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Person holds a test strip. Healum, NHS, women's health
By  Tammy Lovell 08:44 am May 26, 2022
Women’s health startup Inne raises $10M Berlin-based healthtech startup Inne has raised an additional $10 million (€9.3M) in funding led by DSM Venturing. Borski Fund and Calm Storm Ventures also participated in the round, along with angels Taavet Hinrikus (Wise), Dr Fiona Pathiraja and Rolf Schromgens (Trivago). Inne will use the investment to continue to develop its mini lab and platform to...
Two hospital staff facing a desktop computer
By  Adam Ang 08:33 pm May 24, 2022
Celo Health, an Auckland-based mobile healthcare communications platform, has partnered with staff rostering solution provider Core Schedule for an integrated cloud communications and workforce platform for healthcare providers. WHY IT MATTERS According to a press statement, the combined offering eliminates manual work scheduling while improving operational efficiency by scheduling the right...
Sleepio, NHS, digital therapeutics, DTx, insomnia
By  Tammy Lovell 06:42 am May 21, 2022
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended the Sleepio app as an effective alternative to sleeping pills. In its guidance, NICE states the app, created by digital therapeutics (DTx) firm Big Health, is a safe and effective treatment for people suffering from insomnia.   It adds that the app could save the NHS money and reduce prescriptions of medicines such as...
Babylon,
By  Tammy Lovell 11:56 am May 19, 2022
Oxford Drug Design raises £2.2M to develop AI-based drug discovery programme Biotechnology firm Oxford Drug Design Limited (ODD) has raised £2.2M in funding from existing investors ACF Investors, o2h Ventures, Meltwind Advisory, several returning angels and new investors and the US-based R42 Group. The Oxford University spinout has created an artificial intelligence (AI) AI proprietary platform...
UAE, app, funding
By  Tammy Lovell 01:22 am May 13, 2022
Free mental health app available to 1 million South Yorkshire NHS users An emotional wellness app is being offered to over 16s in the UK's South Yorkshire for free, to help manage low moods, reduce stress and improve sleep. The myStrength app has been commissioned by the South Yorkshire Integrated Care System (ICS) and is being delivered by Consultant Connect, part of the Teladoc Group. Users are...
VideoVisit, Elsevier, Hampleton Partners, Main Capital Partners, CliniSys
By  Tammy Lovell 11:52 am April 21, 2022
Main Capital Partners acquires Finnish virtual healthcare specialist VideoVisit Software investor Main Capital Partners has announced the acquisition of a majority stake in virtual healthcare provider VideoVisit.   VideoVisit has more than 200 municipalities in Finland as customers, including Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Tampere and Turku. The firm provides a software platform designed to digitalise...
Diligent Robotics cofounders Andrea Thomaz and Vivian Chu with the Moxi robot
By  Emily Olsen 11:11 am April 15, 2022
Frontline healthcare workers are stretched thin in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic as many hospitals contend with nursing shortages and provider burnout. Diligent Robotics, which earlier this week announced a $30 million Series B funding round, aims to lessen some of that staffing burden by automating routine delivery tasks with its Moxi robot. The company's CEO and cofounder, Andrea Thomaz,...
SilverCloud Health, EIT Health, InterSystems, Doccla, 5G
By  Tammy Lovell 06:57 am April 14, 2022
Mayden and SilverCloud Health partner to provide online mental health platform People seeking support for their mental health can now receive instant digital therapy support, following a collaboration between digital care record supplier Mayden and online cognitive behavioural therapy solutions provider SilverCloud Health. The ‘Direct to Digital’ approach is being rolled-out at mental health...
Diligent Robotics cofounders Andrea Thomaz and Vivian Chu with the Moxi robot
By  Emily Olsen 02:26 pm April 11, 2022
Diligent Robotics raised more than $30 million in a Series B funding round for its clinical support robot, Moxi. The round was led by Tiger Global with participation from True Ventures, DNX Venture, Ubiquity Ventures, E14 Fund, Next Coast Ventures, Boom Capital, Gaingels and Cedars-Sinai Health Ventures. The startup joined the Cedars-Sinai Accelerator class announced in February 2021.  This...
SCG, Ibex, ORCHA
By  Tammy Lovell 01:59 am March 25, 2022
Digital health platform Altibbi supports Egyptian blood plasma project Altibbi has partnered with Egypt’s Ministry of Health and Population to work on a blood plasma project. The national project, to establish blood plasma donations for medicine production, will help to treat burns or pathological conditions, including kidney, liver, blood and chronic diseases. Altibbi, the largest Arabic medical...