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Startups
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Integral Snags $7M In Seed Funding for Its Healthcare Data Privacy Platform
Integral raked in $6.9 million in seed funding in this week. The San Francisco-based startup is developing technology that seeks to speed up the process of exchanging sensitive health data while still maintaining robust privacy protection.
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What Do Value-Based Care Startups Need to Do to Attract Investors?
As the value-based care market gets more crowded, startups in this space will have to nail down the fundamentals in order to attract capital from investors, healthcare business expert Paul Campbell said during a virtual conference. He encouraged startups to be crystal clear about what their value proposition is for three main stakeholders — patients, providers and payers.
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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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At-Home Physical Therapy Leads to Better Recovery in Post-Surgical Patients, Study Shows
Luna — an at-home physical therapy provider — released a new study on the efficacy of its post-surgery rehabilitation program. The study, which was conducted by the startup, showed that the Luna Pathways program did a good job of reducing patients’ pain, increasing care plan adherence, and decreasing avoidable hospital readmissions and emergency department visits.
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Regard Teams Up With OpenAI to Develop Chatbot Functionality Built On GPT-4
Regard — a startup selling an AI co-pilot that helps clinicians diagnose medical conditions — announced a new partnership to add to its technology’s capabilities. The company is teaming up with OpenAI to release new chatbot functionalities built on OpenAI’s large language model GPT-4.
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Rapport Therapeutics Snags $150M to Develop Precision Neurology Meds
Rapport Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotech that was founded last year, raised $150 million in Series B financing, bringing its total funding to date to $250 million. The company’s platform leverages receptor-associated proteins to create neurology drugs that have more focused activity in the brain, going after disease-driving circuits and cell types.
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Genesis Therapeutics Rakes In $200M For AI-Powered Drug Discovery
Genesis Therapeutics recently joined the growing list of AI-powered drug discovery startups receiving venture funding this year. The company closed a $200 million Series B financing round, taking its total funding to date to more than $280 million.
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What Are Femtech Startups Doing for Women’s Health? Find Out at MedCity INVEST Digital Health
Femtech is the theme for the INVEST Digital Health Pitch Perfect competition in Dallas October 26. Seven startups will share the spotlight and present their approaches to improving women’s healthcare. Register today!
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Artificial Intelligence, Health IT, Health Tech, Startups
Epic Is Integrating Abridge’s Generative AI Tool Into Its EHR
Epic announced that it will integrate Abridge’s clinical documentation tool into its EHR workflow. The startup’s generative AI tool listens to visits and creates a near-instant summary that adheres to physicians’ prototypical note structure.
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VC Report: Biotech Financings Fall, M&A Activity Expected to Pick Up
Biotech startups raised $2.6 billion globally in the second quarter of this year, but that’s down nearly 46% compared to the same period last year, according to a report from Pitchbook. Capital is harder to find, and the report projects an uptick in M&A activity as companies run out of cash.
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Health IT, Health Tech, Startups
Suvida Healthcare Taps Elation EHR to Help Power Care for Hispanic Seniors
Suvida Healthcare — a startup providing primary care for Medicare-eligible Hispanic adults — is adopting Elation Health’s primary care-specific technology platform. The platform comprises an EHR, as well as software for patient engagement, telehealth and revenue cycle management. Suvida’s chief medical officer said Elation beat out the competition due to its focus on both primary care and value-based care.
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Alltrna Unveils $109M to Make tRNA a Universal Therapy for Genetic Diseases
Flagship Pioneering-founded Alltrna is developing tRNA therapies to address genetic diseases driven by truncated versions of proteins. By addressing an aberrant genetic instruction underpinning many diseases, the startup is developing what it describes as a potential “universal solution.”
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Daybreak Health Snags $13M For School-Based Mental Health Services
Daybreak Health — a startup that partners with school districts to provide children with virtual mental health services — recently closed a $13 million Series B funding round. The company has partnered with more than 60 public school districts since it began providing care in 2019.
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Health Tech, Hospitals, Startups
Rush Launches Program to Scale RPM for Chronic Conditions Management
Chicago-based Rush University System for Health recently struck a partnership with Cadence — the health system is beginning an RPM pilot using the startup’s technology platform and clinicians. Rush will enroll Medicare and Medicaid patients who have one or more of the following chronic conditions: hypertension, congestive heart failure and type 2 diabetes.
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Meet The Startup That’s Building ‘Spa-Like’ Infusion Centers
A new startup named Uptiv Health launched to make infusion care more accessible and enjoyable for patients. The company, which was built at Redesign Health, is launching its flagship infusion center later this month in the Detroit area.
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HerMD Snags $18M to Open More Menopause-Focused Health Centers
HerMD recently raised $18 million in a Series A-1 funding round. The company offers in-person and virtual women’s healthcare that focuses on menopause and sexual health. It is using its new capital to open more brick-and-mortar women’s health centers across the country.