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By  Laura Lovett 02:29 pm August 6, 2020
This morning, Infermedica, a Wrocław, Poland-based artificial intelligence triage system, announced that it closed its Series A funding round with $10.25 million. European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and Heal Capital led the round with participation from Karma Ventures, Inovo Venture Partners and Dreamit Ventures.  This comes roughly a year after Infermedica announced a $3.65 million ...
By  Dave Muoio 09:00 am July 15, 2020
GYANT, maker of an artificial intelligence-based virtual-healthcare assistant, has hauled in a $13.6 million Series A financing round. Wing Venture Capital headlined the raise, which also included support from Intermountain Ventures, Grazia Equity, Alpana Ventures, Techstars Ventures and Plug and Play Ventures. WHAT IT DOES A veteran of the Cedars-Sinai Tech Stars accelerator, GYANT's care-...
By  Dave Muoio 11:30 am May 28, 2020
Bright.md, a Portland, Oregon startup offering an automated patient intake and virtual care connection platform, has closed $16.7 million in Series C funding. The oversubscribed round was headed by B Capital, Seven Peaks Ventures and Concord Health Partners, and also included support from new backers Philips Health Technology Ventures and UnityPoint Health Ventures. WHAT THEY DO Bright.md's...
By  Dave Muoio 03:14 pm February 21, 2019
Patients are still turning to Dr. Google to answer their health questions in the days before their condition takes a turn for the worse, according a study recently published in BMJ Open. However, that same online behavior could be an opportunity to anticipate and improve care, with the study’s authors noting that a substantial number of ED patients with a Google account are open to their search...
By  Jonah Comstock 02:53 pm April 25, 2017
UK-based health chatbot company babylon, which raised $25 million in early 2016, has raised an additional $60 million in funding. While the company didn't disclose the investors, TechCrunch and Financial Times report that the round included Sawiris, an Egyptian billionaire business family, NNS holdings, Vostok New Ventures, and existing backers Kinnevik. They are also reporting that the company's...