digital health tracking

By  Aditi Pai 01:25 pm March 8, 2016
Raleigh, North Carolina-based heart rate sensor company Valencell has raised $8.4 million more in a round that totaled $11 million. The round was led by GII Tech with participation from existing investors TDF Ventures and WSJ Joshua Fund. This brings the company’s total funding to $24.5 million to date. The company disclosed the first tranche of this round in September 2015 in an SEC filing....
By  Aditi Pai 10:30 am October 5, 2015
Chicago-based PinpointCare has raised $11 million from private and existing investors for its web-based program, hosted in Microsoft’s Azure cloud, that helps doctors create, customize, and track care plans for patients. Although the offering was initially designed for patients who have had an orthopedic procedure, the company explained in a statement that the offering can now also be used to...
By  Aditi Pai 10:29 am May 26, 2015
Academics in Australia at the University of Queensland have launched a three-year research project that will examine the impact of using digital health tools in physical education programs with kids. The project has received $177,000 AUS (about $137,000 US dollars) from the Australian Research Council Discovery Grant and is being conducted in collaboration with researchers in Melbourne and...