HealthTech
10 of the most exciting digital health startups of 2024, according to VCs
In the post-COVID world, VCs say it’s not as easy to get excited about investing in digital health. Deal activity in healthcare IT was relatively flat in Q1 2024 at…
Anterior grabs $20M from NEA to expedite health insurance approvals with AI
Anterior, a company that uses AI to expedite health insurance approval for medical procedures, has raised a $20 million Series A round at a $95 million post-money valuation led by…
AI-powered virtual physical therapy platform Sword Health has seen its valuation soar 50% to $3 billion.
How Y Combinator’s founder-matching service helped medical records AI startup Hona land $3M
Y Combinator’s founder matching tool has quietly become one of most powerful offerings. That’s how medical records AI startup Hona was founded.
HD raises $5.6M to build a Sierra AI for healthcare in Southeast Asia
Chatbots have come a long way. For years, they were limited to responding with predetermined replies that followed a simple logic structure. But customers can have complex problems, and no…
Healthcare platform Anima brings Salesforce-like capabilities to clinics, raises $12M
Globally, healthcare IT systems are groaning under the weight of legacy platforms. Thankfully, there’s a new wave of startups entering the arena: U.K. startup Anima is a “care enablement” platform…
MDaaS raises $3M to improve healthcare access and expand network across Nigeria
MDaaS Global, a Nigerian health tech company that operates a network of tech-enabled diagnostic centers across the country, has secured $3 million in pre-Series A funding. The round was led…
Featured Article
How a French health insurance unicorn plans to leverage AI to reach profitability
Alan’s meteoric rise in the French tech ecosystem has been both figurative and literal. A few years ago, the startup’s office was limited to one floor in a nondescript office building near the Canal Saint-Martin in Paris. Over time, the company added another floor, then another floor — now the…
Earlybird Health closes twice-larger second fund, will write bigger checks
Germany-based Earlybird Health announced the final closing of its second fund of €173 million (around $185 million). This is more than twice the size of Earlybird’s first healthcare-focused fund.
Tired and tested: Onera raises $32M to help clinicians conduct sleep studies in patients’ homes
Onera Health, a startup providing sleep diagnostic and monitoring technology to help clinicians conduct studies, has raised €30 million ($32 million) in a Series C round of funding. Poor sleep…
My Memo adds some pill-zazz to automatic medicine dispensers
Every few years, a new startup takes a stab at automatic pill dispensers to help with drug adherence and to prevent people from accidentally dosing more than they should. Makes…
Building for Medicaid’s regulatory moment with Neil Batlivala from Pair Team
Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. This week Becca and Dom are joined by Neil Batlivala, the CEO and…
Cameroonian healthtech Waspito gets $2.5M seed extension to scale, tap offline patients
Cameroonian health startup Waspito has secured a $2.5 million seed extension from DP World through Newtown Partners, Saviu Ventures, AAIC Investment, Axian Ventures and CFAO’s Health54 to spur its growth…
Toku’s AI platform predicts heart conditions by scanning inside your eye
Ehsan Vaghefi, CEO and co-founder of Toku, grew up with a blind father who lost eyesight at the age of four due to congenital glaucoma. As a result of this,…
Inito, a startup that helps women quickly track fertility hormones at home, raises $6M
Inito, a YC alum that helps women track fertility hormones quickly at home, has raised $6 million in Series A funding led by Fireside Ventures. The startup’s fertility monitor and…
Blackbird invests in Carepatron’s ‘radically accessible’ healthcare management platform
When TechCrunch covered Carepatron’s pre-seed last year, the startup was focused on serving solo practitioners and small health practices. Now the healthcare management system has scaled along with its clients,…
Egyptian health tech Almouneer raises $3.6M to scale its platform for treating diabetes and obesity
Obesity and prediabetes are major health concerns in Africa and the Middle East, affecting more than 40% of the population. In Egypt, 20% of adults have diabetes; the figure in…
Many doctors are overwhelmed by paperwork, leaving them stretched thin, with less time to see patients. Based in Melbourne with plans to expand around the world, Heidi Health wants to…
Enabling equitable cancer prevention with Feyi Ayodele from CancerIQ
Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. This week Becca and Dom are joined by Feyi Ayodele, the co-founder and…
This UK startup plans to radically shake up the antiquated world of COPD measurement
In 1846, London surgeon John Hutchinson invented the spirometer — a thing a doctor normally asks asthma sufferers to blow hard into — to measure the volume of air inspired…
Scan.com, which gives patients direct access to private medical imaging services, raises $12M
Anyone in the U.K. who has tried to book an NHS medical appointment of late will know just how much of an ordeal it can be, with median waiting times…
Medwing, a recruitment marketplace for Europe’s healthcare workforce, raises $47M
Medwing, a European startup building a recruitment marketplace for healthcare workers, has raised €44 million ($47 million) in a Series C round of funding. Founded out of Berlin in 2017,…
India’s HealthPlix raises $22M to accelerate growth and enhance healthcare delivery
HealthPlix, an Indian startup offering its in-house platform for doctors to help record patient data digitally, has raised $22 million in fresh investment to broaden its reach in the country…
This startup brings Southeast Asia’s vacant hospital rooms into the sharing economy
Uber and Airbnb have long been the poster children for the sharing economy. In other realms of society, entrepreneurs are also trying to match demand with untapped assets and services.…
Healthcare data is a mess and Metriport is here with a broom
You’d have thought that the quantified self movement was stalling out, but Metriport would like to tell you otherwise, thank-you-very-much. We covered the company back in February, and now it…
Trusting your gut microbiome with Cheryl Sew Hoy from Tiny Health
Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. This week, Cheryl Sew Hoy, the founder of Tiny Health, tells Darrell and…
Japan’s health tech Ubie wants to fuel its US expansion with $19M Series C extension
Ubie, a Tokyo-based startup providing an AI-powered symptom checker app and hospital SaaS products, has closed a $19 million extension to its previous Series C round. This brings the health…
To da moon: Emm aims to innovate on the menstrual cup
Menstrual cups (sometimes known as “moon cups”) have been around since the 1930s, and it’s been a bloody long period since we’ve seen much innovation in that category. Emm just…
How to obtain FDA buy-in and unlock more funding for your health tech startup
There are many regulatory organizations that offer credibility and validation to incoming healthcare solutions, but the FDA is the best place to start.
Sequoia India’s Surge backs health tech startup RedBrick AI in $4.6M funding
Health tech startup RedBrick AI has raised $4.6 million in a funding round led by Sequoia India and Southeast Asia’s Surge as it plans to expand the market for its…
