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APRIL 1, 2020

Oklahoma City, OK-based Linear Health Sciences has developed a globally patented medical device known as the Orchid Safety Release Valve (SRV), designed to limit disconnection of IV catheters for patients worldwide. iMCI), recently led an $11.535 million go-to-market investment in Oklahoma City-based Linear Health Sciences.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Investment has also trickled down to Africa, with large checks going into growth-stage startups. Lagos- and Texas-based digital healthcare provider Reliance Health is the latest beneficiary and is doing so in grand style, raising $40 million. Reliance Health operates business-to-business and business-to-customers models.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2021

GHI Fund President Bill Taranto has spent more than two decades in the healthcare industry and has 15 years of experience in healthcare investing. In addition to his venture investing knowledge, Bill has decades of management operations experience. The virtual state of corporate venture capital today.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 24, 2023

Grassroots campaigns continue, and technology-wise, innovation in the wider women’s health sector is only gearing up. We still have a very long way to go in changing opinions about the importance of investing in women’s health. Janna Meyrowitz Turner, the founder of Synastry Capital, echoed similar sentiments. in 2019.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 4, 2022

Last April, Alex and I reported CB Insights data showing that venture investment into mental health startups had dropped sharply in Q1 2022 compared to the preceding quarter. But in the last couple of weeks, I have heard about several venture-backed deals into the subsector of health tech. Let’s explore.

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Hunter Walk

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

We mutually anticipated it would be a three year role, after which Kate could decide if she liked investing or wasn’t ready to leave the world of operating (she joined us from 5+ years at Uber). This is even harder when it comes to evaluating new companies and learning what great investments look like.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Digital healthcare continues to thrive globally following the effects of the pandemic last year, but venture capital inflows differ regionally with Africa lagging behind the rest of the world. H owever, investors have paid attention to a few innovative health tech startups, putting over $77 million across 56 deals last year.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2023

For those who wielded that role or the coveted CEO position, you were likely to be placed on a pedestal or be viewed as a visionary, aided by a venture capital market that experienced an overextended bull run in the background. TechCrunch: Why is the discussion around African founders’ mental health critical right now?

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Revolution

JANUARY 18, 2024

Revolution Ventures Invests in Kashable, the Fintech Leading the Socially Responsible, Employer-Sponsored Credit Movement The $25.6M Series B will be used to expand sales and engineering teams and increase the company’s loan portfolio. The cherry on top: Kashable loans also help borrowers establish and increase their credit scores.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Atommerce , a Korean startup that helps users connect with mental health professionals via a mobile app MiNDCAFE, plans to scale its mental health service with a $16.7 The Seoul-based startup offers a virtual therapy program and a mental health benefits solution for employers. But it has changed over the last few years.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

Real , a mental health app, has raised a $37 million oversubscribed Series B. The round was led by Owl Ventures, with participation from former Cityblock CEO Iyah Romm and chief health officer Dr. Sylvia Romm. Returning investors include Lightspeed Venture Partners, Female Founders Fund, Forerunner Ventures and BBG Ventures.

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TechCrunch

JULY 16, 2022

As venture capital grew around the world , tracking the fintech market was a fine way to understand the general health of the VC world; when venture was getting bigger, so too was fintech fundraising.

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American Entrepreneurship

JULY 21, 2024

Bullpen Capital has invested over $3 million into The Many Company TRENTON, N.J. July 17, 2024) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board today approved an investment from the New Jersey Innovation Evergreen Fund (NJIEF) into an emerging women-led company, The Many Company.

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American Entrepreneurship

JULY 19, 2024

Bullpen Capital has invested over $3 million into The Many Company TRENTON, N.J. July 17, 2024) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Board today approved an investment from the New Jersey Innovation Evergreen Fund (NJIEF) into an emerging women-led company, The Many Company.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Alyssa Jaffee is a partner at 7wireVentures , a digital health-focused venture capital firm, where she focuses on investments that empower consumers to become better stewards of their heath. This was a record-breaking year for private investment across digital health. What is the problem being solved?

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TechCrunch

JUNE 3, 2021

Toyota AI Ventures, Toyota’s standalone venture capital fund, has dropped the “AI” and is reborn as, simply, Toyota Ventures. So while Toyota Ventures’ investment approach isn’t changing, it’s broadening the scope of startups it will consider investing in. . “AI

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AsiaTechDaily

APRIL 23, 2023

Register SKS Capital , a venture capital and private equity firm based in Shanghai and Taipei, has announced its strategic investment of $5 million in Grace , Korea’s largest aggregator of international health and beauty brands. from 2020 to 2027.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Depression and anxiety were taking a serious toll on peoples’ well-being even before COVID-19, and the pandemic prompted more interest (and venture capital) in mental health startups. The startup’s app for mental health professionals, called ThoughtFullCare Pro, enables them to manage and scale their online practices.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The role venture capital must play in all of this is becoming clearer: There has been a push to fund more reproductive health companies , include healthcare access in ESG investments , and reevaluate the safest places to open a business for women employees. The Dobbs v.

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 25, 2024

The ACA and angel investing community are thrilled to welcome Dr. Charu Ramanathan as a keynote speaker to the Summit of Angel Investing in Columbus, OH. Dr. Ramanathan is the Founding Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Black Star Fund , an early-stage venture capital fund.

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

The company’s latest funding round earned investments that will help Willowmore further expand its market presence and strengthen its position as a leading provider of smart access, IoT and analytics technologies. The round was also participated by SEEDS Capital, Enterprise Singapore’s investment arm. “We

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 23, 2023

May 8, 2023 – Mayfield, a top-tier early stage investor, today announced that it has raised a total of $955 million across two venture capital funds to continue its focus on being a champion of entrepreneurs. The Firm invests in companies that leverage innovation in both IT and biology. Menlo Park, Calif.,

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 24, 2021

This week, Bill Taranto, president of Merck’s Global Health Innovation Fund, wrote a TechCrunch+ article that explored six digital health trends his corporate VC fund is tracking as we enter 2022. Between Q1 and Q3 2021, healthcare startups landed $21.3 billion in VC, “dwarfing the previous record of $14.6

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 25, 2023

MINNEAPOLIS-SAINT PAUL, MN – The Forge North startup coalition announced the first close of the MSP Equity Fund – the first-known venture capital fund of funds in the country designed to invest across race, place, and gender. Lead investors include Allianz Life, Allina Health, Xcel Energy, and Abōva.

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Jason Malki

JANUARY 7, 2023

I had the pleasure of interviewing Faye Sahai, Founding Managing Partner at Telosity Ventures. Faye Sahai is Founding Managing Partner at Telosity Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund investing in digital wellness and mental health. How did you break into tech investing? trillion dollars.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Africa Health Holdings , a healthcare startup running several hospitals, has secured $18 million in a Series A round, funds that will go toward building its “tech-forward healthcare system” across Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria. Valiant Capital, Kepple Ventures and SUNU Capital.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 21, 2023

Register Antler , a global venture capital firm with a strong presence in Indonesia , has committed to supporting aspiring founders and early-stage teams in the country by investing in over 30 startups in 2023. The company has already invested in 25 local startups since its launch in 2022.

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Partnering organizations advance regional health innovation ecosystems To advance healthcare access, quality, and equity, the Ohio -headquartered managed care organization CareSource is partnering with Indiana -based Boomerang Ventures, an early-stage venture studio, specializing in connected health solutions.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2014

I was having dinner with a friend last night and we were chatting about venture capital and a bit about what I’ve learned. I started in 2007 with a thesis that my primary investment decision would be about the team (70%) and only afterward about the market opportunity (30%). Health destroying stress.

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Jason Malki

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Cristina studied Systems Engineering at the University of Waterloo, then after doing investment banking in Japan, IT consulting in India, human development in Southern Africa she found herself building a payments platform in Latin America. I went through a health crisis of sorts. What motivated you to launch your startup?

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The funding round was co-led by Accelerator Life Science Partners (ALSP) and ClavystBio, a Temasek-backed accelerator focusing on global health solutions. Accelerator Life Science Partners (ALSP) is an early-stage life science accelerator and investment firm dedicated to nurturing innovative biotechnology companies.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Lugano, Switzerland-based venture capital fund Privilège Ventures just launched its fourth fund. We don’t just want to support women,” Jacqueline Ruedin Rüsch, founding general partner at Privilège Ventures said in an interview with TechCrunch. Your investor has an investment thesis.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

s National Health Service. Ieso has built one of the most impressive data assets I have seen in the space with their text therapy data set,” said Stephen Bruso, an investment partner at Morningside. Funding for mental health startups is anticipated to crack $3 billion in 2021, per a Q3 Silicon Valley Bank Trend report.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2021

Savannah Fund , a pan-African venture capital firm, today announced a $25 million fund as it looks to back more early-stage startups on the continent. Some of its well-known investments include South African car subscription company, FlexClub; Kenyan on-demand logistics company, Sendy; and Nigerian fintech company, Lidya.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 25, 2021

As the pandemic unevenly roars on, Emily Melton , founder and managing partner of Threshold VC , is reflecting on a previous public health crisis: the Spanish flu. And, Melton, a lead investor in health tech startups including Livongo, Tia and Calibrate, says the care pathway ages well. billion in value by 2030.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 8, 2022

million jobs due to Google’s $1 billion investment in the continent. The continent’s investment story. The report first highlights the growth of venture capital on the continent over the past six years; within this period, investments in African startups have grown 18x. Southeast Asia and Europe.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

To fill this gap, Heartbeat Health , founded by Dr. Jeff Wessler, has raised more than $30 million , developing a digital data layer that uses telemedicine, remote diagnostics and digital heart health programs to give patients and clinicians a more proactive way to stay healthy. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S.,

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