series A Coverage - MedCity News https://medcitynews.com/tag/series-a/ Healthcare technology news, life science current events Mon, 10 Jun 2024 06:24:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 228111745 Navigating the Tricky Climate of Health Tech Funding https://medcitynews.com/2024/06/navigating-the-tricky-climate-of-health-tech-funding/ https://medcitynews.com/2024/06/navigating-the-tricky-climate-of-health-tech-funding/#respond Tue, 11 Jun 2024 13:23:00 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=126812

Getting would-be investors—and the right kind of investors—to notice and care about your company requires a robust strategy.

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Providence Spins Out New Patient Engagement Startup With $20M in Funding https://medcitynews.com/2024/04/providence-patient-engagement-technology-startup/ https://medcitynews.com/2024/04/providence-patient-engagement-technology-startup/#respond Tue, 02 Apr 2024 19:24:19 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=120385

Providence spun out its fourth digital health startup: Praia Health, a platform designed to build stronger relationships with patients by personalizing their healthcare journeys and connecting them to relevant resources and services. The startup also announced the closing of a $20 million Series A funding round led by Frist Cressey Ventures.

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Forta Health Rakes In $55M to Empower Family Caregivers https://medcitynews.com/2024/01/caregiver-family-healthcare-austism/ Wed, 17 Jan 2024 21:08:47 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=661422

Forta Health raised $55 million in Series A funding on Wednesday. The startup offers a platform to help family caregivers quickly access care to manage their loved ones’ chronic conditions. Its first area of focus is autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

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Ketryx Rakes In $14M to Speed Up Medical Device Development & Quality Assurance https://medcitynews.com/2023/12/medical-device-fda-healthcare/ Tue, 05 Dec 2023 11:05:11 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=657528

Ketryx raised $14 million in Series A funds. The startups sells a platform — designed around FDA regulations and quality standards — that automates much of the work required from medical device companies’ development and quality teams.

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Bright Uro Snags $23M To Make Urology Diagnostics Easier for Providers & Patients https://medcitynews.com/2023/12/urology-healthcare-diagnostics/ Sun, 03 Dec 2023 22:16:23 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=657435

Bright Uro raised $23 million in Series A funds to help achieve FDA clearance for its urodynamics system and launch the product in the U.S. Should it be cleared, the system will become the first product on the market able perform urodynamic monitoring wirelessly and without a catheter, the company’s CEO said.

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Allara Snags $10M to Scale Its Platform for Women’s Chronic Hormonal Conditions https://medcitynews.com/2023/10/women-healthcare-pcos-telehealth/ Wed, 18 Oct 2023 19:47:47 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=652299

Allara raised $10 million in a Series A funding round led by GV. The startup offers membership-based virtual services to treat women’s chronic hormonal conditions, such as PCOS and endometriosis. CEO Rachel Blank — former executive at Ro and investor at General Catalyst — founded the company partly due to the difficulty she experienced arriving at her own PCOS diagnosis.

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Medicare Startup Prioritizing ‘Movement As Medicine’ Snags $17M https://medcitynews.com/2023/09/medicare-startup-aging-healthcare/ Wed, 13 Sep 2023 21:43:49 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=648522

Bold, a Los Angeles-based company offering a healthy aging platform for older adults, closed a $17 million Series A funding round. The startup seeks to improve the health of Medicare Advantage beneficiaries through personalized exercise programs designed to prevent falls, decrease musculoskeletal pain and boost physical activity levels.

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Patient navigation platform Rightway Healthcare lands $8M Series A https://medcitynews.com/2019/03/rightway-healthcare-8m-series-a/ Sun, 03 Mar 2019 16:00:55 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=451889

The startup intends to use the money to expand its sales team, enter new markets and increase the breadth of its product offering.

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Medication management startup Hero launches with $12M in funding https://medcitynews.com/2018/10/medication-management-startup-hero/ Mon, 29 Oct 2018 20:49:06 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=447072

The startup’s product, which is also called Hero, sorts and dispenses medication, automates refills and offers audible and digital reminders.

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ExplORer Surgical unveils $3 million Series A round https://medcitynews.com/2017/08/explorer-surgical/ Wed, 30 Aug 2017 13:52:32 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=432205

Aphelion Capital led the round for the Chicago-based startup, whose solution focuses on improving communication and coordination in the operating room.

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Circulation secures $10.5 million in funding https://medcitynews.com/2017/07/circulation-funding/ Tue, 25 Jul 2017 15:12:08 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=429563

Circulation, a Boston-based startup focused on the non-emergency medical transportation space, said it has raised $10.5 million from investors such as Boston Children’s Hospital, Humana and Intermountain Healthcare Innovation Fund.

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Scholar Rock raises $20M for its targeted growth factor therapies https://medcitynews.com/2014/09/scholar-rock-raises-20m-targeted-growth-factor-therapies/ Mon, 15 Sep 2014 11:00:48 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=315217 Targeting the growth factors that influence cell proliferation and differentiation in disease is a pretty “well-trodden” field, but Cambridge biotech Scholar Rock purports to take a new spin on the concept. It’s announced a $20 million Series A financing round, and plans to use the funds to move its preclinical work into clinical drug development. Scholar Rock is […]

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Startup’s drug could help preemies breathe easy https://medcitynews.com/2014/09/startups-drug-help-preemies-breathe-easy/ Thu, 11 Sep 2014 10:00:52 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=314722 Bronchopulmonary dysplasia is a common condition among premature infants that require ventilation after birth. It causes inflammation and scarring in their delicate lungs, leading to serious complications at the earliest and most critical stages of a preemie’s development. Cincinnati-based Airway Therapeutics has raised $4.6 million in Series A financing for its new treatment, AT-100, that prevents BPD in preemies. The company has developed a […]

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