Watch five inspirational entrepreneurs from the StartUp Health portfolio who are innovating in mental wellbeing, nutrition, and Alzheimer’s and breaking down communication barriers in health. — On Jul 28, StartUp Health hosted the fourth 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.

In addition to a seed round for StartUp Health portfolio company Salvo Health, London-based Cera raised big money for their telehealth platform. Rounds also went to rural healthcare provider Homeward, administrative platform Annexus Health, sensor developer Sibel Health, and more. — This week, our team saw more than $485M in health innovation funding reported, including $10.5M to launch StartUp Health portfolio company Salvo Health, a digital gastrointestinal care startup. The seed round was led by Threshold Ventures, with participation from Torch Capital and Felicis Ventures. <source>

Maverick Medical AI has raised about $7M this year to transform medical coding with deep learning AI and synthetic data technology. — Today’s medical coding industry is labor intensive and prone to costly errors. Yossi Shahak used his 20 years of experience in digital health and computer science to build a solution, Maverick Medical AI, which joined StartUp Health in 2019. This year Maverick raised about $7M to grow their AI deep…

Co-founders Izzy Holder and Tony Adams were fed up with home fitness gear that was ugly, bulky, and boring. So they designed an attractive way to bring free weights into the home and paired them with a flexible app that can accommodate any fitness preferences and goals. — Challenge We’re in the midst of an at-home fitness revolution. It began pre-COVID, but was put into overdrive when the pandemic shut down gyms and sent the world into lockdown. People raced to buy stationary bikes, treadmills, free weights — even jump ropes — in the hopes of creating a fitness…

When StartUp Health launched a dedicated moonshot to address challenges in Type 1 diabetes earlier this year, the first step was to create an all-star cross-disciplinary Impact Board that could break down silos in communication. Over the next few months, we’ll introduce you to this inspiring group, starting this week with Claudia Graham, former VP at Dexcom and lifelong T1D advocate. — This year StartUp Health launched a new project aimed at speeding up innovation in Type 1 diabetes. This T1D Moonshot was designed to break down silos between research and commercialization, between foundations and startups, between governments and patients. …

PayGround, which joined StartUp Health in 2020, is on a mission to eliminate the burden of bill payments for all patients. — Our team tracked more than $320M in health innovation funding reported this week, including a round for StartUp Health portfolio company PayGround, a Gilbert, AZ-based healthcare fintech payments platform. The $5.5M funding round was led by FCA Venture Partners and Lewis & Clark Ventures, with participation from existing investors, Triventures…

Co-founders Alexandra Dantzig and Erin Frankel launched their startup to solve a personal pain point: lack of access to a marketplace of high-quality boutique fitness classes on the go. But along the way, they’ve built a platform that supports an entire ecosystem of fitness brands and they’ve lowered costs, increasing access to top-tier fitness instruction so more people can stay active and healthy.

With the completion of their $9M Series A funding round, Milwaukee, WI-based Sift Healthcare will expand its AI-based platform that uses big data to upgrade revenue cycle management and improve cash flow for healthcare providers. — With the completion of their $9M Series A funding round, Milwaukee, WI-based Sift Healthcare will expand its AI-based platform that uses big data to upgrade revenue cycle management and improve cash flow for healthcare providers.

“You make the pie bigger; you don’t fight over one piece.” — Joshua Cherry-Seto, former managing director and chief financial officer at Blue Wolf Capital, has been named as the next partner and CFO at StartUp Health. …