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Jay Rughani, investment partner at Andreessen Horowitz
By  Jessica Hagen 12:41 pm December 26, 2023
Note: Andreessen Horowitz says views expressed by its employees are their own and should not be taken as investment advice. More details at https://a16z.com/disclosures/. As 2023 comes to a close, Jay Rughani, investment partner at Andreessen Horowitz, joined MobiHealthNews to discuss his takeaways from the year, noteworthy events, recommendations for regulators forming rules around AI in...
Panelists in the Constellation Forum 2023
By  Nathan Eddy 03:25 pm October 10, 2023
Artificial intelligence could have profound implications for the field of oncology, concluded panelists speaking to journalist and moderator Katie Couric at the Constellation Forum 2023 at Northwell Health last week. Dr. Richard Barakat, physician in chief and executive director of cancer services and research division at Northwell Health, noted that using AI in imaging will help radiologists and...
Healthcare providers sitting around a screen analyzing images
By  Jessica Hagen 04:26 pm May 16, 2023
Hippocratic AI, a generative AI company developing safety-focused large language models for healthcare, launched with $50 million in seed funding. The funding round was co-led by General Catalyst and Andreessen Horowitz.  WHAT THEY DO Hippocratic AI is building a large language model for healthcare, initially concentrating on non-diagnostic, patient-facing applications. The company is focusing on...
masked therapy session
By  Mallory Hackett 12:09 pm May 4, 2021
Mental health platform Headway today announced it has raised $70 million in a Series B funding round. Andreessen Horowitz led the round with participation from Thrive, GV and Accel. Coming in six months after its $26 million Series A round, Headway now boasts $103 million in total funding and a new valuation of $750 million. WHAT THEY DO Headway operates a platform connecting patients to in-...
Stethoscope, money and a calculator.
By  Mallory Hackett 02:46 pm April 7, 2021
Watertown, Massachusetts-based Firefly Health has closed its $40 million Series B funding round, led by Andreessen Horowitz. The health navigation and concierge platform also got backing from previous investors F-Prime Capital and Oak HC/FT. Along with the funding, the company has added a16z General Partner Julie Yoo to its board of directors, which is led by Jonathan Bush, cofounder and former...
By  Laura Lovett 02:55 pm June 23, 2020
Yesterday morning Cedar, maker of an intelligent patient billing platform, announced a whopping $102 million Series C funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz.  The company has a record of major funding rounds – starting with a $13 million Series A round back in 2017, shortly followed by a Series B round worth $42 million in 2018.  WHAT THEY DO  The company focuses on helping to guide patients...
By  Laura Lovett 03:11 pm June 9, 2020
This morning Boston-based startup PatientPing scored $60 million in Series C funding to propel the expansion of its care-coordination app. Andreessen Horowitz, F-Prime Capital, GV, and Transformation Capital led the round with participation from existing investors.  This news comes nearly four years after PatientPing closed its $31.6 million Series B round in 2016, which was also led by Andreesen...
By  Dave Muoio 11:26 am January 16, 2019
Ciitizen, a tech startup focused building easy-to-share digital health records, has raised $17 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz, with additional participation from Verily and Section 32. With these investments, Andreessen Horowitz’s Bio fund General Manager Vijay Pande will be joining Ciitizen’s board of directors, while Section 32's Michael Pellini and Verily...
Ciitizen raises $3M for personal health records
By  Jonah Comstock 05:06 pm July 26, 2018
Ciitizen, the health records tech company founded by ex-Appler Anil Sethi, has raised $3 million from Andreessen Horowitz's a16z Bio Fund. While Andreessen Horowitz General Partner Vijay Pande confirmed the investment in a blog post, the amount was reported by CNBC and hasn't been confirmed by MobiHealthNews. A relatively young startup, Ciitizen is currently known mostly for the pedigree of its...
By  Laura Lovett 04:05 pm April 26, 2018
It would be hard to argue that that there is a dearth of artificial intelligence platforms trying to get into the healthcare game. But it isn’t just developers deciding where the industry is heading; it's also up to the healthcare players holding the purse strings.  “Investors get a different view into technology than a lot of folks, and the decisions they make about where to put capital have big...