Digital Health

Virtual Eating Disorder Clinic Equip Expands Geographically and Now Reaches Half the U.S. Population

Equip, a leading provider of virtual, evidence-based eating disorder treatment in the U.S., today announced the expansion of its services into four major markets – Colorado, Florida, Georgia, and Illinois. With this growth, Equip is now able to serve half the country – over 160 million patients and their families – through Family-Based Treatment (FBT) delivered at home for lasting recovery. “We’ve long known how widespread…

Margo Georgiadis, Former CEO of Ancestry.com, Joins Ro’s Board of Directors

Healthcare technology company Ro has announced, that Margo Georgiadis, former CEO of Ancestry.com, is joining its Board of Directors. Margo Georgiadis was the CEO of Ancestry.com, growing the business to over 20M subscribers, over $1B in subscription revenue, and record-setting profit and cash flow. She was the President of the Americas and VP of Global Operations at Google for 9 years, leading…

Amma Pregnancy Tracker Raises $2M to Invest in Growth and Internationalization

Amma pregnancy tracker, a mobile app providing pregnant women and their families evidence-based content, pregnancy health tracking, and personalized advice from professional obstetricians and gynecologists, has raised a $2M pre-Series A round to invest in growth and internationalization. New investors in this recent round include Alexey Solovyov A. Partners, the Joint Journey investment office Sergey Dashkov, the Angelsdeck business angel club, as…

Singapore-based Ease Raises a $1.3M Seed Round to Expand Its Ecosystem of Virtual Women’s Health Services

Singapore-based Ease Healthcare, a healthtech startup enabling convenient, affordable, and discreet access to women’s health care services, has announced a $1.3M seed round and the launch of its new mobile app. The round was led by Southeast Asia-focused venture capital firm Insignia Ventures Partners. Also participating in the round were several high-profile members from the XA Network, the leading tech executives’ investment…

Spex Capital and MedCity London Partner to Source and Fund Breakthrough Healthtech Ventures

Investment firm Spex Capital and London’s life sciences cluster organization MedCity have opened their first joint call as part of their exclusive partnership to identify and fund the next generation of digital health and medtech innovators. Applications are invited from early-stage health-tech ventures with solutions to problems faced by healthcare systems globally. Interested companies can complete their applications for seed or series A rounds by October 27th, 2021. The call comes…

Canadian WELL Plans to Acquire a Majority Stake in U.S.-based Women’s Health E-Pharmacy Startup Wisp

Canada-based WELL Health Technologies, a company focused on consolidating and modernizing clinical and digital assets within the healthcare sector, has announced plans to acquire a majority stake in Wisp, a U.S.-based e-pharmacy & telehealth startup focused on women’s health, for $41M. It is expected that at the close of the transaction, WELL will own approximately 53% of the issued and outstanding share…

SimpliFed Raises a $500K Pre-Seed Round to Revolutionize Infant Nutrition

SimpliFed, a company dedicated to revolutionizing infant nutrition via their virtual lactation and baby feeding support platform, has raised a $500K pre-seed round. The round was led by Third Culture Capital (3CC). The funds, which were raised while SimpliFed’s founder and CEO Andrea Ippolito was pregnant with her second child, will be used to further implement their telehealth platform and share their…

Alpha Medical Adds a New Set of Services to Diagnose and Treat PCOS

Virtual care company Alpha Medical has created a patient-centric, whole person care platform built for women. On Alpha each patient gets a dedicated PCP when she signs up, and the same provider cares for all of her primary medical needs online to ensure continuation of care. The company’s system anticipates a patient’s needs through data-driven proactive screenings, and is built for cost-effective…