From Virtual Care to AI Toilets: Innovators Rethink Access and Experience | StartUp Health Insights: Week of May 27, 2025
This week’s health innovation funding spotlight includes bold bets on virtual-first care, AI-powered operations, and whole-person wellness. With startups reimagining home health, diagnostics, behavioral care, and even the bathroom, founders around the globe continue to push boundaries to make care more accessible, proactive, and personalized.
Written by Nicole Kinsey
This week’s reported global health innovation funding included:
General Medicine, a San Francisco, CA-based healthcare platform offering virtual care, diagnostics, and in-person referrals, raised $32M led by Matrix, BoxGroup, Founder Collective, VXI Capital, and JSL Ventures. <source>
Hedera Dx, a Swiss techbio company launching a blood-based testing solution to profile cancer DNA circulating in the blood, raised €14M ($15.9M) led by Top Harvest Capital, with participation from Inventure, Air Street Capital, Amino Collective, and GRIDS Capital. <source>
Reperio Health, a Portland, OR-based provider of in-home and onsite comprehensive health screenings, raised $14M led by Caduceus Capital Partners. <source>
Axle Health, a Los Angeles, CA-based tech company supporting home healthcare operations, raised $10M led by F-Prime, with participation from Y Combinator, Pear VC, and Lightbank. <source>
Ontrak Health (Nasdaq: OTRK), a Miami, FL-based behavioral healthcare company using proprietary AI and engagement technology, raised $10M from Acuitas Capital. <source>
Hormona, a London, UK-based femtech startup that offers at-home testing to help women monitor their hormone levels, track symptoms, and forecast their cycles, raised $6.7M led by Voima Ventures and SuperNode Global VC, with participation from DLF Ventures, Nascent Invest, and Techstars. <source>
Optura, a Nashville, TN-based AI-powered enterprise operating platform for the healthcare industry, raised $6.5M co-led by Susa Ventures and Matrix Partners. <source>
WellTheory, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a whole-person care platform for autoimmune disease, raised $5M from Samsung Next, Opal Ventures, Up2 Fund, Accel, OVO Fund, and BoxGroup. <source>
Throne, an Austin, TX-based developer of a gut health AI toilet, raised $4M led by Moxxie Ventures. <source>
MDA – Medical Decision Alliance, a Leipzig, Germany-based startup that has developed software that uses the surgical techniques and decision-making routines of leading surgeons to train AI-based assistance systems, raised €3.3M ($3.7M) led by High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF). <source>
WorkDone, a San Francisco, CA-based healthcare startup offering an AI-powered compliance copilot, raised $1.8M from Pioneer Fund, DVC, Fjor, Ryan Chan, Eric Norman, and other investors. <source>
Skriber, a Salt Lake City, UT-based medical AI scribe company for clinical documentation, raised $1.3M led by SeedtoBe and Morgan Creek. <source>
Strava, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a fitness app, raised an undisclosed amount led by Sequoia Capital, with participation from TCV, Jackson Square Ventures, and Go4it Capital. <source>
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