Tagged: health care

February 19, 2022 @ 6:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

True Global Ventures 4 Plus (TGV4 Plus) Fund has invested US$8.3 million into Chronicled. Chronicled is a firm that leverages blockchain technology to enable automation, trust, and automatic settlement for inter-company transactions specifically in the Life Sciences and Healthcare industry. Chronicled aims to solve challenges… Read More

August 31, 2021 @ 10:05 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Founded by scientists such as Harvard Prof. George Church, Shivom, a project that developed the world’s first blockchain-powered genomics marketplace, is rebranding as the HLTH.network. This rebranding move is the first of several steps which also includes the release an all-new and inclusive ecosystem around… Read More

June 21, 2017 @ 10:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Kindara, the creator of the Kindara App that empowers women to better manage their fertility goals, has launched a Reg A+ crowdfunding offer on SeedInvest seeking a raise of $3.5 million. The offer has pegged a pre-money valuation of $8 million in the Series A… Read More

June 19, 2017 @ 6:38 am By Erin Hobey  |  

About 30 million people in Germany suffer from intensive consulting diseases such as hypertension, diabetes or depression. In addition to drug therapy, a lifestyle change is often necessary. Berlin biologist Thomas Stuke hopes to dip further into this massive with Patient Care, a medtech app… Read More

March 14, 2014 @ 12:27 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Can crowdfunding consistently deliver the money medical devices and drugs need to make it a key part of healthcare investing? That question will take center stage at this year’s MidAmerica Healthcare Venture Forum. Representatives from Crowdfund Insider and Med City News will lead a series of four 20-minute… Read More

September 25, 2013 @ 9:12 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Poliwogg is a crowdfunding platform for accredited investors specializing in emerging growth healthcare and life sciences companies. The platform has been on hold pending the lifting of the ban on general solicitation. As of September 23rd, the platform has announced that it has launched its online… Read More

August 2, 2013 @ 9:24 am By Charles Luzar  |  

HealthiosXchange is a crowdfunding platform launching this month that focuses on the health care industry. It’s no secret that the health care industry is an important one here in the states. According to the US Census, the US health care sector as a whole garnered… Read More

May 21, 2013 @ 4:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

GiveForward, a crowdfunding site helping families and friends raise money for a loved one’s medical bills, is pleased to announce a new partnership with Medical Bill Mediation of the Karis Group, Inc., a service which helps patients consolidate and reduce their healthcare bills. This alliance… Read More

April 20, 2013 @ 4:38 am By JD Alois  |  

Legendary incubator – venture capital group Y Combinator founder Paul Graham has announced a “First Ever” – Graham is joining the board of medical charity crowdfunding site Watsi. Graham announced this event via twitter, of course; For the first time I agreed to be on… Read More

April 13, 2013 @ 4:40 pm By NYTimes.com  |  

TWO years ago, Chase Adam, a Peace Corps volunteer in Costa Rica, was riding a bus through a town called Watsi, when a woman got on board asking for money. Her son, she said, needed medical attention and she couldn’t pay for it. As the… Read More

March 27, 2013 @ 6:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Health Tech Hatch (Hatch), a site that crowdfunds early stage innovations in health care,  today announced it is one of 48 innovators selected to take part in The Hive, debuting at TEDMED 2013 in association with the StartUp Health Network. An immersive and informal social… Read More

December 20, 2012 @ 1:19 pm By Zachary Barnett, Huffington Post  |  

“With regards to emerging HIV research, all bets are off,” Jenna* told me over the phone last week. As the director of a multimillion dollar AIDS charity, she should know. “Five years ago, if you would have said that a man could be cured of… Read More