Rural-focused e-clinics chain CureBay scored another Rs 620 million ($7.5 million) in funding as part of a Series A round led by Elevar Equity. This comes on top of the first $6 million it raised in 2022.
According to their press release, the additional funds will be used to invest in their membership programme by hiring over 200 data scientists and experts in pharmacy and diagnostics. It will...
Pakistani telemedicine startup Sehat Kahani has gained $2.7 million in a Series A funding round led by the health tech fund Amaanah Circle from Singapore.
Epic Angels, Cross Fund, USAID Investment Promotion Activity, Augmentor, Impact Investment Exchange and the Elahi Group of Companies also participated in the funding round.
WHAT IT DOES
Founded in 2017 by two women doctors, Dr Sara Saeed...
New AI app for facial palsy screening
Computer scientists from Australia and Iraq have developed an AI-based diagnostic tool to detect facial palsy.
They have come up with a detection system for facial palsy featuring a microcomputer, digital camera, and deep learning algorithm.
Based on an entry in the journal BioMedInformatics, researchers from the Middle Technical University in Baghdad and the...
Israeli healthtech startup Biobeat and Best Buy Health are teaming up to integrate the capabilities of Biobeat's wrist and chest monitors, tying them into Best Buy Health's Current Health platform.
The big box retailer, which acquired home care platform Current in 2021, will feature Biobeat's wearables as part of its remote patient monitoring (RPM) solutions.
Biobeat's RPM devices are based on...
Multispecialty medical group Privia Medical Group Gulf Coast, part of physician enablement company Privia Health, is partnering with tech-enabled women's health startup Iron Health to launch an initiative that binds health services with OB/GYN care dubbed Privia Wellness.
Iron Health dubs itself as a virtual extension of an OB/GYN practice, offering primary care and mental health services,...
Publicly-traded digital behavioral health company Talkspace announced a strategic partnership with menopause-focused telehealth startup Evernow in which both companies will utilize the other's offerings to expand their portfolio.
Talkspace offers therapy for adults, teens 13 to 17, and couples, as well as psychiatric services and medication management. The platform assists individuals suffering...
Today, a tale of two markets are seen in healthcare mergers and acquisition: the present (as reflected in the data about declining dealmaking) and the future (reflected in the increasingly positive outlook by dealmakers).
While deal data can vary according to how it is defined and who is reporting, it has declined substantially across the board since the high-water mark in late 2021 and early...
Technology-enabled healthcare provider Doctor Anywhere from Singapore has raised another $40.8 million in a Series C funding extension round joined by Square Peg and Novo Holdings.
This brings its total investments since inception to nearly $200 million. It bagged $38.8 million in its previous Series C extension round.
WHAT IT'S FOR
In a statement, the company said it will use its fresh funds...
Virtual primary care company TytoCare announced an exclusive partnership with Idaho-based St. Luke's Health System to provide virtual care services to the care provider's members and employees beginning in 2024.
The Israeli health tech company provides virtual care via its AI-enabled TytoCare Home Smart Clinic, which allows clinicians to conduct exams remotely.
Providers obtain real-time data...
Direct-to-consumer virtual care company Hims & Hers Health announced last week the launch of a new AI-enabled offering, MedMatch, which provides healthcare providers with anonymized data points generated from the company's customer database, aimed at helping mental health professionals identify suitable treatments for patients.
Dr. Patrick Carroll, chief medical officer at Hims & Hers,...
