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Neura Health, a virtual neurology clinic, announced it has raised $8 million in seed funding to support its newly expanded go-to-market approach. With the funding, Neura will be able to move beyond the consumer market to bring the company’s neurology care offering to the enterprise sector, initially focusing on employers and health plans.Neura’s end-to-end solution offers those living with neurological conditions, starting with headaches and migraine, unlimited online
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Hippocratic AI Launches with $50M for Safety Large Language Model for Healthcare
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Today, Hippocratic AI launched out of stealth to announce the first Large Language Model (LLM) designed specifically for healthcare, as well as a $50M seed round co-led by General Catalyst and Andreessen Horowitz.Co-founded by Munjal Shah and Meenesh Bhimani MD, Hippocratic AI is building the first LLM for healthcare, with an initial focus on non-diagnostic, patient-facing applications. It has outperformed existing language models (e.g. GPT-4) on 100+ healthcare tests
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Laguna Health Secures $15M for AI-Powered Contextual Care Management Platform
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Laguna Health, a NYC-based AI-powered contextual care management platform raises $15M Series A funding co-led by SemperVirens and HC9 Ventures. The initial close brings Laguna’s total raise to date to over $21M.The company will use the funding to deepen its AI capabilities in the care management context and expand its go-to market.
Contextual Care Management, Powered by AI
35 million Americans are hospitalized annually, with at least two-thirds discharged to
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Validic Acquires Connected Health Platform Trapollo
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Validic has acquired the assets of Trapollo LLC, a connected health, technical support, and device logistics provider that helps healthcare organizations care for patients at home. Trapollo is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cox Communications, Inc.With the acquisition of these Trapollo assets, Validic rounds out its core capabilities to make personalized healthcare a practical reality for patients and clinicians. Validic's EHR-integrated healthcare app ingests remotely
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NIH Launches $6M TARGETED Genome Editor Delivery Challenge
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The United States National Institutes of Health (NIH) today announced the launch of the TARGETED (Targeted Genome Editor Delivery) Challenge.The multi-phase challenge will award up to $6M in prize money to support NIH’s Somatic Cell Genome Editing (SCGE) commitment to developing targeted delivery systems to deliver genome editors to somatic (non-reproductive) cells of the body. The first phase of the TARGETED Challenge is open to all
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Roundups: HealthJoy Expands Partnership With Teladoc Health, Oura, Other Strategic Partnerships
Roundup summary of recent digital health strategic partnerships:
HealthJoy, Teladoc Health Launch Virtual Primary Care
HealthJoy, a benefits navigation platform that amplifies employer benefit strategies expands its partnership with Teladoc Health to introduce virtual primary care. HealthJoy Virtual Primary Care, powered by Teladoc Health, provides a fully integrated primary care experience that supports members throughout their entire healthcare journey. The solution will further
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Lucem Health Secures $7.7M for Agnostic AI-Powered Platform
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Lucem Health, a Mayo Clinic Platform portfolio company, has closed a Series A venture capital funding round of $7.7M led by Mayo Clinic, Granger Management and Mercy (St Louis).Lucem Health helps clinical AI innovators transform data science into innovative, trusted solutions that can detect diseases earlier and optimize care delivery, positively impacting patient lives, improving the physician and provider experience, and ultimately producing improved
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M&A: LifeNet Health Acquires Bioventus Wound Care Division
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LifeNet Health expands its portfolio of wound care solutions such as TheraSkin with the acquisition of the Bioventus Inc. wound care division.As part of the acquisition, LifeNet Health gains 90 Bioventus Inc. employees that will strengthen LifeNet Health's position as a global leader in regenerative medicine offering next-level wound care.Financia details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
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M&A: MultiPlan Acquires Benefits Science LLC for $160M
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MultiPlan, a provider of data-enabled cost management, payment, and revenue integrity solutions for 700+ healthcare payors announced the acquisition of Benefits Science LLC (BST) for $160M in cash and stock.BST was founded in 2012 by a group of MIT-trained experts in data science, including Dimitris Bertsimas, Ph.D., who is recognized as an early pioneer in healthcare analytics and who serves as the company’s chief data scientist. Dr. Bertsimas will continue with BST
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Aegis Ventures, Northwell Launch Optain for AI-Powered Retinal Imaging
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Today Ascertain, the partnership between Aegis Ventures and Northwell Holdings, announced a $12M seed funding round to launch its first company, Optain, an artificial intelligence (AI) company leveraging retinal imaging to non-invasively assess patient health.With this $12 million investment, Optain is the first company launched by Ascertain, Aegis Ventures and Northwell Holdings’ partnership to develop healthcare AI companies at scale.
AI Retinal Imaging to
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