Workforce Development

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By  Nathan Eddy 10:00 am August 18, 2022
Virtual clinical supervision platform Motivo Health raised $14 million in a Series A funding round led by long-term investor Cox Enterprises, with participation from SteelSky Ventures and Great Oaks Venture Capital. Motivo enables virtual supervision and coordination of licensure requirements for mental health at the state level, connecting them with clinical supervisors to help reduce the cost...
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By  Emily Olsen 01:02 pm August 17, 2022
Nurse staffing marketplace Incredible Health scooped up $80 million in Series B funding, boosting the startup's valuation to $1.65 billion. The round was led by Base10 Partners, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Obvious Ventures, Rethink Impact, Stardust Equity, 444 Capital Fund, Workday co-CEO Chano Fernandez and professional basketball player Andre Iguodala. The startup announced a $...
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By  Emily Olsen 11:40 am August 15, 2022
London-based FundamentalVR, maker of a virtual reality surgical training platform, announced last week it had scored $20 million in Series B funding.  The round was led by EQT Life Sciences and joined by previous investor Downing Ventures. FundamentalVR most recently closed a $5 million Series A in 2019. The latest raise brings the startup's total funding to more than $30 million. WHAT IT DOES...
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By  Emily Olsen 11:34 am July 11, 2022
Akili Interactive, maker of a video-game-like digital therapeutic for treating pediatric ADHD, announced nominees for its board of directors once the company goes public. The nominees for the public board include William "BJ" Jones, a chief commercial officer at Biohaven Pharmaceuticals; Christine Lemke, co-CEO of Evidation Health; Ken Ehlert, former chief scientific officer at UnitedHealth Group...
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By  Emily Olsen 12:44 pm June 28, 2022
Nomad Health, an online job portal for temporary healthcare workers, scooped up $105 million in financing, led by Adams Street Partners and Icon Ventures. Other participants in the round include HealthQuest Capital, Polaris Partners, .406 Ventures, AlleyCorp and RRE Ventures as well as new debt providers J.P. Morgan and Trinity Capital. The staffing startup said the new capital brings its total...
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By  Emily Olsen 11:49 am June 22, 2022
Business-to-business telehealth provider SteadyMD announced it has acquired BlocHealth, a clinician licensing and credentialing platform.   Under the deal, BlocHealth will continue to operate under its own name. It will offer services including license registration across states, payer enrollment, license renewal and consulting services for SteadyMD's in-house providers as well as clinicians...
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By  Emily Olsen 01:49 pm June 1, 2022
Digital musculoskeletal care company Hinge Health has hired Mario Queiroz as chief product officer. Queiroz comes to Hinge from cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks, where he served as vice president of special projects. He also worked at Google for 14 years and held leadership positions at HP. "Millions of Americans experience chronic back and joint pain. As someone deeply passionate about...
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By  Emily Olsen 12:03 pm May 26, 2022
Transcarent, a healthcare platform focused on self-insured employers, has appointed Tim Rosa as chief marketing officer. Rosa comes to Transcarent from health-tracking wearable maker Fitbit, where he also served as chief marketing officer. It was acquired by Google in early 2021.  "Transcarent is attracting top talent from some of the biggest consumer brands and healthcare organizations as we...
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By  Adam Ang 08:33 pm May 24, 2022
Celo Health, an Auckland-based mobile healthcare communications platform, has partnered with staff rostering solution provider Core Schedule for an integrated cloud communications and workforce platform for healthcare providers. WHY IT MATTERS According to a press statement, the combined offering eliminates manual work scheduling while improving operational efficiency by scheduling the right...
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By  Emily Olsen 01:45 pm May 18, 2022
Mirvie, which is developing a blood test that aims to identify risk of preeclampsia before symptoms occur, raised $60 million in Series B funding. The round was led by Decheng Capital with participation from funds managed by BlackRock, Foresite Capital, General Catalyst, GV, Khosla Ventures, Mayfield and Olympic gold-medalist Allyson Felix. It also included a debt facility with Comerica Bank. ...