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UK in-home healthcare provider Cera raises $150M to scale its AI platform
<p>Around the world, public healthcare systems have struggled to reset post-pandemic, and in particular, the increasingly aged populations in Western countries are putting pressure on services, not least in the U.K. where “NHS in crisis” is a regular headline in the media. As a result, private companies, many powered with technology, see a gap in […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 124 min read
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These startups are making smarter canes for people with visual impairments
<p>The white cane for the 21st century. While many tech companies have increasingly worked to make technology more accessible for the blind and visually impaired, canes haven’t benefited much from these advances. London-born WeWalk takes a more traditional approach to the white cane. Beyond the bulkier handle, not much sets the company’s product apart visually […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 102 min read
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These startups are making smarter canes for people with visual impairments
<p>The white cane for the 21st century. While many tech companies have increasingly worked to make technology more accessible for the blind and visually impaired, canes haven’t benefited much from these advances. London-born WeWalk takes a more traditional approach to the white cane. Beyond the bulkier handle, not much sets the company’s product apart visually […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 102 min read
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Hippocratic AI raises $141M for creating patient-facing AI agents
<p>Hippocratic AI, a startup building AI solutions that can handle non-diagnostic patient-facing tasks, secured a massive $141 million Series B at a valuation of $1.64 billion led by Kleiner Perkins, the company announced Thursday. The funding comes nine months after Hippocratic AI raised a $53 million round from General Catalyst and Andreessen Horowitz and five […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 91 min read
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Hippocratic AI raises $141M for creating patient-facing AI agents
<p>Hippocratic AI, a startup building AI solutions that can handle non-diagnostic patient-facing tasks, secured a massive $141 million Series B at a valuation of $1.64 billion led by Kleiner Perkins, the company announced Thursday. The funding comes nine months after Hippocratic AI raised a $53 million round from General Catalyst and Andreessen Horowitz and five […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 91 min read
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Innovaccer aims to become healthcare’s AI powerhouse with $275M Series F
<p>Innovaccer has raised a $275M Series F from investors including B Capital Group, Banner Health, Danaher Ventures, Generation IM, Kaiser Permanente, and M12.</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 94 min read
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Biosphere zaps germs with UV light to make biomanufacturing cheaper
<p>Using LEDs has the potential to bring down the cost of biomanufacturing, allowing such processes to make materials that previously would have been too expensive. </p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 93 min read
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Grove cuts clinical trial enrollment time with AI
<p>Tran Le was an engineering student at Stanford University when she tried to enroll in a clinical trial for her chronic condition. Although she identified several promising trials, she found the sign-up process daunting — she had to have extensive email exchanges with clinical sites and complete lengthy 20-page forms. All that paperwork was so […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 83 min read
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Healthcare analytics platform H1 has acquired Ribbon, backed by a16z and General Catalyst
<p>H1, a healthcare data analytics platform serving the pharmaceutical industry with data on over 10 million healthcare professionals, has acquired Ribbon, a startup that helps patients find doctors that are supported by their insurance. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed. The last time that Ribbon — founded in 2016 and a Y […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 82 min read
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Healthcare analytics platform H1 has acquired Ribbon, backed by a16z and General Catalyst
<p>H1, a healthcare data analytics platform serving the pharmaceutical industry with data on over 10 million healthcare professionals, has acquired Ribbon, a startup that helps patients find doctors that are supported by their insurance. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed. The last time that Ribbon — founded in 2016 and a Y […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 82 min read
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Siren secures strategic funding for its socks that detect diabetic foot ulcers
<p>After studying burn victims and war veterans, entrepreneur Ran Ma hand-made a sock that contained sensors to detect foot ulcers. Now, her company, Siren, has secured $9.5 million, with an $8 million check from lead investor Mölnlycke Health Care to further the development and adoption of its diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) prevention product. It’s now […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 82 min read
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Siren secures strategic funding for its socks that detect diabetic foot ulcers
<p>After studying burn victims and war veterans, entrepreneur Ran Ma hand-made a sock that contained sensors to detect foot ulcers. Now, her company, Siren, has secured $9.5 million, with an $8 million check from lead investor Mölnlycke Health Care to further the development and adoption of its diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) prevention product. It’s now […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 82 min read
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This pool cleaning company made a robot turtle to track water quality
<p>Beatbot makes robotic pool cleaners. In fact, the company is showing off a new one with a docking station this week at CES 2025. What really caught our eye on the show floor, however, is RoboTurtle, because, well, it’s a robot that looks like a turtle. The turtle, sadly, seems to very much be in […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 71 min read
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This pool cleaning company made a robot turtle to track water quality
<p>Beatbot makes robotic pool cleaners. In fact, the company is showing off a new one with a docking station this week at CES 2025. What really caught our eye on the show floor, however, is RoboTurtle, because, well, it’s a robot that looks like a turtle. The turtle, sadly, seems to very much be in […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 71 min read
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Ultrahuman stakes a claim to luxury smart rings with trio of 18K gold and pt950 platinum bands
<p>Smart ring maker Ultrahuman took the wraps off a trio of extra shiny high-tech trinkets at CES 2025 on Tuesday, adding a premium jewelry collection to its range of wellness wearables. It’s given the Ring line the brand name Rare, a neat verbal echo of the company’s mainstream smart ring, the Ring Air. The Indian […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 74 min read
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Ultrahuman stakes a claim to luxury smart rings with trio of 18K gold and pt950 platinum bands
<p>Smart ring maker Ultrahuman took the wraps off a trio of extra shiny high-tech trinkets at CES 2025 on Tuesday, adding a premium jewelry collection to its range of wellness wearables. It’s given the Ring line the brand name Rare, a neat verbal echo of the company’s mainstream smart ring, the Ring Air. The Indian […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 74 min read
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Fermata uses computer vision to detect diseases and pests in plants
<p>When Valeria Kogan started her PhD program in bioinformatics, the scientific field that uses computation and software to analyze biological data, in 2017, she imagined her career would always be within the fields of mathematics, medicine, or biology. But after the first AI boom in the late 2010s, she got an intriguing opportunity in a […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 73 min read
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Fermata uses computer vision to detect diseases and pests in plants
<p>When Valeria Kogan started her PhD program in bioinformatics, the scientific field that uses computation and software to analyze biological data, in 2017, she imagined her career would always be within the fields of mathematics, medicine, or biology. But after the first AI boom in the late 2010s, she got an intriguing opportunity in a […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 73 min read
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Withings launches BPM Vision, a $130 home blood pressure monitor, at CES 2025
<p>Withings has made a name for itself by making clinical-grade health technologies accessible to consumers. This week at CES 2025, the firm revealed two new products that fit the description nicely, one hardware and one software. BPM Vision is the more notable. It’s a travel-size home blood pressure monitor, complete with interchangeable arm cuffs. The […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 72 min read
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Withings launches BPM Vision, a $130 home blood pressure monitor, at CES 2025
<p>Withings has made a name for itself by making clinical-grade health technologies accessible to consumers. This week at CES 2025, the firm revealed two new products that fit the description nicely, one hardware and one software. BPM Vision is the more notable. It’s a travel-size home blood pressure monitor, complete with interchangeable arm cuffs. The […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Jan 72 min read
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