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Pear Suite, a digital health company empowering community health workers (CHWs) to improve health in Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities and address social determinants of health (SDOH) raises $2.5M in seed funding. The investment round was led by Mucker Capital, Impact Engine, American Heart Association, Sweater Ventures, and Atento Capital, with support from Techstars, Open Venture Capital, Incisive Ventures, Lair East Labs, StartUp Health, and
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Amino Health Secures $80M for Healthcare Guidance Platform
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Amino Health, the leading digital healthcare guidance company, today announced $80 million in both equity and debt financing led by Transformation Capital and Oxford Finance LLC, respectively.In the face of declining digital health investment, this funding underscores the success of Amino Health's proven model and enables the company to scale its technology and continue its strong growth trajectory.
Funding to Lead to Broadening of Amino
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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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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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Inbox Health Raises $22.5M for Patient Billing Communications Platform
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Inbox Health, a New Haven, CT-based patient billing communications platform raises $22.5M in a Series B financing round, led by fintech-focused Ten Coves Capital. The Series B announcement follows news that Inbox Health's billing technology was awarded a patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in April 2023. The new growth capital will further accelerate Inbox Health’s strategic growth as it continues to improve and modernize the billing, support, and payment
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Genemod Raises $4.5M to Expand Central Research Platform for Biopharma Companies
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Genemod, a cloud-based workspace collaboration software for biopharma R&D teams, today announced it raised $4.5 million in seed funding, co-led by defy.vc and LDV Partners, with participation from Dolby Family Ventures and Vulcan/Cercano Ventures.Genemod digitizes data capture and workflows, so scientists can collaborate easily across an organization to accelerate life sciences R&D.
Digitize Research Workflows in Minutes
Legacy R&D software
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Patient Square Capital Forms Elevage Medical Technologies to Partner with Growth-Stage Medical Device Companies
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Healthcare investment firm Patient Square Capital ("Patient Square") forms Elevage Medical Technologies ("Elevage"), a new portfolio company to support the growth of promising medical device companies by providing capital and deep strategic expertise.
Elevage will deliver financial and strategic growth support to a broad set of medical device technology companies that are at the forefront of transforming health care through cutting-edge devices that enhance health
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Healthy.io Secures $50M to Expand Smartphone Kidney Test
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Healthy.io, the global leader in transforming the smartphone camera into a clinical-grade device, raises $50M in a Series D funding round led by Schusterman Family Investments and is joined by Aleph and other existing shareholders. This investment, together with a previously unannounced $45 million February 2022 investment, comprises the company’s Series D.The Series D round will support Healthy.io’s expansion across the U.S. market, where Minuteful Kidney™, the
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Cowen Healthcare Raises $556M Fund to Invest in Life Sciences Companies
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Cowen Healthcare Investments announced the successful close of Cowen Healthcare Investments IV ("CHI IV" or the "Fund") with total committed capital of $555.6M. CHI IV will invest primarily in mid to late-stage life sciences opportunities.Led by Kevin Raidy, Tim Anderson, and Robert Sine, Cowen Healthcare Investments supports innovation in the healthcare sectors, with a particular focus on biopharma, diagnostics, and digital health.Since its founding in 2012, the CHI
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Magenta Medical Raises $55M for World’s Smallest Heart Pump
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Magenta Medical, the developer of the world’s smallest heart pump, announced today a $55M financing round led by global healthcare investment manager OrbiMed, with participation from existing investors New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Pitango VC, and ALIVE - Israel HealthTech Fund.The financing will be used, among other things, to advance the clinical programs of the company’s product in the United States toward its first FDA
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