| Date | Title | Description |
| 21.08.2024 | Clarium's $10.5M Boost: Revolutionizing Hospital Supply Chains with AI | In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, efficiency is the golden key. Clarium, Inc. has just unlocked a new door with its recent $10.5 million funding round. This investment, led by General Catalyst and supported by notable players li... |
| 20.08.2024 | Clarium Secures $10.5M for AI-Powered Hospital Supply Chain | What You Should Know:
– Clarium, Inc., a healthcare technology innovator focused on transforming hospital supply chain operations, has secured a $10.5M in strategic financing round led by General Catalyst, with participation from Kaiser Per... |
| 25.02.2024 | Abridge Revolutionizes Clinical Documentation with $150M Investment | Abridge, a trailblazer in generative AI for clinical documentation, has secured a massive $150 million Series C funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. This funding, coming on the heels of a $30 million Series B round, solidifies ... |
| 23.02.2024 | Abridge Secures $150M to Expand GenAI, Partners with Yale New Haven Health System | What You Should Know:
– Abridge, the leading force in generative AI for clinical documentation, announced today a staggering $150 million Series C funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. The funding also includes participation fro... |
| 26.10.2023 | Abridge Raises $30M for Generative AI Scribe to Tackle Clinician Burnout | What You Should Know:
– Abridge, a company leading the way in generative AI for healthcare raises $30M in Series B funding led by Spark Capital, along with several leading healthcare innovators, including Mayo Clinic, Kaiser Permanente Vent... |
| 30.09.2022 | How COVID-19 changed the healthcare metaverse prognosis | Dr. Justin Barad recalls times when he or colleagues would do quick Google searches in the middle of a procedure as a refresh, or to bone up on a surgery they had never performed before.
Or, being asked to assess his surgical proficiency by... |
| 01.06.2022 | Ordr Secures $40M for Real-Time Connected Device Security Platform | What You Should Know:
– Ordr, a company making the complex problem of securing every connected device — from traditional IT devices to newer and more vulnerable IoT, IoMT or OT — simple, today announced it has raised an additional $40M. The... |
| 06.04.2022 | IntelyCare Secures $115M for Intelligent Nurse Staffing Platform at $1.1B Valuation | What You Should Know:
– IntelyCare, a leading intelligent workforce management solution for post-acute facilities raises $115M to solve the nationwide nurse shortage.
– IntelyCare plans to build on this momentum by using the new funding to ... |
| 22.09.2021 | NOCD Raises $33M for OCD Treatment Platform & Address Global OCD Crisis | What You Should Know:
–NOCD, a Chicago-based provider of obsessive compulsive-disorder (OCD) treatment raises $33M in Series B funding led by F-Prime Capital, with Eight Roads Ventures, and Kaiser Permanente Ventures participating along wit... |
| 26.04.2021 | The winners of INVEST Pitch Perfect are….. | The INVEST Pitch Perfect contest at the INVEST conference April 19-23 cast a spotlight on healthcare startups across biopharma, diagnostics, health IT, health services and medical devices.
Judges scored the finalists from each track based o... |
| 23.03.2021 | American startup Dexcare secures US $ 20 million in Series A | Dexcare, a Washington based digitally-enabled healthcare platform, announced on 22nd March 2021 that it has raised US $ 20 million in its Series A round. The round was led by Define Ventures along with participation from Providence Ventures... |
| 26.11.2020 | Kate Farms nets $51m from Goldman Sachs, others for organic tube-feeding formulas | The sentiment that food should be a doctor’s first prescription is gaining popularity in various circles. Maybe they’re disenchanted with modern medicine, or are looking for solutions that can complement pharmaceuticals or surgery.
The Port... |
| 12.11.2020 | Kate Farms Closes $51 Million Series B; Investment Led By Goldman Sachs and Kaiser Permanente Ventures | |
| 21.09.2020 | Tonal meets home workout demand with $110M; Kaiser Permanente leads Osso VR's $14M; and more digital health fundings | |
| 21.09.2020 | Backed by Kaiser, Osso VR Raises $14M for VR Surgical Training Platform | What You Should Know:
– Osso VR raises $14M in Series A funding led by Kaiser Permanente Ventures (KPV) to expand its virtual reality (VR) surgical training platform.
– Using immersive VR technology, Osso VR’s scalable platform offers a rea... |
| 05.12.2019 | Kaiser Permanente Ventures Closes Fund V, at $141M | Kaiser Permanente Ventures, the Oakland, Calif.-based venture capital arm of Kaiser Permanente, closed its fifth investment fund, at $141m.
Backers included financial commitments from Kaiser Permanente and a diverse group of new and returni... |
| 07.10.2019 | Can technology make doctors' services more affordable? | Kaiser Permanente Ventures, 8VC, IDx, Komodo Health, Express Care weigh in
Vator, HP and UCSF Health Hub held their third salon of 2019 called Reinventing the doctor, where entrepreneurs from Komodo Health, IDx and Express Care and investor... |
| 30.09.2019 | What drives healthcare costs lower: Cures vs treatments? | At Invent Health, not all panelists agreed about whether better care equals cheaper care
It's pretty well known that healthcare costs are rising, while the quality of care in the United States continues to lag behind many other countries. I... |
| 19.09.2019 | Where healthtech tools fall short of satisfying patients | Kaiser Ventures, Evidation Health, Doctor on Demand, Express Care weigh in
Doctors and VCs took a deep dive during a discussion about the role technology plays in the life of the doctor, and if their lives are actually becoming better becau... |
| 17.09.2019 | Invent Health: how new technologies are making doctors' lives easier | Panelists from IDx, Providence Express Care and Komodo Health all weighed in
Last week, Vator held its latest salon, called Reinventing the Doctor, where we invited healthcare entrepreneurs and investors to talk about the evolving role of t... |
| 06.11.2018 | Where are VCs investing across precision health? | @inventhealth - GE Ventures, Data Collective, Kaiser Ventures, OSF Healthcare Ventures, Mayfield
At our September 2018 event, SplashX Invent Health: Precision Health, Archana Dubey (Global Medical Director, HP Health Centers, HP) and Bambi ... |
| 09.10.2018 | SplashX Precision Health: making sense of the data | How do entrepreneurs and investors in precision health see data making a difference?
One of the big themes to come up repeatedly during Vator's salon, SplashX Invent Health - Precision Health, co-hosted and co-produced by HP, was data, incl... |
| 05.10.2018 | SplashX Precision Health: who are you targeting as the end customer? | Who's the best target customer? Pharma, self-insured employers, payers, consumers, hospitals...
At SplashX Invent Health - Precision Health, the Salon co-hosted and co-produced by Vator and HP last week, there were discussions over how this... |
| 20.08.2018 | Video: VCs are investing in technologies to address our emotional well-being | At SplashX Invent Health: Behavioral and Mental Health, hosted by HP and Vator
At our June 2018 event, SplashX Invent Health: Mental and Behavioral Health, Archana Dubey (Global Medical Director, HP Health Centers, HP) and Bambi Francisco R... |
| 03.07.2018 | We're all crazy; it doesn't mean we're all mentally ill | Healthtech VCs weigh in on mental health challenges, and call treatments a 'crapshoot'
This year could be a record-setting year for VC investments in mental health and wellness.
It's one of the reasons Vator and HP focused on this topic dur... |
| 26.06.2018 | Why healthtech VCs are investing in mental and behavioral health | VCs from KP Ventures, GE Ventures, Oak HC/FT, Maverick, Health Wildcatters share their views
This year could be a record-setting year for VC investments in mental health and wellness.
It's one of the reasons Vator and HP focused on this top... |
| 22.01.2018 | Protenus Raises $11M from F-Prime Capital, Kaiser Permanente Ventures | Healthcare compliance analytics company Protenus today announced an $11M investment to make its comprehensive health data auditing and privacy monitoring platform available to hospitals across North America. Protenus, founded in 2014, helps... |
| 22.01.2018 | Protenus Raises $11M From F-Prime Capital, Kaiser Permanente Ventures | - |
| 20.11.2017 | Texas Medical Center joins a growing list of health systems with venture funds | An investment committee for the fund includes representatives from TMC, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital, JLABS @ TMC, Versalius Ventures and Houston Angel Network.
“The venture capital fund h... |
| 14.11.2017 | Collective Medical Raises $47.5M to Expand Care Team Collaboration Network | Collective Medical, a Utah-based network for care collaboration has raised $47 million in Series A funding led by Kleiner Perkins with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, Maverick Ventures, Kaiser Permanente Ventures, Providence V... |
| 14.11.2017 | Care coordination business Collective Medical raises $47.5M Series A for expansion plans | Kleiner Perkins Caulfield and Byers led the round. Other participants in the round included Bessemer Venture Partners, Maverick Ventures, Kaiser Permanente Ventures, Providence Ventures, Peterson Ventures, and Epic Ventures.
Collective Medi... |
| 19.07.2017 | Protenus Extends Series A Funding Round | Protenus, the healthcare industry's most robust, analytics-driven solution for protecting patient privacy and preventing health data breaches, today announced a $3M extension of its Series A funding round, led by Kaiser Permanente Ventures ... |
| 21.03.2017 | When Omada Health was young: the early years | One of the pioneers in digital therapeutics, Omada has largely stayed true to its vision
Editor's note: Our Splash Health, Wellness and Wearables event is coming up on March 23 in San Francisco. We'll have Sean Duffy (Co-Founder & CEO, ... |
| 08.09.2016 | Chrono Therapeutics raises $47.6M for smoking cessation wearable to deliver nicotine fix before you wake | The wearable also has a “crave” button users can press that records the moment they want a cigarette and triggers an immediate coaching message through the app to help the user get through the moment without smoking.
There is also a behavio... |
| 27.07.2016 | Sleepio creator Big Health raises $12M to help millions with digital medicine | Digital health company Big Health today announced a new funding round of $12 million led by Octopus Ventures with Kaiser Permanente Ventures, returning investor Index Ventures, as well as Sean Duffy (CEO, Omada Health) and JamJar Investment... |
| 20.06.2016 | Drug tracking tech developer Kit Check raises $15M in Series C round (Updated) | Baxter Ventures led the round, and new investor Black Granite Capital also participated. Returning investors that took part in the round included Kaiser Permanente Ventures, Rex Health Ventures, New Leaf Venture Partners, Easton Capital Inv... |
| 17.02.2016 | Funding Daily: Elderly care startup Hometeam snags $5 million from Kaiser Permanente Ventures | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Elderly care startup Hometeam announced today tha... |
| 17.02.2016 | Funding Daily: Elderly care startup Hometeam snags $5 million from Kaiser Permanente Ventures | Elderly care startup Hometeam announced today that it took in an extra $5 million from Kaiser Permanente Ventures, expanding its latest funding round to at least $32.5 million.
The New York startup matches trained caregivers and older adult... |
| 17.02.2016 | Kaiser Pemanente investment arm adds Hometeam to healthcare investments | The investment could help the company in its quest for expansion beyond the Mid Atlantic region. Last year, when the company closed an $11 million fundraise, it sought to add 15 offices in nine states. So far, it has offices in three states... |
| 15.12.2015 | KP Ventures puts $10M into Vidyo, perhaps the first healthcare provider investment in unified communications | KP Ventures declined to comment further. However, Kaiser Permanente already uses Vidyo for video services within Kaiser’s My Health Manager patient portal and for various clinician workflows.
Kaiser CEO Bernard Tyson said in April that the ... |
| 03.08.2015 | Don’t be so disruptive: Benefits of partnering with a corporation | Today’s tech media loves to romanticise the notion of the startup challenger disrupting big cashed-up corporat
es. Entire conferences like Disrupt explore, encourage and promote the disruption of incumbents.
Disruption at play
But romantic ... |
| 28.04.2015 | Validic raises $12.5M in round led by Kaiser Permanente Ventures | Durham, North Carolina-based health data platform company Validic has raised $12.5 million in a round led by Kaiser Permanente Ventures. Last year the company closed out its $5 million first round, and in 2013 it raised a seed round that in... |
| 28.04.2015 | Validic Raises $12.5M To Accelerate Digital Health Ecosystem | Validic, a leading digital health platform for aggregating health data, announced today that it has secured a $12.5 million Series B round led by Kaiser Permanente Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Kaiser Permanente. The additi... |
| 28.04.2015 | Kaiser Permanente Ventures Leads $12.5M Investment in Validic | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
The healthcare market continues to see a torrent of new apps, wearables, and medical devices, and digital health startup Validic is boosting its financial position to help hea... |
| 28.04.2015 | Validic raises another $12.5M for health integration platform, Kaiser buys in | Health information integration platforms, especially consumer-focused ones, were mostly talk last year, but in 2015 the technology is being put into practice.
One platform company, Validic, has now secured a $12.5 million funding round led ... |
| 28.04.2015 | Validic raises another $12.5M for health integration platform, Kaiser buys in | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Health information integration platforms, especia... |
| 17.03.2015 | Health Catalyst raises $70M to target hospital revenue cycle as payment reforms loom | “As more healthcare organizations are coming to understand, data warehousing and analytics are foundational to their success under new payment and risk models,” Burton said in a statement. “This additional capital will enable Health Catalys... |
| 12.01.2015 | Kit Check Raises $12M in Series B Funding | Kit Check, a Washington, D.C.-based provider of hospital pharmacy kit processing and medication tracking software, raised $12m in Series B funding.
The round was led by Kaiser Permanente Ventures with participation from New Leaf Venture Par... |
| 12.01.2015 | Kit Check raises $12M to boost hospital drug security tech in pharmacy, OR | Kaiser Permanente Ventures led the round, which also included Rex Health Ventures, the venture investment arm of Rex Healthcare in Raleigh, North Carolina. Investors that participated in the Series A in 2o13 returned too, including New Leaf... |
| 12.01.2015 | Kit Check Raises $12M Series B |
WASHINGTON, DC, Leader in hospital pharmacy kit processing and medication tracking software, today announced a $12 million Series B funding round
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| 09.01.2015 | Ingenious Med Received Further VC Investment | Ingenious Med, an Atlanta, GA-based provider of a patient encounter platform, received an investment of undisclosed amount.
The round was led by North Bridge Growth Equity, a growth equity firm which secured a majority stake in Ingenious Me... |
| 23.12.2014 | Ginger.io Adds $20 Million In Funding | According to an SEC filing, behavioral health analytics startup Ginger.io has added $20 million in Series B funding. This brings the total amount raised up to $28.2 million.
According to the filing, Ginger.io added Kaiser Permanente Venture... |
| 03.11.2014 | Rock Health to invest more cash into fewer digital health startups with new fund | Leading the latest investment are Kaiser Permanente Ventures and Bessemer Venture Partners, along with participation from KPCB, Mayo Clinic, Montreux Equity Partners and Great Oaks Ventures.
While the incubator declined to reveal how much i... |
| 10.04.2013 | iRhythm raises $16M for patch that stores heartbeat data to help spot arrhythmia | When it’s time to take off the patch, patients send it to iRhythm’s national clinical center for processing. The data is assembled into reports that are made available to physicians, but patients also get access to them.
The U.S. Food and D... |
| 27.03.2013 | Medical device maker with respiratory systems for COPD, respiratory distress syndrome raises $26.4M | Investors in the company include GE Asset Management, Cross Creek Capital and Integral Capital Partners, QuestMark Partners and Kaiser Permanente Ventures.
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| 02.03.2013 | Health Catalyst Raises Additional $8M in Series B Round | Health Catalyst, a Salt Lake City-based provider of healthcare data warehousing solutions, raised an additional $8m in its Series B round.
In December 2012, the company had closed a $33m Series B Funding (read here).
Backers included Kaiser... |
| 28.02.2013 | Health Catalyst Adds $8M in Series B-2 |
SALT LAKE CITY, UT, Leader in healthcare data warehousing, announced it has increased its Series B round by $8 million, with participation from Kaiser Permanente Ventures and CHV Capital.
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| 16.06.2010 | Predictive Biosciences Closes $25 million Series C round | Predictive Biosciences completed a $25 million Series C round, saying it plans to use the money to complete clinical trials for its CertNDx bladder cancer assay and ready it for market.
The assay reduces the need to expensive and invasive c... |
| 14.06.2010 | Hemosphere hires St. Jude veteran as new CEO | Promoted
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| 14.06.2010 | Hemosphere appoints former STJ sales and marketing head as CEO | By Brandon Glenn
Hemosphere Inc., which sells a vein-access device for chronic kidney disease patients, has hired a former St. Jude Medical (NYSE:STJ) sales and marketing leader as its new chief executive.
Patrick Wethington spent about 10 ... |
| 13.04.2010 | MedCity News Q&A: Hemosphere CEO Doris Engibous | By Brandon Glenn
After more than 20 years in corporate America, Doris Engibous says she was “big-companied out.”
So the medical technology veteran jumped at the opportunity to move from California to Minnesota six years ago to become a firs... |
| 13.04.2010 | Q&A: Hemosphere CEO Doris Engibous | The company’s device, called the HeRo, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2008. The device is made of a tube and a graft that are implanted under a patient’s skin to allow arterial access. Hemosphere recently hit a major mi... |
| 07.04.2010 | Torax Medical gets European OK for acid reflux disease device | The device has not yet been cleared for U.S. sales. In September, Torax completed patient enrollment in a “pivotal” clinical trial that could be the springboard for approval by the Food and Drug Administration, according to Mark Stultz, sen... |
| 07.04.2010 | Torax Medical wins CE Mark for GERD device | By Brandon Glenn
Torax Medical Inc. won CE Mark approval in the European Union for an implantable device that treats patients suffering from acid-reflux disease.
The company’s Linx device is intended for patients with gastro-esophageal refl... |
| 07.01.2010 | Molecular diagnostics company Predictive Biosciences buys OncoDiagnostic Laboratory in Cleveland | Founded in 1985 by Dr. Cirilo F. Galang and other pathologists, OncoDiagnostic Laboratory (ODL) has developed a subspecialty for providing cancer pathology services to hundreds of urology practices nationwide. Galang, who also is president ... |
| 01.06.2009 | Intuitive Surgical buys NeoGuide for less invasive surgical tech | Intuitive Surgical, provider of large robotic surgical equipment, announced its acquisition of NeoGuide Systems, a San Jose, Calif., company that makes minimally invasive surgical devices. Financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed... |
| - | Molecular diagnostics company Predictive Biosciences buys OncoDiagnostic Laboratory in Cleveland | CLEVELAND, Ohio — Predictive Biosciences Inc., the Lexington, Mass., company that is commercializing biomarker and other non-invasive diagnostics for cancer management, has acquired OncoDiagnostic Laboratory Inc. in Cleveland for undisclose... |
| - | Texas Medical Center joins a growing list of health systems with venture funds | Texas Medical Center’s launch of the $25 million TMC Venture Fund adds the organization to a growing list of institutions that have made investing in early stage healthcare startups part of their strategy for cultivating innovation across t... |
| - | The winners of INVEST Pitch Perfect are….. | The INVEST Pitch Perfect contest at the INVEST conference April 19-23 cast a spotlight on healthcare startups across biopharma, diagnostics, health IT, health services and medical devices.
Judges scored the finalists from each track based o... |
| - | KP Ventures puts $10M into Vidyo, perhaps the first healthcare provider investment in unified communications | Monday, Web-based videoconferencing service provider Vidyo, a big player in telemedicine, announced that it received $15 million in new investments, $10 million of which came from Kaiser Permanente Ventures.
KP Ventures, the VC arm of Kaise... |
| - | Health Catalyst raises $70M to target hospital revenue cycle as payment reforms loom | Health Catalyst, the fast growing data analytics vendor based in Utah, just raised another $70 million in a Series D round that puts the company at a valuation of more than $500 million, the company said today.
Health Catalyst, founded in 2... |
| - | iRhythm raises $16M for patch that stores heartbeat data to help spot arrhythmia | A patch that acts as an electrocardiogram to record and store heartbeats for up to 14 days so it can be analyzed later for signs of arrhythmia has raised $16 million in a series D round. The cardiac rhythm diagnostics device is designed to ... |
| - | Q&A: Hemosphere CEO Doris Engibous | After more than 20 years in corporate America, Doris Engibous says she was “big-companied out.”
So the medical technology veteran jumped at the opportunity to move from California to Minnesota six years ago to become a first-time CEO for He... |
| - | Torax Medical gets European OK for acid reflux disease device | Torax Medical Inc. has received regulatory approval from the European Union to sell an implantable device that treats patients suffering from acid reflux disease.
The company’s Linx device is intended for patients with gastroesophageal refl... |
| - | Kaiser Pemanente investment arm adds Hometeam to healthcare investments | Only a few weeks after Hometeam raised more than $27 million to advance its matchmaking service for seniors and care givers, it has raised an additional $5 million from Kaiser Permanente Ventures as part of a strategic investment, according... |
| - | Chrono Therapeutics raises $47.6M for smoking cessation wearable to deliver nicotine fix before you wake | Smoking cessation is a big priority for self-insured employer programs and payers, particularly since most payers are inclined to reimburse for these programs because of the impact of smoking on health. The challenge, as Chrono Therapeutics... |
| - | Hemosphere hires St. Jude veteran as new CEO | Hemosphere Inc., which sells a vein-access device for chronic kidney disease patients, has hired a former St. Jude Medical sales and marketing leader as its new chief executive.
Patrick Wethington spent about 10 years with St. Jude before h... |
| - | Kit Check raises $12M to boost hospital drug security tech in pharmacy, OR | A company that is using RFID technology to automate the error-prone process of manually taking inventory for drug and operating room supplies has raised $12 million in a Series B round. Kit Check‘s fundraise follows a major expansion of the... |
| - | Rock Health to invest more cash into fewer digital health startups with new fund | San Francisco incubator Rock Health said it has raised a third seed fund of an undisclosed amount to support the growth of digital health startups with more capital.
With the new fund, Rock Health portfolio companies will get a 150 percent ... |
| - | Drug tracking tech developer Kit Check raises $15M in Series C round (Updated) | This post has been updated from an earlier version.
Kit Check, a company that uses RFID technology to automate the error-prone process of manually taking inventory for drug and operating room supplies, raised a $15 million Series C round. T... |
| - | Care coordination business Collective Medical raises $47.5M Series A for expansion plans | Collective Medical Technologies, a Salt Lake City-based care coordination business, secured $47.5 million in Series A funding — the first outside investment it has received since its start eight years ago. The investment will support expans... |
| - | Medical device maker with respiratory systems for COPD, respiratory distress syndrome raises $26.4M | A medical device manufacturer that has specialized in developing humidification systems to improve breathing for people with respiratory difficulties such as asthma, croup and COPD has raised $26.4 million, according to a Form D filing with... |
