What You Should Know: - Virtual reality mental and behavioral health companies BehaVR and OxfordVR today announced their merger, supported by an initial $13M in Series B funding led by Optum Ventures and Oxford Science Enterprises, with participation from Confluent Health, Accenture Ventures, Chrysalis Ventures and Thornton Capital. - Uniting under the BehaVR brand, digital therapeutic companies BehaVR and OxfordVR will deliver comprehensive virtual reality-based treatments for mental and
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HLTH22 Day 3 News Summary
DispatchHealth Raises $330M for Hospital-at-Home Care DispatchHealth, a provider of in-home medical care raises $330M led by Optum Ventures with support from current investors such as Humana (NYSE: HUM), Oak HC/FT, Echo Health Ventures and Questa Capital. New investors included Adams Street Partners, the Olayan Group, Silicon Valley Bank, Pegasus Tech Ventures and Blue Shield of California. Patients and their care partners can request DispatchHealth medical care via phone, mobile app, or
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DUOS Secures $15M for Senior Assistance Platform for Older Adults
What You Should Know: - DUOS, a digital health company on a mission to increase the longevity and independence of older adults, announced today a $15 million Series A funding led by Imaginary Ventures, along with participation from existing investors Forerunner Ventures, Declaration Partners, and new investor Optum Ventures. - DUOS focuses on members' social needs and maximizes their independence by building long-term, high trust 1:1 relationships, coordinating community resources, and
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Flume Health Secures $30M for Health Plan Administration Platform
What You Should Know: - Flume Health, an NYC-based Health-Plan-as-a-Service platform announced today a $30M round of Series A funding led by Optum Ventures with participation from Cigna Ventures is participating, bringing its total raise to date at $40M. - Flume gives all U.S. health insurers the option to build personalized healthcare plans–what Stripe or Plaid did for digital banking is what Flume is doing for digital health. Launch Next Generation Health Plans in
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Equip Raises $58M for Virtual, Evidence-Based Eating Disorder Treatment
What You Should Know: Equip, a provider of virtual, evidence-based eating disorder treatment in the U.S., today announced a $58M Series B funding round, bringing the company’s total funding to $75M. The Series B round was led by The Chernin Group (TCG), an early investor in Headspace and was joined by Tiger Global and General Catalyst, as well as existing investors F-Prime Capital, Optum Ventures, and .406 Ventures. Katie Couric Media invested alongside American soccer champion Alex Morgan
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Buoy Health Raises $37.5M to Expand AI-Powered Healthcare Navigation Platform
What You Should Know: - Buoy Health raises $37.5 million in Series C funding to expand it’s AI-powered healthcare navigation platform, bringing its total raised to date at $66.5M. - Buoy will use the proceeds to further build out its IP with respect to artificial intelligence and other technologies, as well as grow the Buoy team. Buoy Health, a Boston, MA-based AI-powered healthcare navigation platform, today announced the completion of a $37.5 million Series C funding round. Cigna
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Analysis: August Health IT M&A Activity; Public Company Performance
– Healthcare Growth Partners’ (HGP) summary of Health IT/digital health mergers & acquisition (M&A) activity, and public company performance during the month of August 2020. M&A is back and the velocity of the rebound has outpaced all expectations. The recovery quickly worked its way across the spectrum from large to small-cap, beginning with the larger cap NASDAQ rally of nearly 80% from lows in late March (only to soften in recent days), followed by multi-billion
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TruePill Raises $75M to Launch At-Home Lab Testing Network
What You Should Know: - Truepill raises $75 million in Series C funding To expand platform services and launch an at-home lab diagnostics network. - The company plans to use the funds to expand Truepill’s ecosystem of direct-to-patient capabilities, which includes the Truepill Health telehealth network, pharmacy fulfillment, a custom-built EMR, and more. Truepill, a San Mateo, CA-based building world-class patient experiences through its API-connected healthcare infrastructure,
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Lumeon Lands $30M to Expand Care Pathway Management Platform
What You Should Know: - Lumeon, the leader in care pathway orchestration announced it has raised $30M in Series D funding to extend the reach of its Care Pathway Management (CPM) platform. - The platform empowers providers to improve care quality, deliver better outcomes, reduce costs, and ultimately develop and scale new models of care delivery – particularly important right now as COVID-19 accelerates the technology-driven transformation of healthcare. Lumeon, a Boston,
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Analysis: July Health IT M&A Activity; Public Company Performance
– Healthcare Growth Partners’ (HGP) summary of Health IT/digital health mergers & acquisition (M&A) activity, and public company performance during the month of July 2020. While a pandemic ravages the country, technology valuations are soaring. The Nasdaq hit an all-time high during the month of July, sailing through the 10,000 mark to post YTD gains of nearly 20%, representing a 56% increase off the low water mark on March 23. More notably, the Nasdaq has outperformed
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