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By  Thiru Gunasegaran 03:06 am November 7, 2022
Five startups based in APAC took the stage during the HIMSS22 APAC Conference this year in the hopes of gaining further traction for their businesses.   The Digital Innovation Showcase, organised by Zoom and HIMSS, required startups to offer solutions that leveraged video or video conferencing. The winner of the Showcase would be recognised during the HIMSS APAC Awards Dinner along with the...
MFine mobile app
By  Adam Ang 12:52 am July 12, 2022
Health tech startup MFine has agreed to merge with the diagnostics business of Indian biotechnology company LifeCell and form a new entity called LifeWell. The new joint venture has also received an $80 million investment from healthcare investor OrbiMed. WHAT IT'S ABOUT Together, the companies have a combined user base of over six million, which is expected to further grow to more than 50...
MFine CTO Ajit Narayanan holding a smartphone to measure his vitals
By  Adam Ang 05:24 am March 23, 2022
Indian digital health startup MFine has added blood pressure and glucose monitoring tools on its mobile health app. Three weeks ago, the health tech startup launched its latest vital measurement features for beta testing after two years of development and clinical trials involving around 3,000 patients. WHAT IT'S ABOUT  According to a press statement, these health monitoring features are built...
A person's vital measurements as shown through their smartphone
By  Adam Ang 11:03 pm March 3, 2022
Indian digital health startup MFine has rolled out a new heart monitoring feature on its mobile app. As with its blood oxygen saturation app MFine Pulse, this heart rate tool makes use of a smartphone camera and flash to detect blood volume changes. A machine-learning algorithm then calculates the levels of absorption of red, blue, and green light signals as seen through a user's fingertip to...
 A user checks their vitals from a mobile health app
By  Adam Ang 11:20 pm February 14, 2022
Indian digital health startup MFine has launched a cancer screening feature on its app in partnership with oncology research and solutions provider Datar Cancer Genetics. MFine users can now book a range of cancer diagnostic tests from Datar's EasyCheck.  EasyCheck is a non-invasive, radiation-free test for early cancer detection. It has three types of test: EasyCheck360 detects cancer from...
A screenshot of the MFine web portal
By  Adam Ang 04:21 am September 29, 2021
Indian digital health startup MFine has netted $48 million in a Series C investing round co-led by New York-based Moore Strategic Ventures and venture capitalist BEENEXT from Singapore.  The funding round was also joined by Stellaris Venture Partners, SBI Group Japan, SBI Ven Capital Singapore, Heritas Capital, Prime Venture Partners, Y’S Investment Pte Ltd., and Alteria Capital. Since its...
Screenshots of the MFine Pulse App
By  Thiru Gunasegaran 12:04 am April 9, 2021
MFine, a health tech startup in India, has developed a free mobile app that turns a smartphone into a blood oxygen saturation meter. The beta version of the app is currently available on Android phones, while a trial version on iOS devices is expected to come out in a “couple of months”, the company told Mobihealth News. MFine is also planning to create other medical app-based tools to measure...
By  Dean Koh 09:26 pm January 20, 2021
Health tech AI startup MFine has raised $16m in a new funding round led by Heritas Capital with participation from Singapore-based family office of Y’S Investment Pte Ltd. Existing MFine investors including SBI Investment, SBI Ven Capital, BEENEXT and Alteria Capital have also followed-on in the round. Heritas Capital is a Singapore-based private equity and venture capital investment firm that...
By  Dean Koh 03:10 am April 25, 2019
mfine, a health-tech AI startup from India has raised $17.2M in Series B funding. The investment was led by SBI Investment, a Japan-based venture capital firm and a subsidiary of the SBI Group. Singapore-based SBI Ven Capital which is SBI Group’s Southeast-Asian investment arm and tech-focused global venture capital firm BEENEXT also participated in the round alongside existing investors,...