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Digital Therapeutics Startup Kaia Health Raises $75M to Optimize MSK & COPD Care

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Kaia Health raises $75M

What You Should Know: - Digital therapeutics company, Kaia Health, has raised $75M Series C round (total: $125M) to expand clinical capabilities and transform the treatment path for Musculoskeletal (MSK) and Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) care in the U.S. and Europe. - The Series C round was led by an unnamed leading growth equity fund with support from existing investors, including Optum Ventures, Eurazeo, 3VC, Balderton Capital, Heartcore Capital,
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Caresyntax Raises $100M to Expand Digital Surgery Platform in Key Markets

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Caresyntax Raises $100M to Expand Digital Surgery Platform in Key Markets

What You Should Know: - Caresyntax, a Boston-based enterprise-level digital surgery platform delivering actionable insights to make surgery smarter and safer, today announced that it has closed a significantly oversubscribed $100 million Series C funding round led by PFM Health Sciences LP, which also included participation from Optum Ventures, Intel Capital, Lauxera Capital Partners, Vesalius Biocapital Partners, Arno Capital, Rezayat Investments, as well as current investors IPF Partners,
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Direct Pay Healthcare Marketplace Sesame Nabs $24M to Expand its Nationwide Telehealth Offerings

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Direct Pay Healthcare Marketplace Sesame Nabs $24M to Expand its Nationwide Telehealth Offerings

What You Should Know: - Sesame, a New York City-based direct-pay healthcare company, announced that it has raised an additional $24 million, bringing Sesame’s total capital raised to just under $50 million since its founding in 2019. New investments come from Giant Ventures, Industry Ventures and Coefficient Capital, along with existing investors like General Catalyst.  - Founded in 2018, Sesame’s platform connects patients and providers directly, providing clear, affordable prices
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Narrow Margins, Low Patient Volumes Fuel Ongoing Financial Instability for Hospitals

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Narrow Margins, Low Patient Volumes Fuel Ongoing Financial Instability for Hospitals

What You Should Know: - Narrow margins, low patient volumes, and high costs fuel ongoing financial instability for U.S. hospitals, health systems, and physician groups, according to two new reports from Kaufman Hall. - U.S. hospitals and health systems saw mixed performance in March, as national COVID-19 metrics plateaued early in the month before climbing steadily again with increased spread of COVID-19 variants, as shown in the latest issue of the National Hospital
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Abbott Launches New AI-Powered Coronary Imaging Platform in Europe

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Abbott Launches New Coronary AI-Powered Imaging Platform in Europe

What You Should Know: - Abbott announced that its new imaging platform powered by Ultreon 1.0 Software, is now CE Marked in Europe. This first-of-its-kind imaging software merges optical coherence tomography (OCT) – an imaging tool that provides physicians a comprehensive view inside an artery or blood vessel – with the power of artificial intelligence (AI) for enhanced visualization. - The new Ultreon Software can automatically detect the severity of calcium-based blockages and measure
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TytoCare Launches Telehealth Solution in Italy via Multimed Partnership

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TytoCare Launches Telehealth Solution in Italy via Multimed Partnership

What You Should Know: - TytoCare has partnered with Multimed, a leading distribution and commercialization company providing medical devices, surgical instruments, robotics and safety devices, who will exclusively introduce TytoCare to the Italian public healthcare market. - The Italian healthcare system expressed significant demand for TytoCare’s telehealth platform as a solution to help fight the rapid outbreak of COVID-19 that plagued the country at the onset of the pandemic.
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Glytec Raises $21M to Fix Hospital Insulin Management

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Glytec Raises $21M to Fix Hospital Insulin Management

What You Should Know: - Glytec announced $21M in funding today from Silicon Valley Bank, Savitr Capital and others to help address the challenge that 90% of hospitals in the U.S. face with insulin management. - Glytec’s insulin management solution, eGMS helps providers track blood glucose data, detect and alert patients in glycemic disarray, provide personalized insulin dosing regimens, and get patients into target blood glucose range
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Accolade Acquires Virtual Primary Care Platform PlushCare for $450M

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Accolade Acquires Virtual Primary Care Platform PlushCare for $450M

What You Should Know: - Accolade, Inc. today announced an agreement to acquire PlushCare, a leading provider of virtual primary care and mental health treatment. - Under the terms of the agreement, the purchase price of up to $450 million will consist of $40 million in cash, $340 million in Accolade common stock, and up to an additional $70 million of value payable upon the achievement of defined revenue milestones following the closing.   - The
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Brave Care Lands $10M to Expand Pediatric Primary and Urgent Care Clinics Nationwide

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Brave Care Pediatric Primary and Urgent Care Expands Nationally and Raises $10M Series A

What You Should Know: - Brave Care, a Portland, OR-based company providing primary, urgent and remote pediatric to improving healthcare for kids, announced it has raised $10M in Series A funding led by City Light Capital, with participation from AV8, Interplay, Founders Co-op, Refactor, Learn Capital and other value-aligned investors like Gaingels. - Brave Care currently operates two primary and urgent care clinics in Portland, OR and will use the funding to expand its
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Medchart Raises $17M to Simply The Request of Medical Records for Patients, Businesses

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Medchart Raises $17M to Expand Medical Record Access for Businesses Transforming medical record access for businesses

What You Should Know: - Medchart, a Dallas-based cloud-based platform powering patient-authorized information for businesses, researchers, and consumer services announced it has raised $17M in seed and Series A funding led by Crosslink Capital and Golden Ventures, with additional funds from Vast Ventures, Union Ventures, iGan Partners, Stanford Law School, and hip hop icon Nas, an original backer. - The company will apply the current investment to accelerate product innovation and hire new
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