The pandemic has shined a light on the importance of leading a healthy lifestyle. Lockdowns and gym closures have made it impossible for many to head out and continue their everyday workout routines. For some, that meant resorting to equipment-free home workouts; for others, it meant giving up exercising altogether.
Biotech startup Mammoth Biosciences officially achieved “unicorn” status in September 2021. After securing US$195 million in funding, it now has a total valuation of more than US$1 billion.
The financing for the California-based company comprises a US$150 million in its Series D round, following a $45 million in Series C funding in late 2020 led by venture capitals and investment firms.
Founded in San Diego in 2010, Cue Health is the latest med-tech startup to become a publicly listed company after a sharp term to profitability this year. Having found success in developing a portable COVID-19 test kit that provides lab-quality results in just a few minutes, it now hopes to expand its influence beyond the pandemic and into every corner of healthcare.
To say that Covid has been a biological nightmare for the world is an understatement. In a bid to wake up from it, companies and investors have turned their attention to science, medicine and innovation—or simply, biotechnology. With vaccines and cures becoming the need of the hour, BioTech rose like never before.
Silicon Valley entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes’s journey shows that not all Ivy League-dropout stories are those of success. At 19, Holmes dropped out of Stanford to start Theranos, a health-tech company that set out to revolutionize healthcare by detecting diseases with a single drop of blood. The idea was innovative and promising, so much so that Vice President Joe Biden called it “the future of laboratory science”. Seeing its potential, investors poured over US$400 million into the business.
By Relena Sei The pandemic has upended lives and affected work, leisure, and personal health. Of the three, perhaps health took the worst hit. And
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India is in the midst of a health tech boom. Alekhya Boora talks to Jumpstart about how she, along with her co-founder, built their healthtech
Wearables that tick the boxes for fitness-tracking, disease-prevention, and exercising with style By Alice Chuck Wearable technology, or “wearables” for short, are technological devices that
By Monika Ghosh and Sharon Lewis This article is the last of a four-part Tech’s Year in Review series reviewing developments across industries in 2020.
PHASE Scientific International has built rapid antigen tests based on the easy-to-use home pregnancy testing mechanism. The device is designed to enable mass rapid testing
Co-founder and President of DocDoc Grace Park talks about DocDoc’s advances in AI, and how data can bring empathy back into healthcare systems. Grace Park’s
Ferne Health Co-founder Xi Liu talks to Jumpstart about the stigma associated with sex, its consequences, and what startups can do to improve sexual healthcare.
Analyzing the effectiveness of mental health apps in a world where we need to take a break Mental health is one of the most pressing
Why smartphone oximeters do not help with preventive COVID-19 care. COVID-19 has accelerated the world’s appetite for innovation in the healthtech and healthcare sectors. As
Expara is launching global virtual accelerator program VirTech in response to COVID-19 The three-month program will accept 30 companies, and provide funding of up to
