Rebecca Torrence
Healthcare Startups and VC Correspondent at Business Insider
Correspondent covering healthcare startups+VC @BusinessInsider No longer posting here — find me on LinkedIn!
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1 week ago |
businessinsider.es | Rebecca Torrence |Ramón Armero
Axle Health ha recaudado 9 millones de euros para llevar la lógica de Uber a la asistencia hospitalaria a domicilio: esta es la presentación que utilizó su CEO. La demanda de atención hospitalaria a domicilio se está disparando y los médicos tienen dificultades para satisfacerla. La plataforma de Axle, basada en IA, empareja a un facultativo con un paciente con el fin de ahorrarles a ambos tiempo y dinero.
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1 week ago |
businessinsider.com | Leena Rao |Rebecca Torrence |Henry Blodget
Consumers increasingly want to take control of their health — including by taking control of what they eat. Buzzy AI startup Superpower just made its second acquisition of the year to capitalize on that interest. Superpower is building a health AI "super app" that combines biannual lab tests with users' health histories to create personalized lifestyle recommendations. The startup announced $30 million in Series A funding, led by Forerunner, just last month.
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1 week ago |
businessinsider.com | Leena Rao |Ben Bergman |Rebecca Torrence |Henry Blodget
Venture firms are normally in the business of backing high-flying tech startups, so many in the industry were scratching their heads when General Catalyst bought a chain of hospitals. The San Francisco-based firm spun out a separate healthcare unit, dubbed the Health Assurance Transformation Company or HATCo, in 2023 to buy Akron, Ohio-based Summa Health the following year.
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1 week ago |
businessinsider.com | Leena Rao |Rebecca Torrence |Henry Blodget
Physical therapy company Hinge Health went public this week in a blockbuster move for the digital health market. Now, as a public company, Hinge Health is planning to keep investing heavily in AI to automate care delivery further. It's the first healthcare delivery startup to IPO in years — and for the first mover, it's setting a strong example.
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2 weeks ago |
businessinsider.com | Vishal Persaud |Rebecca Torrence |Henry Blodget
Physical therapy startup Hinge Health finally went public Thursday in a watershed moment for the digital health market. Hinge Health's stock price popped after debuting on the New York Stock Exchange, soaring to $39.25 per share, 23% above its initial public offering price of $32 a share. The $32 IPO share price valued Hinge Health at about $2.6 billion, based on shares outstanding after the IPO. At the market close, however, the company was worth about $3 billion.
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