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Zócalo Health, a Latino-founded healthcare service designed for Latino patients, announced that it’s closed on $5M in seed funding to support its launch of virtual primary care services in California, Texas, and Washington this year.
The seed funding was co-led by Animo Ventures, Virtue, and Vamos Ventures. The round includes other notable investors including Necessary Ventures, Able Partners, and angel investors Toyin Ajayi, Freada Kapor Klein, Nikhil
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HCA Makes Strategic Investment in Cardiac Monitoring Wearable VitalConnect
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- VitalConnect®, Inc., a leader in remote and in-hospital wearable biosensor technology, has just announced the completion of an investment funded by Health Insight Capital, the investment arm of HCA Healthcare Inc., (NYSE: HCA), one of the nation’s leading healthcare providers.
- The investment will go toward further accelerating VitalConnect’s rapidly growing cardiac monitoring business segment while advancing key Remote Patient Monitoring of individuals who
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Redesign Health Raises $65M to Build Next-Gen Health Startups
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- Redesign Health, a healthcare company that researches, builds and launches other healthcare companies raises $65M in Series C funding led by General Catalyst with participation from CVS Health Ventures, UPMC Enterprises (the innovation and venture capital arm of leading health system UPMC), Eden Global Partners, Euclidean Capital, Samsung Next, TriplePoint Capital, and founding investor Declaration Partners.
- In addition, General Catalyst,
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Enzee Health Nabs $1.5M for Cloud-Based Compliance Management Platform
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- Enzee Health, formerly ZapIT! Medical is announcing it has secured $1.5M in seed financing, led by Rev1 Ventures with participation from Tamarind Hill, Harbor Street Ventures, M7 NEO, Redgrave Investments, Service Provider Capital and others.
- Enzee empowers hospital personnel to easily perform and track required quality testing within departments, eliminating the inefficiencies of paper record keeping, and making it easier for administrators to assess whether
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PurpleLab Secures $40M for No-Code Healthcare Analytics Platform
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- PurpleLab, Inc. raises $40M in Series B funding led by Primus Capital, which joins existing investor Edison Partners.
- Founded in 2017, PurpleLab has a strong pedigree in proprietary methodologies for data organization, cleansing, management, and governance to solve key challenges across the healthcare industry.
No code needed to create fully configured analytical reports
HealthNexus™, the company's no-code analytics platform empowers life science,
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CertifyOS Secures $14.5M for Frictionless Provider Intelligence
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- New York City-based CertifyOS raises $14.5M in Series A funding led by General Catalyst and has received Accreditation from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), a private, non-profit organization dedicated to improving healthcare quality.
- CertifyOS delivers API-first credentialing, licensing, and enrollment to payors, health systems and rapidly-scaling digital health companies.
Provider Intelligence Platform
Started by former Oscar Health
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Techstars Relaunches Healthcare Accelerator in Los Angeles
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- Techstars, a global investment business that provides access to capital, one-on-one mentorship, and customized programming for early-stage entrepreneurs announces today the relaunch of Techstars Healthcare sponsored by Cedars-Sinai, Point32Health, UCI Health, and UnitedHealthcare.
- The consortium-led accelerator program will be based in Los Angeles and select 12 high-growth startups to participate in its intensive 13-week program. Startups will receive capital,
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Upfront Raises Additional $10M for Automated Patient Navigation & Engagement Platform
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- Upfront Healthcare, a leading omnichannel communication, and patient engagement platform raise an additional $10M co-led by Baird Capital, Echo Health Ventures and First Trust Capital Partners, with additional participation from existing investors including LRVHealth, Hyde Park Venture Partners, and Nashville Capital Network.
- As market demand surges for patient engagement solutions, the investment bolsters Upfront's trajectory of market leadership through
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Olive Diagnostics Raises $7.3M for AI-Powered Urine Analysis Device
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- Israeli medical device start-up Olive Diagnostics, which uses an optical sensor and AI-powered device to perform 100% passive real-time urine analysis, is extending its seed funding round to $7.3 million, after raising an additional $1.5 million from existing investors and private investors.
- The investors in the pre-seed stage include Israeli HMO Maccabi Healthcare Services, Mayo Clinic, eHealth Ventures, Amgen Ventures, The Israel Innovation
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AWS Names 10 Startups for 2022 AWS Healthcare Accelerator Cohort
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- AWS names the ten digital health startups selected for its AWS Healthcare Accelerator cohort, focused on health equity.
- With the aim of reducing health disparities, these startups are increasing access to health services, addressing social determinants of health, and leveraging data to promote equitable and inclusive systems of care.
2022 AWS Healthcare Accelerator Program Details
Over the course of the four-week program, these 10 startups will receive
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