Rock Health recently released a new report reflecting on the past year in digital health. The report covers investor & investment activity, consumer behavior change, enterprise buyer behavior, exit & public market activity and an outlook. 2020’s stress test to our healthcare system created what felt like a fast forward button for digital health, with unprecedented growth in funding, adoption, policymaking, and…
While cancer therapies are getting more personalized (and expensive), patient outcomes don’t seem to improve along the same trajectory and SynDevRx believes to know why that is. According to the company’s research the answer lies in the way that obesity, diabetes, and other forms of metabolic dysfunction accelerate tumor growth and metastasis, making at least 13 common types of cancer much more…
Tia recently announced the opening of its second location in Los Angeles. While in-person care will officially start in March 2021, virtual care is available as of now. Tia is known for championing the concept of “Whole Person Health” and aims to recreate a healthcare system that was designed for specialties, body parts, and treating sickness. The company announced the close of…
Last week Mae, a maternal health tech startup focused on providing critical resources to Black expectant mothers in the U.S. announced their soft-launch. ´The platform features a free birth planning tool that anyone can access, and free 15 minute consults with doulas for interested expectant mothers. The platform’s founder Maya Hardigan explains: “Mae is a digital health platform that elevates the standard of care for Black…
Pregna has recently announced the launch of its cryotherapy device CryoPop. The product was developed by Jhpiego with an objective of making treatment of cervical pre-cancerous lesions accessible to all. Pregna is the exclusive global commercialising partner for the device. “Cervical cancer is one of the most common and fatal forms of cancer in women worldwide, with about 85% of these deaths occurring in low and…
Runway Growth Capital, a provider of growth loans to both venture and non-venture backed companies seeking an alternative to raising equity, announced today the closing of a senior secured term loan of $50 million to Gynesonics, a healthcare company focused on advancing women’s health by developing minimally invasive, incision-free, uterus-preserving, transcervical technologies for diagnostic and therapeutic applications. Gynesonics has developed and has received FDA clearance for…
BioAesthetics Corporation today announced that it has doubled its initial Series A funding goal of $2.5 million, closed on Dec. 30, 2020, at $5 million to commercialize its NACgraft biologic matrix— a regenerative nipple graft for breast cancer survivors. BioAesthetics’ Series A was co-led by FemHealth Ventures and personally by BioAesthetics’ Director Sandra Coufal, MD, of Sibling Capital Ventures. BioAesthetics’ inaugural product, the NACgraft — for patients…
Echo Health Ventures, a strategic collaboration of Cambia Health Solutions and Mosaic Health Solutions to invest in innovative health care companies, today announced the formation of the Echo Innovation Alliance, a powerful strategic investing engine that extends Echo’s proven investment model. Echo and USAble Corporation will collaborate through the newly formed Alliance to invest in transformative companies and drive broader market impact.…
