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Creator economy’s slow burnApril 9, 2021 at 10:00 AM Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.
Natasha and Danny and and Grace were all here to chat through the week’s rigamarole of news. Alex took some well-deserved time off, but that meant we got to poke a little fun at him and create a Special Edition segment to start off the show.
Jokes aside, this week was yet another spree of creator economy, edtech, and new fund announcements, with fresh and unexpe...Tags: Apple, TC, Twitter, Podcast, Tech, Mental Health, Netflix, New Jersey, Healthcare, Equity, KKR, Alex, Edtech, Health Tech, Patreon, Sequoia 2 people like this. Like Walnut wants to crack open flexibility for healthcare billsApril 7, 2021 at 3:13 PM  Tags: Health, Startups, TC, Texas, NFL, Tech, United States, Healthcare, East Coast, Fintech, Health Tech, Affirm, Giphy, Cto, Klarna, Walnut 77 people like this. Like How SOSV-backed Achiko pivoted from financial services to health tech during the COVID-19 pandemicApril 1, 2021 at 3:34 AM Many companies had to adapt during the COVID-19 pandemic. For SOSV-backed Achiko, this meant shifting its focus from mobile payment services to affordable COVID-19 screening. Achiko’s platform combines an app called Teman Sehat (“Health Buddy” in Indonesian) for payments and keeping test records, and proprietary low-cost testing kits using DNA aptamers, or synthetic strands of DNA, that are cheaper to manufacture than rapid or PCR tests.
The testing kits, formerly code-named Gumnuts and now call...Tags: Startups, TC, Asia, Europe, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Tech, Barcelona, Taiwan, United States, Philippines, Fda, Health Tech, Ministry of Health, PRC, SOSV 3 people like this. Like Can Tonal become the luxury fitness market champion?March 30, 2021 at 11:00 AM  Tags: TC, Tech, EC, Health Tech, Peloton, Tonal, Aly Orady, EC-1, EC Consumer Health, EC Ecommerce and D2C 63 people like this. Like Millions of dollars and 3.5 years, and it all came down to thisMarch 30, 2021 at 11:01 AM Launching a product is a nonevent for many startups. In software, it’s not uncommon to put together a flimsy working prototype over a couple of hours and publish it immediately to start generating feedback from early users and get that iterative flywheel spinning.
Launching has a very different meaning, though, for hardware. Once that physical product leaves the warehouse, the design team can’t patch the hardware itself. It’s got to work reliably, be easy to use and most importantly, be safe for...Tags: TC, San Francisco, Tech, EC, Health Tech, Sapphire Ventures, Tonal, Aly Orady, EC-1, EC Consumer Health, EC Ecommerce and D2C, Tonal EC, Bolt Mayfield Shasta 27 people like this. Like Building online communities for fun, profit and productMarch 30, 2021 at 11:01 AM Once a fitness tech company like Tonal launches its product, it immediately faces another challenge: how to keep those users engaged. It’s not enough that a customer purchased the device; it’s equally as important to keep them using it over the long term so they continue to pay the monthly subscription fees required for access to classes. In Tonal’s case, recurring revenues generated from those monthly subscription fees are significant, as the startup charges each user $49 per month with a minim...Tags: TC, Facebook, California, San Francisco, Tech, Johnson, Facebook Groups, Health Tech, San Francisco Bay Area, Facebook Group, Instagram and Twitter, Peloton, Sarah Johnson, Tonal, EC-1, EC Consumer Health 47 people like this. Like How a homegrown experiment became one of the fastest-growing companies in fitness techMarch 30, 2021 at 11:02 AM  Tags: TC, Nordstrom, Samsung, America, San Francisco, Tech, Korea, Health Tech, Mayfield Fund, Tonal, Aly Orady, Orady, EC-1, EC Consumer Health, EC Ecommerce and D2C, Samsung Sun Microsystems HP 55 people like this. Like Vibrant raises $7.5M for a drug-free mechanical pill to treat constipationMarch 26, 2021 at 8:00 AM Vibrant, a medical technology company that’s developed a disposable vibrating pill to treat chronic constipation, today announced its Series E for $7.5 million. The company is based in Tel Aviv and is lead by Lior Ben-Tsur, a startup veteran. Since its founding in 2007, the company has raised a total of $25 million. This round is being led by Unorthodox Ventures with participation by Sequoia.
Vibrant, which is going through its third and final round of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) testing,...Tags: Health, TC, Tel Aviv, Insurance, Tech, Ceo, United States, Food And Drug Administration, Biotech, Chemicals, Health Tech, Medical Technology, Medical Tech, Food and Drug Administration FDA, American Gastroenterological Association, Capsule 20 people like this. Like SpineZone is the latest health tech startup to raise millions in the musculoskeletal spaceMarch 2, 2021 at 3:55 PM SpineZone is a startup that creates personalized exercise programs and treatment for neck and back pain. The company uses an online platform and in-person clinics to deliver a curriculum that, ideally, helps patients avoid the need for prescription drugs, injections and surgeries, and providers then avoid the cost of all of the above. Co-founded by brothers Kian Raiszadeh and Kamshad Raiszadeh, the company tells TechCrunch that it has raised $12 million in a Series A round led by Polaris Partner...Tags: Health, Startups, TC, Tech, Cigna, Health Tech, TechCrunch, Early Stage, Polaris Partners, Aetna, Skeleton, Martin Ventures, Providence Ventures, Hinge Health, Recent Funding, Spinezone 19 people like this. Like Certific, a health tech startup from the founder of TransferWise, aims to be the rails for certified home testingFebruary 17, 2021 at 7:00 AM Certific, a health tech startup co-founded by TransferWise’s Taavet Hinrikus, is breaking cover today with the launch of what it claims is the first “certified” remote COVID-19 testing service.
The British-Estonian company is using techniques borrowed from the worlds of fintech and telemedicine, including asking users to film themselves while taking the at-home test, in a bold attempt to solve remote testing’s adherence and trust problem.
Initially targeting private individuals and businesses in...Tags: Health, Startups, TC, Europe, Tech, Health Tech, Transferwise, Taavet Hinrikus, Hinrikus, COVID-19, Certific, Jack Kreindler, Liis Narusk, Kreindler, Narusk, Kreindler Certific 45 people like this. Like Tech for ChangeFebruary 11, 2021 at 6:59 PM From 3D-printed prostheses to burgers grown in science labs to smarter mobility for the elderly or infirm (or just helping us get more sleep at night), tech improves our lives every day in a million ways beyond simply making things more convenient. Tech can have a meaningful impact — that’s why we call it Tech […]Tags: Health, Climate Change, Cancer, Environment, Charity, Trends, Renewable Energy, Green, Diabetes, Air Pollution, Conservation, Digital Divide, Alzheimer's Disease, Stem Cells, Archaeology, Recycling 16 people like this. Like You May Soon Be Able to Measure Blood Pressure From Your FingerJanuary 12, 2021 at 9:00 AM  Tags: Science, Blood Pressure, Health Tech, Valencell, CES 2021, Ppg Sensors 92 people like this. Like Philips Has a New Smart Toothbrush That Adapts as You BrushJanuary 11, 2021 at 11:35 AM  Tags: Gadgets, Science, Philips, Health Tech, Smart Toothbrushes, CES 2021, Philips Sonicare 9900 Prestige 84 people like this. Like This Stealth Startup Is Using Electrical Stimulation to Help People Walk AgainJanuary 6, 2021 at 4:00 PM  Tags: Startups, Science, Innovation, Health Tech 97 people like this. Like Amazon Might Be Working on an Alexa-Enabled Sleep Apnea GadgetJanuary 6, 2021 at 11:45 AM  Tags: Amazon, Gadgets, Science, Health Tech, Alexa, Sleep Trackers, Sleep Apnea, Sleep Tracking 147 people like this. Like Stop Using Calorie-Counting AppsDecember 23, 2020 at 4:45 PM  Tags: Science, Health Tech, Myfitnesspal, Trust Me Its Not Worth It, Calorie Counting Apps 135 people like this. Like Lux Capital’s Deena Shakir sees space and frontier tech going mainstream right nowDecember 15, 2020 at 2:28 AM Deena Shakir joined Lux Capital as a partner last year after spending seven years with Google, the last of them with GV, Google’s venture unit.
While Shakir seems to fit right in with the firm — known for its wealth of PhDs and moonshot investments — venture wasn’t something she was focused on as a career, as she told us during a lengthy interview last week. An Iraqi-American who grew up in Silicon Valley after her parents immigrated to the region, Shakir put herself through both Harvard, ...Tags: Google, TC, Stanford, White House, Tech, Nasa, Bbc, Harvard, Silicon Valley, State Department, Health Tech, Clinton, Bay Area, SPAC, TMS, Lux 11 people like this. Like Moderna's manufacturing testDecember 8, 2020 at 9:12 AM Tags: UK, White House, Massachusetts, Brown University, US, Trends, Healthcare, M&a, Food And Drug Administration, Astrazeneca, Pfizer, Vaccine, Oxford University, Polaroid, Health Tech, Kleiner Perkins 121 people like this. Like Health tech venture firm OTV closes new $170 million fund and expands into AsiaDecember 3, 2020 at 9:54 PM OTV (formerly known as Olive Tree Ventures), an Israeli venture capital firm that focuses on digital health tech, announced it has closed a new fund totaling $170 million. The firm also launched a new office in Shanghai, China to spearhead its growth in the Asia Pacific region.
OTV currently has a total of 11 companies in its portfolio. This year, it led rounds in telehealth platforms TytoCare and Lemonaid Health, and its other investments include genomic machine learning platform Emedgene; m...Tags: Fundings & Exits, Startups, TC, Asia, China, Israel, Tech, Beijing, Asia Pacific, Shanghai, Venture Capital, Health Tech, Digital Health, Shanghai China, OTV, Montreal Before 46 people like this. Like Digital Ayurveda – Health tech transforming and promoting traditional healthcare amidst the COVID pandemicNovember 9, 2020 at 10:36 PM http://www.businessworld.in/article/Data-Driven-Ayurveda-How-new-age-tech-is-transforming-traditional-Ayurveda-to-create-holistic-experiences/09-11-2020-340840/India, for long a leader in making available affordable, holistic healthcare and wellness to the world with the practice of traditional systems of medicine is now seeing new-age health tech help transform these practices.
With the release of several new apps helping share data with the use of encryption tech to secure information, compani...Tags: Business, News, India, Health Tech, Digital Ayurveda, Digital Ayurveda Health 25 people like this. Like Hackers are stepping up attacks on health care facilities and researchersMay 26, 2020 at 3:50 PM There's been an almost 50% increase in breaches from 2019Tags: News, Trends, Cybersecurity, Hackers, Red Cross, Health Tech, Icrc, Healthcare Systems 50 people like this. Like Hackers are stepping up attacks on healthcare facilities and researchersMay 26, 2020 at 3:50 PM There's been an almost 50% increase in breaches from 2019Tags: News, Trends, Cybersecurity, Hackers, Red Cross, Health Tech, Icrc, Healthcare Systems 44 people like this. Like Do Your Homework Before Volunteering Your Data to Fight CoronavirusMay 26, 2020 at 12:50 PM  Tags: Science, Privacy, Data, Health Tech, Coronavirus, Covid 19, Sars Cov 2 97 people like this. Like What SoftBank’s Vision Fund results tell us about troubled startup sectorsMay 18, 2020 at 2:26 PM A famous investor published notes today concerning its startup investments, detailing where they excelled and where they struggled. To understand why we care about this particular investor’s results, a little context helps.
The investor in question is Japanese telecom giant and startup benefactor SoftBank, which reported its fiscal year’s results this morning. SoftBank’s investments are famous because of its $100 billion Vision Fund effort, which saw it put capital to work in a host of private c...Tags: Fundings & Exits, Startups, TC, Softbank, Tech, Health Tech, SoftBank Vision Fund 27 people like this. Like RDMD Lands $14M to Expand Reach of Rare Disease Research PlatformApril 16, 2020 at 8:30 AM  Tags: Deals, Startups, Twitter, San Francisco, Trends, Venture Capital, Oculus, Astrazeneca, Biotech, Financing, Health Tech, Angel Investor, Life Sciences, Spark Capital, Rare Disease, UCB 88 people like this. Like Taiwan’s anti-coronavirus tech is working wonders. The U.S. should take notesApril 15, 2020 at 10:50 AM Technology is a powerful weapon for health, but some countries wield it betterTags: Trends, Taiwan, Features, Health Tech, Health & Fitness, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Coronavirus App 21 people like this. Like Mangrove Capital’s Mark Tluszcz on the huge mHealth opportunity and why focusing on UX is keyFebruary 21, 2020 at 12:14 PM Mangrove Capital Partners’ co-founder and CEO Mark Tluszcz is brimming with enthusiasm for what’s coming down the pipe from health tech startups.
Populations armed with mobile devices and hungry for verified and relevant information, combined with the promise of big data and AI, is converging, as he sees it, into a massive opportunity for businesses to rethink how healthcare is delivered, both as a major platform to plugging gaps in stretched public healthcare systems and multiple spaces in b...Tags: Health, Google, Amazon, TC, Europe, UK, New York, Indonesia, Ebay, US, America, Tech, Spain, Artificial Intelligence, NHS, National Health Service 6 people like this. Like Healthcare data integration startup Abacus Insights lands $12.7M Series AMay 30, 2019 at 9:00 AM Abacus Insights, an early stage startup that wants to help coordinate healthcare information across systems, announced a $12.7 million Series A investment today led by CRV. Existing investors 406 Ventures and Echo Health Ventures also participated in the round.
The company is trying to make it easier for health insurance companies to share data with various parties in the healthcare system with the ultimate goal of lowering costs and helping participants across the system from doctors to pharmac...Tags: Health, Fundings & Exits, Startups, New York, Boston, Tech, Health Tech, Abacus, CRV, Ventures, Minal Patel, Echo Health Ventures 9 people like this. Like Animal Rescue Groups, PGA, Stryve Biltong, Novo Labs & More TX TechApril 26, 2019 at 3:16 PM  Tags: Startups, Apps, Y Combinator, Accelerator, Texas, Crowdfunding, Funding, Sacramento, Trends, Tech, Investment, People, Palo Alto, Vc, Artificial Intelligence, Software 117 people like this. Like Sobriety Pays: DynamiCare Gamifies Staying Clean for Recovering AddictsApril 9, 2019 at 8:30 AM  Tags: Deals, Boston, Alcohol, Trends, Tech, App, Substance Abuse, Addiction, Health Tech, VCs, Massachusetts General Hospital, Akili Interactive, Harvard Business School, National blog main, Boston blog main, National top stories 133 people like this. Like |
