Dental care company quip unveiled its plans to buy dental telehealth company Toothpic for an undisclosed sum.
The acquisition will allow quip users to access both preventative digital checkups and on-demand virtual emergency dental care. The services will be wrapped into quip's digital platform, which lets users track oral hygiene habits and monitor health over time.
According to quip, once...
quip announced Tuesday it raised $100 million in Series B funding from Cowen Sustainable Investments.
“quip is well on its way to becoming the iconic oral care brand in the way we’ve seen companies revolutionize other industries like fitness, pet care and eyewear. No other oral care company can match quip’s engaged customer base, data expertise, professional network and digital platform that...
Quip, an online subscription platform that ships dental supplies to consumers, is expanding its service to help members book professional care for their mouths.
Called Quipcare, the app-based platform allows those using the company’s service to browse nearby options at set rates, pay for their care and manage treatment notes or reminders. These visits, according to the company, will be offered at...
Correction: A brief originally included in this roundup, about Quip's funding, has been removed. The round in question was not new; it was previously reported here.
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With new investor, Klara heading to market. New York-based Klara, a healthcare messaging system, has secured a new investment from Stage 2 Capital. The amount of the investment was not disclosed. Klara brought Stage 2 in to help...
FDA fast-tracks cancer AI. This morning Paige.AI, a pathology company that uses artificial intelligence for diagnosis and development, was granted a Breakthrough Device designation by the FDA. Page.AI has been working with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center to digitize pathology slide and create a pathology dataset.
“Paige.AI is focused on providing artificial intelligence tools to...
This morning quip, an online dental platform and subscription toothbrush company, landed $40 million led by existing investor Sherpa Capital, with participation from Triplepoint Capital.
quip is best known for selling American Dental Association-approved electronic toothbrushes on its online platform. The company runs on a subscription model. Once a customer has bought the toothbrush for $25,...
Babyscripts announced today that its prenatal app has become available to mothers and doctors at the Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin health network. Later this year the network will also enable mothers to opt into the service’s data sharing component to allow remote patient monitoring tool for OB/GYNs.
“Expectant patients are now able to access evidenced-based education anytime to...
When it comes to dental health, companies seem to more and more see consumer technology and insurance as natural partners. Beam Dental, which started out in the smart toothbrush space but expanded a few years ago into dental insurance, raised $22.5 million today. At the same time, quip, a smart toothbrush company that raised $10 million last year, acquired dental health plan Afora, in a move that...
