digital health
In the post-COVID world, VCs say it’s not as easy to get excited about investing in digital health. Deal activity in healthcare IT was relatively flat in Q1 2024 at…
When Joanna Strober was around 47, she stopped sleeping. While losing sleep is a common symptom of perimenopause, she first had to go to multiple providers, including driving 45 minutes…
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Millions of patient scans and health records spilling online thanks to decades-old protocol bug
Thousands of exposed servers are spilling the medical records and personal health information of millions of patients due to security weaknesses in a decades-old industry standard designed for storing and sharing medical images, researchers have warned. This standard, known as Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine, or DICOM for short,…
Caraway, which looks to provide supplemental telehealth services to Gen Z, has raised a $16.75 million Series A round.
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Despite 2022’s headwinds, women’s health startups did better than ever before
TechCrunch conducted a vibe check to see where this sector stands, and found a prevailing sense of guarded optimism.
Sunfish, a new startup built by a former director at one of the oldest surrogacy and egg donation agencies in the world, has raised $4 million to build financial assistance…
Today, baby registry and product discovery platform Babylist announced that it has acquired health and wellness tool Expectful for an undisclosed price. The deal brings together two companies focused on parental…
Even after billions of venture capital raised and invested into the digital health space, it’s still difficult to access quality healthcare. And while that may raise questions as to whether…
Komodo Health, a healthcare enterprise in the business of making data-driven maps, has laid off 9% of staff, or 78 people, according to sources. The personnel change comes about a…
Maven, now valued at $1.35 billion, is answering a countrywide demand: More fertility benefits
Maven, a women’s health clinic and benefits platform, has had no shortage of macroeconomic plot twists: From investors questioning its market size to the still on-going pandemic to, most recently,…
Truepill, a platform that helps other companies offer diagnostics, telehealth services and prescriptions, has conducted its fourth layoff of the year. Sources say the layoff impacted around 65% of the…
As individuals try to manage medical information and understand their conditions, many typically turn to Google or WebMD — neither of which does much to verify or provide the latest…
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Digital health unicorn Truepill conducts third round of layoffs in 2022
Truepill, a platform that helps other companies offer diagnostics, telehealth services and prescriptions, has conducted its third mass layoff in a string of workforce reductions, sources tell TechCrunch. The layoff impacted about third of the company, or 175 people. The company did not respond to multiple requests for comment. One…
Ro’s co-founder and chief growth officer Rob Schutz is stepping back from his current role and will stay involved with the digital health company in an advisory role, TechCrunch has…
The idea of starting Healthie, a software company meant to help healthcare companies and startups handle back-office operations, came to co-founder Erica Jain after witnessing her parents struggle with weight…
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Digital health unicorns need a checkup
Digital health unicorns Ro, Cerebral, Calibrate and Forward’s layoff stories share a through line that reveals the unique challenges of being a venture-backed healthcare business.
Will healthcare startups tap into new regulatory guidelines with the same fervor that fintech founders have over the last decade?
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When Andrew Hines started Canvas Medical in 2015 he couldn’t have predicted that telehealth would go from niche to norm or that a pandemic would inspire entrepreneurs to launch a…
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Ro, a healthcare unicorn that last raised $150 million just months ago at a $7 billion valuation, has cut 18% of its staff to “manage expenses, increase the efficiency of…
After setting out to examine digital healthcare from the inside by launching its own women’s health clinic as an app last year, French startup Nabla is executing the next step…
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When you’re building a digital health company, the ultimate end user is a person in need of medical care.
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Modern Fertility co-founder leaves Ro a year after acquisition
Modern Fertility co-founder Afton Vechery is leaving healthcare unicorn Ro about a year after her company, built alongside co-founder Carly Leahy, was sold for north of $225 million. According to an internal e-mail from Ro’s executive team, obtained by TechCrunch, Vechery is leaving her role as president of women’s health…
Walnut was founded by Roshan Patel and Yash Joshi to bring the buy now, pay later model to healthcare, arguably the home of some of the least transparent and taxing…
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Digital health startups brace for a post-Roe world
Per a leaked draft obtained by Politico, the Supreme Court is set to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, a precedent that protects a women’s choice to have an abortion. The move, still yet to go through, would be devastating to the women’s reproductive rights movement and a stunning…
Lauren Berson originally left Andreessen Horowitz to help Weight Watchers grow past weight loss. What the growth strategy expert didn’t know, though, was that she’d soon stumble upon inspiration for…
Nayya nabs $55M to expand its recommendation and personalization engine for healthcare and other benefits
Digital health came into its own during the COVID-19 pandemic, providing a socially distanced way for people to use apps, smartphone cameras, wearables and web services to connect with physicians…
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And just like that, Peloton is experiencing a correction
In a world of public markets, predictable futures and activist investors, failing to plan rigorously for a post-pandemic world seems borderline irresponsible.
