
ŌURA Snags $900M to Expand Smart Ring Globally
ŌURA's $900 million in funding was led by Fidelity Management & Research Company and included participation from ICONIQ, Whale Rock and Atreides.
ŌURA's $900 million in funding was led by Fidelity Management & Research Company and included participation from ICONIQ, Whale Rock and Atreides.
During a recent panel discussion, healthcare leaders highlighted that the true promise of technology lies in ensuring that tools are practical, trusted and widely usable for both patients and clinicians.
March has seen a slew of executive hires, exits and layoffs across the healthcare industry. For example, providers like Providence and Geisinger have appointed new C-suite leaders, and companies like Blue Shield of California and Evernorth have undergone CEO exits. There were also layoffs at organizations including HHS, Blue Cross of Idaho and the University of Pennsylvania Health System.
Health tech companies made several major funding announcements in December. Here is a list of some of the biggest funding rounds.
Fidelity Management & Research Company and Dexcom participated in ŌURA’s $200 million Series D round.
Here are nine notable announcements shared at the HLTH conference held this week in Las Vegas.
ŌURA announced two new heart health features on Friday: one that estimates cardiovascular age and one that measures cardio capacity.
This year's HLTH conference brought a bevy of news announcements — from partnerships to new product features to acquisitions and more. In this list, MedCity News compiled short summaries for 11 of the conference's most notable announcements.
Oura — a company selling a ring that tracks peoples’ biometrics — announced new partnerships with three providers of continuous glucose monitors: January, Supersapiens and Veri. These companies will now be receiving sleep scores and other biometric data from Oura so they can see how these measurements affect users’ glucose levels and overall health.
Oura, a startup making a sleep tracker in the form of a ring, raised $100 million in funding. The startup plans to more develop features that would help people better understand what to do with their health data.
Business may have slowed for many, but several biotech and digital health startups are still bringing in venture capital dollars. Here are a few biotech and healthcare companies that announced funding rounds this week.
A collaboration between Curious and OURA ring will use the wearable to seek answers to crowdsourced questions on sleep after fulfilling its Kickstarter campaign goal.