Cumulative funding reaches over US $ 200 million in total TOKYO, 2022, March 29 – Synspective Inc., a SAR satellite data and solutions provider, announced that the company has raised US $ 100M (11.9 billion yen) including a Series B funding round. The latest funding was led by Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. (Tokyo, Japan), Nomura… Read More »
Health in 2 Point 00 Jul 9, 2021• Today on Health in 2 Point 00, the funding reports are out: Rock Health is saying $ 14.7 billion for the first half of the year, and Startup Health is saying $ 20.1 billion. Those numbers are pretty much what the numbers were for ALL of 2020.… Read More »
Health in 2 Point 00 Jun 18, 2021• Today on Health in 2 Point 00, I haven ‘t been fired yet – so I’m taking over this episode. On Episode 217, there’s been a lot going on in the digital health world, including the biggest IPO in health tech ever with Bright Health’s $ 14… Read More »
Two German biotechs, BioNTech and CureVac, have been at the cutting edge of the hunt for a COVID-19 vaccine—a time-consuming and costly process. In order to get both over the finish line, the German government is making a big investment in both candidates’ development. The German government has awarded the mRNA-based vaccine makers a combined… Read More »
When the coronavirus kills, it attacks the lungs, filling them with fluid and robbing the body of oxygen. In chest X-rays, clear lungs turn white, a sign of how dangerously sick patients are. But earlier this month, the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, or BARDA, a federal health agency, abruptly notified companies and researchers… Read More »