Zarminali Health, a multispecialty pediatric practice group, has launched with $40 million in seed funding led by General Catalyst, which includes a venture debt facility.
WHAT IT DOES
The Chicago-based hybrid care company, founded in July of this year, integrates technology, specialists and services to provide outpatient coordinated pediatric primary and specialty care.
The company will use...
Pediatric telehealth startup Summer Health announced the close of a $11.65 million Series A raise led by 7wireVentures and Lux Capital.
Pivotal Ventures, a Melinda French Gates fund, participated in the raise, alongside existing investors Sequoia Capital, Box Group and Chelsea Clinton’s Metrodora Ventures.
Alyssa Jaffee, partner at 7wireVentures, Alfred Lin of Sequoia Capital, Deena Shakir of...
Children and young people throughout the United States continue to face some of the biggest hurdles to receiving timely and appropriate healthcare. As incidence rates of mental health and complex medical conditions rise, the majority of treatment-seeking children face strained health systems, limited affordable treatment options and care that is not personalized to their unique social, cultural...
Healthcare can be a challenging field to enter, particularly for health tech and digital health startups that haven't worked directly with the industry before. As funding booms, venture capital firms, accelerators and incubators that are based inside or collaborate with provider organizations aim to ease these new companies into the space.
Elizabeth Carr, managing director at Children's Health...
Akili Interactive, maker of a video game-based digital therapeutic for treating pediatric ADHD, announced Wednesday it plans to go public through a merger with special-purpose acquisition company Social Capital Suvretta Holdings Corp. I.
The deal is expected to net the digital therapeutics startup up to $412 million in gross cash proceeds, valuing the combined company at about $1 billion. The...
A gamified app for managing anxiety in children reduced symptom severity and helped them meet treatment goals, but didn't improve functional impairments, according to a study published in JMIR.
The preliminary evaluation study was conducted through a collaboration with the app's creator.
TOP-LINE DATA
Researchers found a small to moderate effect in anxiety symptom severity on parent-rated...
Mightier, a maker of a video game system intended to help children learn emotional regulation skills, scooped up $17 million in Series B funding.
The round was led by DigiTx Partners, with participation from the Sony Innovation Fund and PBJ Capital.
The Series B comes about two and half years after the Boston Children’s Hospital spin-out scooped up $6.6 million in Series A financing, followed by...
Limbix, maker of a prescription digital therapeutic aimed at treating depression in teens, scooped up $15 million in Series A2 funding.
The round was led by GSR Ventures, with participation from Digital Garage, Storm Ventures, Bixink, DN Capital, Korean Investment Partners, E& Investment, Gaingels, MVP, Operator Partners, Mana Ventures and Pacific Health Ventures.
Limbix announced its $9...
BeMe Health, a digital behavioral health tool geared towards teens, has raised $7 million in seed funding from Polaris Partners and Flare Capital Partners.
BeMe offers teens mental health content, coaching, self-guided activities and telehealth support on a platform that looks and feels like social media, gaming and streaming sites.
The company said it plans to use the funding to scale the use of...
Pediatric behavioral health platform Brightline will launch a program for children with autism spectrum disorder in early 2022.
The company will also expand content and coaching geared toward youth who identify as LGBTQ, and Black, Indigenous or other children of color, expected to be available early next year. Brightline announced a Clinical Advisory Board that aims to help develop more programs...
