Oct 21,2019

MassChallenge HealthTech Announces 2020 Cohort of Top Digital Health Startups

MassChallenge, a global network of zero-equity startup accelerators, today announced that 27 digital health startups will join the 2020 MassChallenge HealthTech cohort. The 27 startups represent some of the world’s most innovative technologies to improve the overall patient experience and tackle some of healthcare’s massive challenges. Limbix, one of the finalists, creates digital therapeutics designed to treat the most common mental health disorders using mobile apps and VR.

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Nov 18,2019

Hygieia Raises $1.3M in Debt Financing

The document is a Form D filing submitted to the US Securities and Exchange Commission by Hygieia. According to the filing, Hygieia has raised $1,250,000 USD in debt financing from an undisclosed group of investors. The funds raised will be used for working capital and general corporate purposes.

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Feb 12,2020

Oxford VR scores £10m in Series A

British firm Oxford VR has secured £10 million in a Series A funding round led by Optum Ventures, with support from Luminous Ventures. Existing backers Oxford Sciences Innovation, Oxford University Innovation and GT Healthcare Capital Partners also participated.

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Feb 27,2020

Sword Health Raises Additional $9M in Series A Funding

Sword Health, a NYC-based tech-enabled provider of musculoskeletal care, raised an additional $9m in Series A funding. The round addition, which brought total funding raised to date to $17m, was led by Khosla Ventures, with participation from Founders Fund, Green Innovations, Lachy Groom, Vesalius Biocapital and Faber Ventures. The additional capital will go towards increasing the company’s market presence, investing in distribution, partnerships, sales and marketing, and making strategic product, clinical and operational investments to improve member experience and outcomes.

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Mar 23,2020

Digital mental health company Meru snags $8.1M in Series A funds

Digital mental health company Meru Health announced that it scored $8.1 million in Series A funding. Foundry Group, Slack, Bold Capital, and Y Combinator led the funding round. This comes about a year after the company landed $4.2 million in seed funding. While the company did not specify exactly how the funds will be used, it has been stressing its commitment to furthering research on its product and digital mental health.

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Apr 30,2020

Virtual Healthcare Platform Vida Health Raises $25 Million

Vida Health, a virtual care platform, raised $25 million in new funding. Ally Bridge Group (ABG) led the financing round, with participation from existing investors, including AME Cloud Ventures, Aspect Ventures, Canvas Ventures, Webb Investment Network, NGP Capital, and Workday Ventures. The funding will support to meet the increasing demand for virtual care, particularly in mental health, according to the company.

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May 01,2020

Xploro Raises £75K from GC Angles

In May 2020, Xploro secured an eventual £75,000 in funding from Innovate UK to develop new functionality to improve the flow of feedback from patients to the medical teams looking after them.

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May 19,2020

Omada Health scores $57 million as coronavirus pandemic sparks investor interest in health tech

The company just pulled in $57 million from investment fund Perceptive Advisors, which focuses on health and life sciences, and it used some of that money to buy a smaller digital health start-up called Physera, which specializes in virtual physical therapy. Approximately $30 million of the total sum was used for the acquisition.

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May 26,2020

MedRhythms raises money from Bose, wins national angel investment award

The company announced last week that it had accepted an investment from Bose Ventures, the venture capital arm of Bose Corp., the well-known audio equipment company. Bose Ventures was launched in 2018 to invest in startups working on apps and services that could be incorporated into Bose’s augmented reality platform. It also has a focus on investing in companies applying cutting-edge audio technology to health and wellness. The size of Bose’s investment was not disclosed. To date, the company has raised at least $6.4 million, including a $5 million Series A that it raised during the summer of 2018. In addition to the money, MedRhythms will also benefit from the potentially valuable collaborations with Bose businesses and access to its world-class audio technology experts.

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Aug 07,2020

Ovia raises $7.6 million

The document is a Form D filing submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) by Ovia Health, a digital health company that provides fertility, pregnancy, and parenting solutions to employers and health plans. The purpose of the filing is to disclose that Ovia has raised $7,584,895 in equity financing from nine investors. The funds will be used to support the company's growth and expansion efforts.

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