Livongo Health, Inc., today announced that it has publicly filed a registration statement for a proposed initial public offering (IPO) of its common stock, according to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing. Livongo has applied to list its common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol "LVGO."Livongo Growth MetricsFounded in 2014, Livongo offers an integrated suite of solutions to promote sustainable health behavior change based on easy, real-time data
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UnitedHealth Group Acquires Personalized Health Network PatientsLikeMe
UnitedHealth Group has acquired PatientsLikeMe, a personalized health network, according to an email confirmation from CNBC. The acquisition comes off the reports in April that PatientsLikeMe was being forced by Trump administration’s Committee of Foreign investment over its Chinese majority owner Tencent.Founded in 2004, PatientsLikeMe is the world’s largest personalized health network, helps people find new options for treatments, connect with others, and take action to improve their outcomes.
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Digital Prescribing Platform Xealth Raises Additional $3M to Close $14M Series A Round
Xealth, a Seattle-based digital prescribing platform has raised an additional $3 million in its Series A financing, bringing the amount raised in this round to $14 million total. New investors Atrium Health, Cleveland Clinic and MemorialCare Innovation Fund join McKesson Ventures, Novartis, Philips, ResMed, Threshold Ventures (formerly DFJ Venture), Providence Ventures, UPMC and Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin health network. Investments from this round will be used to advance the
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Vida Health Raises $30M for Personalized Virtual Care Platform for Physical & Behavioral Health
Vida Health, a personalized virtual care platform for physical and behavioral health has raised $30M in Series C funding from strategic investors including GuideWell Mutual Holding Corporation, Teladoc Health, and Workday Ventures. Existing investors from previous rounds also participated.Impact of Chronic Disease in the U.S.Sixty percent of adults in the United States have one chronic disease, and 40% have two or more. More than 68% of adults with a mental health condition have at least one
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SubjectWell Raises $10M to Expand Risk-Free Clinical Trials Marketplace for Patient Recruitment
SubjectWell, an Austin, TX-based risk-free clinical trials marketplace for patient recruitment has raised $10 million in Series A funding led by Windham Venture Partners, with participation from previous investors Healthy Ventures and Geekdom Fund.
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Founded in 2012, SubjectWell is increasing participation in clinical research by providing a single marketplace that allows prospective patients to match to any available clinical trials. Instead of using
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Cara Care Nabs $7M to Expand Digital Therapuetic App for Digestive Diseases
Berlin, Germany-based digital health company Cara Care, announced today that it has secured $7 million in Series A funding led by Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC, Inc. (JJDC) and Barcelona-based VC firm Asabys Partners with participation from existing investor Atlantic Labs. Cara Care was part of the Microsoft Accelerator and winner of the GlaxoSmithKline Transforming the Future of Self-Care Challenge in the category “Digital Health Technologies.” Cara Care has raised more than $9
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Care Management Platform VirtualHealth Closes Series B Round to Fuel Growth
VirtualHealth, a NYC-based care management platform, today announced it has closed a Series B financing round bringing the total amount raised by the company to more than $25 million. Led by Edison Partners and existing investors, the latest funding provides strategic capital to fuel the company’s rapid growth and product innovations.One Platform for the Entire Care TeamFounded in 2012, the VirtualHealth HELIOS solution is the first comprehensive care management platform purpose-built to provide
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Collective Health Lands $250M to Simplify Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance
Collective Health, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a employer-sponsored health insurance platform has raised $205 million in Series D funding led by SoftBank’s Vision Fund with participation from GV, Founders Fund, Maverick Ventures, NEA and Sun Life. The latest round brings the company total funding to date at $435M.$1.2 Trillion Market Opportunity“With U.S. healthcare costs at $3.65 trillion in 2018, Collective Health is reinventing the healthcare experience for companies and their
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CredSimple Raises $14M to Redefine The Provider Credentialing Process
CredSimple, the a NYC-based cloud-based healthcare credential verification organization, has raised $14 million in Series B funding led by Questa Capital. The round also included participation from existing investors including Windham Venture Partners who led the company's Series A round and Primary Ventures who co-led its seed investment.Outdated Credentialing ProcessTraditionally, credentialing has run on outdated systems, spreadsheets, and repetitive manual work that only increases work,
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Dassault Systèmes Acquires Clinical Trial Platform Medidata for $5.8B
French technology giant Dassault Systèmes has agreed to acquire Medidata, a life sciences digital transformation company in an all-cash deal for $92.25 per share valued at $5.8 billion. With the acquisition of Medidata and its clinical and commercial solutions, Dassault Systèmes plans to increase market penetration into the Life Sciences industry with an integrated business experience platform for an end-to-end approach to research and discovery, development, clinical testing, manufacturing and
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