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Women’s health app Flo picks up $50M in fresh funding to fuel R&D, rapid growth
Popular women’s health app Flo just got more personal as it gains traction in the femtech industry. In its latest financing, Flo secured $50 million, the company announced Thursday. The series B funding round was led by VNV Global and Target Global and brings its total capital raised to $65 million. The startup is now valued at $800 million, according to company executives. The financing will be used to enhance the app’s personalization capabilities and provide users with advanced insights and patterns to their menstrual cycles and overall health. The app tracks cycles and symptom patterns, using artificial intelligence to … Read more
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Telehealth Startup Antidote Health Secures $12 mln In Seed Funding
Antidote Health, a New York-based telehealth startup, has closed a seed funding round to secure $12 million in funding, allowing it to make quality healthcare accessible to all Americans. The round was led by iAngels, Well-Tech Ventures, and Flint Capital, also counting with participation from angel investors. Antidote Health had previously raised $1 million in pre-seed funding back in July of 2020. Shelly Hod Moyal, iAngels Founding Partner, said about the round: “If there is any one industry for which COVID-19 highlighted the major gaps and necessary advances, it is the need for access to telehealth. In the wake of … Read more
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Counties waiting for mental health funding | State
On any given day, four or five people sit in the mental health intake room in the Rogers County Jail for observation. The small space is clean and painted different shades of blue, filled with a few chairs, a cot and a central station for a detention officer to work at. Prisoners can meet with a mental health professional in an office off to the side of the room. Many of the incarcerated people at the 250-person jail have substance abuse issues, said jail administrator Zach Starkey. The facility has a constant flow of people on suicide watch or special … Read more
