate in the U.S. is two times higher than any other developed country and five times higher than best-in-class programs. In addition,60,000 women annually experience...
Charco raises $10m for wearable device that could ease Parkinson’s symptoms; announces European Parkinson’s Disease Association partnership
Summary: "Cambridge, UK –Charco Neurotech, a medical technology company that develops solutions for people with Parkinson’s, has today announced its $10m seed investment round, co-led by technology...
El capital riesgo acelera: Seaya Ventures cierra su tercer fondo de 165 millones para invertir en startups europeas
Summary: "El fondo, sobresuscrito, logra su 'hard cap' por encima de su objetivo inicial de 125 millones y se convierte en uno de los más grandes del sur de Europa." "Seaya Ventures, fondo de...
Brainomix secures £16M to expand AI-based platform for biomarker imaging
Summary: "Brainomix recently took the decision to refocus on pharma partnerships and accelerate global market expansion. The funding will specifically be used to extrapolate new medical...
BitBrain entra en salud con Francia y Alemania en el punto de mira
Summary: "La start up aragonesa apuesta por el sector sanitario aupada por EIT Health, que le ofrece soporte en asuntos regulatorios y en análisis de mercados. La compañía está especializada en el...
Diabetes and mental health app reaches final of global innovation challenge
Summary: "A Cornwall-based mobile app has won a place in the final of a global innovationchallenge to find transformative diabetes solutions." Article written by Med-Tech Innovation...
Nine digital health pioneers to join Bayer’s G4A program
Summary: "A total of nine companies have been accepted into Bayer’s Digital HealthPartnership Program, as annouced on the EU Startups website recently. In 2021, the...
HotSpot gets hotter with $100M raise to push toward clinic
Summary: "HotSpot Therapeutics, the allostery-focused biotech that works on what it calls “natural hotspots” — hence the name — is getting a bit hotter in its valuation from investors. And to that...
4 recently launched digital health incubators
Summary: "Here are four incubators that have been launched in the past five months to accelerate the growth of digital health startups." Article written by Katie Adams 18|11|2021 Source:Becker's...
Mental health provider Ieso lands $53M for digital therapeutics backed by real-world data
Summary: "U.K.-based mental health firm Ieso raised $53 million in a series B round for its development of digital therapeutic systems, the startup announced Tuesday." Article written by Rebecca...
Patient communication platform Luma Health raises $130M
Summary: "Patient communication and scheduling company Luma Health has raised $130 million in a Series C funding round led by FTV Capital. Luma said the new funding round brings its total raise to...
UK-based mental health provider ieso raises $53M armed with an ‘unprecedented’ data set
Summary: "U.K.-based digital therapy company ieso announced a $53 million Series B round on Tuesday. The round is the funding the company needs to move in a brand new direction: creating more...
SWORD Health Raises $163M Series D to Expand MSK Solutions, Reaches $2B Valuation
Summary: "SWORD Health, a virtual and digital physical therapy provider, has announced its Series D round with $163M, bringing its value to $2 billion. This round brings the total primary and...
In competitive market for MSK, Sword valued at $2B
Summary: "Facing an increasingly competitive market for musculoskeletal care, Sword Health recently struck a $2 billion valuation after closing an oversubscribed series D round. The company...
London becomes top hub for healthtech, investments increase to $1B
Summary: "As per the latest data from London & Partners and Dealroom, the UK and US are driving forward the rapid growth of the global healthtech sector. It shows that the $51.3 billion funds...
AppliedVR raises $36M, pursues FDA clearance of first digital therapeutic
Summary: "AppliedVR closed another round of funding as it pursues clearance from the Food and Drug Administration for its first digital therapeutic. The company, which aims to use VR for pain...
Femtech startup illumigyn secures $33M to provide women with accessible and affordable medical care
Summary: "The Israel-based startup announced the closing of its $33 million funding from investors, including Yozma Group Korea and Ubicom Holdings Japan. The company did not provide the other...
Clinical call automation startup Infinitus Systems lands $30M
Summary: "Healthcare call automation company Infinitus Systems announced a $30 million Series B funding round. GV led the round with participation from Kleiner Perkins, Coatue Management and others....
Healthcare startup Africa Health Holdings lands $18 million Series A funding to roll-out tech-enabled services
Summary: "Africa Health Holdings, a healthcare startup running several hospitals, has secured $18 million in a Series A round, funds that will go toward building its “tech-forward healthcare system”...
Saudi’s HealTec raises $1.2M in inaugural funding round
Summary: "A Saudi-based healthcare startup has successfully raised $1.2 million in its first round of funding, it has been confirmed. Co-founded last year, HealTec – described as a “dedicated B2B...
Neurotech startup Beacon Biosignals scores $27M to bring AI to EEG analysis
Summary: "Electroencephalography is a decades-old technique for capturing brain activity, data that are used to evaluate brain disorders. Beacon Biosignals is applying artificial intelligence to...
Rad AI Nabs $25M to Automate Radiology Impressions, Save Time, Reduce Burnout, Improve Patient Care
Summary: "Rad AI Omni automatically generates a customized impression from the findings and clinical indication dictated by the radiologist, using the most advanced neural networks. It learns each...
RwHealth raises £6.1m in Series A funding to fight NHS backlog
Summary: "RwHealth has raised around £6.1million ($8.4million) in funding and is aiming to use the money to help tackle the NHS backlog caused by the Covid pandemic. As a supplier of artificial...
Hinge Health rakes in $600M investment from Coatue, Tiger Global, boosting valuation to $6.2B
Summary: "Fast-growing digital health company Hinge Health clinched $400 million in a financing round amid soaring demand for virtual physical therapy services." Article written by Heather Landi...
PUBLIC and Amazon Web Services launch UK healthcare accelerator
Summary: "PUBLIC, a government technology company, will be bringing its extensive experience in managing accelerator programme, to the first UK-based cohort of the Amazon Web Services (AWS)...
Korean startup introduces AI sleep disorder diagnostic tool
Summary: "HoneyNaps, a South Korea-based healthcare startup, has unveiled its medical software that uses artificial intelligence to diagnose sleep disorders." Article written by Adam Ang. Photo by...
Forth secures £1.6m funding to support hormone mapping product
Summary: "Leading the team at Forth is CEO and co-founder Sarah Bolt, who said: “Today, more and more people are realising that understanding and measuring your body’s biochemistry is key for a long...
Acute mental healthcare provider Valera Health scores $15M
Summary: "Valera Health announced a $15 million funding round last week for its telehealthplatform focused on patients with acute mental health conditions. The latest infusion of cash was led by...
This startup is making at-home fertility treatment affordable
Summary: "One British startup wants to change that. Béa Fertility, co-founded by David O’Rourke and Tess Cosad, are launching what they call the first at-home...
These are Europe’s top startups tackling menopause
Summary: "Since “femtech” was coined in 2016 the industry has been steadily expanding and is expected to be a $50bn market by 2025. While many startups have built products and services around...
Q3 2021 digital health funding: To $20B and beyond!
Summary: "Digital health funding continues to break records during 2021’s blockbuster year, with the three highest-funded quarters ever. After the impressive sprint of Q2’s $8.2B (a quarter that...
Simulation for Digital Health
Summary: "Co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund, Simulation for Digital Health (SimDH) is a free programme supporting health tech start-ups and SMEs to innovate, develop and deliver...
Healthtech firm wins £500k funding boost for medication adherence tech
Summary: "A Lancashire healthtech firm has won a £500,000 funding boost to develop its technology that helps patients better manage their medicines in their own homes." Article written by Med-Tech....
Click Therapeutics raises $52M, looks to advance digital therapeutics
Summary: "Less than a year after its last financing, Click Therapeutics raised $52 million to develop its portfolio of software-based treatments. The New York-based startuprecently raised a series B...
Docty offers patient centric services through complete set of geo located digital solutions
Summary: "In an exclusive conversation with the Financial Express Online, Ramya Subramanian shares how Docty addresses societal health disparity by making healthcare solutions accessible to one and...
Private Investment and Digital Health: Continuing Reimbursement Is Key to Health Equity
Summary: "Ten years ago, investment in digital health was approximately $1.1 billion annually. By March of this year, the market was seeing the same investment made weekly." Article written...
DTx company Click Therapeutic scores $52M in Series B funding
Summary: "This morning prescription digital therapeutic company Click Therapeutic announced a $52 million Series B funding round. H.I.G. BioHealth Partners and Accelmed Partners ll led the round,...
Limbix releases clinical trial data on a self-guided mental health app for teens
Summary: "In October, Limbix, a company creating digital therapeutics for adolescents, released data from a trial on its new product: SparkRx. SparkRx is a self-guided therapy program for teens run...
Navina secures $15 million Series A for AI primary care platform
Summary: "The Israeli startup uses medically-informed artificial intelligence to replace disorganized patient data with a logical grid to assist primary care physicians in making complex decisions."...
Online platform Top Doctors scores $13 million in Series B round
Summary: "Health tech firm Top Doctors has secured $13 million (€11.2 million) in Series B funding for its online platform, which enables patients to find and contact private healthcare...
Virtual eating disorder company Equip launches in new states
Summary: "Navina is not only data-centric, patient data-centric, it is first and foremost, physician-centric. Addressing the specific “pain points” and business needs of the intended customers is...
UK startup Stress Point Health presents research on digitalised neurofeedback
Summary: "A study by Imperial College London found the therapy was more effective in treating stress, anxiety and PTSD than popular meditation apps." Article written by Tammy Lovell. Photo by...
Maven Clinic nabs $110M funding round and a boost from Oprah to reach unicorn status
Summary: "Maven Clinic, a female-founded company focused on women's and family health, has reached unicorn status, a first for the sector." Article written by Heather Landi 17|08|2021 Source:Fierce...
Lark Health nabs $100M to pour into AI health coaching platform – MedCity News
Summary: "Lark Health, a provider of chronic disease prevention and management programs, raised $100 million in a Series D funding round. The round was led by Deerfield Management Company, and it...
Start-up secures £700k funding for dementia-friendly app
Summary: "Isle of Man-based healthtech start-up, Memory Lane Games, has secured £700,000 to improve quality of life for carers and people living with dementia." Article written by Med-Tech...
Canadian pediatric virtual healthcare platform KixCare raises $2M in seed funding
Summary: "KixCare, a Canadian pediatric virtual healthcare platform, announced that it has raised $2 million in seed funding. Esplanade Ventures, Canada’s leading digitalhealth venture capital firm,...
GI-focused startup Oshi lands $23M and other digital health fundings
Summary: "Digital gastrointestinal care startup Oshi Health announced Tuesday it had raised $23 million in Series A funding." Article written by Emily Olsen. Photo by filadendron/ Getty Images....
Digital autism care startup Elemy scores unicorn status with $219 million Series B
Summary: "Elemy, an autism-focused digital health company out of San Francisco, scored a whopping $219 million in Series B funding last week, bringing its total raise to $1.15 billion." Article...
NowRx turns to equity crowdfunding to raise $73M for expansion, tech investment
Summary: "The online pharmacy aims to raise $73 million series C funding through SeedInvest, an equity crowdfunding platform." Article written by Heather Landi. Photo by NowRx. 11|10|2021...
Noruega y la innovación en salud: de cápsulas para pacientes infecciosos a sensores contra las migrañas
Summary: "En Forskningsparken (en noruego, parque de investigación), situado estratégicamente entre la Universidad de Oslo y un hospital local, se levanta el Science Park de la ciudad. Un edificio...
Tech-driven clinical trial startup TrialSpark lands $156M in Series C
Summary: "TrialSpark, a health tech platform that lets providers become clinical trial sites, scored a whopping $156 million as part of a Series C funding round to start developing its own molecular...
Women’s digital health rakes in $1.3B in 2021 buoyed by investor interest in more integrated care
Summary: "Digital health startups focused on women's health care pulled in $1.3 billion in funding across 26 deals so far in 2021—nearly doubling all of 2020's funding with four months still left to...
TailorMed Raises Funding To $25M To Expand Reach Across Healthcare
Summary: "Israeli financial navigation firm TailorMed announced last week that has extended its round of funding, increasing the overall investment to $25 million." Article written by NoCamels...
NHSX backs 14 digital health projects after funding round
Summary: "NHSX, the government agency tasked with digitally transforming NHS England, has granted funding to 14 projects in its first digital health award competition." Article written by Phil...
Asabys invierte más de un millón de euros para el lanzamiento de Nuage Therapeutics
Summary: "Asabys Partners pone el broche de oro a su primer fondo de salud impulsando el nacimiento de una nueva spin off." Article written by A.Escobar. 28|09|2021...
The Healthcare Revolution At Home
Summary: "In November, the federal government announced it would start reimbursing home- hospital services for 60 different conditions at the same rates as in-hospital services. Like many trends in...
AWS Healthcare Accelerator announces 10 finalists
Summary: "AWS Healthcare Accelerator announced the 10 finalists and participants for its inaugural year of operation. These ten companies were selected from 427 applications from 31 countries around...
Xealth Secures $24M to Scale Digital Prescription Platform
Summary: "Xealth, a Seattle-based provider enabling digital health at scale, today announced that the company has secured $24 million in Series B funding led by Advocate Aurora...
How Does Venture Or Startup Contribute To Healthcare? – ICT&health
Summary: "Speijer was a judge at “Get In The Ring 2021” – an annual event where startups and ventures from around the world get the opportunity to pitch their technological innovation while...
AI Startup Navina Leverages The Amazon Cloud To Improve Patient Care
Summary: "Navina is not only data-centric, patient data-centric, it is first and foremost, physician-centric. Addressing the specific “pain points” and business needs of the intended customers is...
Accenture HealthTech Innovation Challenge Names Eight Finalists
Summary: "Attracting more than 2,600 startup applicants in the past five years, the Accenture HealthTech Innovation Challenge supports finding innovative approaches and solutions to help create...
Medial EarlySign signs deal with Roche to develop AI-enabled cancer detection tool
Summary: "With an eye on the oncology space, Israeli startup Medial EarlySign has inked a deal with pharma giant Roche Diagnostics International to commercialize an artificial intelligence tool that...
Medtech Incubators and Accelerators: Where Are the Hubs for Medical Device Innovation?
Summary: "We’ve taken our 2017 list (26 Medtech Incubators and Accelerators You Need to Know) and expanded it. Check out the more than 50 organizations supporting young medical device, diagnostics,...
Cardiomatics bags $3.2M for its ECG-reading AI – TechCrunch
Summary: "Poland-based health tech AI startup Cardiomatics has announced a $3.2 million seed raise to expand use of its electrocardiogram (ECG) reading automation technology." Article written...
Israel’s DiA gets $14M to expand AI-driven ultrasound analysis
Summary: "Israel-based AI healthtech company, DiA Imaging Analysis, which is using deep learning and machine learning to automate analysis of ultrasound scans, has closed a $14 million Series B...
Top 25 HealthTech startups
Summary: "These amazing businesses all make the grade for our list of Top 25 Healthtechstartups..." Article written by Sareena Bhatoa. 01|08|2021...
Eli Lilly joins $30M Series A financing for startup bringing AI analysis to endoscopy
Summary: "Endoscopy enables gastroenterologists to examine the digestive tract, scouting for pre-cancerous polyps. Startup Iterative Scopes is developing technology that employs artificial...
Beacon Biosignals Secures $27M to Scale EEG Neurobiomarker Discovery Platform
Summary: "Beacon Biosignals, a neurotechnology company applying artificial intelligence to EEG (electroencephalography) to unlock precision medicine for any condition affecting the brain, has...
RealView receives FDA clearance for its ‘HOLOSCOPE-i’ system for medical holograms | Auganix.org
Summary: "RealView Imaging Ltd., an Israeli start-up working in the field of interactive live holography, has today announced that it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its HOLOSCOPE-i...
Employee mental health platform Oliva raises $2.2M pre-seed round led by Moonfire Ventures – TechCrunch
Summary "Oliva’s on-demand, professional-led mental healthcare for employees and managers has now attracted investment to the tune of a $2.2 million pre-seed investment round, led by Moonfire...
Deep Genomics raises $180M for AI-enabled RNA therapeutic discovery
Summary: "Canadian startup Deep Genomics scored $180 million in Series C funding for its artificial intelligence technology designed to help program and prioritize transformational RNA therapeutics...
WHO Data Scientist, Ayodele O, builds relevant infrastructure for TeleHealth in Africa.
Summary: "Ayodele O, a WHO’s approved data scientist has identified a growing gap in the healthcare delivery market and launched Pneumacare-an intelligent telemedicine platform." Article written by...
Is Digital Health an Ultra Endurance Sport?
Summary: "A4i Digital Therapeutic co-founders Amos Adler and Dr. Sean Kidd reflect on how their (mis)adventures in endurance sports are a metaphor for the pain, the gain, and, did we mention the...
Amwell scoops up two digital health companies for $320M as tech M&A heats up
Summary: "Amwell is acquiring two digital health companies for $320 million to expand its services beyond telehealth visits." Article written by Heather Landi. 28|07|2021 Source:FIERCE...
Cayaba Care Launches with $3.2 Million in Financing to Enable a Community-Based Maternity Platform for Underserved Women
Summary: "Cayaba Care, a maternal health company offering community-based clinical services via technology-enabled multidisciplinary care teams, launched today and announced the closing of $3.2...
Merck, Evidation to test if smartphone data can be used to detect early Alzheimer’s
Summary: "Merck is partnering with a digital health startup to see if smartphone data can be used to identify digital endpoints for Alzheimer’s drug development."...
How AI Can Improve CTA Analysis After Stroke and Heart Attack
Summary: "Computed tomography angiography (CTA) has been increasingly used in the diagnosis of vascular disease, and it's a modality that offers many potential clinical benefits. The question is,...
Radiobotics: “We’re on the cusp of a second wave of innovation”
Summary: "Health Tech World hears from Radiobotics, a Danish start up that is developing AI solutions to analyse musculoskeletal x-ray images, a relatively neglected area in the growing field of...
5 Startups That Are Changing the Mental Health Industry
Summary: "Digital mental health is no longer solely restricted to talk therapy or medication management. A host of companies--both startups and more established businesses--now offer psychedelic...
7 Women’s Health Tech Startups to Watch in 2021 and Beyond
Summary: "Women's health tech companies struggled for years to convince investors just how massive the market potential could be. In 2020, they finally broke through: Funding for female-focused...
RxAll grabs $3.15M to scale its drug checking and counterfeiting tech across Africa
Summary: "Research says that counterfeit medication is the cause of 1 million deaths per year. One-tenth of this number comes from Africa. Counterfeiting is hard to detect, investigate, quantify or...
Axuall Raises $10.4M to Expand Workforce Intelligent Network for Healthcare
Summary: "Axuall, a Cleveland, OH-based workforce intelligent network that enables healthcare providers to share their authenticated credentials and qualifications in real-time has raised $10.4M in...
Apple sued by medical device maker over Apple Watch Series 6 pulse oximetry
Summary: "Sometimes it seems like every time we turn around, someone is suing Apple. The latest lawsuit against Apple comes from a medical device manufacturer called Masimo. Masimo is a large...
US Digital Health Companies Attracted 85% of the VC Funding in the First Quarter of 2021
Summary: "The Digital Health sector saw a total of 21 different countries receiving venture capital (VC) funding, according to Mercom’s Q1 2021 Funding and M&A Report. Eighty-five percent of the...
Five AI-led healthtech startups selected for first Edison Accelerator
Summary: "Five healthtech startups have officially become the first cohort of the Edison Accelerator in EMEA - a healthcare startup and scaleup acceleration programme designed by GE Healthcare in...
Musculoskeletal medical startups race to enter personalized health tech market
Summary: "Avi Dorfman says going direct to consumers is the most effective way to treat chronic pain, so he founded Clearing. The digital health startup worked with a medical advisory board of...
Barcelona tiene poder: quinta ciudad europea en inversión en ‘digital health’
Summary: "Barcelona tiene poder. En un año que se presentaba difícil debido a la pandemia, la capital catalana ha escalado hasta la quinta posición en el ranking de las ciudades europeas con rondas...
52 Women-Led Startups Driving The Future Of HealthTech And FemTech
Summary: "Earlier this week an investor asked me why women can’t just get VC funding. “Am I missing something?” he asked. I took a deep breath and dropped the facts about the culture and economy of...
Intuition Robotics thinks companion robots could help doctors follow older patients at home
Summary: "Intuition Robotics today announced that it has expanded its AI-drive companion robot capabilities to provide care for older adults at home. Boston-based Intuition Robotics designed the...
35 Innovators Under 35
Summary: "The 35 Innovators Under 35 is our yearly opportunity to take a look at not just where technology is now, but where it’s going and who’s taking it there. More than 500 people are nominated...
Luz verde de la FDA a la terapia digital para Alzheimer de Cognito Therapeutics
Summary: "La compañía Cognito Therapeutics ha anunciado que su producto líder recibió la designación de dispositivo innovador de la Agencia del Medicamento de Estados Unidos (FDA por sus siglas en...
Amazon launches digital health accelerator with a focus on virtual care, analytics startups
Summary: "Amazon Web Services wants to help incubate early-stage digital health companies that can collaborate with the tech giant's healthcare customers and partners. Amazon's cloud division...
FDA greenlights Nuvo Group’s uterine activity module
Summary: "Remote pregnancy monitoring company Nuvo Group announced today the FDA has granted supplemental 510(k) clearance to add a new uterine activity module to its INVU system. INVU is a...
Professional services firm rolls out digital musculoskeletal care program
Summary: "As more digital health companies look to bundle together point solutions, employee benefits firms are doing the same. One of them, professional services firm Aon, is launching a benefit...
Meet the mobile therapy startup backed by Christian Angermayer’s re:Mind Capital
Summary: "Mental health startup Ksana Health has received $2 million in seed funding led by re:Mind Capital, the mental health VC arm of Christian Angermayer and Apeiron Investment Group. It’s a...
FDA authorizes machine learning software to help diagnose autism
Summary: "The system, developed by digital health startup Cognoa, uses information from questionnaires and videos to help pediatricians diagnose autism. It received marketing authorization from the...
How to Successfully Advance Digital Health Applications
Summary: "The benefits of digital health applications are numerous and include the flexibility to self-monitor your illness from home with a mobile device. One caveat: Digital health applications...
Exclusive: Medallion Raises $20M To License Clinicians
Summary: "Medallion is out to reduce the amount of administrative work health care providers do so they can spend more time with patients. The San Francisco-based startup, which was founded in 2020...
StartUPDATES: New developments for healthcare startups
Summary: "Read about new developments from Stellar Health, Paige, venBio, and more." Article written by MEDCITY NEWS 04|06|2021 Source:MedCity...
Advanced Human Imaging’s smartphone-based derma AI gets CE mark
Summary: "Australian smartphone-based medical imaging company Advanced Human Imaging disclosed last week that it received a CE Mark for the dermatology artificial intelligence component in its...
Bayer’s investment arm leads digital health startup’s $90M round
Summary: "Leaps by Bayer led a $90 million investment round into Ada, a German digital health startup with an AI-based symptom checker. As part of the deal, the two companies are also striking a...
LA EMPRESA EMERGENTE CATALANO-DANESA ABZU CAPTA SEIS MILLONES
Summary: "No es habitual que una empresa se cree simultáneamente en Barcelona y Copenhague. Así decidió hacerlo la startup Abzu. La apuesta por una sede compartida se explica por la dificultad de...
Pharma and Digital Health. What’s Happening?
Summary: "It was not too many moons ago that speaking ‘Digital Health’ and ‘Pharma’ in the same breath would have been oxymoronic to the max." Article written by Gary Monk 26|05|2021 Source:Swipe...
Mayv, Your Holistic Partner for Chronic Pain Management
Summary: "Mayv aims to empower chronic pain patients with knowledge and resources that are holistic in nature. They do not believe that pain management is one-size-fits-all. Every person and the...
Longevity startup Gero AI has a mobile API for quantifying health changes
Summary: "Sensor data from smartphones and wearables can meaningfully predict an individual’s ‘biological age’ and resilience to stress, according to Gero AI. The ‘longevity’ startup — which...
Ada Health closes $90M Series B led by Leaps by Bayer
Summary: "The digital health space continues cooking on gas: Berlin-based Ada Health has closed a $90 million Series B round of funding led by Leaps by Bayer, the impact investment arm of the German...
Swedish digital healthcare company Doktor.se announces €50M funding boost
Summary: "Stockholm-based digital healthcare provider Doktor.se has received a funding boost of €50 million (SEK510 million) to expand its services and deliver its aim to provide safe and accessible...
CVS Health launches $100M digital health investment fund
Summary: "CVS Health has unveiled a $100 million venture capital fund targeting early-stage health technology companies. Called CVS Health Ventures, it will be on the lookout for digital health...
Yes Health Partners With Gympass To Bring Digital Health Prevention Platform to World’s Largest Corporate Fitness and Wellbeing Platform
Summary: "Yes Health, a leading digital health provider focused on weight loss, diabetes prevention and concierge health coaching, has today announced a partnership with Gympass, the world’s largest...
Overture Life cierra una ronda de 15 millones liderada por Octopus Ventures
Summary: "La compañía impulsada por el fundador de Jazztel en España también ha recibido el apoyo financiero de Google Ventures y de antiguos inversores como Khosla Ventures, Felicis Ventures y Marc...
StartUPDATES: New developments from healthcare startups
Summary: "Read about new developments from Emulate, Cellino, Heru and more." Article written by MEDCITY NEWS 19|05|2021...
How a pair of ‘middle school graduates’ developed and sold their respiratory health tech company
Summary: "When Seattle natives Nikolas Ioannou and Sage Khanuja met at an early entrance program for the University of Washington after dropping out of high school after 10th grade, they quickly...
How a smartphone app launched Perioperative Services at Lehigh Valley Health Network into the future
Summary: "Now, in addition to using the app in the operating room, Lehigh Valley uses it in its post-anesthesia care units, intensive care units and catheterization laboratories." Article written...
Digital health startups saw better-than-expected revenue during the pandemic
Summary: "According to a survey conducted by Catalyst @ Health 2.0, a whopping 41% of digital health companies said their revenue was above expectations last year. Despite reporting longer sales...
Osler Technology launches ‘Netflix-styled’ healthcare education app
Summary: "Osler Technology, an Australian developer of online healthcare portfolios and learning applications, has unveiled a new education platform for healthcare professionals." Article written...
Elucid Raises $8M in Series A Round During the ‘Zoom Era’
Summary: "The Boston, MD-based company has developed ElucidVivo, an artificial intelligence software solution to help with the detection of cardiovascular disease." Article written by Omar Ford...
EureKARE raises $60M to create EU synbio and microbiome startups
Summary: "EureKARE has raised a $60 million series A round to fund the creation and advancement of synthetic biology and microbiome startups. The cash will enable eureKARE to build companies around...
Five innovative startups improving the lives of people with diabetes
Summary: "The diabetes epidemic is a growing concern in many parts of the world. In the UK, over 3.9 million people have the chronic illness, which Diabetes UK estimates will increase to 5 million...
Digital can help unclog your elective care back-log
Summary: "New digital solutions that support asynchronous communication between clinicians could transform elective care and aid in tackling the expanding waiting lists" Article written by HSJ...
Digital-Health Startups Are Booming. Their Customers Are Overwhelmed.
Summary: "Digital-health startups have boomed during the pandemic, raising record amounts of capital for a range of services. The message from some of their customers: Enough, already." Article...
4 strategies for building a digital health unicorn
Summary: "It’s an entrepreneur’s market in digital health today, with startups raising record-breaking funding at soaring valuations and debuting on public markets to eager investors." Article...
Do Health Apps Really Make Us Healthier?
Summary: "Findings that mobile and wearable devices and apps do lead patients to change their behaviors in ways that can positively affect their health provide offer not just patients but also care...
British digital health start-up launches free app to help improve inhaler technique and reduce asthma attacks
Summary: "Manchester-based digital health start-up Clin-e-cal has launched a free app to help people with respiratory diseases to monitor and improve their inhaler technique. The Clip-Tone Buddy app...
Indian biotech startup reports early cancer detection breakthrough
Summary: "A team of Indian scientists says it has achieved a stunning breakthrough in early cancer diagnosis with a discovery rooted in a contentious segment of cellular biology that, if validated...
Investment management firm launched for digital health and medtech start-ups
Summary: "Claudio D’Angelo, former co-founder and co-managing partner of Ryse Asset Management, has launched a new venture – an investment management firm designed to help digital healthcare...
Roundup: Caresyntax raises €83M for AI operating tech, InterSystems partners with Cognetivity and more briefs
Summary: "Berlin-based healthtech company Caresyntax has raised €82.8 million ($100 m) in a Series C round. The investment was led by PFM Health Sciences LP, Optum Ventures, Intel Capital and...
StartUPDATES: New developments from healthcare startups
Summary: "Read about news from life science companies Emulate, Astrocyte Pharmaceuticals and Bone Health Technologies." Article written by MEDCITY NEWS 07|05|2021 Source:Med-City...
Germany: A beneficial digital health ecosystem for startups
Summary: "Germany is on the rise in digital health, which is why the market size is expected to reach 57 billion euros by 2025. Factors such as new regulations, the presence of successful...
THIS WEARABLE + EYE TRACKING MEDICAL DEVICE HELPS PATIENTS IN THE ICU COMMUNICATE THEIR NEEDS FOR REAL-TIME MEDICAL TREATMENT!
Summary: "The stress and impact that ICUs can have on the mental health of patients typically result in prolonged hospital stays. Troubling cycles typically ensue as soon as...
NuvoAir app records coughing to help diagnose respiratory conditions
Summary: "Stockholm-based respiratory health startup NuvoAir is rolling out a new app that can record coughs in a home setting in order to help clinicians detect possible conditions like asthma and...
FDA Authorizes Mind-Controlled Exoskeleton for Stroke Rehab
Summary: "Medical device startup Neurolutions' IpsiHand — a brain-computer interface (BCI) that uses an exoskeleton to assist with stroke rehab — has just been authorized by the FDA. "Thousands of...
Q Bio Launches Clinical “Digital Twin” Platform, Whole Body Scanner
Summary: "Q Bio, a Redwood City, CA-based company building technology for the Physical of the Future, unveiled its “digital twin” platform, the first to capture and monitor comprehensive baseline...
Digital-Health Startups Are Booming. Their Customers Are Overwhelmed.
Summary: "Digital-health startups have boomed during the pandemic, raising record amounts of capital for a range of services. The message from some of their customers: Enough, already." Article...
Amwell Integrates Biobeat’s Wearable RPM Devices with Virtual Care Platform
Summary: "Amwell, who has collaborated with Biobeat, and will integrate Biobeat’s AI-powered wearable remote patient monitoring solutions into its Converge virtual care platform." Article written...
IDE Group, Kipuwex team up to develop new telehealth solutions
Summary: "Australian startup studio IDE Group has announced a partnership with Kipuwex, a Finnish health device maker, to develop new telehealth solutions over the next two to three years." Article...
Melio se expande en España y llega a 41 nuevas ciudades
Summary: "La start up especializada en análisis de sangre amplía su cobertura nacional ya que hasta el momento ofrecía su servicio en Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Bilbao, Sevilla, Córdoba y Málaga."...
Biotecnología para crear un modelo de negocio de genética y salud personalizada
Summary: "Combinar las analíticas clínicas de toda la vida con la biogenética. Esta es la propuesta de la biotecnológica española Made of Genes para aterrizar un modelo de negocio disruptivo en el...
UK remains the European leader in health tech research
Summary: "Dealroom, Inkep Capital and MTIP have released a report powered by a database dedicated to mapping and tracking the health innovation ecosystem. The report looks at 76,275 startups, 38,907...
Startup Boundless Bio brings in $105M to break the circle behind cancer growth
Summary: "Boundless Bio’s research has uncovered a previously unknown driver of cancer growth and drug resistance. With $105 million in Series B financing, the biotech is on a path to bring to the...
Cigna covers Ginger’s mental health app as in-network benefit
Summary: "Insurer Cigna plans to cover mental health startup Ginger’s coaching services as a covered benefit. Investors are pouring more funds into mental health startups as they companies and...
Capsule becomes a unicorn with latest funding, Caresyntax scores $100M, direct healthcare payment platform Sesame lands $24M and more digital health fundings
Summary: "Digital pharmacy Capsule has completed another massive funding round, this time worth $300 million, according to Bloomberg. The added investments value the New York-based startup at more...
Outcomes4Me Raises $12M for AI-Powered Cancer Patient Empowerment Platform
Summary: "Outcomes4Me Inc., a Cambridge, MA-based developer of an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered platform to empower cancer patients to navigate their care, today announced it has raised $12...
Men’s fertility startup Legacy raises $10M to expand services
Summary: Legacy is born out of the Harvard Innovation Labs incubator program and focuses on helping men understand their fertility. Clients can send away for a mail-order kit, which is able to...
Alimetry Leaves Stealth Mode to Announce CE Mark on New Wearable Medical Device for Gastric Diseases and Investment
Summary: "Alimetry, a digital healthcare and diagnostic devices start-up, announced today that it has achieved CE Mark for its first product, a pioneering medical device for enabling diagnosis of...
30 Under 30 Asia: The Young Entrepreneurs Innovating In Healthcare
Summary: "To Ryuichi Onose, launching his own business was led by deeply personal reasons. When his grandfather was diagnosed with cancer, Onose struggled to get a second opinion. The former trading...
Female-Founded Telehealth Startup Calibrate Announces $22.5 Million Series A
Summary: "When Calibrate—the female-founded telehealth startup trying to disrupt the $70 billion weight loss industry—came out of stealth mode in June, it was operating in three states, had 10...
New Omada care program cuts down on PCP visits by making its own adjustments to patient meds
Summary: "Omada's new Physician-Guided Care Program is looking to help patients cut down on frequent trips to the doctor with its virtual cardiometabolic clinic, which provides telemedicine...
French Healthcare Company Alan Raises €185M At €1.4 Billion Valuation
Summary: "French healthcare platform Alan, cofounded by Jean-Charles Samuelian-Werve and Charles Gorintin, announced today that it has raised a €185M Series D which puts the company in the unicorn...
La disrupción sanitaria copa el programa de aceleración ‘deeptech’ Barcelona Activa
Summary: "De los 10 proyectos elegidos, seis pertenecen a este sector. Entre ellos, un sistema de transporte de medicamentos por el sistema nervioso o una tecnología que predice recaídas del cáncer...
7 Healthtech Startups Helping To Fight Against COVID-19
Summary: "Needless to say, the ongoing pandemic has exposed the wide gaps underlying the healthcare sector over decades. Higher case loads, low availability of beds, lack of ventilators and rising...
Five innovative startups improving the lives of people with diabetes
Summary: "The diabetes epidemic is a growing concern in many parts of the world. In the UK, over 3.9 million people have the chronic illness, which Diabetes UK estimates will increase to 5 million...
TytoCare & GIVA Care Partner to Bring Telehealth to Ukraine
Summary: "TytoCare has partnered with GIVA Care Group, a leading healthcare distribution company, to bring its all-in-one remote examination solution to the Ukrainian healthcare industry." Article...
New app aims to address disparities in care for Black and brown mothers
Summary: "Irth allows Black and brown patients to search for and create reviews of their OB/GYN, birthing hospitals, postpartum care and pediatricians up to an infant's first year." Article written...
The Future Of Healthcare Is Coming Home: Three Major Trends To Leverage For Startups
Summary: "What goes around, comes around. It was routine in the 1950’s for doctors to make house calls and deliver a high level of service to their patients. Well, here we are in 2021, and we might...
Startup Adapts AI Used In Space To Advance Healthcare On Earth
Summary: Maarten Sierhuis, a NASA alum, had made the comment to Rachna Dhamija, a tech veteran and his future cofounder. Both were dealing with aging parents who had health issues. Sierhuis had...
Béa Fertility raises $1m to bring at-home fertility treatments to the UK | Digital Health Technology News
Summary: "Founded by embryologist David O’Rourke and femtech specialist Tess Cosad, Béa Fertility is focused on democratising access to affordable, effective fertility treatments for couples and...
La inversión en ‘start ups’ de salud en Cataluña alcanza 226 millones de euros en 2020
Summary: "El sector de la salud en Cataluña acelera. En un año, 2020, que se presentaba difícil debido a la pandemia, las start ups de salud consiguieron sumar 226 millones euros de...
New app helps prevent skin cancer using AI and ML
Summary: "Monitor the size of moles and skin lesions with Miiskin, an app that can help your doctor see changes more easily. (...)TechRepublic's Karen Roby spoke with Jon Friis, CEO and founder of...
Healthcare Is Experiencing A Boom In Female Entrepreneurs And Leaders
Summary: "While specific data is hard to find, anecdotal evidence seems to show more women are founding or leading efforts in the healthcare and life sciences industries. And even though women still...
Virtual therapy startups tackle the gap in mental health care for kids and teens
Summary: "When Alex Alvarado and his co-founders started their virtual therapy company Daybreak Health in February 2020, they saw a “massive need” for better mental health options for teens. Then...
Eye wellness app developer Plano partners with myopia education platform
Summary: "The partnership aims to produce new educational content for eye care professionals." "Plano, a Singapore-based eye wellness app developer, has teamed up with US-based myopia education...
AstraZeneca working with Mass General on tech for heart failure, asthma
Summary: "The organizations said the collaboration will use AstraZeneca's AMAZE disease management platform to deliver insights to clinically validate digital health solutions." Article written...
BCN3D’s 3D printing technology creates biomedical models that improve cancer surgeries
Summary: "BCN3D, a leading 3D printer manufacturer based in Barcelona (Spain), today announced that its 3D printing technology is helping surgeons to create biomedical models and apply them in their...
Top 15 Health Tech Startups To Watch
Summary: "Using biometric data, mobile apps, and wearables, these 15 health tech startups are bringing innovation to the health care industry by promoting healthier lives for patients." Article...
This Mental Health Startup Is Open 24/7 To Refill Your Medications
Summary: "Minded, a telehealth startup that renews and delivers mental health medications, announced its launch today for patients in the New York City area with $5 million in venture funding."...
AI startup steps in to unlock the puzzle of infertility with machine learning
Summary: "As it matures, machine learning has been applied to more and bigger challenges. One of the latest is women’s health tech, a space where research has traditionally lagged, and that few...
La inversión en ‘start ups’ de salud en Cataluña alcanza 226 millones de euros en 2020
Summary: "El sector de la salud en Cataluña acelera. En un año, 2020, que se presentaba difícil debido a la pandemia, las start ups de salud consiguieron sumar 226 millones euros de inversión, la...
Desktop Metal launches a health-focused business line
Summary: "Mass manufacturing may be the future of 3D printing (one hopes), but health products are very much its present. From orthodontics to prosthesis, medical needs are right in the sweet spot...
Corify
"CORIFY Care SL (Corify) is a medical start-up focused on cardiac arrhythmias. We are developing a novel technology to improve the treatment of atrial fibrillation, which affects more than 30M...
Startup says A.I. helped it find treatment for rare lung disease in record time
Summary: "Artificial intelligence is making rapid inroads in helping with the discovery of potential medicines. In the latest example, a Hong Kong–based biotechnology company, Insilico...
StartUPDATES: New developments for healthcare startups
Summary: "Read about news from Seven Bridges, Outcomes4Me, Carrum Health and more." Article written by MEDCITY NEWS 08|02|2021 Source:MedCity...
Health HUB Vienna – Transformation of the Healthcare System
Summary: "Health Hub Vienna is a platform for open innovation in healthcare. Pharmaceutical companies, medical device manufacturers, private and public insurance companies, healthcare...
Ashfield turns to Popit for digital patient support tool
Summary: "Ashfield Engage has agreed a deal to incorporate Popit’s digital tools in its patient support programmes, with the aim of improving adherence to treatments." "Finnish startup Popit has...
A Female-Founded Startup Is Using AI to Improve In Vitro Fertilization Success
Summary: "Undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) is no easy process and therefore it is only untaken by those who deeply desire to have a child. However, these individuals often find their dreams...
Eat this, exercise now; new personalized software predicts and helps prevent blood sugar spikes
Summary: "Not everyone has Type 2 diabetes, the disease that causes chronically high blood sugar levels, but many do. Around 9% of Americans are afflicted, and another 30% are at risk of developing...
Analíticas a demanda, un nuevo paso hacia la medicina digital y personalizada
Summary: "Contamos los pasos que damos cada día, nuestras pulsaciones, las calorías que ingerimos, nuestras horas de sueño… Cada vez estamos más pendientes de diferentes parámetros relacionados...
Startup Ozette unveils AI approach to understanding the immune system
Summary: "Ozette applies artificial intelligence to immune monitoring to gain greater insight into a cancer patient's immune system. Beyond informing treatment decisions, the technology can guide...
StartUPDATES: New developments for healthcare startups
Summary: "Carrum Health, an innovative surgery benefit offered to self-insured employers, announced that it is expanding the availability of complex cardiac care for its members with Cleveland...
Biotech entrepreneur George Church launches gene therapy startup to design safer viral vectors
Summary: "Adeno-associated viruses have become popular vectors for the delivery of gene therapies. But, despite their relatively safe profile, they can trigger some unwanted immune responses,...
‘Smart pill’ startup etectRx strikes partnership with Pear Therapeutics
Summary: "EtectRx, which makes wireless sensors embedded in medications, struck a partner with Pear Therapeutics. The companies hope to build products together combining medication adherence data...
This new startup wants you to treat mental fitness like going to the gym
Summary: "Here was a pro athlete, among the best of the best, and he was openly talking about his vulnerability. Here was a man who had spent the better part of his life building his body into an...
Malaysia-Sweden collaborate to launch Digital Health Innovation Challenge
Summary: "The initiative invites startups registered in Malaysia to identify next-generation solutions for healthcare challenges, esp. non-communicable diseases (NCD)" "The initiative is a...
Estos exoesqueletos, creados y fabricados en España, reducen los tiempos de rehabilitación
Summary: "Al repetir de forma consciente y continuada un movimiento, por ejemplo, cuando un exoesqueleto te hace andar, nuestro cerebro, como tiene espasticidad, las neuronas son capaces de...
Swiss startup first to launch blood pressure bracelet
Summary: "Aktiia releases clinical device bracelet ahead of Fitbit, Apple and other tech giants." "Swiss startups Aktiia has beaten Fitbit, Apple and other tech giants to become the first company to...
Female-Founded Telehealth Startup Calibrate Announces $22.5 Million Series A
Summary: "When Calibrate—the female-founded telehealth startup trying to disrupt the $70 billion weight loss industry—came out of stealth mode in June, it was operating in three states, had 10...
The European startups hacking the ageing process
Summary: "For the first time in human history, more people die from diseases that come as a consequence of old age — such as cancer and heart attacks — than infectious disease. It is also the first...
How AI Has Completely Transformed Medtech
Summary: "Artificial intelligence has disrupted every industry under the sun and healthcare is no exception. There are countless ways in which AI is transforming medtech, which explains why the...
Introducing the EIT Health startup database – a European healthtech community
Summary: "We’re pleased to launch the EIT Health startup database. The new open-access platform is dedicated to tracking EIT Health supported startups. EIT Health provides acceleration...
EL AUGE DE LA TELEMEDICINA IMPULSA EL BARCELONA HEALTH HUB
Summary: "Este nodo de innovación potencia el desarrollo de las startups de salud digital desde el Recinte Modernista de Sant Pau, haciéndolas convivir bajo un mismo techo con grandes...
London startup Spill that provides remote mental health treatments via Slack raises £2M
Summary: "London-based mental health startup Spill provides remote mental health support for companies via Slack, a workplace messaging tool. The startup offers all-in-one mental...
At the height of digital wellness, are we missing the human touch?
Summary: "Medicine will never progress without technology—there’s no denying that. But for the foreseeable future, human interaction remains an instrumental part of the healthcare experience." "The...
CES 2021: Japanese startup demos non-invasive glucose monitor
Summary: "A startup from Japan claims they have a continuous non-invasive glucose monitor. They are demoing a prototype at CES 2021." "Non-invasive glucose monitoring is considered to be the holy...
Biotech Voices: Next-gen therapies are evolving fast. The drug development model needs to keep up
Summary: "In the current regulatory environment, after an important discovery is made, a trial alteration is required, which is a costly and lengthy process that limits the ability to bring novel...
AI Drug Discovery Startup Valo Raises $190 Million And Unveils Cancer Therapy Programs
Summary: "Valo Health, which is developing a drug discovery platform powered by both artificial intelligence and large patient datasets, announced Monday that it’s working on multiple targets that...
AI startup that captures vital signs via phone cameras launches new corporate wellness solution
Summary: "One artificial intelligence health startup that offers video-based health tracking sees big opportunities among insurance companies and employers with the growing demand for health...
Forecast: Health Care In 2021 Will Focus On ‘Digitization Of The Patient Experience’
Summary: "Digital health startups are likely to see continued opportunity, investment and initial public offerings in the new year as people rethink the way health care is delivered." "Investors in...