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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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 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...
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...