Google Ventures: Big-time consumer health is still a dream
Dr. Krishna Yeshwant's comments mirror those of other retail-minded healthcare investors.
McKesson, Blue Cross top digital health’s most trusted corporate VCs
Part II in our research examining which corporate venture capitalists you can trust and rely on.
With the Rise of AI, What IP Disputes in Healthcare Are Likely to Emerge?
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
Google Ventures: These eight life sciences techs are the most promising – and worthy of investment
Google Ventures President and CEO Bill Maris highlights the eight life sciences technologies he thinks are the most game-changing - including CRISPR, artificial intelligence and understanding the microbiome.
Google Ventures GP highlights complexities of using digital health to help disadvantaged patients
Given Google Ventures’ profile in healthcare investment, the companies it chooses to back make folks sit up and take notice. In a rare talk, Google Ventures General Partner Dr. Krishna Yeshwant shared some of the things that inform its investment choices and others what constrain them. MobiHealthNews highlighted the talk at the Hx Refactored conference in […]
Teledermatology company broadens skin conditions, adds Google Ventures as part of $15M Series A
Dermatology is a burgeoning specialty in telemedicine as companies see an opportunity to respond to long wait times for dermatologists. It’s interesting to see how companies are diversifying their approach. Spruce added anti-aging and several other conditions to a treatment portfolio that started with acne when it raised a $2M seed round in September. Spruce […]
Healthcare dominates Google’s venture investments in 2014
Of all the interesting healthcare investment trends in 2014, one particularly notable one is it marks the year that Google Ventures investments in healthcare surpassed other categories of interest to the business. A Wall Street Journal article noted that investments in healthcare accounted for 36 percent of its investments across at least 12 companies. In […]
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A Personalized Approach to Medication Nonadherence
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
Health IT startup Predilytics raising $10M
Predilytics, a Massachusetts-based health IT company that specializes in healthcare analytics and machine learning for health plans and providers, is in the midst of raising $10 million through the sale of equity, according to a filing with the SEC. The company, founded in 2011, has raised about $8.9 million so far, with another $1 million […]
Doctor on Demand bets big on telemedicine, mental health by adding 300 shrinks
San Francisco startup Doctor on Demand is looking to expand the reaches of telemedicine, using the emerging medium to address significant issues of access and stigma for mental health. Today, Doctor on Demand announced it has hired 300 psychologists and psychiatrists across the country to provide a host of behavioral health services, augmenting its primary-care […]
Google-backed DNAnexus gets $15M to be a hub for all that sequencing data
It’s already working with partners like Stanford University, Baylor College of Medicine and Google, but DNAnexus said today it’s restocked with $15 million from investors to keep pushing adoption of its enterprise platform for DNA sequencing data. Claremont Creek Ventures, Google Ventures, TPG Biotech and First Round Capital funded the company’s Series C, which CEO […]
Google Ventures partner: Bring on the pitches for HIT and Google Glass for healthcare
More than 60 companies showed off their health data applications at Datapalooza IV this week and Krishna Yeshwant, a partner at Google Ventures, was the MC for a demo session on Tuesday afternoon. As one of the presenters was fighting with his PowerPoint demonstration and the projection system, Yeshwant answered a few questions about opportunities […]
BioLabs Pegasus Park Cultivates Life Science Ecosystem
Gabby Everett, the site director for BioLabs Pegasus Park, offered a tour of the space and shared some examples of why early-stage life science companies should choose North Texas.
A large health fund (Essex VIII) closes and a major health investor (Google) emerges
Essex Woodlands Health Ventures' eighth fund closed at $900 million - one of the largest ever for a health-care-only fund. At the same time, Google Ventures said its portfolio will include health-care, biotech and cleantech companies. It wants to invest $100 million in the next 12 months.