Lux Capital
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Why Q3’s low digital health fundraising total shouldn’t raise any red flags
Digital health’s Q3 saw the lowest quarterly funding total in the past 11 quarters, but experts don’t think this trend should be a cause for concern. They said it’s important to remember that the mega-boom of 2020 and 2021 was an anomaly for the sector.
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Startups, Health Services, Health Tech
Investors see promise in digital health — the challenge is adoption
VCs at MedCity INVEST Digital Health said there’s no shortage of interesting digital health companies, even ones that can prove their innovations are effective. The challenge is winning over insurers and physicians, and finding payment models that work.
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Payer’s Place: Dr. Anil Singh
Dr. Anil Singh shares his insights into the strategies employed by the organization to identify the most effective digital solutions for their members.
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INVEST Digital Health preview: Where does the gush of investment dollars in digital health go?
The healthcare conference, held in a virtual format due to Covid-19, brings together innovative investors across the healthcare spectrum, prominent industry players and the most promising digital health startups.
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AllStripes raises $50 million to support rare disease research
The startup, which is focused on letting patients share their health records for rare disease research, plans to use the funds to launch 100 rare disease programs.
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Thrive raises $257M Series B round for registration study of blood test for early cancer detection
The study design is still being finalized, and the company is thus not yet divulging too many details. However, CEO David Daly said it would be significantly larger than the previous DETECT-A, multi-center and would include both men and women.
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Health IT, Startups, BioPharma
RDMD raises $14M for rare disease real-world evidence generation
The San Francisco-based startup is one of several that have been raising money over the past couple of weeks in areas like neurology, oncology and women’s health.
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As Lux Capital raises $400M fund, partner answers question: What areas of healthcare interest you?
Roughly 30 percent to 40 percent of the new fund will in some way “touch the healthcare vertical”, said Adam Goulburn, a partner with the firm, in response to emailed questions.
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Discover the Next-Gen Platform for Integrated Collaborative Care
Beyond EHRs and digital front doors, reducing the gaps in patient care journeys.
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Devices & Diagnostics, Startups
Peter Thiel-backed Auris Surgical Robotics raises $150M
Auris Surgical Robotics just raised an impressive $150 million Series B, ostensibly to develop its eye surgery robot. The company’s been backed by the Peter Thiel venture firm Mithril Capital Management.
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Devices & Diagnostics, Health IT, Startups
Lux Capital launches $350M fund to support those “pushing limits of reason and reality”
Lux Capital has finally announced it has raised a $350 million fund. It made the announcement […]