Startups
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Capital Rx snags $106M to enhance digital platform, increase user base
Capital Rx recently closed a $106 million Series C funding round, bringing its overall funding to $175 million. The upstart pharmacy benefit manager will use the funds to enhance its digital pharmacy platform as well as grow its user base.
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ImCheck fetches €96M for antibodies that activate immune cells against cancer
ImCheck Therapeutics aims to broaden the reach of cancer immunotherapy with antibody drugs that activate a rare but powerful type of immune cell called gamma delta T cells. The biotech has unveiled €96 million to advance its pipeline, including a lead candidate in development for both liquid and solid tumors.
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Creating an Omnichannel Customer Journey in Healthcare
Improving Customer Experience and Conversion in Healthcare & Life Sciences
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Met with AWS funding, Oben Health seeks to treat hypertension in at-risk groups without medication or surgery
Oben Health, a San Francisco-based company developing a digital treatment platform to fight heart disease without medication or surgery, recently received funding from AWS’ accelerator for early-stage startups led by founders from underrepresented groups. The startup will use the money to scale its platform and help conduct a pilot program to better understand its model’s clinical validity.
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StartUPDATES: New developments from healthcare startups
Check out news from Equiva, Healthmine, 9am.health, Forge Health and more.
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Tech-forward, third-party administrator health plan company raises $30M series A
Flume Health offers a platform for customized health plan administration for insurers who want to develop customized health plans to target certain populations. The company says it can bring tailored plans to the point of launch in just six months.
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AppliedVR raises $36M, pursues FDA clearance of first digital therapeutic
The company is developing a digital therapeutic using VR to manage chronic lower back pain. It recently submitted an application for de novo clearance to the FDA.
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Click Therapeutics raises $52M, looks to advance digital therapeutics
Click Therapeutics is developing digital therapeutics for depression, insomnia and other conditions. It plans to use the funds to commercialize its therapeutics, through partnerships with pharmaceutical companies including Otsuka.
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Startups, Health Services, Health Tech
Sprinter raises $33M for ‘last-mile healthcare delivery’
The Menlo Park-based company is building a service for quick at-home health services, such as lab draws and Covid-19 testing. The company is looking to build the “DoorDash for lab draws,” raising $33 million from backers.
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Devices & Diagnostics, Startups, Health Tech
This startup wants to build a needle-free CGM using nanotechnology
Graphwear recently raised $20.5 million, which it plans to use to develop a CGM that uses nanotechnology to measure blood glucose levels.
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Healthcare VC Jumpstart Foundry Now Accepting Applications for Fall Funding
Early-stage healthcare innovation fund Jumpstart Foundry is accepting Fall funding applications through September 30th. Read on to find out why Jumpstart Foundry could be the missing piece in your startup’s journey to making a lasting difference in healthcare.
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Health IT, Hospitals, Startups
Consumerism is driving a bold new vision for home healthcare
Consumers want the healthcare industry to meet them where they are, and this shift in patient mindset has expanded the definition of home healthcare and who benefits from it, according to a panel at MedCity INVEST Digital Health conference.
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Startups, Health Services, Health Tech
With $100M in new funding, Tia CEO says the ‘tide has turned’ for investing in women’s health
Tia, a concierge clinic combining primary care and OBGYN services, recently raised $100 million in funding. Amid a surge of financing into women’s health startups, CEO Carolyn Witte said investors’ perspectives are changing.
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Startup testing video-based treatment for ‘lazy eye’ touts Phase 3 results
Luminopia, a startup with a digital therapeutic for amblyopia, or lazy eye, recently published the results of a phase 3 study showing its TV-based treatment can improve vision in kids’ non-dominant eye. Patients don a headset where images are altered to make them use both eyes.
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Meet the two picks from J&J and Village Capital’s culturally competent care accelerator
Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures and Village Capital launched their first accelerator focused on culturally competent care this summer. Two startups were each awarded $100,000: Omaiven Health and Lucia Health Guidelines.
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Startup using VR for surgical training raises $27M
Osso VR, which uses VR modules to prepare surgeons for hands-on training and demo medical devices, raised $27 million in funding.
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5 Blues plans launch pharmacy solutions startup Evio
Five Blue Cross Blue Shield plans provided funding to establish Evio, which aims to improve clinical outcomes and cut drug costs. It will initially only offer services to the founding health plans, including data analytics to determine drug performance and enhancing outcomes-based contracting.
