With more than 200 million people, Brazil is the largest country in South America and the fifth largest country in the world. This translates to a lot of healthcare needs.
Driven by the size, local needs and a growing innovation market, Brazilian health tech startups are beginning to emerge. The Brazilian market is unique for startups as it has both a public system, which serves everyone, and a...
A Brazilian startup named TNH Health, which makes an artificial intelligence-enabled chatbot, announced a $2 million Series A funding round from Valor Capital Group and individual health entrepreneurs.
Founded in 2013, the company is headquartered in Rio Negrinho, Santa Catrina, Brazil, and has offices in Joinville and São Paulo.
WHAT THEY DO
The chatbot, dubbed Vitalk, will communicate with...
Manhattan Research, a division of Decision Resources Group, released a few topline findings from its annual Taking the Pulse Global study this week, including that 80 percent of physicians in China now own or use smartphones for professional purposes. That puts China's doctors almost on par with those in the US in terms of smartphone usage.
The study also found that now more than 75 percent of...
