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Neura Health, a virtual neurology clinic, announced it has raised $8 million in seed funding to support its newly expanded go-to-market approach. With the funding, Neura will be able to move beyond the consumer market to bring the company’s neurology care offering to the enterprise sector, initially focusing on employers and health plans.Neura’s end-to-end solution offers those living with neurological conditions, starting with headaches and migraine, unlimited online
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Hippocratic AI Launches with $50M for Safety Large Language Model for Healthcare
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Today, Hippocratic AI launched out of stealth to announce the first Large Language Model (LLM) designed specifically for healthcare, as well as a $50M seed round co-led by General Catalyst and Andreessen Horowitz.Co-founded by Munjal Shah and Meenesh Bhimani MD, Hippocratic AI is building the first LLM for healthcare, with an initial focus on non-diagnostic, patient-facing applications. It has outperformed existing language models (e.g. GPT-4) on 100+ healthcare tests
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Laguna Health Secures $15M for AI-Powered Contextual Care Management Platform
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Laguna Health, a NYC-based AI-powered contextual care management platform raises $15M Series A funding co-led by SemperVirens and HC9 Ventures. The initial close brings Laguna’s total raise to date to over $21M.The company will use the funding to deepen its AI capabilities in the care management context and expand its go-to market.
Contextual Care Management, Powered by AI
35 million Americans are hospitalized annually, with at least two-thirds discharged to
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Pear Suite Raises $2.5M for SDoH-Driven Care Navigation Platform to Empower AAPI Communities
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Pear Suite, a digital health company empowering community health workers (CHWs) to improve health in Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities and address social determinants of health (SDOH) raises $2.5M in seed funding. The investment round was led by Mucker Capital, Impact Engine, American Heart Association, Sweater Ventures, and Atento Capital, with support from Techstars, Open Venture Capital, Incisive Ventures, Lair East Labs, StartUp Health, and
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Amino Health Secures $80M for Healthcare Guidance Platform
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Amino Health, the leading digital healthcare guidance company, today announced $80 million in both equity and debt financing led by Transformation Capital and Oxford Finance LLC, respectively.In the face of declining digital health investment, this funding underscores the success of Amino Health's proven model and enables the company to scale its technology and continue its strong growth trajectory.
Funding to Lead to Broadening of Amino
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Lucem Health Secures $7.7M for Agnostic AI-Powered Platform
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Lucem Health, a Mayo Clinic Platform portfolio company, has closed a Series A venture capital funding round of $7.7M led by Mayo Clinic, Granger Management and Mercy (St Louis).Lucem Health helps clinical AI innovators transform data science into innovative, trusted solutions that can detect diseases earlier and optimize care delivery, positively impacting patient lives, improving the physician and provider experience, and ultimately producing improved
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Aegis Ventures, Northwell Launch Optain for AI-Powered Retinal Imaging
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Today Ascertain, the partnership between Aegis Ventures and Northwell Holdings, announced a $12M seed funding round to launch its first company, Optain, an artificial intelligence (AI) company leveraging retinal imaging to non-invasively assess patient health.With this $12 million investment, Optain is the first company launched by Ascertain, Aegis Ventures and Northwell Holdings’ partnership to develop healthcare AI companies at scale.
AI Retinal Imaging to
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Inbox Health Raises $22.5M for Patient Billing Communications Platform
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Inbox Health, a New Haven, CT-based patient billing communications platform raises $22.5M in a Series B financing round, led by fintech-focused Ten Coves Capital. The Series B announcement follows news that Inbox Health's billing technology was awarded a patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in April 2023. The new growth capital will further accelerate Inbox Health’s strategic growth as it continues to improve and modernize the billing, support, and payment
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Genemod Raises $4.5M to Expand Central Research Platform for Biopharma Companies
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Genemod, a cloud-based workspace collaboration software for biopharma R&D teams, today announced it raised $4.5 million in seed funding, co-led by defy.vc and LDV Partners, with participation from Dolby Family Ventures and Vulcan/Cercano Ventures.Genemod digitizes data capture and workflows, so scientists can collaborate easily across an organization to accelerate life sciences R&D.
Digitize Research Workflows in Minutes
Legacy R&D software
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Patient Square Capital Forms Elevage Medical Technologies to Partner with Growth-Stage Medical Device Companies
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Healthcare investment firm Patient Square Capital ("Patient Square") forms Elevage Medical Technologies ("Elevage"), a new portfolio company to support the growth of promising medical device companies by providing capital and deep strategic expertise.
Elevage will deliver financial and strategic growth support to a broad set of medical device technology companies that are at the forefront of transforming health care through cutting-edge devices that enhance health
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