Singapore

HealthBeats Remote Vitals Monitoring platform on web portal and mobile app
By  Adam Ang 12:04 am April 28, 2022
HealthBeats, a health tech startup based in Singapore, has scored $3 million in a seed funding round led by healthcare investor Heritas Capital, together with SEEDS Capital, the investment arm of Enterprise Singapore.  WHAT IT DOES Launched in 2018, HealthBeats offers healthcare providers and patients a platform for remote and real-time vitals monitoring using clinical-grade medical devices from...
A clinician using the Lunit INSIGHT CXR software
By  Adam Ang 11:36 pm April 21, 2022
Lunit gets first go-ahead for South Korea IPO AI startup Lunit has received preliminary approval from the Korea Exchange for its initial public offering on the KOSDAQ. This comes five months after it raised $61 million in a fundraising event that was held to seek global partners. In a recent statement, Lunit said it plans to file its registration statement within the first half of 2022 to...
CompleteScan by Advanced Human Imaging
By  Adam Ang 12:08 am April 6, 2022
Australian medical imaging company Advanced Human Imaging has concluded a technology integration agreement with BizBaz, a health and financial intelligence platform in Singapore. The master services agreement will grant BizBaz the right to use AHI's software development kits for CompleteScan Face and Body for iOS and Android devices.  According to the company's disclosure, the deal's initial term...
A desktop running the Precise Marker-less software
By  Adam Ang 09:41 am April 4, 2022
Researchers from the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have developed a precise motion capture system to assist doctors and physiotherapists in consultations and diagnoses for patients requiring rehabilitation after an injury or recovering from an illness. WHAT IT DOES Called Precise Marker-less, the system is trained with over 150 subjects through machine learning to render 3D...
BUZUD DM02 Smartwatch
By  Adam Ang 04:19 am March 29, 2022
BUZUD, a medical device brand in Singapore, has unveiled its latest line of smartwatches with health monitoring features. Based on a press statement, both DM01 and DM02 smartwatches are built with blood oxygen saturation oximeter sensors to measure blood oxygen levels and monitor sleep quality. It also tracks blood pressure, heart rate, body temperature, as well as steps, distance, and burned...
ANT-X, a robotic intervention system by NDR Medical
By  Adam Ang 03:13 am March 18, 2022
NDR Medical launches Japan office Singaporean medical device maker NDR Medical has opened a new office in Tokyo, Japan, its fourth location in Asia-Pacific. The company also operates in China and Malaysia. Alongside its opening, the company will also conduct a multi-site trial for its Automated Needle Targeting with X-ray (ANT-X) system with two Japanese university hospitals. The trial is...
A health worker wearing a surgical mask ties their head cap
By  Adam Ang 11:10 pm March 3, 2022
Intellect offers free mental healthcare access to health workers in Singapore Mental health startup Intellect has extended free three-month premium access to its mobile app for healthcare workers in Singapore. CEO and co-founder Theodoric Chew said in a statement that this is their way of giving back to the "healthcare heroes" who have been swamped due to the recent surge of COVID-19 cases. This...
MiyaPatient, one of MiyaHealth's core products
By  Adam Ang 01:10 am February 25, 2022
MiyaHealth, a health tech startup from Singapore, has scored SG$6.5 million ($4.8 million) in a pre-Series A funding round led by Singapore Technologies Engineering Ventures, the venture capital arm of listed engineering group ST Engineering, and deep tech investor Elev8. This brings its total investments raised to over SG$9 million ($6.6 million). WHAT IT DOES Established in 2019, MiyaHealth is...
MindFi's mobile corporate mental health app
By  Adam Ang 12:47 am February 15, 2022
Singapore-based corporate mental health and wellness platform MindFi has raised $2 million from an oversubscribed seed funding round participated by Canva and Slack backer Global Founders Capital and M Venture Partners.  The investing round was also joined by angel investors, including Carousell co-founder Marcus Tan, Carro executive Kenji Narushima, and Spin co-founder Derrick Ko.  Launched in...
Holmusk's digital real-world evidence platform NeuroBlu
By  Adam Ang 09:18 pm February 10, 2022
Holmusk signs tech use with US-based mental healthcare provider  US-based Metrocare Services has signed an agreement with Holmusk, a behavioural health tech provider from Singapore, to use its real-world data platform in enhancing mental health care. Metrocare is a leading provider of mental health and developmental disability services in Texas.  The deal is for the use of NeuroBlu, a data...