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By  Jessica Hagen 01:29 pm June 14, 2023
Northwell Holdings and Aegis Ventures company Caire, a virtual care creation platform, has appointed former emeritus president and CEO of Mayo Clinic, Dr. John Noseworthy, as executive chairman. Noseworthy will join the company's board of directors and lead its Caire Collaborative, a consortium of health systems that act as investors, partners and early adopters of Caire's in-person and virtual...
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By  Emily Olsen 12:36 pm May 9, 2023
Aegis Ventures and Northwell Holdings, the investment arm of the New York-based health system, on Tuesday launched Optain, a company that aims to use AI-backed retinal imaging to catch early signs of disease. The partners also provided an initial seed investment of $12 million.  Though the startup is new to the U.S. market, Aegis and Northwell said the tech can be traced back to Australian...
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By  Emily Olsen 10:36 am December 22, 2022
After digital health startups scooped up huge amounts of investor dollars last year, the market slowed down significantly in 2022. But it's still a relatively new field, and there's plenty of room for startups that can prove their ability to improve care, says John Beadle, managing partner at Aegis Ventures. He sat down with MobiHealthNews to discuss the growth in partnerships with health systems...
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By  Emily Olsen 12:00 pm November 10, 2022
Northwell Holdings, the investment arm of New York-based health system Northwell Health, and startup studio Aegis Ventures announced Thursday they had signed an agreement to launch Upliv, a virtual menopause care company. Upliv is the first company formed through Northwell and Aegis' partnership focused on equity in women's healthcare. In April, the startup studio announced plans to invest at...
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By  Laura Lovett 11:41 am October 28, 2021
With a focus on the artificial intelligence space, Northwell Health, a New York-based health system, is teaming up with startup studio Aegis Ventures on a new joint enterprise called JV. The venture is focused on the use of AI to address quality, equity and cost problems in healthcare. As part of the agreement, Aegis Ventures is pledging $100 million in seed-stage funding into the venture which...