Solace, a healthcare navigation platform, announced it scored $60 million in Series B funding.
Menlo Ventures led the round with participation from existing investors Inspired Capital, Torch Capital and Craft Ventures, and new investor SignalFire.
WHAT IT DOES
Solace matches patients with advocates who help them navigate their healthcare journey, whether through navigating a new diagnosis,...
Genome British Columbia (Genome BC), a not-for-profit genomics research company, has secured $49 million in funding for five projects that will be conducted in British Columbia and will utilize genomics to advance personalized healthcare.
According to Genome BC, the projects are part of research funding announced in March by Genome Canada under the Canadian Precision Health Initiative (CPHI). ...
During a town hall in Wisconsin streamed live on YouTube on Monday, Elon Musk announced that his brain-computer interface implant startup Neuralink will perform its first human implant of Blindsight, aimed at restoring vision in individuals who are blind, by the end of 2025.
Musk was asked by an audience member when he envisioned "solving blindness and bringing that to the masses."
"Neuralink has...
Hybrid weight-inclusive primary and metabolic care provider knownwell announced it will be listed as a care provider on pharma giant Eli Lilly's digital healthcare platform LillyDirect.
knownwell touts itself as a hybrid weight-inclusive provider offering primary care and metabolic health services. The Boston-based company has brick-and-mortar locations in Texas, Chicago and Massachusetts.
Lilly...
Unlearn, an AI-enabled company creating digital twins of clinical trial participants, announced a partnership to advance ALS research with biotechnology company Trace Neuroscience, which creates genomic therapies for neurodegenerative diseases.
Unlearn, founded in 2017, uses machine learning to create digital twins of clinical trial participants before being randomized in a controlled trial.
The...
Drug design and development company Isomorphic Labs announced it raised $600 million in its first external funding round.
Thrive Capital led the round, with participation from GV (Google Ventures) and existing investor Alphabet.
WHAT IT DOES
Isomorphic Labs, launched in 2021 with Google DeepMind, unveiled its newest joint AI offering AlphaFold 3, an AI model that was developed by Isomorphic Labs...
Canadian company WELL Health, which offers front- and back-office management software applications for physicians, announced its plans to exercise its call right to acquire a majority controlling interest in precision care company HEALWELL AI concurrent with the anticipated closing of HEALWELL's proposed acquisition of Orion Health on April 1.
HEALWELL AI is a preventative healthcare company that...
Elon Musk's brain-computer interface (BCI) implant startup Neuralink has filed applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to trademark the terms "Telepathy," "Blindsight" and "Telekinesis."
The applications, filed in early March, pertain to Neuralink's first product, Telepathy, a brain-computer interface that aims to enable users to control devices with their thoughts;...
Thermo Fisher Scientific announced that it has entered into a technology alliance agreement with the Chan Zuckerberg Institute for Advanced Biological Imaging (CZ Imaging Institute) to develop technologies that allow researchers to better visualize human cells that could advance scientific research and discovery.
In a statement, Thermo Fisher Scientific explained that cryo-electron microscopy (...
Workforce management technology company Hallmark announced a strategic integration with CareRev, an on-demand workforce platform for acute care.
The joint alliance aims to give Hallmark customers instant access to CareRev's network of 35,000-plus qualified per diem nurses.
CareRev provides access to a flexible workforce by allowing nurse managers to pull from a pool of experienced clinicians who...
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