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Australian medical robotics and computational imaging startup Vexev raised $6M in new funding, bringing its total capital raised to date to $19M.The capital will support FDA 510(k) regulatory clearance, domestic manufacturing scale-up, and commercial launch in the United States for VxWave, its autonomous robotic tomographic ultrasound platform.VxWave combines precision robotics, artificial intelligence, and proprietary ultrasound signal processing to automate upper-limb
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UNC Health Rebrands Rex Health Ventures to Launch UNC Health Ventures Strategic Investment Platform
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UNC Health officially announced the rebranding and expansion of Rex Health Ventures into UNC Health Ventures, establishing a unified, systemwide corporate venture capital (CVC) and strategic investment platform.The venture platform builds on more than a decade of strategic healthcare investing, having supported nearly 30 early-stage healthcare companies since its founding in 2012.UNC Health Ventures is directly funded through UNC Health’s broader investment portfolio,
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Cityblock Acquires Homeward and Secures $116M to Unify Urban-Rural Care
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Cityblock Health entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Homeward Health in an all-stock transaction, paired with a $116M Series E financing round led by General Catalyst.The combined entity now serves nearly 200,000 members nationwide across Medicaid, Medicare Advantage, and dual-eligible programs, generating $2.2B in annualized revenue (up 77% year-over-year and more than 4x its 2021 fundraise level).Homeward Health brings a dedicated rural-first Medicare
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The Real Reason Investors Are Backing Maternal Health
There’s a reason investors are pouring money into maternal health right now, and it’s not just because it’s the “right thing to do.” It’s because maternal health sits at the intersection of some of the biggest challenges in healthcare today: cost, access, workforce shortages, chronic disease, behavioral health, health equity, and long-term outcomes.
And the numbers are becoming impossible to ignore.
Despite spending more on healthcare than any other developed nation, the United States
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Craif Secures $33M to Bring AI-Powered Urine Oncology Diagnostics to the U.S.
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Craif Inc., a bio-AI company developing a non-invasive urine analysis platform for early cancer detection, closed an approximately $33M Series D round (¥5.28 billion), bringing its total capital raised to roughly $88M (¥14.2 billion).The financing was co-led by Granite-Integral (a joint venture between Granite Asia and Integral Corporation) and TAUNS Laboratories, Inc. (one of Japan’s largest rapid diagnostic test manufacturers), with participation from U.S.-based
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Aligned Marketplace Raises $20M to Scale Independent Primary Care
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Healthcare marketplace Aligned Marketplace secured $20M in Series A funding led by healthcare venture firm Venrock.The platform directly connects self-insured employers and Third-Party Administrators (TPAs) to a national network of independent advanced primary care (APC) and direct primary care (DPC) practices across all 50 states (comprising 3,000+ clinics).Actuarial data from a 2025 Fortune 500 employer program demonstrated a 12% reduction in total cost of care for
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Flagler Health Raises $50M to Build the AI Operating System for MSK Care
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Flagler Health announced a $50M Series B funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, bringing its total capital raised to $63M.Additional round participants include SignalFire, Alumni Ventures, Streamlined, 186 Ventures, Proof VC, Tribeca Venture Partners, and Offscript.Founded by CEO Albert Katz, CMO Dr. Leon Anijar, and CTO Will Hu, Flagler Health provides an AI-native operating system designed specifically for musculoskeletal (MSK) practices.The platform integrates
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Why Digital Health Founders Should Stop Worrying if They Are “AI Enough”
Everybody wants to be “AI-first” because the market is telling them they need to be. But what is AI-first? Is it AI-native? Is it software that has successfully threaded AI across its business? I’m not sure anyone can confidently answer the question, and it’s creating a lot of confusion in the market among founders, buyers, and investors.
The money is still flowing regardless – especially in healthcare. Rock Health reported that AI-enabled companies took 54% of digital health funding in
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HealthSnap Secures $25M to Scale AI-Augmented Virtual Care
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Virtual care management leader HealthSnap secured a $25M senior secured growth financing facility led by Eastward Capital Partners, LLC.Specialty investment bank Ziegler served as HealthSnap's exclusive financial advisor for the growth transaction.The financing refinances existing debt, strengthens balance sheet liquidity, and funds the national expansion of HealthSnap's AI-augmented Advanced Primary Care Management (APCM) platform.HealthSnap supports over 80,000 active
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Wellinks Raises $10M to Scale Predictive Cardiopulmonary Remote Patient Monitoring
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New Haven-based cardiopulmonary digital health provider Wellinks closed a $10M first tranche of its Series B funding round.The financing was led by strategic partner UMass Memorial Health alongside participation from existing inside investors.Wellinks' FDA-cleared Spire Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) System and proprietary Health Tags deliver passive, continuous physiological tracking to predict clinical deterioration up to one week before symptom onset.Clinical evidence
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