StartUPDATES: New developments from healthcare startups
Read about news from Equiva, Doceree, Verana Health and XR Health.
J&J’s investment arm joins $150M investment in digital health firm Verana
Digital health company Verana Health has raised $150 million. The company said it will use the new capital to expand its technology, which is used by physicians and pharmaceutical companies.
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How Verana went from a pivot to a $100M funding round
After Miki Kapoor joined Verana Health in 2018, the company shifted from a tele-ophthalmology startup to a data analytics company. Since then, Verana has raised $100 million in funding led by GV and made its first major acquisition.
Alphabet’s GV leads $100M investment in Verana Health
GV, formerly known as Google Ventures, led a $100 million funding round in Verana Health. The San Francisco-based company aggregates clinical data for medical research and analytics.
San Francisco-based clinical data startup Verana Health expands into neurology
The 45-person company is focused on licensing real-world clinical databases from medical academies, organizing the data and building analytics tools to make the information useful to the pharmaceutical and medical device industry.
What’s driving the big data revolution in healthcare — and what’s holding it back
Startup entrepreneurs opened up on a panel at the Health 2.0 conference in Santa Clara about the drivers and challenges of applying big data to healthcare.
Verana Health raises $30 million Series C round, appoints new CEO
Miki Kapoor replaces Doug Foster, who will continue as chief strategy officer of the San Francisco-based company.