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EXCLUSIVE: Meet The Irish Startup Preventing Hair Loss During Chemotherapy That Just Raised $5 Million
Luminate Medical, an Irish medical device company developing devices to eliminate hair loss during chemotherapy announced that it has raised more than $5 million in grant financing and a seed round investment, from investors including Elkstone Capital,…
Meet The Cofounders Of The Berlin-Based Healthcare Startup That Just Raised €23.5 Million
HBS grads Clemens Raemy and Katrin Alberding teamed up with Bruno Pires, and started a company called Kenbi, a care provider in Germany offering full range of professional care-services-at-home. In December of this year, Kenbi raised €23.5 million in a…
Mental Support Startup Virtually Connecting People With Custom-Matched Strangers Has Raised $18M
Earlier this month, Pace announced that it has raised $18 million, of which $15 million were raised in a Series A led by Pace Capital with participation by Sequoia and BoxGroup, following a previously-unannounced $5 million seed round led by Sequoia Ca…
Meet The Entrepreneur Whose Startup Offering Medication For Quitting Opioids Just Raised $50 Million
Just after graduating from Wharton in 2019 Gray started Ophelia, a digital provider of medication-assisted treatment which helps patients through telemedicine and often treats them in the privacy of their homes. Earlier this month, Ophelia raised a $50…
Health And Wellness Platform Sequel Cofounded By Two Stanford Engineers Raises $5 Million
Health and wellness platform Sequel, which has created a leakage-preventing tampon, announced today that it has raised $5 million in combined pre-seed and seed round led by Mac VC.
French Healthcare Company Alan Raises €185M At €1.4 Billion Valuation
French healthcare platform Alan, cofounded by Jean-Charles Samuelian-Werve and Charles Gorintin, announced today that it has raised a €185M Series D which puts the company in the unicorn club, at a €1.4 billion valuation.
Meet The MIT PhD Who Just Raised $65 Million For His Clinical Stage Cell Therapy Company
Armon Sharei’s SQZ Biotech announced it raised a $65 Million-Series D round, led by Temasek with participation from another new, US-based fund as well as additional participation from existing investors, including GV, Illumina Ventures, Invus, JDRF T1D…
Portuguese Tech Entrepreneurs Join Forces To Create Websites And Apps That Help In The Fight Against The Coronavirus
In mid-March, 60 Portuguese tech entrepreneurs started Tech4Covid19, a movement that has launched several public service apps and websites which help people in the country overcome the threats and challenges posed by the virus. Today, they are over 540…
Meet The Nigerian Entrepreneurs Who Just Raised $10 Million To Transform Africa’s Healthcare
Helium Health, cofounded by Nigerian entrepreneurs and 2019 Forbes 30 Under 30 honorees Adegoke Olubusi, Tito Ovia, and Dimeji Sofowora, announced today that it has raised $10 million in Series A round, led by Global Ventures and Asia Africa Investment…
