Biotech & Health
ShareWell wants to scale mental health support with its 10,000 support groups
Therapists — if you can even find one that takes your insurance or new clients — can add a layer of sadness to your wallet even as you’re trying to rectify your own mental health wob
Neko, Daniel Ek’s next play, is another spin on preventative healthcare
Make room for yet another preventative health play: Spotify founder Daniel Ek officially confirmed rumors of his new “health tech” startup, Neko, Friday by quietly kicking off a body scann
Simple HealthKit is taking on health equity with at-home diagnostics, treatment
Simple HealthKit provides at-home and in-clinic diagnostics, performs its own testing and telehealth services and works with pharmacy partners for treatment and follow-up care.
Labor marketplace ShiftMed secures $200M to solve nursing shortage
Its mobile and cloud-based software provides perks to nurses like guaranteed shifts, instant or next-day pay, transportation via Uber Health and health benefits.
Disclo aims to inspire inclusive workplaces — starting with disability accommodations
Disclo CEO and co-founder Hannah Olson was diagnosed with Lyme disease when she was in college. At the time, she didn’t really see herself as someone with a disability, even though it meant spending
FTC slaps $1.5M fine on GoodRx for sharing users’ health data with Facebook and Google
Online pharmacy GoodRx has agreed to pay $1.5 million in civil penalties for years of sharing the health information of consumers with third parties like Facebook, Google and Criteo for advertising pu
Michroma wants to make food colorings, flavors more ‘fun’gi
Michroma is developing its novel technology for food colorings and flavorings that uses precision fermentation to scale fungal food colors.
Precision Neuroscience is making brain implants safer, smarter and reversible
Brain researchers have relied on devices called microelectrode arrays for decades, but the technology behind these tools is increasingly outdated. Precision Neuroscience is building a modern alternati
Teal unwraps $8.8M to build out a telehealth platform for women — starting with cervical cancer screening
Female-focused telehealth startup, Teal Health, is popping up today to announce an $8.8 million seed round with a roster of heavy hitting investors on board — including (Serena Williams’)
TBD Health is rolling out at-home sexual healthcare to all US states
Reproductive rights is a hot-button topic for much of the political spectrum in the U.S. Against that backdrop. TBD Health is not-so-quietly making patient-focused and inclusive sexual healthcare avai
Put a (smart) ring on it: Movano on why its health wearable will put women first
Movano Health turned heads at CES with an ouroboros-esque smart ring designed for women. In the crowded field of fitness wearables, where the mainstream heavy hitter of the Apple Watch heads up a very
You could be Wasted and not even know it
Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This week, Natasha Mascarenhas, Mary Ann Azevedo and Rebec
Starling Medical’s new urine-testing device turns your toilet into a health tracker
The Houston-based company wants to prevent hospitalizations from chronic conditions, including urinary tract infections, diabetes and kidney disease.
Danish startup Kanpla wants to help canteens cut food waste
As much as 40% of all food produced each year goes nowhere near a human mouth, resulting in economic, environmental and social costs of an estimated $2.6 trillion. While there are a multitude of socia
With new funding, Atomic AI envisions RNA as the next frontier in drug discovery
The biotech industry is experiencing a rush of AI-powered tools for many aspects of the complex drug discovery process. But one that has flown under the radar, increasingly thought to be key to certai
TechCrunch+ roundup: Deep tech fundraising, negative trade secrets, 3 metrics investors love
You can’t create a magic plan to save your startup — there are simply too many factors outside of your control.
Despite 2022’s headwinds, women’s health startups did better than ever before
TechCrunch conducted a vibe check to see where this sector stands, and found a prevailing sense of guarded optimism.
Sunfish’s technology wants to bring affordability to assisted reproduction
Sunfish, a new startup built by a former director at one of the oldest surrogacy and egg donation agencies in the world, has raised $4 million to build financial assistance tooling for hopeful parents
Amazon launches RxPass, a $5/month Prime add-on for all-you-need generic drugs covering 80 conditions
More than two years since announcing Amazon Pharmacy to take some of the prescription drugs business away from big (and smaller) drug stores, Amazon is launching a new product to expand its reach in t
Babylist makes an even bigger bet on baby products with Expectful acquisition
Today, baby registry and product discovery platform Babylist announced that it has acquired health and wellness tool Expectful for an undisclosed price. The deal brings together two companies focused