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- Casana raises $14M in Series A funding to pursue FDA clearance for its an IoT heart health toilet seat that captures clinically relevant measurements, including heart rate, blood pressure, blood oxygenation, and cardiac output.
Casana, previously known as Heart Health Intelligence, Inc., a healthcare technology firm that is re-inventing in-home health monitoring, today announced that it has raised $14M in Series A funding, bringing the total capital raised to
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Carlyle Group, Brighton Park Capital Invest $200M in Indian Health Tech Provider Indegene to Fuel Global Expansion
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- The Carlyle Group and Brighton Park Capital invests $200M in Bangalore, India-based Indegene to accelerate company's global expansion and consolidate its industry-leading position in healthtech solutions.
- Founded in 1998 by five first-generation entrepreneurs, Indegene has emerged as the leading digital transformation partner to the global life sciences industry. With more than 3,000 employees across North America, Europe, China, Japan and India, Indegene provides
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Flywheel Nabs $15M for Next-Gen Informatics Platform for Medical Research & Collaboration
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- Minneapolis-based digital health startup Flywheel raies $15M in Series B funding to advance the use of AI in clinical trials co-led by Beringea and 8VC including participation from Novartis dRx Capital, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Great North Labs, iSelect and Argonautic Ventures.
- By leveraging cloud scalability and automating research workflows, Flywheel helps organizations scale research data and analysis, improve scientific collaboration and
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Syapse Lands $68M to Expand Global Precision Oncology Data Sharing Network
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- Syapse raises 68M in equity investment led by Ally Bridge Group (ABG), with Northpond Ventures to expand delivery of real-world evidence through Syapse’s Learning Health Network.
- The Syapse Learning Health Network is a global precision oncology data sharing network, improving cancer care across communities by using real-world data to support clinical decisions.
Syapse, a San Francisco, CA-based real-world evidence company accelerating the delivery
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HealthTensor Secures $5M to Scale AI-Powered Medical Diagnosis Platform
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- HealthTensor, an LA-based startup that uses AI to ensure no medical diagnoses are overlooked, has raised $5 million to scale operations.
- To date, HealthTensor has helped physicians write more than 2,000 notes and has identified overlooked medical conditions in 95% of cases.
HealthTensor, an LA-based artificial intelligence digital health startup that is creating software to help augment medical decision making, announced today that it has raised a $5 million
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Capital Rx Secures $50 Million to Redefine Prescription Pricing
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- Capital Rx, the fastest-growing pharmacy benefit manager in the U.S., announced today that it has raised $50 million in Series B financing.
- Following the recent launch of JUDITM, the industry’s first Enterprise Pharmacy Platform, Capital Rx will continue to expand the platform’s capabilities, including leveraging AI to improve clinical care.
Capital Rx, a New York City-based pharmacy benefit manager in the U.S., announced it has raised $50 million in Series B
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SWORD Health Nabs $25M for Virtual Musculoskeletal Care Solution
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- SWORD Health raises $25 million in Series B to accelerate growth of its best-in-class virtual musculoskeletal care solution led by Todd Cozzens, Managing Partner at Transformation Capital and former healthcare investor at Sequoia Capital. Existing investors Khosla Ventures, Founders Fund, Green Innovations, Vesalius Biocapital and Faber also participated. The latest round brings SWORD’s cumulative fundraising to $50 million.
- SWORD Health pairs licensed physical
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Illumina, Sequoia Capital China Launches Genomics Incubator in China
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- Illumina and Sequoia Capital will collaborate to build an ecosystem for life science startup companies advancing breakthrough applications in genomics.
- Sequoia Capital China Intelligent Healthcare Genomics Incubator, Powered by Illumina will leverage the expertise of Illumina for Startups in building genomics companies with the unparalleled track record of Illumina Accelerator in San Francisco Bay Area and Cambridge, UK.
- Sequoia Capital China will dedicate to
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Lyra Health Raises $187M at $2.3B Valuation for Digital Mental Health Platform
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- Lyra Health just announced another massive funding round of $187M, bringing its total to approximately $462 million and the valuation to approximately $2.3 billion.
- The company, which previously raised a series D round in August of $110M at a valuation slightly above $1 billion has now more than doubled in value.
- Lyra Health also announced a new partnership with global benefits company ICAS, which now allows it to provide some level of mental health parity to
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Hurdle Secures $5M for Digital Mental Health Platform for People of Color
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- Washington, D.C.-based Hurdle raises $5M in seed funding to accelerate its digital mental health platform for people of color.
- Hurdle aims to provide an innovative teletherapy solution for employers and insurers; aims to remove barriers to mental health care for People of Color by rooting its services in evidence-based methods of cultural humility.
Hurdle (formerly Henry Health), a Washington, D.C.-based innovative digital mental health platform company,
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