StartUp Health Insights: Medwise.ai Secures Seed Round | Week of Mar 28, 2023

Other health innovation funding rounds this week went to health insurance, neurotech, care coordination, behavioral health, and much more.

This week’s health innovation funding featured StartUp Health company Medwise.ai, a Leeds, UK-based search platform for medical professionals and healthcare organizations. Finance Yorkshire led the £1M ($1.2M) seed round, with participation from StartUp Health, CalmStorm VC, and Deeptech Labs. <source>

Other health innovation funding reported this week included:

Gravie, a Minneapolis, MN-based employer health benefits company, raised $179M led by General Atlantic, with participation from FirstMark Capital and AXA Venture Partners. <source>

Wellvana Health, a Nashville, TN-based company helping doctors deliver healthcare across independent primary care physicians, specialists, and health systems, raised $84M led by Heritage Group and Valtruis, with participation from Memorial Hermann Health System. <source>

Cognito Therapeutics, a Cambridge, MA-based neurotechnology company advancing disease-modifying therapies to treat CNS diseases, raised $73M led by FoundersX Ventures, with participation from Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation, Starbloom Capital, IAG Capital, and WS Investment Company. <source>

Apprentice.io, a Jersey City, NJ-based provider of a platform for life science manufacturers to turn molecules into medicine, raised $65M led by ICONIQ Growth, with participation from Alkeon Capital Management and Insight Partners. <source>

Viz.ai, a San Francisco, CA-based AI-powered care coordination platform, raised $40M from CIBC Innovation Banking. <source>

Bend Health, Madison, WI-based youth- and family-focused telebehavioral health company, raised $32M from Maveron, SteelSky Ventures, and WVV Capital. <source>

Vital, a Claymont, DE-based AI-driven digital health company, raised $24.7M led by Transformation Capital, with participation from Threshold Ventures and Aaron Patzer. <source>

Labviva, a Boston, MA-based AI-driven life sciences digital marketplace, raised $20M led by Biospring Partners, with participation from Senator Investment Group, B Capital Group, and Glasswing Ventures. <source>

Zorro, a New York, NY-based health benefits company for employees, raised $11.5M co-led by Pitango and 10D. <source>

Pragma Bio, a South San Francisco, CA-based technology-enabled platform for drug discovery, raised $10M led by The Venture Collective, Viking Global Investors, Merck Global Health Innovation Fund, and CJ Investments. <source>

MVision AI, a Helsinki, Finland-based cloud-based software service provider for radiotherapy treatment planning, raised €5.4M ($5.8M) led by J12 Ventures and Voima Ventures. <source>

Mantra Health, a New York, NY-based digital mental health platform, raised $5M led by VMG Partners. <source>

Reveal HealthTech, a New York, NY-based startup providing healthcare organizations with specialized engineering services, raised $4M from W Health Ventures. <source>

Thoughtfull, a Singapore-based digital mental health company, raised $4M led by Sheares Healthcare Group, with participation from Vulpes Investment Management, The Hive Southeast Asia, and individuals and private family offices. <source>

Bionic Health, a Durham, NC-based AI health clinic built on OpenAI’s GPT-4, raised $3M from IDEA Fund Partners, Studio VC, Alumni Ventures, Tweener Fund, AI Operator’s Fund, and Operator.VC. <source>

Kayentis, a Grenoble, France-based provider of electronic clinical outcome assessment (eCOA) and decentralized clinical trial (DCT) solutions, raised €2.2M ($2.4M) led by LBO France, Extens and Bpifrance. <source>

GoJoe, a London, UK-based social fitness app for work and play, raised £1.2M ($1.5M) led by Superbet Ventures, with participation from Hellen’s Rock, Animoca Brands, and Michael Carrick. <source>

Data is from StartUp Health Insights, the most comprehensive funding database for health innovation. Get all our free quarterly reports and sign up for StartUp Health Insider™ to get funding insights, news, and special updates delivered to your inbox.

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