AI-Powered Benefits, Clinical Research, and Care Delivery Lead Global Funding Momentum | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Dec 9, 2025
Major raises this week underscored the growing demand for AI-driven infrastructure across the health ecosystem, from Angle Health’s $134M round to modernize healthcare benefits, to Paradigm Health’s $78M for clinical research enablement, and Artera’s $65M for agentic care support. Additional investments spanned thrombectomy innovation, digital-first behavioral health, longevity biotech, clinical trial access, oncology AI, and global medication safety.
This week’s reported global health innovation funding included:
Angle Health, a San Francisco, CA-based vertically-integrated AI platform for healthcare benefits, raised $134M led by Portage, with participation from Blumberg Capital, Mighty Capital, PruVen Capital, SixThirty Ventures, TSVC, Wing VC, and Y Combinator. <source>
Paradigm Health, a Columbus, OH-based tech company supporting the clinical research ecosystem, raised $78M led by ARCH Venture Partners, with participation from DFJ Growth, F-Prime, General Catalyst, GV, Lux Capital, Mubadala Capital, the American Cancer Society’s BrightEdge Fund, and others. <source>
Artera, a Santa Barbara, CA-based agentic healthcare company, raised $65M led by Lead Edge Capital, with participation from Jackson Square Ventures, Health Velocity Capital, Heritage Medical Systems, Summation Health Ventures, and other investors. <source>
Akura Medical, a Los Gatos, CA-based developer of a thrombectomy system and procedural planning software, raised $53M led by Qatar Investment Authority. <source>
WELLSTAR, a Vancouver, BC, Canada-based health tech company dedicated to reshaping healthcare through digital enablement, raised C$62M ($44.7M) from Mawer Investment Management, Edgepoint Wealth Management, and PICTON Investments. <source>
Lin Health, a Denver, CO-based digital behavioral health platform for chronic pain patients, raised $11M led by Proofpoint Capital, with participation from Osage Venture Partners and NewHealth Ventures. <source>
Junevity, a San Francisco, CA-based longevity biotech startup that developed a discovery platform for designing treatments to reverse cellular dysfunction in age-related disease, raised $10M led by Goldcrest Capital and Godfrey Capital. <source>
Trial Library, a San Francisco, CA-based AI-enabled platform expanding access to clinical trials as a care option, raised $10M co-led by SemperVirens Venture Capital and Next Ventures, with participation from Sanofi Ventures, Lux Capital, Civilization Ventures, How Women Invest, Overwater Ventures, and others. <source>
Empathy Health Technologies, a Bentonville, AR-based developer of a relapse prevention tool called Sober Sidekick, raised $7.6M led by HealthX Ventures. <source>
Radical Health, a San Francisco, CA-based startup building an AI-powered “oncologist,” raised $5M led by Khosla Ventures. <source>
Deacon Health, a Nashville, TN-based specialty care management provider, raised $4M from undisclosed investors. <source>
PulseTech, a Dhaka, Bangladesh-based B2B health tech platform working to eliminate counterfeit medicines from the market, raised $3M co-led by AVV and Iterative. <source>
Annette, a Paris, France-based obesity care startup, raised €2M ($2.3M) led by Redstone, Ring Capital, and AFI Ventures, with participation from Clover VC and Gfund. <source>
Simuhealth, a Vancouver, BC, Canada-based startup looking to modernize how healthcare professionals are trained, raised C$2.6M ($1.9M) co-led by Looking Glass Capital and Parade Ventures, with participation from RiverPark Ventures, Altair Capital, Startup TNT, Wormhole Capital, Mike MacCombie, and angel investors. <source>
Stellus Rx, a Plano, TX-based technology-enabled, value-based pharmacy care management platform provider, raised an undisclosed amount from WindRose Health Investors. <source>
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Published: Dec 9, 2025
By Nicole Kinsey
