StartUp Health Insights: Brazilian Startup Raises $10M for Autism Care | Week of Jan 24, 2023
This week’s global health innovation funding featured mental and behavioral health, nutrition, diabetes care, and fertility startups.
This week’s reported health innovation funding was highlighted by Genial Care, a São Paulo, Brazil-based startup that helps children with autism as well as their parents and caregivers. The $10M round is reportedly the first investment by General Catalyst in the behavioral health space in Brazil. <source>
Other funding rounds included:
Journey Clinical, a New York, NY-based mental health startup focused on psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, raised $8.5M led by Union Square Ventures. <source>
Nourish, a New York, NY-based startup that connects users with a registered dietitian via telehealth, raised $8M led by Thrive Capital, with participation from Susa Ventures, Operator Partners, Box Group, and Y Combinator. <source>
Rx Redefined, an Oakland, CA-based tech-enabled provider of medical supply services for group practices, raised $8M led by Crosscut Ventures Management, with participation from Tusk Venture Partners, Silverton Partners, Pisgah Fund, and Jeff Immelt. <source>
Posterity Health, a Denver, CO-based digital male fertility center, raised $7.5M led by Distributed Ventures. <source>
Breathe Well-being, a Gurugram, India-based startup focused on behavioral and lifestyle changes to reduce and reverse the risk of Type 2 diabetes, raised Rs 50 crore (~$6.1M) led by 3One4 Capital, Accel, and General Catalyst, with participation from FounderBank Capital and Supermorpheus. <source>
knownwell, a Boston, MA-based weight-inclusive healthcare startup, raised $4.5M led by Flare Capital Partners, with participation from Flybridge LTV Operator Fund, Oxeon, Larry Summers, Brynn Putnam, Lydia Gilbert, and Varsha Rao. <source>
Sunfish, a Los Angeles, CA-based startup that offers financial services for IVF and egg freezing, raised $4M. <source>
Docline, a Malaga, Spain-based healthtech company, raised €3M (~$3.7M) led by SEAF and EmergingTech Ventures, with participation from Sherry Ventures and other funds. <source>
Kinspire, a Denver, CO-based pediatric occupational therapy platform, raised $3.6M co-led by Corazon Capital and Looking Glass Capital, with participation from Difference Partners, Great Oaks VC, Service Provider Capital, The Fund, Copper Wire Ventures, and Bradley Tusk. <source>
Waire Health, a Dunfermline, Scotland, UK-based provider of a remote patient monitoring device, raised £2M (~$2.5M) led by Eos Advisory and Scottish Enterprise. <source>
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