Plano, a Singapore-based eye wellness platform, has signed a memorandum of understanding with technology social enterprise Tech Era from Ghana to tackle Africa's myopia problem.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT
Focused on addressing accessibility gaps, Tech Era creates technology; facilitates strategic partnerships; and designs sustainable intervention programmes to ensure vulnerable sectors in the African...
Taipei-based mobile health platform iXensor has launched a new telehealth service to support fertility monitoring at home.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT
The Eveline·Care telehealth service enables fertility consultants to access patient's ovulation test data and recorded symptoms via a dashboard, which also presents their hormone profile chart.
Users of the Eveline app must first authorise fertility...
Australian digital health backer ANDHealth scores $14M in government funding
ANDHealth, a digital health commercialisation organisation in Australia, has secured A$19.75 million ($14.3 million) in government funding to support its programme for small and medium enterprises. It received the funding under the federal government's Medical Research Future Fund – Early Stage Translation and...
111 to build a disease management platform with Bayer
Chinese healthcare platform 111 has expanded its existing partnership with global drug maker Bayer Healthcare Co.
The two companies first entered into a strategic partnership last year in September to market innovative drugs and healthcare products for chronic disease management. A digital platform was also built to provide online pharmacist...
Shanghai MediTrust Health Technology Co. has raised $308 million in a Series C financing event jointly led by Boyu Capital and Janchor Partners.
The investing round was also participated by Lily Asia Ventures, Lake Bleu Capital, Bank of China Group Investment, AIHC Capital, Everbright Limited, New Alliance Capital, CICC, among others. Previous investors also joined, such as Shanghai...
MindFi, a Singapore-based corporate health and wellness platform, has raked in SG$ 1 million ($750,000) in pre-seed funding.
The investing round was participated by venture capital firms iGlobe Partners, M Venture Partners, as well as angel investors like Singaporean businessman Koh Boon Hwee; Jeffery Tiong, CEO of innovation intelligence platform developer PatSnap; and live chat platform Zopim...
Marham, an online healthcare platform in Pakistan, has recently raised $1 million in a seed round led by Indus Valley Capital with the participation of Weihan Liew, a serial tech entrepreneur in Southeast Asia.
WHAT IT DOES
Marham is a mobile app and web-based platform launched in 2015. It claims to be the first health startup in Pakistan that enabled patients to book consultations with doctors...
The mobile application for eye wellness by Singaporean startup Plano has been added to the apps gallery of mobile gadgets and wearables brand of Chinese electronics giant Huawei.
WHY IT MATTERS
The inclusion of Plano's mobile app to Huawei devices comes as part of their partnership to tackle the global issue of myopia or nearsightedness. In a press statement, the startup said its entire ecosystem...
AIcare, which operates as Jingzhuo Premium in Sydney, has launched globally its mobile app-based healthcare platform that is enabled by artificial intelligence.
WHAT IT DOES
According to a press statement, the AIcare Health app serves as an "integrated virtual clinic" that features online bookings, video consultations, electronic health records maintenance, prescription ordering, messaging and...
India-based digital chronic disease management platform BeatO has raised $5.7 million in a funding round led by W Health Ventures, an American venture capital firm. The investing round was also participated by Threpsi Solutions' e-pharmacy unicorn PharmEasy, Merisis VP and previous investors.
The digital health startup has raked in over $10 million in investor funds since last year.
WHAT IT DOES...
