9amHealth Raises $9.5M Series A Extension | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Feb 20, 2024
This new capital will fuel 9amHealth’s growth strategy and product roadmap, further scale the company’s existing solutions, and expand its internal team of care specialists, doctors, medical advisers, and more. The funding will also further improve 9amHealth’s already stellar patient experience through higher quality of care, improved health outcomes, and additional cost savings for both patients and employers.
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9amHealth, the leading virtual provider for cardiometabolic health, raised $9.5M led by The Cigna Group Ventures, with additional support from existing institutional investors, including 7Wire Ventures, Define Ventures, Leaps by Bayer, and Founders Fund. The San Diego, CA-based company — a member of the StartUp Health community since 2022 — is on a mission to prevent and treat diabetes, obesity, high cholesterol, and hypertension with a first-of-its-kind, whole-body approach to complete cardiometabolic care. <source>
This week’s reported health innovation funding also included:
Freenome, a South San Francisco, CA-based biotechnology company using computational biology and machine learning for early cancer detection, raised $254M led by Roche, with participation from a16z Life Sciences Growth Fund, the American Cancer Society’s BrightEdge Ventures, ARK Investments, ArrowMark Partners, Artis Ventures, Bain Capital Life Sciences, Cormorant Capital, DCVC, Eventide Asset Management, Intermountain Ventures, Perceptive Advisors, Polaris Partners, Pura Vida Investments, Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX), RA Capital Management, Sands Capital, Section 32, Squarepoint Capital, with funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, and others. <source>
Latigo, a Thousand Oaks, CA-based biotechnology company developing non-opioid pain medicines using AI and machine learning to optimize potency and selectivity, raised $135M led by Westlake Village BioPartners, co-led by 5AM Ventures and Foresite Capital, with participation from Corner Ventures. <source>
PatientFi, an Irvine, CA-based company offering medical practices a comprehensive technology suite of payment and subscription solutions, raised $25M led by Questa Capital. <source>
Upwards, a Los Angeles, CA-based national childcare network and care benefits company, raised $21M led by Alpha Edison, with participation from existing investors M13 and Fika Ventures. <source>
Anatomy Financial, a San Francisco, CA-based startup developing AI-powered financial automation solutions for medical, dental, digital health, and healthcare billing companies, raised $7.6M from Lightspeed, Meridian Street Capital, Live Oak Ventures, Cambrian Ventures, Peterson Ventures, and angel investors. <source>
Avatar Medical, a Paris, France- and Mountain View, CA-based company providing a real-time solution for surgeons to engage with patients, raised €5M ($5.4M) led by GO Capital, with participation from Acorn Pacific Ventures, Plug and Play, Rives Croissance, Cenitz, and individual surgeons and radiologists. <source>
WIVI Vision, a Madrid, Spain-based company offering solutions to improve visual efficiency and treat visual dysfunctions in diagnosis and subsequent recovery, raised €4M ($4.3M) led by Adara Ventures, with participation from Hearstlab, Avançsa, Caixabank DayOne, BBVA Spark, Banco Santander, Peak Thomas (Pedro Tortosa), VC Go GMBH, and others. <source>
RapidClaims, a New York, NY-based startup focused on automating medical coding and reducing claim denials, raised $3.1M led by Together Fund, with participation from Better Capital, Neon Fund, Peercheque, DeVC, and angel investors. <source>
Merit Medicine, an Austin, TX-based health tech startup that helps self-funded employers anticipate high-cost medical spend and specialty drug utilization, raised $2M led by LiveOak Ventures. <source>
Amazec Photonics, an Oudkarspel, The Netherlands-based photonics based medtech company, raised €1.5M ($1.6M) led by PhotonDelta. <source>
Unfabled, a London, UK-based provider of a platform for women’s health and wellbeing, raised $1.6M from Morgan Stanley, Exceptional Ventures, Atomico Angels, Founders Factory, Chai Ventures, Syndicate Room, 3 Sisters Ventures, and angel investors. <source>
Data is from StartUp Health Insights, the most comprehensive funding database for health innovation. Sign up for StartUp Health Insider™ to get funding insights, news, and special updates delivered to your inbox.
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