Israeli investment firm eHealth Ventures (eHV) has announced the establishment of a $30 million venture capital fund for med tech and digital health companies, with the aim of raising $40 million.
The fund, called ‘eHV Advanced’, will focus on Israeli early-stage companies at seed stage, with a focus on diagnostics, digital monitoring, digital treatments, home care and bio-convergence. It will...
Sweetch, a startup that uses artificial intelligence to help patients manage chronic conditions, today landed $20 million in Series A funding. Entrée Capital led the funding, with participation from Tal Capital, Noaber, Kortex Ventures, Insurtech VC FinTLV Ventures, Philips, OurCrowd and Qure Ventures.
The Israeli company now has around $27.5 million in venture dollars, according to Crunchbase....
A recent Johns Hopkins study found that prediabetic patients who used the interactive mobile coaching program Sweetch lost weight and increased physical activity.
The study, published in JMIR, found that participant lost a mean 3.5 pounds and significantly improved weekly physical activity over the course of the three-month trial. Participants also saw a decrease in HBa1C or glycated hemoglobin...
Israeli equity crowdfunding platform OurCrowd has launched a new fund specifically focused on the digital health field, called OurCrowd Qure. They will work with Johns Hopkins University to provide validation of value, market access, and on-going feedback on the startups.
"I think that crowdfunding for digital health makes a huge amount of sense," John Medved, CEO of OurCrowd, told...
