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AI Optics Sentinel Camera
By  Anthony Vecchione 03:05 pm January 31, 2025
AI Optics, an AI-enabled medical device company, has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Sentinel Camera. The handheld retinal imaging system captures high-quality images of the human eye, helping to address gaps in retinal disease screening through a portable and accessible tool. The aim of the Sentinel Camera is to enable point-of-care retinal imaging that would eliminate the need for some...
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By  Jessica Hagen 02:35 pm January 31, 2025
Bicycle Health, a company that offers virtual opioid disorder treatment, announced it secured $16.5 million in funding. Existing Questa Capital led the round with participation from other existing investors, including Frist Cressey Ventures, SignalFire, Hustle Fund, Valeo Ventures, City Light Capital and InterAlpen Partners. New investor JSL Health also joined the round.  The Boston-based company...
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By  Jessica Hagen 12:59 pm January 30, 2025
California-based Rad AI, a generative AI radiology workflow company, has secured $60 million in an oversubscribed Series C funding round, which brings the company's total raise to more than $140 million and bumps up its valuation to $525 million. Transformation Capital led the round with participation from existing investors Cone Health, World Innovation Lab, Khosla Ventures, Kickstart Fund,...
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By  Jessica Hagen 03:01 pm January 29, 2025
SafelyYou, maker of AI-enabled technology for fall detection and prevention, closed a $43 million Series C funding round led by Touring Capital, bringing its total raise to more than $100 million.  Samsung Next, Omega Healthcare Investors, Foundation Capital, Founders Fund, Cross Creek and Qualcomm Ventures participated in the round.  The San Francisco-based company offers ambient AI technology...
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By  Anthony Vecchione 12:18 pm January 29, 2025
The Helper Bees, an independent technology platform focusing on how older adults live and age, announced it has raised $35 in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Centana Growth Partners, with support from Silverton Partners, Impact Engine, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures and Alumni Ventures.  WHAT IT DOES The Helper Bees is an independent aging platform that aims to help insurers...
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By  Anthony Vecchione 01:27 pm January 27, 2025
Elucent Medical, a guided surgical technology company, will receive $30 million in growth capital from Trinity Capital. WHAT IT DOES Elucent Medical's flagship product EnVisio System utilizes a spatial field generator measuring continuous data points across multiple planes to display exact 3D positioning of the SmartClip marker and SmartSensor that is used to guide soft-tissue surgical excision....
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By  Jessica Hagen 01:05 pm January 27, 2025
Virtual women's healthcare platform Allara Health scored $26 million in Series B funding, bringing its total raise to $38.5 million.  Index Ventures led the round with participation from existing investor GV (Google Ventures). WHAT IT DOES  Allara Health offers a virtual care platform for women battling chronic hormonal conditions, such as endometriosis, polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) and...
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By  Jessica Hagen 12:03 pm January 27, 2025
Manas AI, an AI-driven drug discovery platform, has launched with $24.6 million in seed round in a round coled by General Catalyst and LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman.  Greylock and other strategic investors participated in the round.  LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman and Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee, an oncologist, researcher and author, founded Manas AI. WHAT IT DOES  Manas AI is a drug discovery...
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By  Jessica Hagen 01:37 pm January 22, 2025
At a press conference on Tuesday, President Donald Trump announced the formation of Project Stargate, an at least $500 billion investment to build the physical and virtual infrastructure to power AI construction, including "colossal data centers" and campuses nationwide in America, with one of its goals to improve health outcomes. Trump announced Stargate alongside three partners of the project:...
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By  Anthony Vecchione 01:08 pm January 21, 2025
DarioHealth, a digital chronic condition management platform, closed a $25.6 million private placement of convertible preferred stock, with most of the funds secured from existing shareholders.  The balance of the funds was provided by a network of accredited healthcare investors and executives from within the healthcare sector. Private placement is a way for a company to sell debt or equity...