Altair Medical is making an impactful entry into the healthtech market after raising £2.25 million in a pre-series A funding round to further develop its respiratory sensor and real-time monitoring platform. Powered by AI, the solution detects and alerts users to adverse events in a range of respiratory conditions, contributing to earlier detection of respiratory […]
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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 […]
Slush and AstraZeneca To Double Down Shared Activities In 2021
Slush, a global startup movement and a not-for-profit community, announced a partnership, with a global, science-led biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca. The collaboration helps Slush’s mission of helping the next generation groundbreaking founders and AstraZeneca’s pioneering work in the healthcare landscape to improve patients’ lives and push the boundaries of science. Slush and AstraZeneca’s collaboration started initially […]
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 […]
Smith+Nephew and Huma partner to launch a remote patient monitoring app that revolutionizes the landscape of orthopaedic surgery in the UK.
Earlier this month, global medical technology company Smith+Nephew and leading healthcare technology company Huma announced their collaboration to develop their remote patient monitoring service for orthopaedic surgery. Ramsay West Midlands Hospital and Spire Bushey Hospital are currently piloting the app with their patients, while ten other hospitals (NHS and private) are expected to test the […]
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 […]
Miiskin platform integrates mole measurement feature to track skin health
Earlier this month, the healthtech platform, Miiskin, which allows people to regularly track their skin changes, integrated a mole sizing feature that allows users to measure moles or lesions by comparing them to a reference object via the app. Using machine learning, computer vision and augmented reality technology, the feature allows for skin self-examinations by […]
Innovative Computer Vision Solution For Elderly Care Introduced By Kepler Vision
Kepler Vision Technologies announced the launch of its Kepler Night Nurse Edge Box. The processor has been designed to integrate Kepler Vision’s Night Nurse software with innovative computer vision technology that will increase patient safety at night while providing healthcare professionals with the tools to provide better quality care. Using deep learning and computer vision, […]
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 […]