StartUp Health Insights: eddii Closes Seed Round to Gamify Real-Time Glucose Data | Week of Jan 31…

StartUp Health Insights: eddii Closes Seed Round to Gamify Real-Time Glucose Data | Week of Jan 31, 2023

Through education, gamification, and conversation, eddii becomes a smart virtual health buddy, providing users with real-time feedback, support, and in-app rewards while monitoring their diabetes.

This week’s health tech funding featured StartUp Health portfolio company eddii, a New York, NY-based company that has developed a virtual in-app character designed to engage people living with diabetes. The $2.5M seed round was led by Kapor Capital, with participation from StartUp Health, Atento Capital, MedMountain Ventures, and angel investors. <source>

This week’s reported health innovation funding included:

Paradigm, a New York, NY-based health tech startup focused on improving access to clinical research for patients, raised $203M co-led by ARCH Venture Partners and General Catalyst, with participation from F-Prime Capital, GV, LUX Capital, Mubadala Capital, Magnetic Ventures, and the American Cancer Society’s BrightEdge. <source>

Angle Health, a San Francisco, CA-based health insurance provider, raised $58M led by Portage, with participation from PruVen Capital, Wing Venture Capital, SixThirty Ventures, Mighty Capital, Wormhole Capital, Mindset Ventures, Crew Capital, Aloft VC, Waseem Daher, Blumberg Capital, Correlation Ventures, TSVC, and Y Combinator. <source>

Pearl Health, a New York, NY-based technology company focused on physician enablement and risk bearing in value-based care, raised $55M led by Andreessen Horowitz’s Growth Fund and Viking Global Investors, with participation from AlleyCorp and SV Angel’s Growth Fund. <source>

Precision Neuroscience, a New York, NY-based brain–computer interface company developing implants, raised $41M led by Forepont Capital Partners, with participation from Mubadala Capital, Draper Associates, Alumni Ventures, re.Mind Capital, Steadview Capital, and B Capital Group. <source>

Atomic AI, a San Francisco, CA-based biotech company fusing machine learning with structural biology to unlock RNA drug discovery, raised $35M led by Playground Global, with participation from 8VC, Factory HQ, Greylock, NotBoring, AME Cloud Ventures, and angel investors. <source>

RapidDeploy, an Austin, TX-based provider of cloud-native 911 mapping and analytics solutions for public safety, raised $34M led by Edison Partners, with participation from GreatPoint Ventures, Morpheus Ventures, GM Ventures, Ericsson Ventures, Tao Capital Partners, Clearvision Ventures, Tau Ventures, NedBank CIB, and others. <source>

Smile Digital Health, a Toronto, ON-based health information and integration platform, raised $30M led by UPMC Enterprises. <source>

Health Payment Systems, a Milwaukee, WI-based health tech and services organization, raised $25M led by SVB Capital, with participation from SV Health Investors, Hexagon, and Caltius Equity. <source>

Hume AI, a New York, NY-based startup that aims to endow technology with the emotional intelligence needed to understand and care for human wellbeing, raised $12.7M led by Union Square Ventures, with participation from Northwell Holdings, Comcast Ventures, LG Technology Ventures, Wisdom Ventures, and Evan Sharp. <source>

Elo Health, a San Francisco, CA-based smart nutrition company, raised $10M led by Octopus Ventures, Will Ventures, and Re:food.vc. <source>

Elaborate, a New York, NY-based startup that helps health practitioners share and contextualize lab results with patients, raised $10M led by Tusk Venture Partners, with participation from Founder Collective, Company Ventures, Bling Ventures, Arkitekt Ventures, and individual investors​​. <source>

Teal Health, a San Francisco, CA-based startup focused on virtual health screenings for women, raised $8.8M from Emerson Collective, Serena Ventures, Metrodora Ventures, and Felicis Ventures <source>

Mighty Health, a San Francisco, CA-based all-in-one daily health program designed for adults ages 50 and up, raised $7.6M co-led by Will Ventures and GFT Ventures, with participation from AARP, Baselayer Ventures, Hyper, Z Venture Capital, and others. <source>

People Science, a Los Angeles, CA-based direct-to-consumer scientific research company providing a scaled R&D platform for alternative medicines, raised $5.3M led by Acre Venture Partners, with participation from Bluestein Ventures, THIA Ventures, and FORM Life Ventures. <source>

Oxipit, a Vilnius, Lithuania-based AI medical imaging company, raised $4.9M from Taiwania Capital, Practica Capital, Coinvest Capital, and angel investors. <source>

Oneleaf, a Paris, France-based app that helps people get started with hypnosis and follow various programs to quit smoking, reduce anxiety, or lose weight, raised $4.6M (€4.2M) from Frst, Kima Ventures, Raise Ventures, and several angels. <source>

Uptime Health, a Boston, MA-based startup focused on supporting healthcare administrators with automation and predictive analytics, raised $4.5M co-led by Caduceus Capital Partners and Wavemaker 360. <source>

TBD Health, a New York, NY-based sexual health care provider, raised $4.4M led by Tusk Venture Partners, with participation from Springdale Ventures, Human Ventures, Expansion VC, Starbloom Capital, Hyphen Capital, The Community Fund, and angel investors. <source>

Starling Medical, a Houston, TX-based developer of an at-home urine diagnostic patient-monitoring platform, raised $3.4M led by Rebel Fund. <source>

Free From Market, a Kansas City, MO-based digital platform focused on food as medicine for lower-income Americans living with chronic health conditions, raised $2.1M led by Bluestein Ventures, with participation from Acumen America, Beta Boom, KCRise Fund, 1st Course Capital, and AssetBlue Ventures. <source>

MedCrypt, a San Diego, CA-based cybersecurity solution provider for medical device manufacturers, raised $2M from Dexcom Ventures. <source>

ModoHealth, a Nashville, TN-based platform focused on value-based care and patient management, raised $2M from Viemed Healthcare. <source>

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