SaaS

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By  Trevor Dermody 12:53 pm April 23, 2024
Patient-management company ABOUT Healthcare announced it has acquired AI analytics platform Edgility, enabling ABOUT to offer patient progression solutions with predictive and prescriptive analysis.  ABOUT Healthcare, formerly Central Logic, provides a product-care suite that allows it to move patients in and out of various settings, such as acute care and home-based care.  Edgility’s AI solution...
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By  Trevor Dermody 10:55 am March 14, 2024
Foundation Health, a San Francisco-based healthcare technology company, announced the closure of a $6 million seed funding round.  The investment seeks to slingshot the company into a period of growth backed by investors such as Garry Tan, CEO of Y Combinator, Transpose Platform, Tuesday VC, Alt Capital, Box Group, Liquid Ventures, Exceptional Capital, Calm/Storm Ventures and PageOne Ventures. ...
knok, telemedicine, 5G, SaaS
By  Anna Engberg 08:51 am December 2, 2021
The Portuguese startup company knok wants to break into the EU market with a telemedicine platform – and has received €4.4 million from the NOS 5G Fund. As EU-Startups reported, the healthtech enterprise will invest the fund into further development of its 5G-enabled telehealth solutions. WHY IT MATTERS Founded in Porto in 2015, the company’s innovative telemedicine platform is based on the new...
Birdie, funding, senior care
By  Sara Mageit 07:55 am May 14, 2021
UK-based elderly caretech company Birdie has announced that is has raised £8.2 million led by international venture capital firm Index Ventures and with participation from Kamet Ventures. The investment will be used to expand the business and invest in product innovation. WHY IT MATTERS The pandemic has brought on a social care crisis across the globe. The number of people over 65 will double by...
By  Dean Koh 05:43 am June 4, 2020
Founded by a medical doctor and an engineer in 2017, Japanese medtech startup Ubie which focuses on AI-based applications announced that it has raised $18.7M (JPY2 billion) in Series B funding led by SUZUKEN CO., LTD., a listed pharmaceutical distributor company in Japan. The pharma company has also entered into a strategic partnership with Ubie. The startup will use the fresh funds to scale up...
By  Dave Muoio 02:31 pm April 22, 2019
Chicago-based ExplORer Surgical, developer of a software platform for surgical teams and device makers, has raised $5 million in a follow-on round to its 2017 Series A. Aphelion Capital led the investment, with additional participation from prior backers as well as new, unnamed investors. WHAT THEY DO ExplORer Surgical’s provider-facing platform looks to help surgical teams better coordinate...
By  Heather Mack 05:12 pm April 5, 2017
Information technology company Intermedix has acquired Nashville-based WPC Healthcare, a data analytics company that works with hospitals and payers to improve compliance, outcomes, data management and patient engagement. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Intermedix, which makes cloud-based SaaS for healthcare providers, government agencies and corporations, has been building on its data...
By  Heather Mack 02:13 pm March 16, 2017
Irving, Texas-based HMS Holdings, which owns a number of subsidiaries that offer software tools for payers, has acquired health engagement platform provider Eliza Corporation for a cash purchase price of $170 million. Eliza offers a SaaS engagement platform to employers, providers, health plans, hospitals, pharmacies and clinics to help them establish the best method and time to engage customers...
By  Heather Mack 07:00 am August 30, 2016
Norwalk, Connecticut-based Zillion, which makes an cloud-based patient engagement platform, has raised $28 million in Series C fundraising in a round led by TwinFocus Capital Partners. The funding will be used expand Zillion’s customer base, increase sales and focus on marketing efforts. Zillion’s digital engagement platform uses face-to-face live video conferencing – including one-on-one, group...