VC’s largest funds make big bets on vertical B2B marketplaces
During the waning days of the first dot-com boom, some of the biggest names in venture capital invested in marketplaces and directories whose sole function was to consolidate information and foster...
View ArticleIn a sign of digital health’s rise, Livongo and Teladoc Health agree to $18.5...
In a sign of the growing importance and value of digital healthcare in the world of medicine, two of the industry’s publicly traded companies have agreed to a whopping $18.5 billion merger. The union...
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Human Capital: Google’s labor stumbles
Welcome back to Human Capital, a weekly newsletter that looks at the latest in diversity and inclusion in tech, as well as labor. This week, Google made headlines a couple of times for its workplace...
View ArticleHealth tech startup Bold raises $7 million in seed funding for senior-focused...
Virtual health and wellness platforms have grown increasingly popular throughout the pandemic, but a new startup wants to focus that effort exclusively on senior citizens. Bold, a digital health and...
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Better Health raises $3.5M seed round to reinvent medical supply shopping...
The home medical supply market in the U.S. is significant and growing, but the way that Americans go about getting much-needed medical supplies, particularly for those with chronic conditions, relies...
View ArticleMobile dialysis startup eyes human trials in 2022 following encouraging...
This past year, three sheep in Canada have been wearing their kidneys on their sleeves. Or more aptly, in jackets on their fluffy backs. These three sheep are part of an ongoing animal study run by...
View ArticleHealthcare data sharing: How to improve patient care in the future
Paul Johnson Contributor Share on Twitter Paul Johnson is the CEO and co-founder of Redirect Health, a company that makes healthcare work end to end using technology and a passion for care. More posts...
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Former Iora Health execs raise $13M to guide seniors through Medicare enrollment
Employers typically offer three options for healthcare insurance. When it’s time to switch to Medicare, particularly Medicare Advantage, there are over 3,500 plans available nationwide, and an average...
View ArticleAccel leads Lucid Lane’s $16M round aimed at treating people with medication...
Telehealth company Lucid Lane raised $16 million in Series A funding to continue developing its platform that enables real-time intervention for people with medication dependence and substance-use...
View ArticleCan the path to equitable healthcare avoid insurers?
There are few challenges messier and more fraught than the U.S. healthcare system, but a growing number of startups are looking at ways to address shortcomings in standards of care through tech. We had...
View ArticleFintech’s growing role in the healthcare revolution
Simon Wu Contributor Share on Twitter Simon is an investment director with Cathay Innovation, a global venture capital firm investing across North America, Europe, Asia and Africa. He focuses on...
View ArticleEasyHealth, a startup targeting the Medicare experience, announces $135M...
EasyHealth, a startup focused on navigating the Medicare experience, announced a $135 million Series A round on Thursday. EasyHealth has a simple purpose: to help enroll, and follow-up with (more on...
View ArticleWhat are the ‘jobs to be done’ of an investment manager?
David Teten Contributor Share on Twitter David Teten is founder of Versatile VC and writes periodically at teten.com and @dteten. More posts by this contributor What are the ‘jobs to be done’ of an...
View ArticleCaribou grabs $3M to remove the ‘unexpected’ from healthcare cost planning
With almost 4,000 Medicare Advantage plans to choose from, it not only makes choosing one a complex decision, but making a wrong decision could affect the wallet if something unexpected should happen....
View ArticleThe next decade for health tech may look a lot like the last decade for fintech
After the 2008 financial crisis, a new slate of regulations aimed at protecting consumers and businesses opened the floodgates for a surge of fintech companies to develop into household names over the...
View ArticleCan Medicare save the insurtech market?
TX Zhuo Contributor Share on Twitter TX Zhuo is the managing partner of Fika Ventures, focusing on fintech, enterprise software and marketplace opportunities. More posts by this contributor Can...
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Daily Crunch: Russia fines Google $374M for ‘illegal content’ over its...
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View ArticleCityblock Health CEO Toyin Ajayi will discuss human-centered healthcare at...
If ever there were an industry ripe for disruption, it’s healthcare. Yet, the idea of building a billion-dollar business by addressing the physical, social and behavioral health needs of marginalized...
View ArticleWhat does Amazon get for the $3.9B it is paying for One Medical?
The big news of the morning is that Amazon is buying One Medical, a previously venture-backed consumer healthcare company with a technology twist, in an all-cash deal worth $3.9 billion inclusive of...
View ArticleHow gender-affirming healthcare startups are navigating legal miasma
Kate Anthony started in the Lone Star State. It was there, in 2019, that she launched her app Euphoria, seeking to provide information and resources on gender-affirming care. She knew the stakes were...
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