In an announcement made to an audience pregnant with expectation, Clue has raised $680,000 for its fertility application. I guess the investors weren't clueless.
In a move they hope doesn't go pear-shaped or look too fruity, investors have given an undisclosed amount of capital to Pear Therapeutics, which makes "digital health interventions" designed to enhance the efficacy of pharmaceuticals, with an initial focus on brain disorders, such as making illogical investment choices.
IBM has invested in specialty-oriented EHR vendor Modernizing Medicine, with the goal of encouraging more use of the Watson cognitive engine in health care.
In an investment that may not suit it to a "t", Bioscrip has raised $62.5 million in a private placement of convertible notes to support its prescription home infusion business.
Continuing a trend of firms lacking funding for letters in their names, Independa has raised $6.1 million to help secure an independent future and serve the senior market with remote monitoring technology.
LuxCapital has led a $10.4 million financing round for Pager, which offers doctor house calls in NYC. Paging Dr. Nick or Dr. Spaceman.
https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/pager
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PotentiaMetrics increased its potential by raising $625,000 of a potential $750,000 round to build proprietary outcomes databases for health care firms.
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