I don't know what's wrong with Oviva, we just reported on a company that raised $93 million for a "digital" approach to treating Type 2 diabetes, and Oviva could only raise $21 million for the same thing.
https://techcrunch.com/2020/01/14/oviva/
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There is nothing virtuous about Virta Health's overhyped claims to cure Type 2 diabetes with its digital coaching, etc approach, but the company continues to rack up investment, getting $93 million in a new capital round.
Modern Health gets money the old-fashioned way, raising $31 million in additional funding from venture capitalists to support its mental health benefits business.
DrChrono doctors up some new financing, $20 million worth, for its "essential platform and services for modern medical practices to make care more informed, more interactive and more personalized." You can't make this up, I can't make this up, but apparently someone at the company can. What they really do is over scheduling software, nothing wrong with that, a very basic need and something you should be proud of, so why not just say that.
Another minute, another analytics company getting big bucks, as Arcadia Health raises $29.5 million in new capital for its version of analytics to help health systems aggregate data and spot areas for performance improvement.
Covera Health blankets investors with an appeal resulting in $23.5 million in new capital to support its clinical analytics business focused on correcting mis-diagnoses.
Komodo Health dragoons investors out of $50 million in new capital for its "living map" of clinical data that will supposedly transform health care. Heard that before?
Pieces Technologies tries to make a whole, or fill a hole, getting $25.7 million in new funding for its software that collects data about patients from non-health sources, like food banks and job assistance services. The latest in the social determinants of health fad.
I think I don't understand this. Cogitativo, which offers some AI driven software to help providers improve performance, raised $18.5 million in new capital. This sentence from the company encapsulates the BS that permeates certain segments of health care and which should be a warning sign for any thoughtful investor but clearly isn't. "Cogitativo's machine learning platform disrupts the rapidly growing market for healthcare performance improvements by enabling payers and providers to identify and challenge system complexities."
OM 1, garners $50 million in reflective new funding, meditating on its digital health business which provides some kind of platform to truly understand the health of a patient.
The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.
The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.
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