A medical scan can take less than an hour. Reaching the scanner can take weeks. That gap is what Scan.com has spent nearly a decade trying to remove. The company began in the UK in 2017, after clinicians Dr Khalid Latief and Jasper Nissim saw how slow and opaque diagnostic imaging could be for their […]
AI still commanded the biggest checks this week, but the more interesting pattern appeared underneath them. Capital moved into GPUs, physical AI, healthcare workflows, accounting, robotics, grid storage and quantum software. The model race is increasingly creating investment opportunities in everything models need to become useful. 🤖 AI & AI Infrastructure Alibaba raises HK$80B for […]
MaxQ Medical is building around a difficult compromise in prostate care: treating disease effectively while reducing the complications that can follow intervention. The Sunnyvale company is developing a fully automated system that combines prostate imaging and targeted ultrasound therapy in a single transurethral procedure, giving urologists a way to see the tissue they intend to […]
Aisel is building for one of psychiatry’s least visible capacity problems: clinicians can spend valuable time reconstructing patient histories, reviewing referrals and completing documentation instead of seeing more patients. The company has built a psychiatry-specific AI platform designed to carry that administrative workload across the full consultation journey, from intake and preparation to clinical notes […]
Hopscotch Primary Care is building its healthcare model around a simple idea that becomes much harder to deliver outside major cities: older adults should not have to trade where they live for reliable access to a doctor. Founded in 2021, the company now serves more than 15,000 patients across 12 clinics in the Southeast, concentrating […]
The Miami-based virtual care company, HealthSnap has secured a $25 million senior secured growth financing facility led by Eastward Capital Partners. The financing will refinance existing debt, strengthen the balance sheet and provide additional capital for AI development, commercial expansion and wider deployment of HealthSnap’s Advanced Primary Care Management platform. HealthSnap combines Remote Patient Monitoring, […]

Most healthcare systems become involved after symptoms appear. Ahead Health is building its service around an earlier point: tracking changes before they become more difficult to address. The Zurich-based company has secured €8.7 million, equivalent to $10 million, in funding led by 3VC and RTP Global. The investment supports Ahead Health’s expansion from Switzerland into […]

Diagnosing chronic lung disease still depends heavily on a test that many patients find difficult to complete. Spirometry requires forceful exhalation, specialist training and equipment that is not consistently available in community care. In the UK alone, at least 600,000 people are waiting for a formal COPD diagnosis, according to figures cited by TidalSense. Cambridge-based […]
SiftMed has raised new funding led by Staircase Ventures to expand its AI platform for medical claims review. The company said the round brings its total capital raised to over $10 million, with continued support from Pelorus VC and a group of Verafin founders. SiftMed did not disclose the size of the latest round, its […]

Preventive healthcare is becoming one of healthtech’s most capital-intensive bets. Neko Health has raised $700 million in Series C funding as it prepares to open its first US clinics in New York and other cities. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and co-led by O.G. Venture Partners. Atomico, General Catalyst, Lakestar, Liberty City […]