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A doctor using a desktop computer
By  Adam Ang 12:14 am September 1, 2022
Taiwanese medical AI startup Aesop Technology has raised $2.9 million in a fundraising round led by Taiwania Capital ahead of its Series A funding event. The round also drew the participation of Colopl Next, 500 Startups, and BE Capital. A spin-off from Taipei Medical University, the company was established in the US in 2020 and is now currently headquartered in San Francisco. It offers two AI-...
Coviu Virtual Care Platform
By  Adam Ang 12:44 am August 3, 2022
Telehealth company Coviu has started offering its virtual care platform in the United States.  From a global staff count of 50, it also plans to double its headcount over the next 12 months as it pursues international growth. Coviu's telehealth platform features secure video conferencing, an apps marketplace, remote patient monitoring, and new functionalities that allow group telehealth sessions...
Mobile interface of Ubie's web-based AI Symptom Checker
By  Adam Ang 10:58 pm April 26, 2022
Japanese medtech startup Ubie has launched its AI symptom checker in the United States. The web-based Ubie AI Symptom Checker generates relevant questions about a user's symptoms from around 3,500 question data types based on its database of 50,000 medical papers.  After answering about 20 questions, users can discover related diseases and more detailed information about their possible conditions...
By  Adam Ang 04:22 am July 22, 2021
Inito has announced the launch of its at-home fertility test in the US, months after receiving US FDA approval. WHAT IT'S FOR  The company claims that Inito is the only ovulation test that measures estrogen and luteinising hormone levels to predict fertile days, as well as progesterone to confirm if ovulation has actually occurred. The device can also be paired with a smartphone app to provide...
healthcare innocation
By  Tammy Lovell 05:41 am January 11, 2021
Record levels of capital were allocated and deployed to support innovative companies in the healthcare industry in 2020, according to a report by Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). The Healthcare Investments and Exits Annual Report provides an overview of trends and data covering venture fundraising and deal flow in the life sciences sector globally.  It found that investment in Europe sky-rocketed in...