<p>For the past several years, the halls of the Las Vegas Convention Center have been lousy with AR/VR/XR smart glasses. While some of the biggest names in tech, like Apple and Google, have struggled to gain traction in the category, accessible tech remains relatively unexplored. There’s a lot of work to be done in terms [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Omnia is still very much in concept mode — a phenomenon popular in the automotive world that has since spilled over into consumer electronics. That is to say that Withings’ splashiest product of CES 2025 may never be a product. Among other things, a body-scanning smart mirror would likely be cost-prohibitive for consumers. According [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Omnia is still very much in concept mode — a phenomenon popular in the automotive world that has since spilled over into consumer electronics. That is to say that Withings’ splashiest product of CES 2025 may never be a product. Among other things, a body-scanning smart mirror would likely be cost-prohibitive for consumers. According [&hellip;]</p>

<p>People with chronic kidney disease or those at risk of heart failure are greatly affected by potassium imbalances in the body. These can even be life-threatening. While wearable glucose monitors are now commonplace and have transformed the lives of diabetes patients, potassium monitoring is in its infancy, as it’s hard to do. Now startups are [&hellip;]</p>

<p>People with chronic kidney disease or those at risk of heart failure are greatly affected by potassium imbalances in the body. These can even be life-threatening. While wearable glucose monitors are now commonplace and have transformed the lives of diabetes patients, potassium monitoring is in its infancy, as it’s hard to do. Now startups are [&hellip;]</p>

<p>LLM models are already capable of diagnosing scientific outputs, but, until now, had “no physical agency to actually perform&#8221; experiments.</p>

<p>Smart ring maker Oura announced on Thursday that it has closed a $200 million Series D funding round, bringing the company&#8217;s valuation to $5.2 billion. The round included participation from Fidelity Management and glucose device maker&nbsp;Dexcom. Oura says the new capital will allow it to expand its product offerings and further invest in product, science, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Smart ring maker Oura announced on Thursday that it has closed a $200 million Series D funding round, bringing the company&#8217;s valuation to $5.2 billion. The round included participation from Fidelity Management and glucose device maker&nbsp;Dexcom. Oura says the new capital will allow it to expand its product offerings and further invest in product, science, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>KHP Ventures is raising a £20 million ($25.5 million) fund specifically aimed at accelerating startups addressing depression, anxiety and psychosis.</p>

<p>KHP Ventures is raising a £20 million ($25.5 million) fund specifically aimed at accelerating startups addressing depression, anxiety and psychosis.</p>

<p>Aqemia, a French startup that&#8217;s meshing &#8220;quantum-inspired physics&#8221; with machine learning to find new drugs, has raised $38 million in a fresh round of funding led by San Francisco-based VC firm Cathay Innovation. This is Aqemia&#8217;s second fundraise of the year — it announced a €30 million ($31.5 million) raise back in January — and [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Aqemia, a French startup that&#8217;s meshing &#8220;quantum-inspired physics&#8221; with machine learning to find new drugs, has raised $38 million in a fresh round of funding led by San Francisco-based VC firm Cathay Innovation. This is Aqemia&#8217;s second fundraise of the year — it announced a €30 million ($31.5 million) raise back in January — and [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A U.S. breast-screening program claims to demonstrate the potential benefits of using artificial intelligence (AI) in mammography screening, with women who paid for AI-enhanced scans 21% more likely to have cancer detected. DeepHealth, an AI firm owned by radiology giant RadNet, presented its findings at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A U.S. breast-screening program claims to demonstrate the potential benefits of using artificial intelligence (AI) in mammography screening, with women who paid for AI-enhanced scans 21% more likely to have cancer detected. DeepHealth, an AI firm owned by radiology giant RadNet, presented its findings at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Many VCs, particularly newer firms, readily admit that 2024 has been a challenging year for raising fresh capital. Dimension Capital, a two-year-old venture outfit, had a different experience when raising its second fund.   &#8220;Every investor from fund one came back very quickly,&#8221; said Zavian Dar (pictured center), one of the firm&#8217;s three founders and managing [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Many VCs, particularly newer firms, readily admit that 2024 has been a challenging year for raising fresh capital. Dimension Capital, a two-year-old venture outfit, had a different experience when raising its second fund.   &#8220;Every investor from fund one came back very quickly,&#8221; said Zavian Dar (pictured center), one of the firm&#8217;s three founders and managing [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Back in the heady days of 2021, Heartcore Capital planned to focus on consumer technology with a $200 million fund. Fast-forward to 2024, and its latest fund will now &#8220;leaven the bread&#8221; of that thesis, with a fresh $180 million (€170 million) to go broader and more generalist than that earlier thesis.  Some 17 years [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Back in the heady days of 2021, Heartcore Capital planned to focus on consumer technology with a $200 million fund. Fast-forward to 2024, and its latest fund will now &#8220;leaven the bread&#8221; of that thesis, with a fresh $180 million (€170 million) to go broader and more generalist than that earlier thesis.  Some 17 years [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Turning sunflower seeds into sustainable, cocoa-free chocolate has netted Munich-based B2B food tech startup Planet A Foods (formerly QOA) a $30 million Series B funding round. Now, the Y Combinator alum is gearing up for industrialization, with the funds set to be deployed to scale its production capacity by around 7.5x. The round fast follows [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Although heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, a significant portion of people who experience heart attacks are unaware that they have the underlying condition. Cleerly, a cardiovascular imaging startup, hopes to fix this. By analyzing CT scans of the heart, the company&#8217;s AI software aims to identify early-stage coronary [&hellip;]</p>