| Date | Title | Description |
| 09.04.2018 | The biotech, digital health VC to know | Julie Papanek Grant, a partner at Silicon Valley healthcare and tech VC firm Canaan Partners, has managed to check both those boxes in the last couple of years. And while she begs off revealing what her biggest mistake has been and what she... |
| 04.11.2016 | The top deals in the healthcare wearables space in 2016 | So far this year, there have been 82 deals in the space, raising $557.96M
Healthcare is a really, really big space, one that sees a lot of funding and deals. So far this year, the healthcare space has now raised $13.1 billion, according to ... |
| 12.09.2016 | Canaan Partners Joins $47.6M Series B for Chrono Therapeutics | Chrono Therapeutics, a pioneer in digital drug therapy and recent recipient of the World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer Award, today announced that it has closed a $47.6 million Series B financing. The round was led by Kaiser Permanente ... |
| 12.09.2016 | GE Ventures Joins $47.6M Series B for Chrono Therapeutics | Chrono Therapeutics, a pioneer in digital drug therapy and recent recipient of the World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer Award, today announced that it has closed a $47.6 million Series B financing. The round was led by Kaiser Permanente ... |
| 08.09.2016 | Chrono Therapeutics raises $47.6M for smoking cessation wearable to deliver nicotine fix before you wake | The wearable also has a “crave” button users can press that records the moment they want a cigarette and triggers an immediate coaching message through the app to help the user get through the moment without smoking.
There is also a behavio... |
| 08.09.2016 | Chrono Therapeutics Closes $47.6M Series B Financing | Chrono Therapeutics, a Hayward, Calif.-based developer of digital drug therapies, closed a $47.6m Series B financing.
The round was led by Kaiser Permanente Ventures with participation from Endeavour Vision, Xeraya Capital Labuan Ltd, Asahi... |
| 08.09.2016 | Chrono Therapeutics raises $47.6M to develop smoking cessation wearable | Hayward, California-based Chrono Therapeutics, which is developing a sensor-enabled nicotine patch with a connected app, has raised $47.6 million in Series B financing. The round was led by Kaiser Permanente Ventures and will go towards fur... |
| 30.05.2016 | 5AM Ventures has raised $285M for fifth fund (Updated) | Update On Monday, it confirmed the amount in a press release on its website.
In a phone interview with 5AM Founder and Managing Partner Andrew Schwab he confirmed that 5AM Ventures V would be similar to 5 AM Ventures IV. Its investment targ... |
| 26.08.2015 | Chrono Therapeutics receives $2.3M grant from NCI for smoking cessation wearable | The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded Chrono Therapeutics a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant of up to $2.3 million for product development of the digital portion of the company's smoking cessation therapy offering. ... |
| 06.04.2015 | We Asked Rock Health Founder Halle Tecco About The Future Of Digital Medicine | Health technology is becoming a big topic in 2015. We’re seeing wearable technology that can automatically upload our health data to the cloud, cellphones are becoming tools to connect us to the doctor’s office, a Google moonshot project de... |
| 03.03.2015 | Rock Health Backs Chrono Therapeutics’ Anti-Smoking Wearable | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Chrono Therapeutics, a startup whose wearable device called SmartStop delivers nicotine doses through the skin to help smokers quit, now has the backing of Rock Health, a note... |
| 03.03.2015 | Chrono Therapeutics nets Rock Health investment for smoking cessation wearable | In an interview with Wired magazine, CEO Dr Alan Levy compared its device to Fitbit but one that provides therapy. The device initially gives high doses of nicotine and gradually reduces that dose over a 10-week period. It also sees applica... |
| 19.02.2015 | How Wearable Startups Can Win Big In The Medical Industry | Julie Papanek Contributor
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Editor’s note: Julie Papanek is a principal at Canaan Partners where she invests in healthcare startups.
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| 17.01.2015 | The biggest healthtech deals of 2014 | Categories include telemedicine, digital medical devices and personalized medicine
This month, in anticipation of Vator hosting its first ever Splash Health event on February 12th, we've been putting the spotlight on the healthtech space.
E... |
| 09.01.2015 | Irish VC Fountain Healthcare launches $127.5M fund | –Chrono Therapeutics, a Bay Area digital smoking cessation startup
–Innocoll, an Irish maker of biodegradable surgical implants and topical adhesives to treat post-op pain and diabetic foot ulcers.
Its previous investments include:
–Civitas... |
| 16.10.2014 | Venture firm Canaan Partners raises $675 million more; plans to invest in healthcare, tech startups | The company’s had a dozen exits in the same number of months, many of which high profile – portfolio company Labrys Biologics, for instance, was acquired by Teva Pharmaceutical for up to $825 million and Citivas Therapeutics is pending acqu... |
| 15.06.2014 | Chrono Therapeutics Closes $32M in Series A Financing | Chrono Therapeutics, a Hayward, Calif.-based provider of digital drug products, closed $32m in Series A financing.
The round was led by Canaan Partners and 5AM Ventures with participation from Fountain Healthcare Partners, Mayo Clinic and G... |
| 13.06.2014 | Chrono Therapeutics Secures $32M in Series A |
WALTHAM, MA, Chrono Therapeutics, a pioneer in digital drug products, announced today the close of a $32 million Series A financing round.
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>> To export Chrono Therap... |
| 12.06.2014 | Chrono Therapeutics raises $32M for smoking cessation | The company has designed a wearable that helps smokers quit
A friend of mine has “quit smoking” five or six times now, but then one of her New Jersey relatives comes to visit and she takes it back up again. I now feel well within my rights ... |
| 12.06.2014 | Chrono raises $32M to develop its 'stop smoking' bracelet | Chrono Therapeutics‘ wearable, called SmartStop, injects a tiny bit of nicotine into the wearer’s bloodstream at timed intervals.
In this way it’s similar to the patch, but SmartStop gives the wearer some control over when that happens. Tim... |
| 12.06.2014 | Wearable Maker Chrono Raises $32 Million So Smokers Can Kick The Habit | Smoking-related illnesses kill more than 400,000 Americans each year, including a relative of Guy DiPierro, the founder of Chrono Therapeutics, a startup that raised $32 million to develop a wearable drug delivery and treatment technology t... |
| 12.06.2014 | Chrono Therapeutics gets $32M for smoking cessation wearable | Chrono Therapeutics, a Hayward, California-based company working on a new wearable for smoking cessation and drug delivery, has raised $32 million in its first round of funding. The round was led by Canaan Partners and 5 am Ventures. Additi... |
| 12.06.2014 | Funding Daily: The discovery edition | Discovery rules. No, not the Discovery Channel. News discovery. Talent discovery. Discovery of trends and anomalies in companies’ proprietary data. The key is finding out about stuff you’d never heard of before. And these freshly funded sta... |
| - | 5AM Ventures has raised $285M for fifth fund (Updated) | This post has been updated from an earlier version with comments from 5AM Ventures Founder and Managing Partner Andrew Schwab.
Life science venture firm 5AM Ventures has raised $285 million for fund number 5, according to data from a Form D... |
| - | The biotech, digital health VC to know | There are lists featuring women of influence.
There are 40 under 40 rankings.
Julie Papanek Grant, a partner at Silicon Valley healthcare and tech VC firm Canaan Partners, has managed to check both those boxes in the last couple of years. A... |
| - | Chrono Therapeutics raises $47.6M for smoking cessation wearable to deliver nicotine fix before you wake | Smoking cessation is a big priority for self-insured employer programs and payers, particularly since most payers are inclined to reimburse for these programs because of the impact of smoking on health. The challenge, as Chrono Therapeutics... |
| - | Chrono Therapeutics nets Rock Health investment for smoking cessation wearable | Rock Health entered the arena of digital health tools for smoking cessation with an investment in Chrono Therapeutics, according to a company statement. The pharmaceutical company produces a wearable drug delivery tool and companion app cal... |
| - | Irish VC Fountain Healthcare launches $127.5M fund | Fountain Healthcare Partners just closed its second fund, with €85 million – or about $127.5 million. The Irish VC firm – which has offices in New York – plans to make 10 to 15 investments in the fields of specialty pharma, biotech, medical... |
| - | Venture firm Canaan Partners raises $675 million more; plans to invest in healthcare, tech startups | Menlo Park venture firm Canaan Partners just raised $675 million for its tenth fund – with plans to invest this Fund X mostly in early stage and seed stage startups in both technology and health care.
The majority of Canaan’s healthcare foc... |
