What You Should Know: - Lyra Health, a provider of comprehensive mental health care benefits for employers, today announced it has completed a $200M financing led by Coatue and joined by new investor Sands Capital, along with existing investors. - Lyra plans to accelerate its delivery of evidence-based mental health benefits for companies with employees located around the world. Smarter Mental Health Benefits, Better Outcomes Accessing and receiving mental healthcare is
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Transcarent Raises $58M for Consumer-Directed Care Platform for Self-Insured Employers
What You Should Know: - Transcarent, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of consumer-directed healthcare to self-insured employers, just announced $58M in Series B funding led by many of the top health and tech investors, bringing its total funding to $98M. - Led by CEO Glen Tullman, an industry veteran who previously led Livongo and Allscripts, Transcarent is overhauling the self-insured healthcare industry - a market that is long overdue for disruption. Despite numerous efforts and
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Hawthorne Effect Secures $20M to Decentralize Clinical Trials
What You Should Know: - Hawthorne Effect, a San Francisco-based solution for decentralizing clinical trials, today announced it has raised $20M in Series A funding led by Northpond Ventures with participation from SignalFire and P5 Health Ventures. - Founded in 2015, Hawthrone Effect alleviates key issues related to patient recruitment and retention via its tech-driven platform and expansive network of medical professionals. Hawthrone’s key offerings include: - Hawthorne Cloud: The
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Nuvolo Secures Funding from Mayo Clinic to Accelerating OT/Cybersecurity Capabilities in Healthcare
What You Should Know: - Nuvolo, the world's fastest-growing workplace software company, today announced it has extended its Series C round for a total of $32 million. - The latest investment comes from Mayo Clinic. Nuvolo will use the investment to advance the company's Operational Technology (OT) cybersecurity solution which helps healthcare organizations, and other OT intensive industries, address the growing challenges posed by the proliferation of cybersecurity threats from
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Backed by $6M, DUOS Emerges Out of Stealth with Personal Assistant for Aging
What You Should Know: - DUOS, a digital health company, came out of stealth today backed by $6M in combined seed funding from healthcare investor Redesign Health and consumer-focused Forerunner Ventures. - DUOS provides a personal assistant for aging — a Duo — to help older adults stay healthy and age independently in their own homes. DUOS works with its members and their loved ones, along with health plans and providers, to provide holistic, personalized support. - In addition,
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TailorMed Nabs $20M for Patient Financial Navigation Platform, Backed by Providence Ventures
What You Should Know: - TailorMed Medical Ltd., a New York City-based patient financial navigation technology company, today announced a $20 million investment led by Providence Ventures. The round included new investors UnityPoint Health Ventures, Almeda Ventures, Bridges Israel and Discount Capital with participation from existing investors Accelmed, Sanara Ventures and Triventures. - Founded in 2016, TailorMed is focused on ensuring patients get the care they need in a difficult
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Carbon Health Acquires CGM-Enabled Virtual Diabetes Platform Steady Health
What You Should Know: - Carbon Health, a technology-enabled healthcare provider, announced the acquisition of Steady Health, a fully integrated diabetes platform that uses data from continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) devices to provide personalized medical care from top endocrinologists. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. - The Steady Health acquisition accelerates Carbon Health’s rollout of an innovative new primary care model, which integrates Carbon Health’s
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Aunt Bertha Secures $27M to Expand Referral Platform for Social Services
What You Should Know: Today, Aunt Bertha, the nation’s leader in closed-loop social care networks and the company behind findhelp.org, announced it has raised an additional $27M in investment funding led by Warburg Pincus, had significant participation from existing investors including Pershing Square Foundation, Techstars Ventures, Noro-Moseley Partners, Digitalis Ventures and The Social Entrepreneurs’ Fund (TSEF). - The financing will enable Aunt Bertha to enhance its
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Thirty Madison Reaches $1B Valuation with $140M Series C Funding
What You Should Know: - Thirty Madison, the premier healthcare company for people with chronic conditions, today announced a $140 million Series C round led by new investor HealthQuest Capital. Mousse Partners and Bracket Capital also participated in the funding, along with existing investors Polaris Partners, Johnson & Johnson Innovation - JJDC, Inc., Northzone, Greycroft, and others. Thirty Madison has raised a total of $210 million to date and is now valued at over $1
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PharmStars Launches Pharma-Focused Accelerator for Digital Health Startups
What You Should Know: PharmStars today announced the launch of its global digital health accelerator to transform how pharma and startups do business. PharmStars is the first and only non-proprietary accelerator for digital health startups that wish to improve their ability to engage with pharma as clients and partners. For its pharma members, PharmStars offers premium access to a curated group of the most promising digital health startups that align with their digital health strategy. The
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