Neurotrack, a Redwood City, CA-based digital health company has raised $21 million in Series C funding round led by existing investor Khosla Ventures, with new strategic investments from Dai-ichi Life and SOMPO Holdings, and participation from existing investors Sozo Ventures, Rethink Impact, and AME Cloud Partners. The new round brings the company's total funding to date to more than $50 million.Alzheimer's is quickly becoming the greatest healthcare challenge of our generation, but its impact
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2019 MedTech Breakthrough Award Category Winners Announced
MedTech Breakthrough, a market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies, technologies, and products in the global digital health and medical technology market has unveiled the results of its 2019 MedTech Breakthrough Awards program, showcasing technologies and companies that drive innovation and exemplify the best in medical and health-related technology solutions across the globe.MedTech Breakthrough Awards Program OverviewThe MedTech Breakthrough Awards program is the
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Flow Launches Medical-Grade Headset, Therapy App for Depression
Flow, a medical device company launches a medication-free treatment for depression comprising a brain stimulation headset and therapy app. In Europe, Flow has been approved as a Class II medical device intended for use as a treatment for depression - and is the first approved treatment of its kind in Europe available to buy and use at home.Flow BackgroundBased in Sweden, Flow was developed by clinical psychologist Daniel Mansson and neuroscientist Erik Rehn, together with a team of prominent
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Altoida Raises $6.3M for Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Using AI & Augmented Reality
Altoida Inc., a digital health company using digital
biomarkers to drive better clinical outcomes for brain diseases has raised
$6.3M in Series A funding led by M Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm
of the science and technology company Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. The round
also includes participation from Grey Sky Venture Partners, VI Partners AG,
Alpana Ventures, and FYRFLY Venture Partners.
Taking Aim at the Alzheimer’s Disease Epidemic
The number of people living with
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Data-Driven Precision Medicine Startup Tempus Lands $200M to Expand Into New Therapeutic Areas
Tempus, a leading technology company advancing precision medicine through the collection and analysis of molecular and clinical data, announced today an additional $200M financing at a value of $3.1 billion dollars. The investors include Baillie Gifford, Franklin Templeton, NEA, Novo Holdings, Revolution Growth, and funds and accounts managed by T. Rowe Price. With this latest round, the company has raised $520 million since its founding in September 2015.Founded in 2015, Tempus has the largest
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Pillo Health Raises $11M to Expand Personal Home Health Robot
Pillo Health, a Boston-based digital health company improving longevity and quality of life for patients managing their health at home has raised $11M in Series A funding, led by Stanley Black & Decker’s corporate venture capital arm with significant participation from Samsung Ventures. Existing investors, including BioAdvance, Hikma Ventures – the corporate venture capital arm of Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC – Hackensack Meridien Health System’s Innovation Center Fund and
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Talkspace Nabs $50M to Expand Telebehavioral Health Platform
Talkspace, a telebehavioral health company providing online therapy has raised $50M in funding led by Revolution Growth. Existing investors Norwest Venture Partners, Qumra Capital, Spark Capital and Compound Ventures, amongst others, will also participate in the round. Patrick Conroy of Revolution Growth will join the Talkspace board of directors. Additionally, the company announced a new partnership with Optum Health, which will expand Talkspace services to cover 5 million lives.Transforming
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Welkin Health Lands $17.5M for Patient Relationship Management Platform
Welkin Health, a digital health company based in San Francisco has raised $17.5M in Series B funding led by Altos Ventures. Existing investors, Thrive Capital, Red Swan Ventures, and Asset Management Ventures also contributed to the round, which brings Welkin’s total funding to $30 million to date. The company plans to use that latest round of funding to expand operations and its business reach.
Helping Care Teams Have Meaningful Relationships With Their Patients
Founded in 2013, Welkin’s
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Medically Home Group Nabs $10M for Scalable, Virtual Hospital Platform
Medically Home Group, Inc., a Boston, MA-based technology-enabled services company has raised $10 million in Series B funding led by Cardinal Health and other investors. This strategic investment for Medically Home from Cardinal Health and other investors illustrates the rapid movement in the market for innovative value-based models. The company plans to use the latest round of funding to support scaling efforts and to realize a common vision of enabling cost-effective, patient-centric
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Apple Quietly Acquires Childhood Asthma Monitoring Startup Tueo Health
Apple quietly acquired Tueo Health, a digital health startup developing a solution to assist parents in monitoring asthma-related symptoms in sleeping children, reports CNBC. The exact date of the acquisition is not known; however, Tueo's CEO and COO, Brownwyn Harris and Anura Patil, changed their employers from Tueo to Apple on LinkedIn in late 2018.
Sleep Sensors for Data-Driven Asthma Management
About 10% of children between 5-17 years of age, or more than 7 million kids in the US
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