Dec 11,2017

Mayo Clinic deal and $5m funding for health data platform Biofourmis

Singapore-based health analytics platform Biofourmis announced the close of its series A funding round today, while also unveiling a partnership with US medical research institute, the Mayo Clinic. The startup raised US$5 million from NSI Ventures – part of Singaporean private equity firm Northstar Group – and Aviva Ventures, the VC arm of UK insurance company Aviva. Biofourmis will use the series A capital to scale its operations and fund the commercial launch of Biovitals.

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Sep 09,2014

Glen Tullman Launches Livongo Health to Empower Consumers with Chronic Conditions to Live Better, Beginning with Diabetes

 Livongo Health™, a consumer digital health company, launched today with a vision to empower people with chronic conditions to live better through the combined power of technology, real-time personalized information, and support from their chosen care team. The company secured initial funding from 7wire Ventures (run by Tullman and long-time partner Lee Shapiro) and a recent $10 million Series A funding round from General Catalyst Partners. Hemant Taneja, Managing Director at General Catalyst said, "We're excited to partner with Glen and team to help accomplish their mission. We think that companies like Livongo can reduce healthcare costs by $100 billion in diabetes alone."

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Sep 23,2014

COTA Closes $3.7M, Plans To Gain Another $3.3 In Series A Funding For Cancer Data In The Cloud

Cancer data platform COTA (Cancer Outcomes Tracking and Analysis) has announced the close of $3.7 million in a planned $7 million Series A funding round led by Horizon Healthcare Services, with participation from Med-Metrix. COTA is a cloud-based program which collects certain cancer patient data and provides real-time genetic sorting of certain cancers. It also provides outcome tracking and reporting to cancer doctors. This could be useful in cutting down costs in cancer care and treatment and is part of a larger move in the health industry to use cloud-based data to better treat and allocate resources.

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Jan 07,2015

MediSafe Raises $6M in Series A Funding

MediSafe, a Boston, Massachusetts-based global medication management platform, raised a $6m in Series A funding. The round was led by Pitango Venture Capital with participation from 7wire ventures, and existing investors lool Ventures, TriVentures and Eyal Gura. The company intends to use the funds to accelerate user growth in the U.S. market, expand its suite of medication management solutions, and enhance overall user experience within its mHealth apps.

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Jun 01,2015

Belong.life Raises $5 million in Series A

Tel Aviv- and New York-based Belong.Life, a startup developing a digital support network for cancer patients that uses AI to create personalized experiences, today announced that it�s raised $5 million in Series A funding round.

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Jan 28,2016

OncoHealth has raised $7.5M

OncoHealth Corp, a company focused on developing cancer diagnostic and treatment technologies, has raised $7.5 million USD in equity funding from two investors through a private offering of securities.

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Feb 27,2017

Insilico Medicine Raises $10 million in Equity Financing

Insilico Medicine, a company focused on artificial intelligence-driven drug discovery and aging research, has raised $10 million USD through a private offering of securities, according to the SEC form registered.

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Mar 09,2017

LEO Innovation Lab invests $5.5 million in healthtech

LEO Innovation Lab, the innovation arm of LEO Pharma, this week announced a $5.5 million investment in five startups serving the healthtech sector. Specifically, the firm backs startups that help people achieve healthy skin: SkinVision (Holland) is a developer of an app that can analyze and track changes in moles and other skin conditions by using the smartphone's camera.

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Jul 18,2017

Insilico Medicine Raises $4 million in Equity Financing

Insilico Medicine has raised $4 million USD through a private offering of securities for its artificial intelligence-driven drug discovery and aging research, according to the SEC form registered.

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Nov 03,2017

PathAI scores $11M to ramp up deep-learning tech, grow team

PathAI, which teamed up with Philips on cancer diagnostics in March, has bagged $11 million in series A financing. The startup will use the funds to build out its team and develop its artificial intelligence-based technology. General Catalyst Partners led the round, while Pillar Companies, Refactor Capital, 8VC, Danhua Capital, and KdT Ventures also participated, Xconomy reported. PathAI is developing deep-learning algorithms for the detection and diagnosis of disease. It aims to help pathologists, who analyze tissue and fluid samples in the lab to diagnose disease, perform their job more accurately and efficiently.

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