blood testing

Doctor taking a patient's blood sample in a clinic
By  Jessica Hagen 01:11 pm July 17, 2024
Truvian Health, maker of a benchtop blood-testing system, announced it had secured $74 million in capital and is partnering with Canada's largest pharmacy, Shoppers Drug Mart.  Great Point Ventures and Wittington Ventures coled the round, with participation from existing investors Medical Excellence Capital, Tao Capital, DNS Capital, 7wireVentures and TYH Capital.  WHAT IT DOES The San Diego-...
Numan, men's health, blood testing, artificial intelligence, Kreos Capital
By  Tammy Lovell 09:52 am February 9, 2022
UK-based men’s health platform Numan has raised $20 million (£14.7M) in growth debt from Kreos Capital. The financing completes a $60.1 million (£44.3M) Series B round, led by White Star Capital, with participation from Novator, VNV Global, and Anthemis Exponential. WHAT IT DOES Numan offers a digital subscription service for men’s health issues, including hair loss, gut and lung health, sexual...
Podcast guest David Stein
By  MobiHealthNews 08:00 am November 26, 2021
While the world has been glued to Elizabeth Holmes' trial, the digital health startup world hasn't given up on the original dream of Theranos: convenient, accessible, low-cost blood testing available at retail locations in the community. In today's HIMSSCast, host Jonah Comstock checks in with David Stein, CEO of Babson Diagnostics. The company has developed a low-volume blood test that can be...
CRIAM, blood type, funding
By  Tammy Lovell 02:59 am November 24, 2021
Portugal-based startup CRIAM has raised $2.1 million (€1.86M) to further develop its blood typing technology. The firm today announced it had closed a $1 million (€887,830) seed round led by SOSV, Artesian and the Portugal-based Social Impact Fund. Plus, it received a $1.12 million (€1 million) non-dilutive grant from the European Union's European Innovation Council (EIC). WHAT IT DOES CRIAM is a...
By  Jonah Comstock 02:31 pm April 29, 2019
Personalized wellness company Arivale has shut down its consumer operations, according to a statement posted on the company's website. MedCityNews first spotted the post. "Regrettably, effective today, we are terminating our consumer program," the team wrote in an unsigned note. "Our decision to do so is attributable to the simple fact that the cost of providing the service exceeds what our...
By  Jonah Comstock 02:36 pm March 5, 2019
Tasso, a Seattle-based startup working on bringing blood testing to the home via a wearable patch-like device, has raised $6.1 million in Series A funding. Vertical Venture Partners led the round, with additional participation from TechStars and Cedars Sinai. This is the first major VC round for the company, but it has previously been supported by $13.1 million in grant funding from DARPA, NIH,...
By  Dave Muoio 03:09 pm November 1, 2018
Clinical lab and life science services company LabCorp has signaled its latest consumer-focused shift with the announcement of a self-administered wellness test and online results portal. Called Pixel by LabCorp, the testing platform is ordered online by consumers, reviewed by a board-certified physician and then delivered to the consumer within a few days. After collecting a blood sample using...
By  Dave Muoio 04:21 pm October 31, 2018
Smartphone blood lab startup 1Drop Diagnostics (not to be confused with other very similarly-named startup 1Drop or One Drop) has raised $4.25 million in a Series A financing round, the company announced today. The funding was led by investor Christian Wildmoser, with additional backing and support by Swiss Startup Group investor Dr. Hans-Peter Strebel, Beat Schillig of IFJ Institute for Young...
By  Jonah Comstock 05:35 pm May 9, 2017
DBS System, a Swiss company that makes a line of portable blood tests called HemaXis, has raised $2.5 million led by investiere. The funding was in Swiss francs, but the values of the currencies are currently approximately equal. Investiere contributed $800,000, Swiss pension fund Nest put in $700,000, and $1 million came from existing shareholders and angel investors. DBS stands for "dried blood...