TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Lagos- and Texas-based digital healthcare provider Reliance Health is the latest beneficiary and is doing so in grand style, raising $40 million. Reports say healthtech in Africa should reach a market value of over US$11 billion by 2025 and Reliance Health is looking to play a pivotal role in the continent reaching that capitalization.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2021

In addition to his venture investing knowledge, Bill has decades of management operations experience. The virtual state of corporate venture capital today. Corporate venture business strategies that work. billion, according to Mercom Capital Group. More posts by this contributor.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 24, 2023

Grassroots campaigns continue, and technology-wise, innovation in the wider women’s health sector is only gearing up. We still have a very long way to go in changing opinions about the importance of investing in women’s health. Janna Meyrowitz Turner, the founder of Synastry Capital, echoed similar sentiments.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 4, 2022

Last April, Alex and I reported CB Insights data showing that venture investment into mental health startups had dropped sharply in Q1 2022 compared to the preceding quarter. But in the last couple of weeks, I have heard about several venture-backed deals into the subsector of health tech. Let’s explore.

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Hunter Walk

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Homebrew: Venture capital is no longer as opaque as it was 10 years ago, but a lot of what gets shared is pro-VC content marketing more than the real day-to-day reality. KS: So much of what is shared about venture, especially on Twitter, is an endless string of wins. On top of all this, I was settling into San Francisco.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2023

For those who wielded that role or the coveted CEO position, you were likely to be placed on a pedestal or be viewed as a visionary, aided by a venture capital market that experienced an overextended bull run in the background. TechCrunch: Why is the discussion around African founders’ mental health critical right now?

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

JBalvin, the Prince of Reggaeton, has been candid with his fans about his mental health struggles and healing journey. I’m human just like anyone else and I felt I had this mission to make the world a better place starting with mental health.” The bar for behavioral health startups just got higher.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

Real , a mental health app, has raised a $37 million oversubscribed Series B. The round was led by Owl Ventures, with participation from former Cityblock CEO Iyah Romm and chief health officer Dr. Sylvia Romm. Returning investors include Lightspeed Venture Partners, Female Founders Fund, Forerunner Ventures and BBG Ventures.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 13, 2023

We know startups are bad for mental health. How can venture capitalists promote human sustainability in entrepreneurship? Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook »

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Digital healthcare continues to thrive globally following the effects of the pandemic last year, but venture capital inflows differ regionally with Africa lagging behind the rest of the world. H owever, investors have paid attention to a few innovative health tech startups, putting over $77 million across 56 deals last year.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Atommerce , a Korean startup that helps users connect with mental health professionals via a mobile app MiNDCAFE, plans to scale its mental health service with a $16.7 The Seoul-based startup offers a virtual therapy program and a mental health benefits solution for employers. But it has changed over the last few years.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Alyssa Jaffee is a partner at 7wireVentures , a digital health-focused venture capital firm, where she focuses on investments that empower consumers to become better stewards of their heath. This was a record-breaking year for private investment across digital health. Take access to mental health care, for example.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 9, 2021

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. For this week’s deep dive, Alex, Natasha and Chris dug into the world of hormonal health, a sub-sector within the massive (and booming) world of digital health.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Depression and anxiety were taking a serious toll on peoples’ well-being even before COVID-19, and the pandemic prompted more interest (and venture capital) in mental health startups. The startup’s app for mental health professionals, called ThoughtFullCare Pro, enables them to manage and scale their online practices.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The role venture capital must play in all of this is becoming clearer: There has been a push to fund more reproductive health companies , include healthcare access in ESG investments , and reevaluate the safest places to open a business for women employees. Access to healthcare is a right; it’s not politics,” she said.

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 23, 2023

Register SKS Capital , a venture capital and private equity firm based in Shanghai and Taipei, has announced its strategic investment of $5 million in Grace , Korea’s largest aggregator of international health and beauty brands.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

APRIL 1, 2020

Oklahoma City, OK-based Linear Health Sciences has developed a globally patented medical device known as the Orchid Safety Release Valve (SRV), designed to limit disconnection of IV catheters for patients worldwide. iMCI), recently led an $11.535 million go-to-market investment in Oklahoma City-based Linear Health Sciences. i2E.org.

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TechCrunch

JULY 18, 2022

While these companies are all targeting different corners of the healthcare world — from direct-to-consumer healthcare to virtual mental health support — the layoffs show a similar response to the macroeconomic environment. For early-stage entrepreneurs, this shift brings a set of lessons on the nuances of operating in digital health.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 24, 2021

This week, Bill Taranto, president of Merck’s Global Health Innovation Fund, wrote a TechCrunch+ article that explored six digital health trends his corporate VC fund is tracking as we enter 2022. Between Q1 and Q3 2021, healthcare startups landed $21.3 billion in VC, “dwarfing the previous record of $14.6

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Jason Malki

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Conekta grew to become one of the biggest payment platforms in Latam but she had to leave to go on a health journey that pulled her into the world of health and wellness where she is currently tackling metabolic health and fitness with her new company Somos. I went through a health crisis of sorts.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Data analyst and former COO of Goldman Sachs, Ramakant Vempati is the co-founder of 2022 FDA breakthrough device Wysa , an AI-based digital companion for behavioral health. Now, as venture capital funding within health tech has fallen 41.2% FDA breakthrough device designation. How to prove clinical efficacy.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Africa Health Holdings , a healthcare startup running several hospitals, has secured $18 million in a Series A round, funds that will go toward building its “tech-forward healthcare system” across Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria. Valiant Capital, Kepple Ventures and SUNU Capital.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The round is led by Flashpoint Venture Capital, Uniqa Ventures, PKO VC, Black Pearls VC (an existing investor) and Adamed. “The top three competitors are Babylon Health , KRY and Pushdoctor. for a digital-first health insurance play. Poland-based Telemedico has closed a €5.5 million (~$6.6

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Acadian Ventures , an early-stage venture capital firm, announced its 2024 Future of Work 100, an annual list of venture-backed startups impacting how work gets done in the future. As a result, the current year’s venture-backed startups had to focus on their financial health. billion in total capital.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

s National Health Service. Funding for mental health startups is anticipated to crack $3 billion in 2021, per a Q3 Silicon Valley Bank Trend report. Bruso sees ieso as one of the few mental health companies that can point to real-world health outcomes, at least using their own data set. . “At

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TechCrunch

JUNE 25, 2021

As the pandemic unevenly roars on, Emily Melton , founder and managing partner of Threshold VC , is reflecting on a previous public health crisis: the Spanish flu. And, Melton, a lead investor in health tech startups including Livongo, Tia and Calibrate, says the care pathway ages well. billion in value by 2030.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The funding round was co-led by Accelerator Life Science Partners (ALSP) and ClavystBio, a Temasek-backed accelerator focusing on global health solutions. ClavystBio’s core mission is to act as a catalyst for global health solutions originating from Singapore.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Partnering organizations advance regional health innovation ecosystems To advance healthcare access, quality, and equity, the Ohio -headquartered managed care organization CareSource is partnering with Indiana -based Boomerang Ventures, an early-stage venture studio, specializing in connected health solutions.

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2022

Goodman is a partner at Foley & Lardner and is a member of the firm’s national telemedicine and digital health industry team. Lacktman is a partner at Foley & Lardner and chair of the law firm’s national Telemedicine & Digital Health Industry Team. Nathaniel M. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Nathaniel M.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Oscar, the New York-based health insurance upstart at the vanguard of a wave of venture capital healthcare investment made in the wake of the Affordable Care Act, has raised another $140 million in financing. The new capital means that Oscar has raised what would be the equivalent of $1 million a day for the entirety of 2020.

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TechCrunch

MAY 12, 2021

Mental health has been put into the spotlight in a big way in recent times. Unmind — a London startup that has built a mental health platform for the workplace — has raised $47 million, a Series B that it will be using to continue investing in its research and development and also to expand its business reach.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 30, 2024

Singapore-based health-tech startup Mesh Bio has secured $3.5 million in Series A financing led by East Ventures, a venture capital firm focused on Southeast Asia. Elev8, Seed Capitals, and existing shareholders also participated in the round.

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American Entrepreneurship

JULY 22, 2024

She began her career in venture capital at Toba Capital which had multiple successful exits and held early stage investing roles at Bedford Bridge and Conscience VC. Rickard has over 15 years in the pet industry, co-founding companies, raising $50m+, and leading the Basepaws startup to a successful acquisition by Zoetis.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 18, 2023

The funding was led by well-known venture capital firms TNB Aura and Antler, with notable involvement from Gobi Partners, Kairous Capital, and GMA Ventures. With this latest injection of capital, the round brings ORA’s total funding raised to over $17 million.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2022

All of those may likely qualify as purchases you could make through a Flexible Spending Account (FSA) or Health Savings Account (HSA). Sika’s customers are companies that sell health-related products but struggle to capture customers’ FSA and HSA dollars because of the multitude of pain points associated with the process.

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 28, 2024

Hauwa Ojeifo , founder of a movement that gives mental health a voice in Nigeria, so those with mental health conditions can tell their stories and co-create solutions. Overall, improvement in women’s health could add as much as $1 trillion to the global economy by 2040. She founded She Writes Woman.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

This will be used to strengthen venture capital ecosystems and invest in early-stage companies in order to address development challenges through technological innovations in climate, health care, education, agriculture, e-commerce, and other sectors. In Pakistan, digital transformation can unlock up to $59.7

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