New York-based Healthee, a healthcare benefits navigation platform, announced an oversubscribed $50 million Series B funding raise led by Key1 Capital.  Existing investors Group11, Fin Capital and Glilot Capital Partners also participated in the round.  The company said in a statement that it did not formally launch the raise but rather was approached by the […]

A program to screen women for cervical cancer using AI has been launched in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. Community organisation Ho Chi Minh City Public Health Association (HPHA) partnered with listed Australian company TruScreen and its local distributor Gorton Health Services to run the community-based program, which aims to screen 260,000 women in the city over five years. 

Nourish, a virtual nutrition counseling platform, announced it secured $70 million in a Series B funding round, bringing its total raise to $115 million. J.P. Morgan Private Capital’s Growth Equity Partners led the round, with participation from Y Combinator, Maverick Ventures, Thrive Capital, Atomico, G Squared, Pinegrove, Index Ventures and BoxGroup. WHAT IT DOES Nourish

Healthcare data company ConcertAI announced a multi-year agreement with pharmaceutical and biotechnology giant Bayer to utilize ConcertAI’s Translational360 and AI SaaS offerings. The offerings use AI and machine learning-acquired insights to speed up clinical development in precision oncology. The agreement aims to utilize ConcertAI’s Translational360 offering, an integrated research-level longitudinal clinical molecular database that harnesses

Early-stage AgeTech venture capital firm Equitage Ventures announced the final close of a new $47.3 million fund. The round was led by an investment team that includes Daniel Kaplan, Russell Hirsch (a cofounder of Generator Ventures) and Adam Kaplan (CEO of Solera Senior Living). WHAT IT DOES  Equitage Ventures provides capital, distribution and advice to

California-based healthcare data and analytics company Reveleer has acquired Novillus, which offers a workflow platform for health plans.  Reveleer, formerly Health Data Vision, provides an AI-enabled platform for payers aimed at advancing value-based care. The company offers workflow, data and analytics tools for risk adjustment, quality improvement and member management. It also provides medical record

Biolinq, a health technology company developing precision multi-analyte wearable biosensors for metabolic health, announced it secured $100 million in Series C funding.  Alpha Wave Ventures led the round with participation from existing investors AXA IM Alts, M Ventures, LifeSci Venture Partners, RiverVest Venture Partners, Hikma Ventures, Taisho Pharmaceutical, Features Capital and Aphelion Capital. WHAT IT

A new study from South Korea has demonstrated the use of AI models to possibly diagnose and stratify attention deficit hyperactivity disorder by analysing eye images. FINDINGS Researchers from Yonsei University Health System have used four machine learning models and the AutoMorph deep learning pipeline to analyse approximately 1,108 retinal fundus photographs from over 600

United Arab Emirates-based Burjeel Holdings, a healthcare services provider, and Hippocratic AI, a generative AI company developing safety-focused large language models for healthcare, announced a strategic partnership to alter healthcare delivery.  Burjeel Holdings operates in parts of the Middle East and North Africa. Hippocratic AI and Burjeel announced the alliance during the Abu Dhabi Global

The White House has replaced a federal website that provided information about COVID-19 with a web page titled “Lab Leak: The True Origins of COVID-19” that cites the controversial theory that the virus was leaked from a Wuhan lab in China. The previous websites, covidtests.gov and covid.gov, provided information on treatment options for COVID-19, vaccinations