Headspace Health confirmed it has laid off 50 workers, or about 4% of its workforce.
First reported by Bloomberg, the cuts at the meditation and mental health company are the latest in a spate of layoffs at digital health and health tech companies this year.
Calm, another meditation app that has been expanding with clinical mental health offerings, laid off 20% of its staff in August.
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Tech-enabled contract research organization Vial announced last week it raised $67 million in Series B funding.
The round, which the startup said brings its total raise to more than $100 million, was led by General Catalyst with participation from Byers Capital, BoxGroup and other investors.
Vial offers three technology platforms for running clinical trials: one for onboarding patients and...
Virtual mental health company Brave Health scooped up $40 million in a Series C funding round led by Town Hall Ventures.
Existing investors, including Union Square Ventures and City Light Capital, also participated, bringing the startup's total funding pot to $60 million. Brave last announced a $10 million Series B about a year ago.
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Brave provides virtual therapy, psychiatry and...
Virtual behavioral health company Brave Health is partnering with the Doula Network, a service that pairs pregnant Medicaid patients with doulas, to offer maternal mental healthcare.
As part of the partnership, TDN will refer its patients to Brave for services like individual, group, family and couples therapy, as well as psychiatry and medication management. TDN currently works with Medicaid...
Providing healthcare for rural Americans is ripe for innovation. Compared with their urban counterparts, rural Americans have worse health outcomes: According to the CDC, they're more likely to die from heart disease, cancer, unintentional injury, COPD and stroke.
Meanwhile, they face longer travel times and less access to providers. More than 180 rural hospitals in the U.S. have closed since...
This morning Patina Health, a virtually enabled provider focused on seniors, emerged out of stealth with $50 million in Series A funding. Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and GV (formerly Google Ventures) led the round, with participation from F-Prime, Rock Springs Capital, Viking Global Investors and others.
The company’s care model, which is part of a collaboration with Patina Medical Group, includes...
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