Singaporean digital health startup Ordinary Folk has bagged $5 million in pre-Series A funding from Monk’s Hill Ventures.
Founded two years ago, Ordinary Folk runs two telehealth platforms: Noah, an online healthcare service dedicated to men, and Zoey, which focuses on women's sexual wellness, fertility, mental health and wellbeing.
WHAT IT'S FOR
According to a media release, Ordinary Folk will...
HealthBeats, a health tech startup based in Singapore, has scored $3 million in a seed funding round led by healthcare investor Heritas Capital, together with SEEDS Capital, the investment arm of Enterprise Singapore.
WHAT IT DOES
Launched in 2018, HealthBeats offers healthcare providers and patients a platform for remote and real-time vitals monitoring using clinical-grade medical devices from...
Lunit gets first go-ahead for South Korea IPO
AI startup Lunit has received preliminary approval from the Korea Exchange for its initial public offering on the KOSDAQ.
This comes five months after it raised $61 million in a fundraising event that was held to seek global partners.
In a recent statement, Lunit said it plans to file its registration statement within the first half of 2022 to...
Australian medical imaging company Advanced Human Imaging has concluded a technology integration agreement with BizBaz, a health and financial intelligence platform in Singapore.
The master services agreement will grant BizBaz the right to use AHI's software development kits for CompleteScan Face and Body for iOS and Android devices.
According to the company's disclosure, the deal's initial term...
Researchers from the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have developed a precise motion capture system to assist doctors and physiotherapists in consultations and diagnoses for patients requiring rehabilitation after an injury or recovering from an illness.
WHAT IT DOES
Called Precise Marker-less, the system is trained with over 150 subjects through machine learning to render 3D...
BUZUD, a medical device brand in Singapore, has unveiled its latest line of smartwatches with health monitoring features.
Based on a press statement, both DM01 and DM02 smartwatches are built with blood oxygen saturation oximeter sensors to measure blood oxygen levels and monitor sleep quality. It also tracks blood pressure, heart rate, body temperature, as well as steps, distance, and burned...
NDR Medical launches Japan office
Singaporean medical device maker NDR Medical has opened a new office in Tokyo, Japan, its fourth location in Asia-Pacific. The company also operates in China and Malaysia.
Alongside its opening, the company will also conduct a multi-site trial for its Automated Needle Targeting with X-ray (ANT-X) system with two Japanese university hospitals. The trial is...
Intellect offers free mental healthcare access to health workers in Singapore
Mental health startup Intellect has extended free three-month premium access to its mobile app for healthcare workers in Singapore.
CEO and co-founder Theodoric Chew said in a statement that this is their way of giving back to the "healthcare heroes" who have been swamped due to the recent surge of COVID-19 cases. This...
MiyaHealth, a health tech startup from Singapore, has scored SG$6.5 million ($4.8 million) in a pre-Series A funding round led by Singapore Technologies Engineering Ventures, the venture capital arm of listed engineering group ST Engineering, and deep tech investor Elev8.
This brings its total investments raised to over SG$9 million ($6.6 million).
WHAT IT DOES
Established in 2019, MiyaHealth is...
Singapore-based corporate mental health and wellness platform MindFi has raised $2 million from an oversubscribed seed funding round participated by Canva and Slack backer Global Founders Capital and M Venture Partners.
The investing round was also joined by angel investors, including Carousell co-founder Marcus Tan, Carro executive Kenji Narushima, and Spin co-founder Derrick Ko.
Launched in...