AI & Empathy: Health Innovators Secure Funding to Transform Care | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Jun 3, 2025
From assistive AI for emergency response to 3D human tissue drug testing and end-of-life care navigation, startups around the world raised money this week to reshape how care is delivered, experienced, and personalized.
By Nicole Kinsey
This week’s reported global health innovation funding included:
Prepared, a New York, NY-based provider of an assistive AI platform for emergency response, raised $80M led by General Catalyst, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), First Round Capital, and Radical Ventures. <source>
Empathy, a New York, NY-based tech startup supporting the way people plan for and navigate life’s toughest moments, raised $72M led by Adams Street Partners, with participation from General Catalyst, Index Ventures, Entrée Capital, Brewer Lane Ventures, SemperVirens, Latitude, and LionTree. <source>
Vivodyne, a San Francisco, CA-based company developing drug testing on lab-grown 3D human tissues, raised $40M led by Khosla Ventures, with participation from Lingotto Investment Management, Helena Capital, Fortius Ventures, Kairos Ventures, CS Ventures, Bison Ventures, and MBX Capital. <source>
Pillar Biosciences, a Natik, MA-based oncology decision medicine company, raised $34.5M from Illumina, Soleus Capital, and other investors. <source>
Outcomes4Me, a Boston, MA-based developer of an AI-driven platform that helps patients with cancer take a proactive approach to their care, raised $21M led by Salica Investments, with participation from Labcorp Venture Fund, Forecast Labs, Northpond Ventures, Sierra Ventures, Asset Management Ventures, IRA Capital, and Merstal LTD. <source>
myLaurel, a New York, NY-based healthcare company delivering home-based acute and transitional care, raised $12M led by Deerfield Management and GV, with participation from Emerson Collective, Pinta Partners, Ochsner Health, and management. <source>
AssistIQ, a Montreal, ON, Canada-based startup that offers hospitals computer vision technology for supply chain management, raised $11.5M led by Battery Ventures, with participation from Tamarind Hill. <source>
Brainreader, an Aalborg, Denmark-based developer of an AI-powered brain diagnostic software platform, raised €6.6M ($7.3M) led by Dahlgren Capital, with participation from Investo Capital. <source>
Brooklyn Health, a New York, NY-based neuroscience technology company that measures mental health outcomes in clinical trial participants, raised $6.5M led by HealthX, with participation from Metrodora Ventures, Story Ventures, RiverPark Ventures, Laconia Capital, Everywhere Ventures, Hypothesis Studio, and Blue Falcon Capital. <source>
Alba Health, a Stockholm, Sweden-based gut health startup, raised $2.5M led by Unconventional Ventures, with participation from Exceptional Ventures, Voima Ventures, Noaber, Bust, and Petteri Lahtela. <source>
CareLineLive, a Slinfold, UK-based home care management software company, raised an undisclosed amount from Accel-KKR. <source>
Cyborg, a New York, NY-based company developing confidential AI infrastructure for industries such as healthcare, raised an undisclosed amount from iGan Partners. <source>
R1, a Murray, UT-based company that specializes in managing and automating healthcare revenue management, raised an undisclosed amount from Khosla Ventures. <source>
TruTechnologies, a Research Triangle Park, NC-based provider of real-time clinical trial oversight, raised an undisclosed amount from LLR Partners <source>
Data is from StartUp Health Insights, the most comprehensive funding database for health innovation. Sign up for StartUp Health Insider™ to get funding insights, news, and special updates delivered to your inbox.
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