EverlyWell, an Austin, TX-based next-generation healthcare testing platform has completed another round of funding led by NextGen Venture Partners with Jack Novak, SoGal Ventures, Full Tilt Capital, including participation from other investors. The latest round brings the company’s total funding to $5 million since its inception in 2015.EverlyWell offers a suite of regulatory-compliant, physician-reviewed, at-home lab tests, without a lab visit or an in-person doctor referral. The platform
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Biotech Startup Lantern Pharma Raises $3.7M to Accelerate Cancer Drug Approval Process
Clinical-stage biotech company Lantern Pharma Inc. has raised $3.7 million in Series A funding led by BIOS Partners, GPG Ventures and other private investors. Using big data and artificial intelligence, Lantern Pharma focused exclusively on accelerating the cancer drug approval process.The startup plans to utilize the funding to continue development of its two lead drug candidates and further the advancement of its big data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform. Lantern’s strategy focuses on
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MedPhoto Manager Launches Real-Time Medical Image Sharing App for Physicians
MedPhoto Manager, a healthcare technology firm improving physician and patient access to medical images has launched a MedPhoto Manager app that provides physicians with a secure real-time tool for taking, storing, and sharing patient photos. The app was developed by MedPhoto Manager Founder Dr. Michael Samuels, an optometrist based in Raleigh, North Carolina who saw the opportunity for a secure and reliable service that allows doctors to take and distribute medical photos. The app is currently
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ResApp Licenses New Algorithm to Improve Diagnostic Screening for Childhood Pneumonia
ResApp Health Limited, a digital health startup provider of smartphone apps for respiratory disease diagnosis and management has signed a licensing agreement with UniQuest, the main commercialization company of The University of Queensland. The licensing agreement includes an additional diagnostic toolset of machine-learning algorithms that use a combination of clinical features to screen for childhood pneumonia. Pneumonia is the leading cause of mortality for children below five years of age.
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DarioHealth Expands Cloud-based Diabetes Monitoring Devices to U.K. Market
DarioHealth, a Israel-based provider of cloud-based diabetes monitoring devices has announced the launch of a direct-to-consumer channel in the United Kingdom. Following the success of the direct-to-consumer channels in the U.S. and Australia, DarioHealth will leverage its knowledge to provide new opportunities for the greater U.K. diabetes community to analyze and personalize their treatment.Until today, DarioHealth was only available through pharmacies and diabetes educators in the U.K. Now,
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Evidation Health Raises $10M to Enhance Development of New Digital Biomarkers
Evidation Health, a San Mateo, CA-based startup that helps healthcare companies quantify outcomes in the digital era, with real life data from connected patients has raised $10 million in funding led by Sanofi-Genzyme BioVentures. The startup plans to utilize the latest round of funding to enhance its capabilities in large scale behavioral analytics, health outcomes measurement, and digital biomarker development using real life patient data from hundreds of applications and devices.Founded in
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SAP Health Division Partners with StartUp Health to Build Custom Healthcare Innovation Portfolio
The SAP Health division is partnering with StartUp Health, a global entrepreneurship development company to build a custom healthcare innovation portfolio, starting with up to 15 digital health startups. The partnership will focus specifically on developing new apps and platforms to be used with the SAP® Health platform built on SAP Cloud Platform.Also, the partnership will support the development of a SAP-sponsored innovation program within the StartUp Health Moonshot Academy. The aim is to
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Precision Medicine Startup AltheaDx Lands $27M to Expand Personalized Therapeutic Decisions Internationally
AltheaDx, Inc., a San Diego, CA-based commercial stage molecular diagnostics company specializing in the field of personalized medicine has raised $27 million in Series D funding. The company is a CAP-accredited, CLIA-certified laboratory and plans to utilize the funding to expands its sales force and marketing efforts to grow internationally.IDgenetix, the company’s product testing portfolio, enables personalized therapeutic decisions for patients suffering from some of the most prevalent
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HealthVerity Raises $10M for Cloud-based Platform to Explore & Acquire Healthcare Data
HealthVerity, a cloud-based platform to discover, license, and link HIPAA compliant and de-identified healthcare data has raised $10 million in Series B financing led by Flare Capital Partners and Greycroft Partners. The funding includes participation from Foresite Capital and additional strategic healthcare investors. The Philadelphia, PA-based startup plans to utilize the funding to expand its healthcare data ecosystem, advanced privacy solutions and proven data interoperability
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MPIRICA Health Raises $4.6M for Scientific Hospital and Surgeon Scoring Platform
Mpirica Health, Inc., a Bellevue, Washington-based healthcare quality transparency company.has raised $4.6M in funding led by OurCrowd with participation from a private Seattle-based equity fund. The startup plans to utilize the funding to accelerate its national roll-outs to customers in the Medicare Advantage and employer benefits space, and to scale its cognitive technology platform.Founded in 2014 by Shakil Haroon, Founder and CEO, MPIRICA has developed a patent-pending scoring system that
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