The pandemic has certainly highlighted the importance of mental health. Covid-19 has brought many people down with illness or worse, but it has also brought increased isolation, economic uncertainty and many other kinds of disappointment, and all of this has had a ripple effect on our collective and individual state of mind. Headway focuses on […]
Funding
Fitness ring company Oura secures $100 million in Series C funding
Oura, a Finnish manufacturer of wearable fitness devices, has experienced explosive growth over the past two years. With the pandemic freezing professional sports for all of 2020, a number of major leagues have embraced the ring, including the NBA, WNBA, UFC and NASCAR. Initially differentiated by its shape, the Oura Ring has already been sold […]
Proximie secures $38m in Series B funding round for AR surgery
London-based Proximie, which enables surgeons to share clinical practices through AR, has secured US$38 million to further develop its healthtech platform. F-Prime Capital led the Series B round, followed by Questa Capital, Eight Roads, Maverick Ventures, Global Ventures, BECO Capital and Cedar Mundi Ventures. This round brings the company’s total funding to $49 million. Founded […]
Alan secures $220m in latest funding round to further boost its health insurance and health app.
Paris-based Alan has raised €185 million in its latest funding round, bringing its valuation to €1.4 billion. New investors Coatue, Dragoneer and Exor led the round, which also included existing investors Index Ventures, Ribbit Capital and Temasek. The startup has been growing at a steady but not-so-slow pace. In 2016 it had just obtained approval […]
Swedish healthtech visionary Kry raises $300m: where does it stand against other European healthtech giants?
With Europe a competitive global hub for healthcare innovation, how is Swedish company Kry positioning itself to become the industry leader? Kry, known as Livi in France and the UK, raised an additional $300 million in its latest funding round, which it says will accelerate its expansion plans in Europe. The round was led by […]
Kaia Health raises $75 million in Series C funding round to further develop its virtual therapies for chronic pain and COPD
Kaia Health has raised $75 million in a Series C funding round to further develop its AI-assisted digital therapies, available via a mobile app focused on chronic pain related to musculoskeletal disorders (MSK) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The New York-based healthtech frontrunner attracted interest from an unnamed private equity fund that led the […]
Tempo Secures $220 Million in Series C Funding to Meet Increasing Demand for its Smart Home Workout Tool.
Tempo, the only smart home gym built with 3D sensors to analyse user movement, providing a unique personal training experience, has raised $220 million in Series C funding. The San Francisco-based startup has now secured nearly $300 million since its launch, with this third funding round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and the participation […]
HealthHero acquires Qare to propel itself into the top tier of European telehealth companies
Earlier this month, HealthHero announced the acquisition of Qare, a Paris-based telehealth pioneer backed by Kamet Ventures, Europe’s leading healthcare investor. Founded in 2016, Qare has since its inception transformed access to healthcare in France through an optimal combination of medical expertise and digital innovation. Following the acquisition of Doctopsy in 2020, it has been […]
European Healthtech is put on the map, through forward-thinking VC Karista
Venture capital firm Karista has published a European mapping of digital health investment funds in response to the growing demand for investment in the sector. With more than 626 companies active in the digital health sector, 63% of which were founded in the last five years, the e-health mapping was published by Karista in order […]
Home health care of Cantieri Digitali MedTech closes a round of 600 thousand euros
The venture builder of home medicine raises € 600,000 from a pool of investors in the world of innovation and healthcare including Seven Investments, Rosario Bifulco, Heroes, Victor Savevski and NextUp. Building the first decentralized hospital, i.e. an ecosystem in which all patients can access high-quality medical diagnostics and treatments directly from their homes, without […]