Curative Brings in $150M+ for Prevention-First Health Coverage | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Dec 2, 2025
Curative led this week’s global funding with a major raise to advance its prevention-driven health insurance model designed to lower costs and improve long-term outcomes. Additional rounds showcased continued innovation across complex care navigation, precision psychiatry, specialty-care AI, women’s health therapeutics, and next-gen drug discovery.
This week’s reported global health innovation funding included:
Curative, an Austin, TX-based startup health insurance company that aims to reduce costs by encouraging people to get preventative care, raised more than $150M led by Upside Vision Fund, with participation from Galaxy Digital, Duquesne Family Office, DCVC, and Martin Varsavsky. <source>
Reema Health, a Minneapolis, MN-based care navigation company for complex patients, raised $19M from LRVHealth and Optum Ventures. <source>
Circular Genomics, a San Diego, CA-based developer of circular RNA-based precision medicine tools for neurology and psychiatry, raised $15M led by Mountain Group Partners, with participation from Poplar Grove Investors, HIP Fund, and the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF). <source>
Gosta Labs, an Espoo, Finland-based healthtech company building an AI operating system for complex medical specialties, raised €7.5M ($8.7M) led by Voima Ventures, with participation from COR Group, the Aho family, Reaktor, and a group of angel investors. <source>
Crux, a Mclean, VA-based provider of a benefits platform partnering with pharma and employers of all sizes, raised $6.5M led by Red Cell Partners. <source>
Metri Bio, a Boston, MA-based biotechnology company developing new therapies for endometrial diseases using a 3D modeling platform, raised $5M led by Pillar VC, with participation from Pace Ventures, Slocum Management, Navec Investments, and angel investors. <source>
HotHouse Therapeutics, a Norwich, England, UK-based developer of an AI-powered drug discovery platform, raised £2.9M ($3.8M) from SynBioVen, Start Codon, UKI2S, Twin Path Ventures, Wren Capital, and angel investors. <source>
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Published: Dec 2, 2025
By Nicole Kinsey
