Ubie

A person holding a mobile phone showing the Satusehat app
By  Adam Ang 05:26 am March 22, 2024
The Brunei Ministry of Health has recently announced the launch of several new features on the BruHealth application following its update. This includes a queue management system, which now allows patients to book appointments, pay online, and check in before visiting any government health facilities. It will also allow them to view their queue number in real-time on the app. The system is hoped...
A doctor holding a digital tablet reviewing a patient's record
By  Adam Ang 08:18 pm January 30, 2024
Never has any modern tool promised greater efficiency and support than what generative AI offers. Last year saw industries, including healthcare, quick to jump in on the trend to get first mover advantage. Applications have also been varied, from documentation to clinical decision support and even in combination with robotics.  While the enthusiasm for genAI will remain elevated this year – with...
Business people closing a deal after a meeting
By  Adam Ang 12:48 pm December 22, 2023
Indian AI drug discovery firm gets $1M to focus on rare diseases Peptris Technologies from Bangalore, India has received $1 million in pre-seed funding in a round led by Speciale Invest. In a statement, the AI-driven drug discovery company said it will use its fresh funds to expand its research scope to cover rare diseases, adding to its existing work in cancer and inflammation.  Cipla raises...
A doctor using the Ubie Medical Navi
By  Adam Ang 11:39 pm October 24, 2023
A new generative AI tool has been made available to doctors in Japan that helps summarise long and detailed preliminary interviews of patients.  Japanese startup Ubie has recently launched a large-language model-based (LLM) feature on its AI-powered patient service platform. HOW IT WORKS The Medical Interview Summary Function is a new feature on the Ubie Medical Navi, a platform offering that...
[Left-Right] Logos of Ubie and Google's Health Connect (Beta)
By  Adam Ang 01:03 am May 12, 2023
Ubie ties up with Google's Health Connect (Beta) Japanese health tech startup Ubie is one of the six launch partners of Google for Health Connect (Beta) in Japan. Health Connect (Beta) is an Android platform that allows the easy sharing of data between health and fitness apps. It also enables easy management of health data. This latest partnership connects Ubie AI Symptom Checker, which allows...
Screenshot of Bonatra website
By  Adam Ang 03:06 am May 5, 2023
Bonatra expanding chronic disease management platform with MyAva acquisition Bonatra, which is once focused on treating chronic health conditions in men, is expanding its platform to deal with women's health and wellness through its latest acquisition of MyAva. Founded in 2019, the femtech startup provides curated programmes and personalised plans to help women manage their chronic conditions,...
Ubie's AI symptom checker app for patients
By  Adam Ang 11:34 pm December 8, 2022
Japanese health tech startup Ubie has snapped up $19 million more in an extended Series C funding round. The round was joined by Sogo Medical Co., AAIC Investment, Japan Impact Investment II Limited Partnership, Rakuten Capital, Shoko Chukin Bank, Japan Finance Corporation, and Mizuho Bank. This adds to the $26 million raised in its first Series C round in August, which now totals $45 million. To...
Alt text: Ubie AI Symptom Checker
By  Adam Ang 04:51 am August 22, 2022
Japanese startup Ubie has scored $26.2 million in its first Series C funding round, participated by its new investors Norinchukin Capital Co., NVenture Capital Ltd., Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co., and Egg FORWARD. The round was also joined by its existing investor SUZUKEN Co. This brings its total capital raised since inception to almost $60 million. Founded in 2017, Ubie offers two AI-powered...
Mobile interface of Ubie's web-based AI Symptom Checker
By  Adam Ang 10:58 pm April 26, 2022
Japanese medtech startup Ubie has launched its AI symptom checker in the United States. The web-based Ubie AI Symptom Checker generates relevant questions about a user's symptoms from around 3,500 question data types based on its database of 50,000 medical papers.  After answering about 20 questions, users can discover related diseases and more detailed information about their possible conditions...
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...