New Zealand-based virtual reality and cognitive behavioral therapy company oVRcome announced it signed an international contract with the U.K.'s National Health Service (NHS) to help autistic individuals navigate hospital environments and social interactions.
oVRcome, launched in 2021, utilizes a smartphone and a headset to deliver exposure therapy to adults and children with numerous conditions...
AI-enabled, family-powered autism therapy company Forta announced it closed a $55 million Series A funding round led by Insight Partners.
Alumni Ventures and Exor Ventures also participated in the round, as well as the founders of Forward, Flexport, Curative, 23&Me, Prelude Fertility, Warby Parker, Harry's and Allbirds.
WHAT IT DOES
Forta combines AI and LLMs with a 50-hour training course...
SpectrumAi, a startup focused on autism care, announced it raised up to $20 million in a Series A funding round led by CVS Health Ventures with participation from Cobalt Ventures.
Previous investors Frist Cressey, F-Prime and Autism Impact Fund also participated in the raise.
WHAT IT DOES
The Los Angeles-based company offers tools to help analyze quality and outcomes data on applied behavior...
Hopper Health, a healthcare navigation and virtual primary care platform, launched this week to provide care for adults with conditions like Tourette's, ADHD, autism and obsessive compulsive disorder.
Patients will have access to healthcare providers trained in the communication and sensory needs of the neurodivergent population.
The New York-based platform is directly available to consumers in...
EarliTec Diagnostics announced it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for a device that helps clinicians identify autism spectrum disorder for children between the ages of 16 and 30 months old.
The tool, called EarliPoint Evaluation, uses eye-tracking technology to monitor a child's looking behavior while they watch short videos of other children interacting with one another. The technology...
Direct primary care startup Hint Health raised $45 million in a funding round led by Banneker Partners and Frist Cressey Ventures, bringing its total raise to $60 million.
Hint offers a platform where providers can enroll patients as members and directly bill for services. The company said the funding will go toward growing its operating system and expanding its primary care provider network....
Pediatric behavioral health company Brightline is launching a virtual coaching program aimed at parents and caregivers with children at risk for or diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Getting an Early Start on Autism includes one-on-one sessions with an autism care coach as well additional educational content and exercises. The program is geared toward caregivers with children ages 18...
Digital autism detection tool EarliTec Dx announced a $19.5 million in a Series A funding round led by Bernie Marcus with participation from Georgia Research Alliance (GRA).
WHAT IT DOES
The Atlanta-based startup uses digital biomarkers to help diagnose development disorders. Specifically, it developed a tool that uses Dynamic Quantification of Social-Visual Engagement (DQSVE), which quantifies...
Mightier, a maker of a video game system intended to help children learn emotional regulation skills, scooped up $17 million in Series B funding.
The round was led by DigiTx Partners, with participation from the Sony Innovation Fund and PBJ Capital.
The Series B comes about two and half years after the Boston Children’s Hospital spin-out scooped up $6.6 million in Series A financing, followed by...
Movia is looking to use robots paired with software to help children with autism and other developmental and intellectual disabilities learn new skills.
Its TheraPal Home and TheraPal Clinical Assist Aides are aimed at improving children's social and emotional development, and helping them learn life skills through robotic-assisted interventions that provide applied behavior analysis and other...
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