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| Jul 25, 2018 | Top tech startup news stories you need to know this Wednesday, July 25 | Good morning! Here are some of the top tech startup news stories for today, Wednesday, July 25.
Noveto is a new startup that has developed ‘focused audio’ technology that could one day make headphones obsolete. Can you imagine a world with... |
| Jul 25, 2018 | Lantern, a mental health startup, is shutting down its operations | The tool, which costs about $50 per month, will still be available for paid consumers through the end of 2018. The startup also offered the services of coaches, or experienced behavioral change professionals, to help guide patients through ... |
| Apr 9, 2018 | The top 25 mental/behavioral health startups that have raised funding | They include Iora Health, Quartet Health, Headspace, AbleTo, Ginger.io and Joyable
Healthcare is such a massive space, one that takes up a sixth of the entire U.S. economy, that just one small piece of that pie can be extremely lucrative. T... |
| Dec 13, 2017 | Can tech save the mental, social, and spiritual health of the nation? | Presented by Providence Ventures
For anyone who has experienced a mental or behavioral health issue, either themselves or via a friend or family member, there is likely nothing more frustrating than trying to find help in our fragmented men... |
| Nov 14, 2017 | Pacifica launches a new online therapy service that integrates with its self-help app | When admitting you are struggling with anxiety or depression is hard enough, asking for help can seem insurmountable. Pacifica’s self-help app was created to make cognitive behavioral therapy exercises accessible to more people. Now the sta... |
| Jun 9, 2017 | Texas Medical Center’s TMCx Accelerator Showcases Fourth Class of 21 Digital Health Startups | On Thursday, the Texas Medical Center (TMCx ) Innovation Institute hosted showcased its fourth class of 21 digital health startups at TMCx Demo Day. The current TMCx class includes startups focused on addressing problem in key healthcare ar... |
| May 17, 2017 | RightCare Solutions cofounder has a new healthcare startup, this time in behavioral health | More than a year after Cardinal Health subsidiary naviHealth snapped up RightCare Solutions, the cofounder of that business, Eric Heil, is embarking on another healthcare startup, this time in behavioral health. It is the latest example of ... |
| Feb 21, 2017 | Payers, large employers are pushing to integrate behavioral health services into member plans | New York City-based AbleTo has positioned itself as an end to end service for payers and increasingly self-insured employers. Its client base includes Aetna, United Healthcare, and blue cross blue shield plans. AbleTo also wants to work wit... |
| Feb 17, 2017 | Texas Medical Center Accelerator’s giant digital health cohort includes Australian contingent | In addition to domestic digital health entrepreneurs seeking to make their mark, healthcare accelerators have a lot of appeal for non-U.S. companies seeking to penetrate one of the largest healthcare markets. This cohort includes a handful ... |
| Feb 13, 2017 | TMCx Brings On Largest Class, HealthIT Startups from US & Abroad | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Houston—The Texas Medical Center’s TMCx accelerator announced today its largest class of health IT startups, the fourth cohort for the program.
The 24-member class includes th... |
| Oct 10, 2016 | Former Twitter VP Rishi Garg is now a VC at Mayfield | Rishi Garg has joined the early-stage venture firm Mayfield as a general partner.
The move seems a natural one, given Garg’s career arc to date. While readers might recall that Garg’s last full-time gig was Twitter’s VP of corp dev, a role ... |
| Jun 8, 2016 | SoftTech VC founder highlights health IT plans with latest $100M seed fund | Asked to identify a recent health tech investment, Clavier named Molekule. The new company develops an air purifier that uses “blue light” to degrade airborne particles to support people with respiratory conditions such as asthma or COPD.
I... |
| Apr 4, 2016 | Report: As Q1 digital health investment rises to $1.8B, new names appear in top 6 investor ranks | Although health insurance startup Oscar’s $400 million investment was the largest in the quarter and accounted for more than 20 percent of the total amount raised for the quarter, it was one of four deals that topped $100 million. Oncology ... |
| Feb 29, 2016 | UPMC Chief Innovation Officer talks about its investment strategy in health tech | Tal Heppenstall, president of UPMC Enterprises, the commercialization arm of UPMC which made the investment, said in a statement on medCPU, that in the long-term, “this powerful technology will enable the development of other data-dependent... |
| Feb 18, 2016 | IBM pays $2.6 billion for Truven Health Analytics | The team and technology from Truven Health Analytics will be integrated into Watson Health
Vator's will be holding its second annual Splash Health event at the Kaiser Center in Oakland on February 23rd. Speakers will include Ali Diab, CEO o... |
| Feb 11, 2016 | Lantern Receives $17M Investment | Lantern, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of evidence-based online mental health wellness services, received a $17m investment.
The round was led by Pittsburgh-based healthcare company UPMC with participation from previous investors Mayfi... |
| Feb 10, 2016 | Lantern raises $17M Series A for mental health app | University of Pittsburgh Medical Center leads investment in San Francisco healthcare startup
(Vator will be holding its second annual Splash Health event at the Kaiser Center in Oakland on February 23rd. Speakers will include Ryan Howard, F... |
| Feb 10, 2016 | Backed by UPMC, Mental Health Startup Lantern Raises $17M | Mental health startup Lantern that provides online programs that provide effective, affordable support for emotional well-being has raised $17M in funding led by Pittsburgh-based UPMC. Other investors in the round included participation fro... |
| Feb 10, 2016 | Lantern raises $17M for its mobile-based mental health coaching program | San Francisco-based Lantern, which offers web and mobile programs using cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety and stress, raised $17 million, according to TechCrunch.
The round was led by UPMC Enterprises, the University of Pittsburgh Me... |
| Feb 10, 2016 | Daily funding roundup - February 10, 2016 | Latch picked up $10.5M; Hexadite raised $8M; SchoolMint secured $5.6M funding
Hexadite, an Israel-based company that focuses on automated cybersecurity incident response, raised an $8 million Series A funding round from new investors Hewlet... |
| Feb 10, 2016 | Lantern finds clinical validation partner in UPMC for cognitive therapy tool | Users who download its app do an assessment that functions as a self-evaluation. It provides daily exercises, which help users identify and restructure negative thoughts. It also functions like a life coach with support and feedback.
Tal He... |
| Feb 10, 2016 | Mental Health Startup Lantern Raises $17 Million Series A Round | Lantern, a mental health startup that offers tools to deal with stress, anxiety and body image has raised a $17 million Series A round led by the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s venture arm with participation from previous investo... |
| Oct 20, 2015 | Mental Health Startup Lantern Launches Tool To Manage Stress | One in five adults in America experienced a mental health issue last year, according to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. Meanwhile, one in 10 people under the age of 18 went through a period of major depression in 2014. D... |
| Aug 3, 2015 | Disruption In Healthcare Could Be Costly | Megan Jones Contributor
Megan Jones, Psy.D, is a Stanford psychologist and chief science officer of Lantern. She is an expert in prevention and early intervention for mental health problems, and the use of technology to improve access to me... |
| Nov 3, 2014 | Digital Health Accelerator Rock Health Raises Third Fund | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Rock Health, the San Francisco-based seed fund and startup accelerator for digital healthcare companies, said today it has raised a new fund, its third and largest.
In the thr... |
| Report: As Q1 digital health investment rises to $1.8B, new names appear in top 6 investor ranks | This post has been updated from an earlier version.
Source: StartUp Health
In the first three months of 2016, StartUp Health’s digital health report notes that two venture investors surged to the top six for the first time: University of Pi... |
| Lantern, a mental health startup, is shutting down its operations | Mental health startup Lantern is folding its commercial operations effective August 1, TechCrunch reported. The company is laying off the majority of its staff, or about 25 people. A group of team members will focus on what’s next for Lante... |
| UPMC Chief Innovation Officer talks about its investment strategy in health tech | University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has led or taken part in a string of health tech startup investments in the past two weeks spanning data warehouse business Health Catalyst, behavioral health startup Lantern, and remote monitoring co... |
| Lantern finds clinical validation partner in UPMC for cognitive therapy tool | Lantern has completed a $17 million Series A led by University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. The funding will be used to apply the company’s cognitive behavior therapy solution to alleviate anxiety and depression to clinical validation.
In ... |
| SoftTech VC founder highlights health IT plans with latest $100M seed fund | SoftTech VC has raised $100 million for its fifth fund, a seed fund that will allocate 15 percent to 20 percent of its capital to invest in health IT startups, according to a company statement. Health IT has been an area of interest for the... |
| Texas Medical Center Accelerator’s giant digital health cohort includes Australian contingent | Remote monitoring to identify and address high-risk pregnancies (Babyscripts). Making blockchain part of a diabetes management platform (Healthcoin). Wearables that can diagnose and treat neurobehavioral health issues (DOT). These are some ... |
| RightCare Solutions cofounder has a new healthcare startup, this time in behavioral health | More than a year after Cardinal Health subsidiary naviHealth snapped up RightCare Solutions, the cofounder of that business, Eric Heil, is embarking on another healthcare startup, this time in behavioral health. It is the latest example of ... |
| Payers, large employers are pushing to integrate behavioral health services into member plans | Despite the uncertainty over what the Republicans may or may not do with the Affordable Care Act, payers are warming up to digital health companies in the behavioral health management space. These businesses use technology to help identify ... |