Sleep, Rare Disease & Reproductive Health Lead the Week’s Health Innovation Funding | StartUp Health Insights: Week of Aug 19, 2025
This week’s global health innovation funding was headlined by Eight Sleep’s $100M raise to advance sleep fitness, Stedi’s $70M to modernize healthcare transactions, and Gameto’s $44M to transform reproductive health, alongside new capital for rare disease platforms, brain health, radiology AI, and personalized longevity.
By Nicole Kinsey
This week’s reported global health innovation funding included:
Eight Sleep, a New York, NY-based sleep fitness company combining technology, physiology, and data to generate deeper sleep and better health, raised $100M from HSG, Valor Equity Partners, Atreides, Founders Fund, Y Combinator, and sports figures. <source>
Stedi, a New York, NY-based developer of software for healthcare transactions, raised $70M co-led by Stripe and Addition, with participation from USV, First Round, Bloomberg Beta, BoxGroup, Ribbit Capital, and other investors. <source>
Gameto, an Austin, TX-based biotech company developing stem cell-derived therapies for reproductive health, raised $44M led by Overwater Ventures, with participation from Insight Partners, RA Capital, Two Sigma Ventures, BOLD Capital Partners, Future Ventures, Ingeborg Investments, Arcadia Investment Partners, PAGS Group, Pontiva Healthcare Partners, Portfolia, and additional investors. <source>
Citizen Health, a San Francisco, CA-based patient-focused platform for rare disease care, raised $30M led by 8VC, with participation from Transformation Capital and Headline. <source>
Amalgam Rx, a Wilmington, DE-based company offering tools that can be integrated into a healthcare provider's existing EHR, raised $20M from Catalio Capital Management. <source>
Fountain Life, an Orlando, FL-based AI-powered longevity startup that combines advanced diagnostics to build personalized longevity protocols, raised $18M. <source>
Isaac Health, a New York, NY-based health tech company with a scalable platform for brain health and dementia care, raised $10.5M led by Flare Capital Partners, with participation from Industry Ventures, Black Opal Ventures, Meridian Street Capital, B Capital, and Primetime Partners. <source>
Better Medicine, a Tartu, Estonia-based startup developing AI-powered diagnostic tools for radiology, raised €1M ($1.2M) led by Soulmates Ventures, with participation from Specialist VC, UT Ventures, and angel investors. <source>
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