TRIPP, the fastest-growing digital psychedelics platform today acquired PsyAssist to commercialize a first-of-its-kind offering that supports the psychological healing journey of patients in psychedelic-assisted therapies. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
The acquisition will empower psychotherapists and patients to safely and effectively use TRIPP’s VR, AR, and mobile experiences for ketamine-assisted therapy, and clinical trials of MDMA, and psilocybin
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Therapeutic Virtual Reality
Rendever Awarded $2M NIH Grant to Research Impact of Virtual Reality on Aging Population
What You Should Know:
- Rendever, a Boston-based virtual reality (VR) platform built to help seniors overcome social isolation through shared experiences, announces that it has been awarded a $2M Phase II Grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
- This grant will fund a registered multi-site clinical trial, in conjunction with the University of California Santa Barbara, to further Rendever’s continued research on the effects
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XRHealth, Reducept Offer Patients Virtual Reality Therapy for Pain Management
What You Should Know:
- XRHealth, extended reality and therapeutic apps, announced today that they are working with Reducept to expand their offering to patients for virtual reality therapy for pain management. Virtual reality technology provides exercises that train people suffering from chronic pain on how to gain control over pain, potentially reducing the need for medication.
- The XRHealth and Reducept partnership was designed for individuals experiencing ongoing
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TRIPP Secures $11M to Expand Digital Psychedelic Wellness Platform for Mental Health
What You Should Know:
- TRIPP, a Los Angeles-based digital psychedelic platform, announced it has raised $11M in funding led by Vine Ventures, and Mayfield with equal participation from Integrated. TRIPP’s Series A also includes particpation from AlphaBridge Ventures, Beni VC, Berkeley Club, CJ Group, CTR Capital, Evolution, Robert Goldberg, Tony Greenberg, Grit VC, Incisive Ventures, Inflect Health, Iter Investments, Joanna Popper, Jim Dew, Joe Polish, JLS Fund, Lionheart Ventures,
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XRHealth to Launch Virtual Reality Telehealth Clinic in Israel In November
What You Should Know:
- XRHealth announce it will launch a new virtual reality telehealth clinic in Israel, slated to open on November 1st.
- The VR-driven telehealth clinic treats patients in
Israel for symptoms related to Stress & Anxiety, ADHD, Motor &
Cognitive Rehabilitation, post-COVID-19, Parkinson’s, Brain Injury, and more.
XRHealth, a Boston, MA-based provider of extended reality therapeutic applications, today announced a new virtual reality
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FDA Grants AppliedVR Breakthrough Designation for Virtual Reality Chronic Pain Treatment
What You Should Know:
- FDA awards AppliedVR Breakthrough Device designation for
treating treatment-resistant fibromyalgia and chronic intractable lower back
pain
- AppliedVR’s EaseVRx program helps patients learn self-management skills grounded in evidence-based cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) principles and other behavioral methods.
AppliedVR,
a pioneer advancing the next generation of digital medicine, today announced
its EaseVRx product received Breakthrough Device designation
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XRHealth Lands $7M to Expand Telehealth VR/AR Platform
What You Should Know:
XRHealth raises $7M in funding to expand its telehatlh virtual reality (VR)/augmented reality (AR) platform for clinicians and patients.
XRHealth is the first certified Extended Reality medical
company in the world; their Medical Applications are FDA & CE
Registered.
XRHealth created the first virtual reality telehealth
clinic in the world that is currently certified in 17 states.
XRHealth, formerly known as VRHealth a provider of extended
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UK-Based Startup Oxford VR Nabs $12.5M to Expand Automated VR Therapy Platform
- Automated virtual reality therapy Oxford VR secures a record $12.5M investment to advance its real-world impact in behavioral health, and accelerate clinical leadership in the U.S.
- The investment will enable the next-level growth of pioneering immersive therapy for depression, anxiety, and other behavioral health conditions.
VR therapy pioneer Oxford VR announced today a landmark $12.5 million Series A funding round led by Optum Ventures and supported by Luminous Ventures. The round
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XRHealth Launches Telehealth VR/AR Platform to Connect Doctors and Patients Remotely
- XRHealth just announced at the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ Tech Summit, their telehealth VR/AR medical platform that connects doctors and patients from remote locations.- The XRHealth telehealth platform allows patients to grant access to their healthcare data to key participants – doctors, caregivers, or family members.XRHealth, formerly known as VRHealth a provider of extended reality and therapeutic AR and VR applications for the medical industry has announced the launch of their new telehealth
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AppliedVR, NCI Partner to Evaluate VR As Therapy for Cancer-Related Anxiety
- AppliedVR announced a collaboration with the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to evaluate virtual reality (VR) as a solution to help address the underlying cancer-related anxiety. - The proof-of-concept study will evaluate AppliedVR’s virtual reality system on neuro-oncology patients’ “scanxiety,” a term used to describe the anxiety patients with cancer experience before or after medical diagnostics scans.AppliedVR, a Los Angeles, CA-based
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