Lumoback, a startup that has developed a wireless sensor and mobile app to help users improve their posture, has secured $1.1 million in a seed round of financing, the company confirmed for MobiHealthNews by email today. (Health 2.0 first reported the news on its blog here.) The seed round included a handful of investors including Innovation Endeavors, Morado Venture Partners and Russell...
BodyMedia has raised more than $2.7 million in a recent round of funding that it hopes will soon hit $10 million, according to an SEC filing that MedCity News spotted. The company stated that the first equity sales occurred on March 13, 2012. So far the round of funding has included participation from four investors, according to the regulatory document.
BodyMedia's last round of funding,...
Palo Alto, California-based Jiff announced this week that it had raised $7.5 million in its first round of funding. The investment round was led by Aeris Capital and included participation from Jiff's founding seed investor Aberdare Ventures. The startup also announced that it had appointed former president and CEO of Robert Bosch Healthcare, Derek Newell, as its first CEO.
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This week at the mHealth Summit HealthTap announced that it closed $11.5 million in its first round of funding after its $2.5 million angel round this past March. The most recent round was led by Tim Chang of the Mayfield Fund, Rowan Chapman of Mohr Davidow Ventures and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt through his Innovation Endeavors fund. The startups plans to use the funds to grow its platform's...
Vivecoach, which offers employee wellness programs that make use of gaming and smartphone apps, recently announced a $1.5 million round of funding. The investment was led by two individual investors: Konstantin Othmer and Bruce Leak. Seraph Group, Aquinas Companies and Jeff Risberg also contributed. The funds will help Vivecoach build up its marketing and sales efforts, according to the company....
