AI-Powered Care and Diagnostics Drive This Week’s Global Health Innovation | StartUp Health Insights: Week of May 20, 2025
From clinical intelligence and cancer breath tests to mobile care and mental health triage, startups around the globe raised funding to reimagine how and where care happens — with AI continuing to power the health innovation wave.
By Nicole Kinsey
This week’s reported global health innovation funding included:
Cohere Health, a Boston, MA-based provider of clinical intelligence solutions for health plans and risk-bearing providers, raised $90M led by Temasek, with participation from Deerfield Management, Define Ventures, Flare Capital Partners, Longitude Capital, and Polaris Partners. <source>
Akido Labs, a Los Angeles, CA-based company developing a system that fully integrates AI into a provider visit, raised $60M led by Oak HC/FT, with participation from Greco, SNR, Y Combinator, Future Communities Capital, Jeff Dean, and the Comprehensive Blood & Cancer Center. <source>
Sprinter Health, a Menlo Park, CA-based mobile healthcare provider that combines technology and a medical practice to reimagine care at home, raised $55M led by General Catalyst, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) Bio + Health, the Regents of the University of California, Google Ventures, and Accel. <source>
PHASE Scientific, a Hong Kong-based biotech company that develops diagnostics and healthcare solutions for early disease detection, raised $34M led by Value Partners Group. <source>
Dazos, a Boca Raton, FL-based provider of a CRM platform for behavioral health providers, raised $25M led by Radian Capital. <source>
CureBay, a hybrid healthcare platform combining tech-enabled eClinics with a digital infrastructure to expand care access in rural India, raised $21M led by Bertelsmann India Investments, with participation from Elevar Equity and British International Investment. <source>
SpotitEarly, a Tel Aviv, Israel- and Englewood, NJ-based AI biotech firm offering a noninvasive breath test platform for early cancer detection, raised $20.3M from Hanaco Venture Capital, Menomedin Venture Capital, Jeff Swartz, and Avishai Abrahami. <source>
Cronofy, a Nottingham, UK-based provider of embedded scheduling platform for healthcare and other industries, raised £15M ($19.9M) from BGF. <source>
Biostate AI, a Houston, TX-based innovator in artificial intelligence and RNA sequencing, raised $12M led by Accel, with participation from Gaingels, Mana Ventures, InfoEdge Ventures, Matter Venture Partners, Vision Plus Capital, and Catapult Ventures. <source>
Persist AI, a Sacramento, CA-based developer of AI-driven robotics for pharmaceutical formulation, raised $12M led by Spero Ventures, with participation from MBX Capital, Shimadzu Future Innovation Fund managed by Global Brain Corporation, Eli Lilly & Company, SignalFire, Ford Street Capital, Purdue Ventures, Good AI Capital, Cartography Capital, Asymmetry Ventures, 2048 Ventures, Innospark, and YCombinator. <source>
Oath Surgical, a Portland, OR-based company providing a vertically-integrated operating system combining AI software and tech-first surgical centers, raised $10M from Oxford Science Enterprises, Black Opal Ventures, Rogue VC, Tau Ventures, First Spark Ventures, and other investors. <source>
Rad AI, a San Francisco, CA-based generative AI company developing radiology solutions, raised $8M led by Advocate Health, Memorial Hermann Health System, Corewell Health, and Atlantic Health System. <source>
Pluto Biosciences, a Denver, CO-based provider of an AI-powered data management, analysis, and visualization platform designed for pharma, raised $3.6M from Kickstart, Silverton Partners, and angel investors. <source>
Mentaily, a Ramat Gan, Israel-based creator of AI-powered tools for mental health assessment, triage, and diagnosis, raised $3M from family offices, The Rashi Foundation, Sheatufim, and angel investors. <source>
Seniorverse, a New York, NY-based software platform for senior care, raised $2.1M from undisclosed investors. <source>
RevolKa, a Sendai, Japan-based biotech company providing an AI-driven protein engineering technology platform for drug discovery, raised $1.4M co-led by D3 LLC and TOHOKU University Venture Partners, with participation from DEEPCORE. <source>
Envoke, a Leeds, UK-based provider of a simulation software platform that enables medical staff to train to use lab equipment and troubleshoot problems, raised £1M ($1.34M) from NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance and Finance Yorkshire’s Seedcorn Fund. <source>
MindSpire, a Tunbridge Wells, Kent, UK-based neurotech startup developing medical devices, raised £850K ($1.1M) led by SFC Capital, with participation from SyndicateRoom. <source>
Certify Health, a Gaithersburg, MD-based provider of a SaaS patient engagement platform, raised an undisclosed amount led by ABS Capital Partners. <source>
Olaris, a Framingham, MA-based precision medicine platform that leverages machine learning and metabolite biomarker discovery to improve how diseases are diagnosed, treated, and monitored, raised an undisclosed amount from Bruker Corporation. <source>
Redica Systems, a Pleasanton, CA-based quality and regulatory intelligence company for the life sciences industry, raised an undisclosed amount from Merck Global Health Innovation Fund (MGHIF), Savant Growth, and Rock Creek Capital. <source>
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