by RJ Shara | Sep 6, 2021 | Fundings and Exit, Startups
Homage, the caregiving-focused startup, has raised a $30 million Series C led by Sheares Healthcare Group, which is wholly-owned by financial investment company Temasek. Other individuals consisted of brand-new financiers DG Daiwa Ventures and Sagana Capital, and returning backers East Ventures (Development), HealthXCapital, SeedPlus, Trihill Capital and Alternate Ventures. The brand-new financing will be utilized to establish […] The start-up says the round was oversubscribed and one of the biggest financings raised by an on-demand care platform in Southeast Asia and Oceania so far. It brings Tribute’s total raised to more than $45 million. 
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by RJ Shara | Aug 31, 2021 | Fundings and Exit, Startups
Doctor Anywhere, a startup that takes an “omnichannel” approach to healthcare, revealed today it has actually raised $88 million SGD (about $65.7 million USD) in Series C financing. The round was led by Asia Partners, with involvement from Novo Holdings, Philips and OSK-SBI Partners. It likewise consisted of returning investors EDBI, Square Peg, IHH Healthcare, Kamet Capital […] Lim told TechCrunch in an e-mail that when he started working on Doctor Anyplace, there were already effective telemedicine platforms in the United States, the United Kingdom and China, but the design was still nascent in Southeast Asia. A previous investor, Lim began Physician Anywhere as a side job due to the fact that he had older family members who could not leave their houses for medical check outs. According to Medical professional Anyplace’s price quotes, the COVID-19 pandemic fast-tracked the adoption of telehealth services in Southeast Asia by at least five years. Other telehealth start-ups in the area consist of WhiteCoat, Speedoc and Physician World. The funding will be utilized to deepen Doctor Anyplace’s presence in its present markets and broaden into brand-new ones….
by RJ Shara | Aug 26, 2021 | Startups
The idea for the company was driven by Missouri almost closing its one abortion clinic. …
by RJ Shara | Aug 23, 2021 | Startups
At home care is nothing brand-new. In the 1930s, over 40% of physician-patient encounters happened in the house, but by the 1980s, that figure dropped to under 1%. Nina Gerson is a vice president at CapitalG, Alphabet’s independent development fund, where she co-leads healthcare tech investments. Now in-home care accounts for only 3% of the health care market. These extremely siloed treatments typically take location just after the patient requires emergency care. To make these enhancements, at home health care techniques will require to utilize next-generation innovation and value-based care methods. 
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by RJ Shara | Aug 10, 2021 | Startups
Every female will go through menopause some time during
her life, but like lots of other femtech topics, this is still not talked about as much as it should. Menopause is a hormonal health transition that usually starts in females when they reach their 40s or 50s.”We are all about caring for women by providing material, education, care, coaching and counseling, especially working in the arc of their journey,” Versi said. “This is such an intimate topic, but we have recommendation rates of 40% where females are talking about it themselves and then bring a good friend along.”Last year was about discovering and growing the things that women want,”Henderson said.”I recognized I had a decent cohort of ladies experiencing menopause,”Holloway said….
by RJ Shara | Jul 28, 2021 | Startups
The business’s digital therapy platform works to improve and determine somebody’s ability to stroll after they have experienced a neurologic injury or illness. Company co-founder and CEO Brian Harris was a neurologic music fellow at Spaulding Rehabilitation Health Center in Boston, treating people with stroke and brain deficits with music. MedRhythms’product item. A year back, MedRhythms’digital therapeutic item received Development Gadget designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to deal with persistent strolling deficits resulting from a stroke.”MedRhythms utilizing musical intervention to drive changes and improvements in neurologics is compelling,” Bruso added. Building and investing in the ‘‘ human needs economy
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by RJ Shara | Jul 13, 2021 | Startups
Eucalyptus is serving more than 200,000 clients across four demographic-focused brands: birth control and fertility, skincare, males’s health and sexual wellness. In addition to item advancement, the new funding allows Eucalyptus to develop toward being a major player in the telehealth industry. Eucalyptus grew its revenue between 200% to 300% year over year since 2019, Doyle said. Instead, Eucalyptus had to construct all of that internal and do the tough work upfront. 
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by RJ Shara | Jun 10, 2021 | Startups
For the early detection and treatment of health conditions, easy access to main health care is essential. Primary healthcare is best delivered by teams of main care clinicians collaborating care in between them. Ubiquitous access to such care is little throughout Sub-Saharan Africa….
by RJ Shara | Jun 4, 2021 | Fundings and Exit, Startups
Indonesian health care startup Prixa has actually raised $3 million led by MDI Ventures and the Trans-Pacific Innovation Fund (TPTF), with involvement from returning financiers including Siloam Hospitals Group. This brings Prixa’s total raised to $4.5 million since it introduced in 2019. Co-founder and president James Roring M.D., told TechCrunch in an e-mail that the […] Other telehealth start-ups in Indonesia include Halodoc and Alodokter (which is likewise backed by MDI). Roring stated Prixa differentiates by focusing on greater cost control for healthcare payers and placing itself as a digital primary care platform.” By symptomatically managing clients outside of tertiary care facilities and caring for chronic non-communicable diseases online, Prixa is able to efficiently reduce the amount of outpatient claims and downstream inpatient expense incurred by health care payers,” Roring said. 
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by RJ Shara | May 21, 2021 | Startups
Full disclosure: the second time I worked at a startup founded by Mark Pincus, his dog Zinga slept behind my desk and I was one of her favorite dog-sitters. …
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