HealthTech

Founded in August 2015, BookDoc has expanded to five countries – Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Hong Kong and Thailand – and 20 cities.

Mojocare, an India-based full-stack health and wellness clinic, said Tuesday it has raised $20.6 million in a Series A fundraising round led by B Capital’s Ascent Fund and existing investors Chiratae Ventures, Sequoia India’s Surge, and Better Capital.

In the interview, Sathe also shared his views on the overall MedTech industry in Southeast Asia. Contrary to the general perception that it is often dominated by the western or advanced nations, he expects startups in Asia and Southeast Asia could completely transform the industry.

MiyaHealth, a Singapore-based HealthTech start-up, has raised an undisclosed sum in additional funding from leading healthcare and technology investors including HealthXCapital, Central Capital Ventura, and SEEDS Capital. The fresh funds will be used to accelerate the company’s product development, hiring, and expansion plans.

Diri Care, an Indonesia-based consumer health technology startup, announced Thursday it has closed its oversubscribed seed round at $ 4.3 million, co-led by East Ventures and Sequoia Capital India and Southeast Asia’s Surge.The round also saw follow-on participation from prominent angel investor, Henry Hendrawan.

Insilico Medicine, a Hong Kong-based clinical-stage end-to-end artificial intelligence (AI)-driven drug discovery company, announced Wednesday that it has completed a second closing of its Series D round, led by Prosperity7 Ventures, the diversified growth fund of Aramco Ventures, bringing the total Series D financing to $95 million.

The InnovaTalk webinar series was launched by the VinFuture Foundation, including six seminars taking place from the end of June until the end of November 2022. Each seminar will be led by a member of VinFuture’s scientific councils or a VinFuture Prize laureate. Invited guest speakers are leading international scientists from different high-tech fields and…

Singaporean direct-to-consumer (DTC) startup Evo announced Wednesday the completion of its $600,000 seed funding round led by East Ventures. The round also saw participation from notable angel investors Aaron Tan from Carro, Joel Leong from ShopBack, Mohandass from Spenmo, and Jonathan Tan from Prism+.

Wysa, an artificial intelligence (AI) digital platform for mental health originally founded in India, announced Thursday it has secured $20 million in financing. The round is led by HealthQuad, who along with British International Investment (BII), the UK’s development finance institution, joins earlier investors W Health Ventures, Kae Capital, Google…

Johnson & Johnson Vision, a global leader in eye health and part of Johnson & Johnson MedTech, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) to jointly establish an Eye Health Digital Innovation Consortium.