What You Should Know:
- FundamentalVR has raised an additional $20M to significantly accelerate medical skill-transfer and increase surgical proficiency through its world-leading medical simulation platform, Fundamental Surgery.
- The funding was led by EQT Life Sciences investing from the LSP Health Economics Fund 2 and joined by prior investors Downing Ventures. The new investments follow a Series A round in October 2019 and bring the
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Abridge Secures $12.5M to Power AI-Powered Medical Conversations
What You Should Know:
- Abridge, the leader in medical conversation artificial intelligence (AI), today announced an oversubscribed $12.5M Series A-1 led by Wittington Ventures.
- The round also had participation from all existing investors including Union Square Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Pillar Venture Capital, and UPMC Enterprises, and new investors including Turing Award winner Yoshua Bengio, and Whistler Capital.
Automated Solutions to Combat Physician
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Femtech Startup Nanopath Raises $10M to Develop POC Diagnostics for Women’s Health
What You Should Know:
- Nanopath, a molecular diagnostics company enabling high-quality molecular testing in minutes raises $10M in Series A funding, co-led by co-led by Norwest Venture Partners and Medtech Convergence Fund, to develop a point-of-care diagnostics platform for women’s health screenings.
- The company plans to use the latest round of funding to support development and commercialization of Nanopath's biosensing platform that aims to transform how women's pelvic and
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Intel Invests $20M in Biofourmis’ Virtual Care Offerings
What You Should Know:
- Biofourmis, a Boston-based global leader in virtual care and digital medicine, today announced that Intel Capital, the strategic investment arm of chipmaker Intel Corporation, has joined its Series D financing in an extension that brings the total funding raised in the round to $320M.
- The initial Series D funding round was announced in April and was led by global growth equity firm General Atlantic with participation by CVS Health (NYSE:CVS), Trevor
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Evidence Partners Raises $20M for Automated, Evidence-Based Research
What You Should Know:
- Evidence Partners has announced a growth financing round, their first ever, for $20M, led by Thomvest Ventures.
- With their new AI product DistillerSR, Evidence Partners are changing the way Literature Reviews are conducted, making them efficient, accurate, and less labour-intensive.
AI-Driven Literature Review Software
DistillerSR is a web-based platform that allows researchers to collaborate concurrently on the same projects from anywhere, without
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Sibel Health Raises $33M for Advanced Wearable Sensors for RPM
What You Should Know:
- Sibel Health has recently closed a $33M Series B financing round, bringing Sibel's total funding to date to more than $50M.
- In addition, Sibel has announced two new executive appointments. Jon Otterstatter, the former CEO and co-founder of Preventice (acquired by Boston Scientific in 2021), will join as chairman of the board. Matthew Banet, Ph.D., a world expert in advanced body-worn sensors and previously the CTO and co-founder of toSense and Sotera, joins as
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Diagnostic Robotics Raises $45M for Medical-Grade AI Triage & Clinical Predictions Platform
What You Should Know:
- Diagnostic Robotics has announced the closing of a $45M Series B funding round led by StageOne investors, with participation from Mayo Clinic, thus becoming a Mayo Clinic Platform portfolio company. Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, as well as other existing investors such as strategic angel investor Bradley Bloom, co-founder of Berkshire Partners, participated in this funding round as well.
- The new funding will be used to accelerate product development,
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Homeward Raises $50M, Inks Value-Based Contract with Priority Health
What You Should Know:
- Homeward raises $50M Series B funding round co-led by ARCH Venture Partners and Human Capital.
- The funding round also includes participation from General Catalyst, which led Homeward’s Series A funding, and Lee Shapiro and Glen Tullman, Co-Founders of 7wireVentures, one of the country’s most successful early-stage healthcare venture funds.
Value-Based and Comprehensive Care
Americans living in rural communities are experiencing increasing health disparities
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Annexus Health Raises $33M to Optimize Patient Access and Affordability
What You Should Know:
- Annexus Health, Inc. has announced its Series B financing of $33 million, which was led by leading digital health growth equity firm Transformation Capital.
- The funding is set to advance Annexus Health's mission to improve access to care and combat patient financial toxicity amid ever-rising healthcare costs
Re-Imagining the Healthcare Ecosystem by Increasing Access To Care
Annexus Health strives for a better healthcare experience for patients, more
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Analysis: 2022 Semi-Annual Health IT Market Review
Executive Summary
Act III of COVID: Navigating the Crosscurrents of Post-Inflation
2022 ushered in Act III of the market’s latest transitionary period: The Post-Inflation Era. Since 2008, the US economy functioned with remarkably low inflation and interest rates. As the cost of capital went lower and lower during the decade, valuations steadily rose. Between 2010 and 2020, the NASDAQ experienced a 17.1% annual growth rate, with no small share of the growth a result of expanding valuation
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