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- Hepta, a biotechnology company focused on diagnosing chronic disease, has emerged from stealth announcing $6.7M in seed funding co-led by Felicis Ventures and Illumina Ventures, with participation from SeaX Ventures, Alumni Ventures, and AME Cloud Ventures.
- The company's core technology utilizes transformer-based AI to read the cell-free DNA (cfDNA) epigenome, enabling the detection of organ-specific signals for chronic conditions. Built by former leaders from
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Onchilles Pharma Raises $25M to Advance N17350, Pioneering Next-Gen Cytotoxic Cancer Therapy
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- Onchilles Pharma, a private biotech company pioneering next-generation cytotoxic therapeutics announced the publication of foundational preclinical data in the peer-reviewed journal Cell Reports Medicine, the close of a $25M Series A1 financing round.
- In addition, the company appointed Dr. Thomas A. Buchholz as a clinical advisor. The funding brings the total raised in Series A financing to $40M.
Foundational Preclinical Data Validates Cancer-Selective
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Amae Health Secures $25M to Transform Severe Mental Illness Care with Integrated AI Platform
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- Amae Health, a Public Benefit Corporation (PBC) and leader in outpatient treatment for Severe Mental Illness (SMI), announced the close of a $25M of pre-empted Series B financing led by Altos Ventures.
- The funding brings Amae’s total funding to more than $50M and will accelerate the company's mission to transform how conditions like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and treatment-resistant depression are understood and treated.
Achieving Significant and
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Planbase Launches AI Workforce Management for Healthcare Platform with $2.1M
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- Planbase, the first AI-native employee management platform designed specifically for healthcare, has officially launched, securing $2.1M in seed funding led by Y Combinator, LocalGlobe, and prominent angels.
- The company will use the funds to expand into more medium-large clinics nationwide and hire additional software engineers.
Automating Complex Workforce Management with AI
Managing employees in healthcare is uniquely complex, requiring prediction of
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Sovato Secures $41M to Scale Remote Robotic Telesurgery Platform
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- Sovato, a company enabling healthcare organizations to implement and scale remote robotic surgery and procedure programs (also known as telesurgery), today announced the close of its Series B, bringing total funding to $41 million.
- Growth-stage venture capital firm Beringea led the round, with significant follow-on investments from existing investors. Notable participants include founding investor Polaris Partners,
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HoloMD Secures $1.6M to Scale AI-Powered Psychiatric RTM Platform
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- HoloMD, the AI-powered Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) platform for psychiatry, announced the completion of a $1.6M first close of its $3M seed round.
- The new capital will accelerate the development and expansion of Dr. Holo™, the human-supervised AI companion designed to support psychiatrists and their patients between visits.
Scaling the AI Super-Companion, Dr. Holo™
Dr. Holo™, The AI-Powered Mental Health Superhero™, is built on 40 years of
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Hippocratic AI Raises $126M to Accelerate Generative AI Healthcare Agents
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- Hippocratic AI, the global leader in safety-focused generative AI healthcare agents secures $126M in Series C funding at a $3.5 billion valuation led by Avenir Growth, with significant participation from new and existing investors, including CapitalG (Google’s growth fund), General Catalyst, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Kleiner Perkins, and major providers like Universal Health Services (UHS) and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.
- This round
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Popai Health Secures $11M to Transform Patient Conversations with Voice AI
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- Popai Health, the Patient Conversation Intelligence company, today announced it has raised $11M in seed funding led by Team8 and NEA, alongside additional strategic investors,
- The capital intended to strengthen Popai's go-to-market efforts and accelerate adoption across health systems, medical groups, health plans, and ACOs.
Eliminating Healthcare’s Biggest Blind Spot
Popai is revolutionizing care coordination by leveraging Voice AI to eliminate
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Curve Biosciences Secures $40M to Launch Whole-Body Intelligence Platform
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- Curve Biosciences, the Whole-Body Intelligence™ company, today announced it has raised $40M in Series A funding led by Luma Group, with participation from First Spark Ventures, Techas Capital, Civilization Ventures, LifeX Ventures, and others.
- The funding will be used to accelerate the clinical validation and commercialization of its platform for chronic disease monitoring.
Molecular Blueprint for Chronic Disease
Curve Biosciences is addressing
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Indomo Emerges from Stealth with $25M for At-Home Injectable Acne Therapy
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- Indomo, a therapeutics company focused on developing at-home prescription dermatology treatments, today emerged from stealth with $25M in total funding led by leading investors including Atomic, Foresite Capital, and Polaris Partners.
- The company introduced the ClearPen™, an investigational at-home injectable therapy in development for the treatment of inflammatory acne lesions.
Solving the Inflammatory Acne Access Crisis
Acne is the most
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