Careology raises GBP1.2m to fund growth plans
Careology, a health-tech platform for cancer care, has raised GBP1.12 million in funding from some of the UK�s leading health and technology private angel investors.
Careology, a health-tech platform for cancer care, has raised GBP1.12 million in funding from some of the UK�s leading health and technology private angel investors.
French startup Cureety, a telemedicine startup that improves the follow-up and care of patients, has announced a fundraising of € 1.2 million, led by five business angels, BPI France and Cureety's existing partners, Crédit Mutuel Bretagne (CMB) and Crédit Agricole (CA) Bretagne. The startup now aims to accelerate the deployment of its system in France, which due to the current pandemic, will be needed more than ever. Europe has seen a boost in investments for telemedicine solutions in the past few weeks, for example in Estonia with Viveo Health, and in France with Wellium.
Massive Bio, Inc., a leader in precision medicine and artificial intelligence (AI) enabled patient centric clinical trial enrollment, today announced a $2.6 million round of funding led by Revo Capital with additional participation from Cavendish Impact Foundation (CIF), through their donor advised fund at ImpactAssets. The investment brings Massive Bio�s total funding since launch to $6.6 million and will enable the biotechnology company to scale to meet the demand in the U.S. and overseas for its oncology clinical trial recruitment platform solutions. The financing round builds on an exceptional year for Massive Bio which saw a rapidly growing roster of clients across the pharmaceutical company and contract research organization (CRO) industry globally, and exponential demand which was further accelerated by COVID-19.
Outcomes4Me Inc., developer of a free mobile app and platform to navigate cancer treatment and care, today announced that it has raised $4.7 million in funding, led by Asset Management Ventures with participation from Sierra Ventures, Merstal Ltd. and others. A portion of the funding includes federal funds from the National Cancer Institute. The company will use the funding to expand its reach to address a variety of cancers beyond the more than 10,000 current breast cancer patients who have been using the app in the past year.
As part of the launch, Jasper raised $6.75 million in seed funding, co-led by 7wireVentures and Redesign Health, allowing the company to continue its deep support for Members and caregivers, and build out the expansion of its offering to provide services for partners in the healthcare system. 7wireVentures co-founder and Managing Partner Lee Shapiro also joins Jasper�s board of directors.
The start-up is currently backed by Tata Group, Reliance Digital Health and Rakuten Medical, along with a number of eminent industrialists such as Ratan Tata and Venu Srinivasan
Diabetes app maker mySugr, which is based in Austria and the US, raised a few million euros in an investment round led by XL Health and Puspok. Johann Hansmann, an angel investor that has previously invested in Runtastic, also participated. mySugr had previously raised another round from Hansmann and Austria's state owned investment bank, AWS. One of mySugr's investors, XL Health is a subsidiary of EHR maker CompuGroup Medical, which the company expects will help it become better integrated into healthcare systems.
Switzerland-based MindMaze announced this week that it recently closed an $8.5 million round of funding to bring its MindLeap system, previously used to help stroke patients recover some motor function, to the world of games. Investors were not disclosed. MindLeap is in development for multiple platforms, including consoles and mobile devices. The company plans to have a software development kit available in the coming months, with a proper release set for late this year.
SWORD Health, a Portuguese startup that develops technologies in the area of motor rehabilitation, saw the approval, by the European Commission, of a financing project worth 1.3 million euros, within the scope of Horizonte 2020, a program to support SMEs. The project approved by the European Commission will last for 24 months and foresees the development of a stroke rehabilitation platform.
Finnish startup Blooming is aiming to help bouncing-off-the-walls-stressed office workers regain control of their lives by using wearable tech. The service includes monitoring and tracking stress levels, plus recommendation software and meditation advice to help give workers the space to stop and smell the roses.To help its plans come to fruition, the company recently raised a small round of pre-seed funding from Lifeline Ventures and Reaktor Ventures.