HealthTech

Singapore’s MiyaHealth raises additional pre-series A funding for global expansion

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.

Indonesia’s Diri Care closes $4.3M seed funding co-led by East Ventures, Sequoia Capital India and Surge

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.

Hong Kong’s Insilico Medicine bags new investment led by Aramco-backed Prosperity7 Ventures

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.

VinFuture InnovaTalk Webinar: The development of the ultrasensitive and fast liquid biopsy – A revolution in cancer measurement at the point of care

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…

Singapore’s Evo raises $600,000 seed funding led by East Ventures

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+.

India-founded healthtech firm Wysa secures $20M led by HealthQuad and BII

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 VisionCare and A*STAR’s new eye health digital innovation Consortium harnesses the power of data to empower better eye health in APAC

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.

India’s MedTel Healthcare plans to raise $10M Series A funding

MedTel Healthcare, an India-based business to business (B2B) and business to business to consumer (B2B2C) connected care and remote patient monitoring platform, said Tuesday it is planning to raise around $10 million in Series A. Existing investors and leading venture capitals have already expressed interest in the series A fund raise.

Singapore’s Intellect extends series A funding to $20M led by Tiger Global

Intellect, a Singapore-headquartered mental health startup, announced Tuesday it has raised an additional $10 million in a Series A extension, led by Tiger Global, bringing Intellect to a Series A total of $20 million. This round was led by Tiger Global and joined by new investors including K3 Ventures, JAFCO Asia, Singtel Innov8, and PERSOL Holdings, with…

India’s Fitmint raises $1.6M seed funding led by General Catalyst

Bengaluru-based move-to-earn startup Fitmint announced Wednesday it has raised seed funding of $1.6 million from multiple venture capital firms and institutional investors. This seed fundraising round was led by renowned international venture capital firm General Catalyst, and it also witnessed participation from iSeed, Kearny Jackson, Dweb3 and 1947 Rise,…