Emerging Technologies
Most UAE femtech startups focus on women’s wellness and menstrual health. But other subsectors, such as female-focused mental health, are seriously lagging behind. What’s more, the MENA region accounts for less than 6% of the global femtech industry.
Digital infrastructure company Lifen has raised $58M (€51M) in funding, which will go towards working with 1,500 hospitals and 200 eHealth solutions by 2025.
The news comes about a week after AppliedVR announced it raised $36 million in Series B funding.
The latest investment brings the company’s total raise to $55 million. It brought in $10.25 million in Series A funding last year.
2021 Year in Review
In this 14-part video and podcast series, HIMSS Media editors and guests go deep on what the next phase of virtual care, beyond telehealth video visits, will look like.
Host Jonah Comstock and Cedars-Sinai's Dr. Brennan Spiegel look toward healthcare not tied to site and schedule in this finale of The Virtual Care Paradigm.
Led by Nour Nouf Ventures, the round will be dedicated to scaling, plus research and development efforts, the startup announced.
Also, Enovacom launches solution to centralise patient data in a single app.
MobiHealthNews sits in on the first virtual surgery using Proximie and Teladoc's new combined technology.
The European Institute for Innovation and Technology (EIT) Health has announced the acquisition of one of its supported startups PhagoMed GmbH, by BioNTech SE, in a bid to find new and alternative solutions to antibiotics that are losing effectiveness.