Women's health-focused hybrid provider Tia on Monday opened the first of 10 planned brick-and-mortar clinics in the Bay Area and announced a partnership with UCSF Health. As part of the collaboration, Tia and UCSF will build a network of integrated clinics, to allow patients to more easily coordinate specialty and inpatient care at UCSF.
"Women nationwide struggle to find primary care that fully...
Oura, maker of a wearable health-tracking ring, tapped Tom Hale as the company's new CEO.
The wearable startup touted Hale's track record of taking companies to an initial public offering. Hale was previously president of SurveyMonkey owner Momentive, which held its IPO in 2018. Oura's previous CEO, Harpreet Singh Rai, announced he was stepping down from his post in December.
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Handheld ultrasound maker Butterfly Network announced Wednesday it had appointed Heather Getz as executive vice president and chief financial officer.
Getz, who takes the reins beginning May 2, worked at remote-monitoring company BioTelemetry for 12 years, including posts as executive vice president and chief financial and administrative officer. The company was acquired by health tech giant...
Ovia Health has tapped Dr. Leslie Saltzman as the reproductive and family health company's new chief medical officer.
Saltzman, a practicing physician who specializes in internal medicine, most recently served as vice president of medical at tech-enabled clinical trial platform TrialSpark. Ovia was acquired by diagnostics giant Labcorp last year.
"Ovia is a completely unique health tech company...
Nurse staffing platform IntelyCare scooped up $115 million in Series C funding, bumping the company's valuation to $1.1 billion.
The round was led by Janus Henderson Investors, with participation from Longitude Capital, Leeds Illuminate, Endeavour Vision, Revelation Partners and Kaiser Permanente Ventures. The latest raise comes about two years after its $45 million Series B.
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Pediatric behavioral health company Brightline raised a whopping $105 million, pushing its valuation to $705 million, according to reporting by Bloomberg.
The round was led by KKR & Co., with participation from existing investors, including GV, Optum Ventures, Oak HC/FT Partners Threshold Ventures and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. CEO Naomi Allen told Bloomberg it would use the...
Everly Health, parent company of at-home diagnostics startup EverlyWell and pregnancy and fertility-focused Natalist, announced Monday it has tapped Anthem vet Dr. Liz Kwo as its next chief medical officer.
Kwo, who most recently served as deputy chief clinical officer at Anthem, said the position at Everly will allow her to focus on access, affordability and cost transparency in the lab-testing...
Virtual reality surgical training platform Osso VR announced Thursday it had scooped up $66 million in Series C funding, less than a year after its $27 million Series B.
The round was led by Oak HC/FT with participation from Signalfire, GSR Ventures, Tiger Global Management and Kaiser Permanente Ventures. The startup said it will use the investment to expand access to its training tools for...
An APAC study on healthcare technology startups provides insights into how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the sector.
The report also reveals how SMEs can be supported to overcome the common challenges they face in upscaling and growth.
Titled "Asia Pacific's Healthcare Technologies Ecosystem: Enhancing Start-up and SME success," the Medtronic-Economist Impact whitepaper was released...
Truepill has tapped Sid Viswanathan as its next CEO. This news comes after the digital pharmacy announced a $142 million funding deal in October.
A cofounder of the company, Viswanathan started Truepill in 2016. Since then he served as the company's president. In this new position, he will handle day-to-day operations. He is taking over for fellow cofounder Umar Afridi, who will continue to have...
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