Investing

Alexander Richter, executive director and head of the SciTech Innovation Hub at SciTech Scity, which recently won the World Economic Forum's 2025 Public-Private Collaboration Award, discusses the selection process for piloting and scaling health tech.

The investment firm, focused on healthcare and life sciences, will invest in early-stage biotechnology, medical technology and digital health startups that aim to improve patient care.

The company has raised at least $481 million since its launch in 2023.

The company will use the Series A funding to enhance its API for integration and expand into new clinical practice areas.

Despite tightening barriers to entry over the years, Europe and the US are still key to global expansion for Korean startups, says Sky Labs CEO Jack Byunghwan Lee.

The British company, which reached a $2.1 billion valuation just a year ago, allows text to be turned into clinical compliance and training videos using AI avatars.

Also, digital gynaecology clinic Pinky Promise in India has raised $1 million in pre-seed funding.

The investment brings the company's total raise to nearly $700 million.

The CEO of Transcarent sat down with MobiHealthNews outside the JPM Healthcare Conference to discuss the state of digital health and how his company is working to improve access to care.

Silicon Valley Bank head of healthcare and life sciences says the bank's strategy has remained the same since its collapse in 2023.