Flipkart to enter healthcare space via SastaSundar acquisition
One of India's leading e-commerce platforms, Flipkart, has signed definitive agreements to buy a majority stake at online pharmacy startup SastaSundar.
The Kolkota-based startup works with over 490 pharmacies to deliver healthcare products across the country. It also uses AI and data analytics to offer counselling services via its...
Singapore-headquartered digital health platform Doctor Anywhere has acquired Doctor Raksa, the biggest telemedicine platform in Thailand, for an undisclosed amount.
Launched in 2016, Doctor Raksa serves over a million users with offerings including online doctor and pharmacist consultations, electronic medical summaries, e-prescriptions and prescription refills.
WHY IT MATTERS
DA is continuing...
Digital health and fitness company WHOOP announced the acquisition of sports technology startup PUSH Thursday in an undisclosed cash and stock transaction.
The news comes days after WHOOP said it had secured $200 million in Series F funding, boosting its valuation to $3.6 billion.
WHOOP pairs a wearable that can monitor sleep, body strain and recovery metrics with membership service to provide...
Digital health platform Sharecare closed its acquisition of home care provider CareLinx for about $65 million, consisting of $54.6 million in cash and $10.4 million in stock.
“For the last decade, we have leveraged our platform to help people navigate the challenges of home care, as well as provide healthcare’s scarcest resource – nurses and caregivers – with the ability to earn higher pay and...
In its goal to become a full-stack digital health provider, London-based Numan has acquired medical science and healthcare technology company Vi-Health, based in Stockholm and Malmö.
After completion of the acqusition, the majority of the Vi-Health team will be joining Numan, whilst continuing to work from their offices in Sweden.
WHY IT MATTERS
Registered as a Class I medical device, Vi-Health'...
Volpara Health, a maker of artificial intelligence breast-cancer-screening products, has acquired CRA Health, a breast cancer risk-assessment startup out of Massachusetts General Hospital.
Under the terms of the deal, Volpara will purchase all outstanding equity of CRA for $18 million, in addition to $4 million upon meeting strategic performance goals over the next year-and-a-half.
CRA’s risk...
Ireland's holistic telehealth service, MyClinic has become the latest acquisition for London-based digital health provider, HealthHero.
The acquisition will allow HealthHero to have a direct-to-consumer offer in Ireland, having previously provided services via insurance companies and through businesses to their employees.
WHY IT MATTERS?
HealthHero provides a holistic approach to healthcare to...
Sweden-based, digital healthcare company, KRY (known as Livi outside of the Nordics) has announced that it has merged with healthcare company Helsa, which operates fourteen health centres across five regions in Sweden.
WHAT’S THE IMPACT
From mid-August, the merger will combine the benefits of digitalisation with physical health centres and enable KRY to treat more symptoms, whilst continuing to...
Yesterday morning digital health and fitness company Pear Sports announced its purchase of artificial intelligence exercise-coaching platform Performance Lab.
Performance Lab specializes in using AI to gain insights into athletic performance and then develop a personalized exercise program. Pear Sports plans to use this technology in its real-time interactive coaching tool.
“The mission at Pear ...
Caravan Health, a company that helps providers transition into accountable care organizations (ACO), has dipped into the digital space with the acquisition of patient engagement tech vendor Wellpepper, according to the startup’s former CEO Anne Weiler.
Founded in 2012, Wellpepper works with health plans to provide their patients with digital treatment plans, messaging services and an alert...
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