South Korea

A patient wearing a remote sensor is checking their glucose level from a smartphone
By  Adam Ang 09:32 pm January 19, 2023
Breathe Well-being scores $6M in pre-Series B funding Diabetes care startup Breathe Well-being from India has raised $6 million (Rs 500 million) in a pre-Series B round led by 3One4 Capital, Accel and General Catalyst.  Launched in 2020, the company focuses on behavioural and lifestyle changes to reduce and reverse the risk of Type 2 diabetes. It offers a clinically-proven digital programme that...
Mind Cafe app by Atommerce
By  Adam Ang 07:20 am January 10, 2023
Atommerce, the operator of South Korean mental healthcare platform Mind Cafe, has received 6 billion won ($4.8 million) in strategic investment from Lotte Healthcare and Samsung Venture Investment. WHAT IT DOES Launched in 2015, Mind Cafe claims to be the leading mental health app in South Korea in terms of monthly active users, average stay time, number of experts, sales, and cumulative...
 Lunit INSIGHT CXR
By  Adam Ang 10:36 pm January 5, 2023
LifeSemantics teases pulmonary rehabilitation DTx  South Korean digital health company LifeSemantics is launching its digital therapeutics product that helps with the pulmonary rehabilitation of people with COPD. The Redpill Breath DTx helps users self-rehabilitate their respiratory functions at home. It monitors their oxygen saturation and walking performance in real time, sends text alerts in...
Dozee smart connected bed
By  Adam Ang 12:56 am December 23, 2022
Dozee scores 510(k) for AI contactless sensor for RPM Indian medical device company Dozee has received the United States Food and Drug Administration's 510(k) clearance for its proprietary contactless sensor for remote patient monitoring. The Dozee sensor sheet, which is placed under a hospital bed mattress, captures micro-vibrations from patients using Ballistocardiography. These vibrations are...
Coreline Soft's AVIEW line of AI imaging diagnostic solutions
By  Adam Ang 01:53 am December 20, 2022
South Korean medical AI company Coreline Soft has obtained medical device certifications from Singapore's Health Sciences Authority for its line of AI diagnostic support solutions. Founded in 2012, the company develops AI imaging diagnosis solutions, specialising in thoracic disorders.  It gained approvals from Singapore's HSA for the following nine software solutions:  AVIEW LCS, an AI-based...
Aktivolabs mobile health apps
By  Adam Ang 03:01 am December 16, 2022
Singapore-based insurtech Aktivolabs gains $10M in Series A funding Aktivolabs, a Singaporean health tech startup, has raised $10 million in a Series A funding round led by Mitsui & Co., Adaptive Capital Partners and Enterprise Singapore's investment arm SEEDS Capital. The investing round was also joined by HH Investments and Govin Capital. Founded in 2017, the company provides individualised...
VUNO Med-Fundus AI software by VUNO
By  Adam Ang 03:12 am December 2, 2022
Taiwan clears VUNO's AI fundus analysis tool South Korean firm VUNO has gained the approval of Taiwan's Food and Drug Administration to market its AI fundus analysis software. VUNO Med-Fundus AI analyses images of the fundus to quickly detect locations of lesions indicative of retinal diseases, including diabetic retinopathy, macular disease and glaucoma. This latest certification follows Taiwan...
A clinician using Lunit INSIGHT MMG
By  Adam Ang 11:19 pm November 27, 2022
South Korean medical AI company Lunit is further cementing its global presence after securing a new international distribution deal and major market approvals.  Last week, it announced that Lunit INSIGHT CXR and MMG have been given the UK Conformity Assessed marking and CE marking under the latest Medical Device Regulation in Europe.  The company claims it has become the first software as medical...
NirogStreet website
By  Adam Ang 06:06 am November 25, 2022
Ayurveda tech startup NirogStreet snaps up $12M in Series B funding NirogStreet, an Ayurveda technology platform in India, has scored $12 million in a Series B funding round led by Jungle Ventures. It provides a community for Ayurveda doctors and an e-commerce platform that streamlines the supply chain of Ayurvedic services and medicine. NirogStreet has onboarded around 50,000 medical...
Executive Director Lim Seung-hyuk (right), head of KT's Digital & Bio Health Business Group, is taking a photo after signing a strategic partnership with Sonde Health CEO David Liu (center) and COO Jim Harper (left)
By  Adam Ang 11:33 pm November 13, 2022
South Korean telecommunications giant KT Corporation is making a $2 million strategic investment in US-based voice analysis platform Sonde Health.  According to a press release, the companies will cooperate to use Sonde's voice analysis technology to upgrade KT's AI-powered voice business solutions.  Aside from that, KT plans to integrate Sonde's technology into its telemedicine platform in...