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- Naborforce, a Richmond, VA-based company connecting aging adults to a network of trusted care providers for companionship and on-demand support, announced it has raised $2M in seed funding led by Claritas Capital.
- Inspired by JOY to promote engaged, productive and connected aging and living, Naborforce's tech enabled platform connects aging adults to a network of “Nabors” for social engagement and on-demand support with errands, transportation and help around the
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RapidPulse Launches with $15M for Ischemic Stroke Therapy
- RapidPulse, Inc., a Miami-based medical device company developing a novel aspiration system to treat ischemic stroke, today announced it has raised $15M in Series A funding led by Santé Ventures who was joined by Epidarex Capital, Hatteras Venture Partners, Broadview Ventures, and Syntheon.
- The RapidPulse system was developed by Syntheon, a medical device incubator focused on developing next-generation medical devices, and has commercialized some of the largest and most trusted
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DrChrono Raises $12M to Expand Operations of Medical Practice Platform
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- DrChrono Inc., a company developing an essential platform and services for modern medical practices, today announced it has raised a new round of over $12M in growth capital from ORIX Corporation USA’s Growth Capital team (ORIX Growth Capital.)
- The company plans to use the growth capital to expand all operations and provide enhancements across the other key product areas including EHR, practice management, medical billing and the company’s core partner
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Bicycle Health Raises $27M for Virtual, Evidence-Based Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
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- Bicycle Health, a Boston, MA-based virtual care provider of evidence-based treatment for opioid use disorder, today announced a $27 Million Series A investment led by Questa Capital with participation from City Light Capital, Emily Melton and previous investor SignalFire.
- In addition, Bicycle Health is announcing national in-network insurance coverage from UnitedHealthcare, Aetna, Medicare and Medicaid in select states, helping to make
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AWS Healthcare Accelerator Launches for Digital Health Startups
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- Today, Amazon announced the launch of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Healthcare Accelerator program, delivered by KidsX, a global ecosystem of pediatric innovators.
- The AWS Healthcare Accelerator is a four-week technical, business, and mentorship accelerator opportunity open to U.S.-based healthcare startups or international healthcare startups that have existing U.S. operations.
- A cohort of 10 healthcare startup companies with an established
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Cleerly Launches with $43M for Digital Care Pathway Solution for Heart Attack Prevention
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- Cleerly, a New York City-based company launched today with $43M in Series B funding and unveiled its first-of-its-kind digital care pathway solution for heart attack prevention. The Series B funding, which was led by Vensana Capital with participation from LRVHealth, New Leaf Venture Partners, DigiTx Partners, the American College of Cardiology, Cigna Ventures, and existing investors, brings Cleerly’s total funding to $54M.
- Using more than
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Jonathan Bush’s Second Venture Zus Health Launches with $34M for Health Data Interoperability Platform
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- Former athenahealth founder and CEO Jonathan Bush, today announced the launch of Zus Health (“Zus” pronounced Zoos like the father of Athena) focused on creating the industry’s first shared development platform backed by a shared data record.
- The company is launching with the close of $34M in Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), F-Prime Capital, Maverick Ventures, Rock Health, Martin Ventures and Oxeon Investments also participated in
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Form Health Raises $12M to Expand Obesity Telemedicine Platform
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- Form Health, a pioneer in the emerging field of obesity telemedicine, announced $12M in Series A funding led by M13 with participation from SignalFire and NextView Ventures.
- Form Health is specifically aiming to help chronically ill patients with obesity with a science-backed, personalized program combining virtual care from board certified physicians with FDA-approved medications. By accepting most insurance and offering its services
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Brightline Secures $72M to Expand Pediatric Behavioral Health Solution Nationally
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- Brightline, a virtual pediatric behavioral health solution announces, today announced it has raised $72M in Series B funding led by GV (formerly Google Ventures), with participation from new investors Optum Ventures, 7wireVentures, and Gaingels, the leading venture investment syndicate in support of diversity and representing the LGBTQ community and allies. Debra Lee, Chairman and CEO Emeritus, BET Networks, also contributed to the round as an independent
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Sempre Health Secures $15M for Behavior-Based Healthcare Pricing Platform
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- Sempre Health, a behavior-based healthcare pricing platform to insurers to offer large prescription copay discounts to members for filling on time (to promote more medication adherence) today announced it has raised $15M in Series B funding led by Blue Venture Fund. Sempre has raised $26.5 million to date.
- Sempre Health works with leading health plans and pharmaceutical companies to reduce out-of-pocket costs for patients who refill their prescriptions on
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