Resident insight and experience platform TSOLife scored $43 million in a Series B funding round led by PeakSpan Capital, bringing the company’s total funding to $52 million. WHAT IT DOES  TSOLife’s AI platform, Minerva, simplifies data creation via embedded analytics, allowing senior living communities to collect and use data to aid in decision-making.  The Minerva […]

Verily, Alphabet’s health data and AI subsidiary, has been awarded a $14.7 million research grant from the Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) for Parkinson’s research to generate a detailed molecular dataset of Parkinson’s disease. The effort will integrate advanced molecular profiling with an extensive body of clinical, imaging and wearable data collected through the Personalized

$1M grant awarded for wearable X-ray project University of Queensland researchers are creating an X-ray detector that can be worn in hoodies or blankets to get a quick, accurate scan of children’s lungs.  Their project is adapting patented quantum dot hybrid glass into thin film strips that conform to the contour and movement of a

Chipiron, a deeptech startup that specializes in ultra-low MRI, announced it raised $17 million in  Series A funding round led by Blast.  EIC Fund and iXcore participated in the round with support from France2030 (SGI), the EIC Accelerator (European Commission) and Bpifrance. WHAT IT DOES  The company aims to “democratize” access to MRIs by making

An AI-powered lung cancer screening analysis software by South Korean company Coreline Soft has been added to the medical AI platform of global pharmaceutical firm Bayer.  Its flagship product, AVIEW LCS, is now among the selections of medical imaging AI software offered in Bayer’s vendor-neutral, cloud-based marketplace, Calantic, along with similar solutions from fellow Korean company Lunit and

AI-enabled clinical data abstraction company Carta Healthcare has scored $18.25 million in Series B1 financing led by UPMC Enterprises. New investors MemorialCare Innovation Fund, Tampa General Hospital Ventures and Rex Health Ventures (UNC Health’s investment fund) participated in the round, alongside existing investors Memorial Hermann Health System, Paramark Ventures, Storm Ventures, Mass General Brigham Ventures,

Glucose monitoring specialist Dexcom is expanding its partnership with health-tracking ring maker Oura to provide Stelo users and ring wearers with metabolic health features, including meal insights and glucose data.  Stelo provides individuals 18 and up who do not require insulin with round-the-clock glucose readings and delivers personalized insights into glucose health, offering users actionable

Copenhagen-based digital health company specializing in chronic disease management, Dawn Health secured $13 million (€11.5 million) from existing investors Chr. Augustinus Fabrikker, the export and investment fund of Denmark (EIFO) and Trifork.  WHAT IT DOES Dawn Health’s platform and products are used in oncology, multiple sclerosis and for rare pediatric conditions, like growth disorders, to

FaceHeart from Taiwan has obtained regulatory approval in the United States for its AI-driven contactless technology for measuring respiratory rate.  It obtained a 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration for the respiratory rate measurement component of its software development kit.  WHAT IT’S ABOUT FaceHeart offers a SDK that utilises a smartphone’s camera

Elon Musk’s startup Neuralink has successfully implanted its brain-computer interface into a man named Brad Smith, who has ALS and is completely non-verbal, allowing him to communicate now using telepathy. Smith released a video on X about his experience with Neuralink and how it works. The video is narrated using an AI-generated replica of Smith’s