With their app Tracto, South African co-founders Herman Lintvelt and Michael van der Linde are making it easier for parents of children with a mental health diagnosis to track behaviors and symptoms, manage a care plan, find resources, and get the specialist care they need. — Challenge Any parent can testify that their to-do list feels neverending — groceries to buy, shoes to order, practices to get to, school projects, summer camp registration, holiday planning, and on and on. If you are the parent of a child who is neurodivergent or has a mental health diagnosis, that…

Money also flowed into startups working on cancer treatments, health data, fertility, price transparency and lowering costs, and technical solutions for healthcare access in Pakistan and across Africa. — Investors, learn how you can back Health Transformers through the StartUp Health Moonshots Impact Fund. This week, around $225M in health innovation funding was reported, led by Osmind, a San Francisco, CA-based startup focused on helping people living with moderate to severe mental health conditions. The $40M Series B round…

Computational biologist David Nguyen, PhD, invented an algorithm that looks at MRI images of the brain in a new way, measuring shape instead of area and volume. Now he’s teamed up with collaborators Harini Kumar and Van Pham to deploy the breakthrough technology for the early detection and monitoring of a host of brain conditions, from ADHD to schizophrenia. — Challenge It’s hard to go a week without seeing a headline about the mental health crisis we face today. Depression and anxiety are on the rise across nearly every demographic and millions of people struggle with complex mental illnesses like bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and autism.

This week’s digital health funding also went to startups in Iceland, Germany, Singapore, and across the United States. — Investors, learn how you can back Health Transformers through the StartUp Health Moonshots Impact Fund. This week, our team tracked more than $505M in reported health innovation funding, led by Alan, a Paris, France-based provider of health insurance that has expanded to other medical products and services. The €183M ($193M)…

Co-founders Oren Meir, Gal Nachum, and Dr. Daniela Aisenberg have joined forces to revolutionize the cognitive training industry with a virtual tool that builds brain function in practical ways that improve everyday life. — Challenge Older adults are the fastest-growing age group in the world. In many regions, the population aged 65 will double by 2050, and the latest population projections estimate the number of people aged 80 or over will triple in the next 30 years. At the same time, more than 40% of…

Watch five inspirational entrepreneurs from the StartUp Health portfolio who are working to achieve health moonshots that will improve the health and wellbeing of people around the world. — On Thursday, April 21, StartUp Health hosted the second Health Transformer Showcase of 2022. A select group of participants spent an hour meeting inspirational entrepreneurs from the StartUp Health portfolio who are working to achieve health moonshots that will improve the health and wellbeing of people around the world.

This week’s health innovation funding was led by $70M for Hello Heart. Other rounds included $60M for Vivian Health and $42M for Concert Health. — Investors, learn how you can back Health Transformers through the StartUp Health Moonshots Impact Fund. Our team tracked more than $325M in health innovation funding reported this week, led by Hello Heart, a Menlo Park, CA-based digital therapeutic that focuses on heart health. The $70M Series D was led by…

Building on their success with diabetes startup mySugr, Frank Westermann and his veteran team are upgrading virtual diabetes care. In less than a year they’ve brought on industry-leading investors and deployed 9am Health in 47 states. — Challenge Diabetes care has come a long way in the last 100 years. In 1922, a 14-year-old boy named Leonard Thompson received the world’s first injection of insulin to treat diabetes. It saved his life, and the discovery has saved millions of lives since. In the 1980s, glucose monitors became available…

This week’s health innovation funding was led by large rounds for two Boston-based startups: Biofourmis and Reify Health. Rounds also went to Northern California-based NexHealth, Mendel, and Syllable, among others. — Investors, learn how you can back Health Transformers through the StartUp Health Moonshots Impact Fund. Our team tracked more than $905M in health innovation funding reported this week, led by $300M for Biofourmis, a Boston, MA-based provider of virtual care and digital medicine. The Series D investment was led by…