Women's Health Takes Center Stage | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Oct 8, 2024
This week's global funding round-up features a big raise for women's health, alongside advancements in addiction treatment, virtual care, chronic disease management, and much more.
This week’s reported health innovation funding included:
Maven Clinic, a New York, NY-based virtual clinic for women’s and family health, raised $125M led by StepStone Group, with participation from General Catalyst, Sequoia, Oak HC/FT, Icon Ventures, Dragoneer Investment Group, and Lux Capital. <source>
Nym, a New York, NY-based startup focused on autonomous medical coding, raised $47M led by PSG, with participation from GV, Addition, Samsung Next, and Dynamic Loop Capital. <source>
VieCure, a Denver, CO-based provider of an intelligence platform that aims to democratize community oncology care, raised $45M led by Northpond Ventures. <source>
Eleanor Health, a Waltham, MA-based outpatient addiction treatment provider, raised $30M led by General Catalyst, with participation from Town Hall Ventures, Echo Health Ventures, Northpond Ventures, Rethink Impact, and Emerson Collective. <source>
Rippl, a Seattle, WA-based startup providing virtual healthcare for patients with dementia, raised $23M led by Kin Ventures, with participation from ARCH Ventures, General Catalyst, Google Ventures, F-Prime, Mass General Brigham Ventures, and 1843 Capital. <source>
Rezilient Heath, a St. Louis, MO-based tech-enabled concierge healthcare company, raised $10M led by Govo Venture Partners, with participation from Bridge Ventures, Acorn Pacific Ventures, The Council, and individual investors. <source>
Empathy Health Technologies, a Bentonville, AR-based provider of an app called Sober Sidekick that supports individuals on their recovery journey, raised approximately $2.8M from HealthX Ventures, Nina Capital, Ikigai Growth Partners, 46 Ventures, The Venture Center, High Street Equity Partners, Suncoast Ventures, and angel investors. <source>
Hyivy Health, a Kitchener, ON, Canada-based femtech pelvic health startup, raised $2M led by Zcube – Zambon Research Venture, with participation from Beresford Ventures, FACIT, Women’s Equity Lab, and Chai Ventures. <source>
Flora Fertility, a Calgary, AB, Canada-based insurtech company, raised $1.5M led by Highline Beta, with participation from Cartography Capital, Everywhere Ventures, and angel investors. <source>
Univa Health, a London, UK-based eating disorder care startup, raised £1M ($1.3M) led by YZR Capital, with participation from Calm/Storm Ventures. <source>
Moncyte Health, a Helsinki, Finland-based company developing proprietary technology to optimize treatment and prevention of cardiovascular disease, raised €1M ($1.1M) led by Inventure, Almaral, and Athensmed, with participation from University of Helsinki Funds, European investors, and a grant from Business Finland. <source>
Yung Sidekick, a Miami, FL-based mental health startup, raised $825K led by Altair Capital and Ultra.VC, with participation from other VCs and angel investors. <source>
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