Behavioral health

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By  Jessica Hagen 10:19 am October 14, 2022
NeuroFlow, a behavioral health company, secured a $25 million investment led by growth equity impact investor SEMCAP Health, bringing its total funding to $32 million. The company raised $7.5 million in a Series A funding round in 2019 and $20 million in Series B financing in 2021. WHAT THEY DO NeuroFlow's cloud-based platform allows healthcare providers to track, assess and connect with patients...
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By  Emily Olsen 09:56 am October 12, 2022
Folx Health, which offers virtual healthcare services for the LGBTQ+ community, raised $30 million in a Series B funding round led by 7wireVentures. Others participating in the round include Foresite Capital and existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners, Define Ventures and Polaris Partners. As part of the financing, 7wireVentures Managing Partner Lee Shapiro, formerly chief financial officer...
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By  Emily Olsen 11:51 am October 11, 2022
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. WHAT IT DOES Brave provides virtual therapy, psychiatry and...
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By  Emily Olsen 12:03 pm October 10, 2022
Alleva, which makes software geared toward behavioral health providers, raised $12 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Ankona Capital, with participation from its existing investors. The startup had previously raised an undisclosed seed funding round last year.  WHAT IT DOES Alleva offers an EHR for behavioral health practices. Its tools include data analytics to analyze revenue and...
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By  Jessica Hagen 10:21 am October 6, 2022
Kaiser Permanente members may now access Headspace Health's Ginger as part of Kaiser's digital self-care portfolio, providing on-demand, text-based coaching without a referral. Ginger's mental health and addiction care offerings will include emotional support coaches available to all of Kaiser's eligible adult members via their smartphone 24/7 with no appointment. "Kaiser Permanente selected...
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By  Emily Olsen 01:22 pm October 4, 2022
Sonara Health, maker of a digital methadone management system, raised $3 million in a seed funding round led by First Trust Capital Partners and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas. WHAT IT DOES Founded in 2020, the Mark Cuban-backed startup has built a digital system to allow patients with opioid use disorder to take methadone at home while being monitored by a clinician.  Though requirements were...
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By  Jessica Hagen 01:20 pm September 30, 2022
New York-based Grow Therapy, which offers mental health providers tools to help them start their private practice and be covered by insurance, has raised $75 million in Series B funding. The round was led by TCV and Transformation Capital, and supported by existing investors SignalFire and SVB.  The funds will be used to expand the company's insurance coverage, improve its offerings and build its...
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By  Emily Olsen 10:54 am September 29, 2022
Babylon announced Thursday the digital health firm had hired Andrew Hine as vice president of the go-to-market team for Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The company said he'll manage Babylon's contracts and partnerships and work to increase its offerings and services in those regions. Hine joins Babylon from Ernst & Young, where he was head of health for the Middle East and North...
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By  Jessica Hagen 06:45 pm September 28, 2022
Rippl, a company focused on providing mental health solutions to seniors with dementia and other cognitive conditions, launched with a $32 million seed round led by ARCH Venture Partners and General Catalyst. GV, F-Prime Capital and Mass General Brigham Ventures also participated.  WHAT THEY DO The company, led by Starbucks veteran Kris Engskov, said it will launch a care model offered by health...
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By  Emily Olsen 01:44 pm September 26, 2022
Researchers found low agreement between professionals' and consumers' reviews of mental health apps. The study, published in JMIR, assessed 11 mental health apps using web surveys administered between December 2020 and April 2021. The apps assessed included Breethe, Calm, Headspace, Insight Timer Meditation, MindDoc, MindShift, Reflectly, Remente, Sanvello, Self-Help for Anxiety and Woebot. The...