Visla Labs, a San Francisco, CA-based AI medical diagnostics platform for radiology has raised $3M in seed funding led by Lux Capital with participation from former Twitter CEO and COO Dick Costolo and Adam Bain, as well as prominent healthcare experts and advisors. Founded in 2018 by serial entrepreneurs Kevin Quennesson, Wei-En Tan and Alessandro Sabatelli, Visla is collaborating with major hospitals, industry veterans, and award-winning physicians to re-invent the imaging experience with
Read More
Startups| Digital Health | | Health IT News, Analysis, Insights - HIT Consultant
IntelyCare Nabs $10.8M to Expand On-Demand Nurse Staffing Management Platform
IntelyCare raises $10.8M to cure nationwide nursing shortage with Intelligent Workforce Management to streamline administration and improve care.Solving the nursing shortage that’s expected to reach 1.2 million RN vacancies by 2022 (according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics) will take a multi-faceted approach. Part of the solution will be better allocating nursing professionals in a way that considers the needs of both nurses and local facilities. IntelyCare, a digital health startup announced
Read More
1DROP Raises $4.25M to Support Commercialization of Portable Medical Diagnostics Platform
1DROP, a life sciences startup developing and commercializing an easy to use laboratory quality, portable medical diagnostic testing platform has raised $4.25 million in Series A funding led by led by Christian Wildmoser (former partner CVC Capital Partners & Swiss Startup Group Investor). The round also included participation from private investors of the Swiss Startup Group including Dr. Hans-Peter Strebel (owner of On Your Marks), Beat Schillig (IFJ Institute for Young Entrepreneurs) and
Read More
98point6 Lands $50M to Expand On-Demand Text-Based Primary Care App
98point6, a Seatle-based digital health startup focused on reimaging primary care today announced it has raised $50 million in Series C funding led by Merchant Banking Division of Goldman Sachs and existing investors. Founded in 2015, the on-demand primary care platform combines innovative AI technology with board-certified physicians to deliver affordable and high-quality care right to a patient’s smartphone.The funding will enable 98point6 to scale and fulfill the strong commercial demand of
Read More
Shore Group Pumps $6M in Healthcare AI Data Startup H1 to Accelerate Growth
H1, an NYC-based healthcare AI startup arming healthcare organizations with live data insights to help fight diseases, announced today that Shore Group has invested $6M to accelerate H1’s growth. H1 empowers stakeholders at healthcare and life science companies to make smarter scientific decisions by providing access to critical data through an intuitive interface.Healthcare Data AnalysisH1 has built a technology infrastructure grounded in machine intelligence that enables it to quickly find
Read More
FundamentalVR Inks 3-Year Partnership with Mayo Clinic to Co-Develop Surgical VR Simulations, Raises Additional $1.4M
FundamentalVR, a London-based virtual reality (VR) training, and data analysis technology startup, today announced a three-year strategic partnership with Mayo Clinic to co-develop new VR simulations leveraging haptic (sense of touch) technology for general surgical procedures, patient-specific modeling and emerging interfaces for robotic surgery.Additional $1.4M in FundingIn addition, the company has raised an additional $1.4 million in funding from existing investor Tern Plc. The company plans
Read More
Carrot Nabs $25M to Commercialize Smoking Cessation Digital Health Platform
Carrot Inc., a Redwood City, CA-based digital health startup has raised $25 million in funding led by JJDC to commercialize its smoking cessation digital health platform, Pivot. The round also included participation from New York Life Ventures and existing investors Khosla Ventures, Marc Benioff, Carrot founder David S. Utley, M.D., and R7 Partners.Financial Impact of Smoking for EmployersSmokers cost their employers more than $7,000 annually, per person, in excess healthcare and lost
Read More
Boston Health IT Startup Laudio Launches to Solve Health System Staff Burnout
Boston-based health IT entrepreneurs have teamed up to launch Laudio, a healthcare staff relationship platform designed to solve health system staff burnout. Laudio uses artificial intelligence to predict and prevent staff burnout, through more frequent, timely, and relevant manager interactions. This new software-as-a-service solution reduces turnover rates, which saves even a medium-sized acute care facility millions of dollars on annual replacement costs.Founded by a team led by Russ
Read More
LSU Health New Orleans Joins Vantedge Ventures to Support Physician-Led Innovation
LSU Health New Orleans announced that it has joined Vantedge Venture's Innovation Alliance (VIA), a collective of health systems seeking to innovate and create physician-led innovation developed by their network of clinicians and physicians. The Alliance will help LSU Health New Orleans Office of Technology Management vet and validate the commercial viability of inventions of LSU Health New Orleans clinical physician-scientists. As part of the alliance, Vantedge Ventures Fund will work with
Read More
Mercom: Global Digital Health VC Funding Tops $3.1B in Q3 2018
Global digital health venture capital (VC) funding has already reached $9 billion in 2018, up 46 percent year-over-year (YoY) with a record $8B across 556 deals, according to market research firm Mercom Capital. The latest report reveals global digital health VC funding reached $3.1B across 173 deals, versus Q2 2018’s $2.4B in 196 deals.To date, digital health companies have raised ~$34B in 4,006 VC funding deals since 2010. Total corporate funding - including VC, debt, and public market
Read More
