| Date | Title | Description |
| 07.05.2017 | For some, access to healthcare could start with at-home lab testing | Most at-home lab testing devices like Scanadu and Cor are still waiting for FDA approval, but simple lab testing can still be done in the confines of your own home and then shipped to a lab and that’s led to a handful of new startups offeri... |
| 18.12.2016 | Amidst setbacks and controversy, Scanadu raises another $6.5 million | Updated with comments from Scanadu
Scanadu, a personal health scanner company that shattered records on Indiegogo a few years ago, has raised $6.5 million according to an SEC filing. The new funding, a significant drop from the company's $3... |
| 14.12.2016 | Scanadu customers furious as company informs them it plans to shut down tricorder | The Scanadu Scout was promoted as a tool that could help users do exams from home such as measuring temperature, blood pressure and heart rate and other functions. The idea was that the devices would transmit data to an app on users’ smartp... |
| 13.12.2016 | Scanadu to shut down support for its Scout device per FDA regulation and customers are mad | Medical startup Scanadu informed customers today it will no longer support its Scout device starting May 15, 2017.
The reason? Though Scanadu has been working with the Food and Drug Administration to get full approval for this and other dev... |
| 07.11.2016 | Relay Ventures co-founder outlines digital health priorities for latest fund | Albright called attention to two investments made from the Relay Ventures III fund. CARROT Insights is a consumer wellness business that provides incentives for setting, tracking and meeting personal health goals. Relay also led a $10 milli... |
| 05.08.2016 | Unpacking the innards of Theranos’s new Zika-detection box | Theranos has had a long 10 months. The company, beset with regulation issues, has faced a Congressional inquiry, possible criminal charges, lawsuits, a recall of test results from the past two years, its main partner Walgreens severing ties... |
| 12.12.2015 | Google’s (Alphabet’s) rising focus on health: 5 must-read stories from MedCity News this week | Watch the archived video above, and also check out five important stories we covered this week – the first of which being the center of our MedHeads discussion:
1. Google Ventures CEO: Our focus on the life sciences will grow
Nearly a third... |
| 06.12.2015 | Sovereign wealth fund investment in healthcare is on the rise, especially in digital health | “Healthcare is a necessity for people and for the United States, the sector represents a significant proportion of GDP, Maduell said. “With regards to the United States, it remains a deep liquid market compared to other countries.”
Sovereig... |
| 31.08.2015 | MouthLab’s ‘tricorder’-style device could analyze your vital signs in real time | With public medical systems across the developed world floundering thanks to insufficient funding and a graying population base, it’s becoming increasingly clear the old model of government-supported healthcare is headed for crisis. While t... |
| 16.06.2015 | The Star Trek Tricorder Is Here! (Sort Of) | Star Trek has had a huge impact on the world of technology. Almost from the very beginning, the show has inspired science and innovation. From cell phones to Skype, to 3d printers to universal translators, humanity has been making one dream... |
| 07.05.2015 | SG’s Iglobe Partners among investors in Scanadu’s $35m Series B round | Premium
Scanadu, a Silicon Valley based medtech company building a family of mobile medical products for consumers, has secured a $35 million in Series B funding from Fosun International and Tencent Holdings Limited, with participation from... |
| 06.05.2015 | Speaker Profile: Inspired By Star Trek, Scanadu’s Sam de Brouwer Seeks To Demystify Medical Info | Wearable World Congress, ReadWrite’s signature annual conference in San Francisco on May 19-20, will feature the key players who are shaping wearable technology and the Internet of Things. This series profiles some of the experts who will b... |
| 04.05.2015 | Welltwigs’ Fertility Tracker Aims To Improve A Women’s Chance To Get Pregnant | The reasons for infertility are varied and can be tricky to figure out, but part of that struggle may have to do with timing. Welltwigs is a hardware solution and mobile app launching on the Startup Battlefield stage at Disrupt NY today tha... |
| 01.05.2015 | Funding roundup - week ending 5/1/15 | Refinery29, Circle, MX, Catalyst Investors, ThreatQuotient, Styla, Lyst, Rocana, Travel Triangle
Seed stage
ThreatQuotient, a cyber security software firm, raised $1.5 million in a seed round of funding led by Blu Venture Investors, Center ... |
| 28.04.2015 | Scanadu Grabs $35M in Series B |
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, Silicon Valley based medtech company that is building a family of mobile medical products for consumers, today announced that it has received $35M.
>> Click here for more funding data on Scanadu
>> To expo... |
| 28.04.2015 | Scanadu Raises $35M in Series B Venture Capital Funding | Scanadu Inc., a Moffett Field, CA-based medtech company that is building a family of mobile medical products for consumers, raised $35m in Series B funding.
The round was led by Fosun International and Tencent Holdings Limited, with partici... |
| 27.04.2015 | Scanadu attracts Asian investors in $35M Series B round as it preps for China expansion | Fosun International’s healthcare subsidiary business,FosunPharma, includes diagnostic products and medical devices aswelll as pharmaceutical manufacturing, pharmaceutical distribution and retail, and healthcare services. iGlobe Partners tar... |
| 27.04.2015 | Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place | Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share. Scanadu pulls in another $35M to take ‘medical tricorder’ to market
Scanadu, the company behind the ‘medical tricorder’ devi... |
| 27.04.2015 | Scanadu pulls in another $35M to take ‘medical tricorder’ to market | Scanadu, the company behind the ‘medical tricorder’ device that broke crowdfunding records, has raised a $35 million round of venture funding to push its product into the marketplace.
The Silicon Valley company’s flagship product is a small... |
| 27.04.2015 | Diagnostic-Maker Scanadu Lands $35M As FDA Submission Nears | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Scanadu, a Mountain View, CA-based startup that’s making a diagnostic device it likens to Star Trek’s famous Tricorders, has received $35 million of Series B funding led by a ... |
| 27.04.2015 | Scanadu pulls in another $35M to take ‘medical tricorder’ to market | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Scanadu, the company behind the ‘medical tricorder’ device that broke crowdfunding records, has raised a $35 million round of venture f... |
| 27.04.2015 | Scanadu Raises $35M Series B To Check Your Pee And Scan Your Vitals | Scanadu, a health tech startup working on devices that can scan and upload medical-grade diagnostic tests to a smartphone, has raised $35 million in Series B financing.
The round was led by Chinese investment firms Fosun International and T... |
| 27.04.2015 | Scanadu picks up $35M, preps for expansion into China, Singapore | Scanadu has raised $35 million from Fosun International and Tencent Holdings Limited, with participation from China Broadband Capital and iGlobe Partners of Singapore. Previous investors including Relay Ventures, Redmile Group, Ame Cloud Ve... |
| 27.04.2015 | Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, up... |
| 18.02.2015 | Scanadu’s New Pee Stick Puts The Medical Lab On Your Smartphone | Health tech startup Scanadu is working on the cutting-edge of a new type of medical technology that could one day put the hospital in the palm of our hands.
It just started shipping its first product Scout, a device that can detect your tem... |
| 12.02.2015 | CliniCloud’s Smart Stethoscope And Thermometer Let Doctors Check Your Vitals From The Cloud | We are getting that much closer to building the doctor’s office of the future right within our homes today. Digital health diagnostic tools startup CliniCloud has launched a line of Bluetooth-connected stethoscopes and thermometers that ena... |
| 02.01.2015 | Forget photo-sharing — these 7 startups are solving real problems (without VC bucks) | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
A standing joke in Silicon Valley is that the sma... |
| 02.01.2015 | Forget photo-sharing — these 7 startups are solving real problems (without VC bucks) | A standing joke in Silicon Valley is that the smartest people go into online advertising, virtual currency, or dumb online games. And you surely have to wonder what has gone wrong when the industry’s heavy hitters and VCs provide $1.5 milli... |
| 27.08.2014 | Hardware Crowdfunding: Where The Venture Dollars Flow | Matt Witheiler Contributor
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| 27.08.2014 | Who made it through to the finals of Qualcomm Tricorder X Prize? | There are 10 companies taking different approaches to home diagnostics tools that have made it through to the multi-year endurance test that’s the Qualcomm Tricorder XPrize.
In the finals, their devices will be tested by a consumer panel. T... |
| 08.04.2014 | Spike in Bluetooth® Technology Penetration in Hub Devices Leads to Increased Bluetooth Smart Adoption | Mobile phones, PCs, Tablets rely on Bluetooth for wireless connectivity, set the stage for in-home automation hubs
San Jose, California – April 8, 2014 – From Bluetooth World 2014, the flagship connectivity conference from the Bluetooth SIG... |
| 05.04.2014 | Scanadu production problems mar rollout of mobile health device to Indiegogo backers | “Since that moment the Scanadu team has been working non-stop to determine why the initial batch did not meet our internal design control standards.
Based on our assessment these last few days, we’ve made the decision to delay shipment of t... |
| 27.01.2014 | The 21st century home visit | The TeleDactyl, as depicted on the cover of Science and Invention magazine in 1925.
By Shawn Farrell
Shawn Farrell, MBA, is Telemedicine and Telehealth Program Manager at Boston Children’s Hospital.
Back in the 1920s, when medicine was more... |
| 16.01.2014 | 14 health care innovation predictions for 2014 | By Vector Staff
2013 saw an accelerated crumbling of borders and boundaries in health care, fueled by technological and scientific advances. Boundaries between high-tech Western medicine and global health practices have begun blurring in in... |
| 15.01.2014 | New Site BackerJack Combs Through Crowdfunded Projects So You Don’t Have To | Crowdfunding is popular with all the kids these days, so why shouldn’t it have its own blog? Analyst Ross Rubin has done just that by creating BackerJack, a website dedicated to curating cool crowdfunded projects. Rubin, who is an Engadget ... |
| 09.01.2014 | Smartphone add-ons grow up at CES 2014: Thermal imaging cases, stun gun battery packs, tricorders, and more | At CES 2014, if you see past the usual slew of new TVs and laptops, there is one big trend that’s received hardly any coverage: Smartphone add-ons. While the last few years have seen no shortage of smartphone cases and plug-in gadgets that ... |
| 03.01.2014 | Here’s the Scoop on Nimbus, the Downtown Project’s Stealthy Hardware Fund | Back in September, we heard that Romotive alum Jen McCabe was leading up an arm of the Downtown Project’s $50 million VegasTechFund called Nimbus. She planned to invest in hardware companies in industries like robotics, connected devices, s... |
| 15.11.2013 | Scanadu Garners $10.5M Series A Round |
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, Personal health research company Scanadu has announced a $10.5 million Series A financing round.
>> Click here for more funding data on Scanadu
>> To export Scanadu funding data to PDF and Excel, click her... |
| 15.11.2013 | Funding roundup - week ending 11/15/13 | Redfin, Bill.com, CustomInk, itBit, Bitcasa, DesignCrowd, Futurelytics, GenapSys, TinyCo, Slyce
Seed stage
Fertility tracking company Ovuline raised $1.1 million in an inside round from its existing investors.
Knozen, which says it will &qu... |
| 13.11.2013 | Scanadu Raised Over $1.6 Million on Indiegogo, Now They Have Raised $10.5 Million in Series A | Medical “tri-corder” device Scanadu raised $1,664,574 on Indiegogo this past July. Their goal of raising $100,00 was crushed as 8523 backers rushed to support the medical device and their crowdfunding campaign. Scanadu was Indigogo’s highes... |
| 12.11.2013 | Scanadu Raises $10.5M in Series A Funding | Scanadu, a Moffett Field, CA-based personalized health electronics company, raised $10.5m in Series A funding.
The round, which brought tht total amount raised to date to $14.7m, was led by Relay Ventures with participation from VegasTechFu... |
| 12.11.2013 | Scanadu raises $10.5M, joins Scripps Wired for Health trial | Scanadu, the Moffet's Field, California-based personal health scanner company, has raised $10.5 million and announced its participation in the Scripps Wired for Health trial.
The round was led by Relay Ventures, with additional support from... |
| 12.11.2013 | Big moves for Scanadu following $10.5M raise in support of ‘1st medical tricorder’ | Healthcare startup Scanadu, based out of NASA’s Ames Research Center, touted a $10.5 million Series A funding round that precedes some big changes for the emerging company and its "tricorder" technology.
The new financing will sup... |
| 12.11.2013 | Scanadu Closes $10.5M Series A Round, Gearing Up To Send Its Medical Tricorder Through Clinical Testing | Four months after raising $1,664,574 on Indiegogo and breaking the site’s existing record, medical device developer Scanadu has closed $10.5 in Series A financing led by Relay Ventures, with participation from VegasTechFund and AME Cloud Ve... |
| 12.11.2013 | Scanadu nabs $10.5M to turn your phone into a health helper — and even test for pregnancy | Scanadu, the company behind the ‘medical tricorder’ device that broke crowdfunding records, has raised its first round of traditional venture funding.
The company claims it is “taking your smartphone to med school” by building devices that ... |
| 12.11.2013 | Funding Daily: It’s all about that data (bacon) money | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
There’s really no reason for including bacon as t... |
| 06.11.2013 | Big data is like teen sex and other memorable quotes from the digital healthcare innovation summit | “I work in healthcare, then I go home at night to the 21st century.” David Levin, Cleveland Clinic Chief Medical Information Officer, shared his perspective on the need to reform healthcare and to balance healthcare technology with improvin... |
| 17.07.2013 | By Wrapping Sensors In A Plushie, “Teddy The Guardian” Aims To Sell Medical Tech For Kids | In only a few months, the founders of IDerma, a medical technology start-up based out of Zagreb, Croatia, have developed and launched what they’re marketing as medical sensor technology for children. But unlike the sleek Scanadu Scout, this... |
| 12.07.2013 | Scanadu Scout breaks Indiegogo record with $1.37M for ‘medical tricorder’ | The Scanadu Scout became the most funded campaign in Indiegogo history today. The health-scanning device raised $1.37 million so far, with still eight days left in the campaign. It surpassed the “Let’s Build a Goddamn Tesla Museum” campaign... |
| 12.07.2013 | Scanadu Scout breaks Indiegogo record with $1.37M for ‘medical tricorder’ | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
The Scanadu Scout became the most funded campaign in Indiegogo history today. The health-scanning device raised $1.37 million so far, w... |
| 12.07.2013 | Scanadu Scout, Medical Tricorder Shatters Indiegogo’s Crowdfunding Record | Scanadu announced on Twitter today that their device, Scanadu Scout, the first medical tricorder has become the most funded Indiegogo campaign with over $1.3 million in funding. Backing so far comes from more than 7,000 funders in 91 countr... |
| 03.07.2013 | Digital health investment growing, but experienced angels are MIA | Funding for digital health startups is continuing to grow at a steady pace, but is beginning to stabilize.
Health accelerator Rock Health’s midyear report, released today, found that digital health funding for the first half of 2013 represe... |
| 23.06.2013 | Mobile health groups say the FDA’s final guidance will ‘unlock investment’ | The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is under pressure to decide how it will regulate mobile health applications.
While the FDA demurs on issuing its final guidance over which medical and consumer health apps come under its jurisdiction, ... |
| 23.06.2013 | Mobile health groups say the FDA’s final guidance will ‘unlock investment’ | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is under pressure to decide how it will regulate mobile health applications.
While the FDA demur... |
| 03.06.2013 | 100 AngelList Startups To Watch In 2013: How Many Are New To You? | AngelList. It’s the place for startups to connect with funding and talent. Just this month, the site has helped raise $12 million in venture funding for a wide collection of startups. It may be the one site that best represents all players ... |
| 22.05.2013 | Hands-On With The Scanadu Scout, The Health Gadget That’s Crowdfunding Its Way To FDA Approval | The last time we met with the folks from Scanadu, we had a very limited look its much buzzed-about line of gadgets that aim to bring vital sign monitoring beyond the realm of the hospital and available to anyone with a smartphone. This week... |
| 15.04.2013 | The future of diagnostics: consumer-driven medicine | This sponsored post is produced by VLAB.
What if the first step diagnosing your health was done by you, in your home, at your convenience? What if you could leverage new technology to see your fertility cycles, determine whether you have th... |
| 07.02.2013 | Scanadu Aims to Empower Patients with DIY Vital Signs Device | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
An accident changed Walter de Brouwer’s life.
Over the past few decades, the Scanadu CEO had his hands in everything from semiotics and academia to publishing computer and cyb... |
| 29.11.2012 | First Look At The Scanadu SCOUT, A Gadget To Bring Your Vital Sign Data To Your Smartphone | It was a year ago that Scanadu first came on the scene after raising some $2 million for a very interesting idea: Bringing the ability to monitor and track your body’s vital signs to a portable and inexpensive device that connects to your s... |
| 29.11.2012 | Scanadu unveils “biggest innovation in home medicine since the thermometer” | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Home medicine used to be the realm of intuition a... |
| 29.11.2012 | Scanadu unveils “biggest innovation in home medicine since the thermometer” | Home medicine used to be the realm of intuition and home remedies. Despite significant advances in learning and technology, people today are disconnected from their bodies and rely on medical professionals for insights regarding their own h... |
| 13.11.2012 | The Tricorder X Prize: The Biggest Thing In Home Health Care Since The Thermometer? | The Qualcomm Tricorder X Prize promises to turn everybody into a Doctor McCoy by 2016. It could change everything about the way we practice medicine. But are we ready for it?
If you’re a redshirt thinking you might have a case of Rigelian F... |
| 08.11.2011 | Scanadu Raises $2M: “Check Your Body As Often As Your Email” | Meet Scanadu, an innovative health tech startup I daresay you’ll be hearing a lot more from in the future. It’s not the easiest of tasks explaining what the company is building at this point, but let’s call it a personal, mobile, auto-diagn... |
| - | Big data is like teen sex and other memorable quotes from the digital healthcare innovation summit | It would be tough to assemble a group of investors, entrepreneurs and healthcare technology professionals in one room and not produce at least a few memorable insights on medtech innovations, healthcare industry trends and the future of hea... |
| - | Sovereign wealth fund investment in healthcare is on the rise, especially in digital health | In the past couple of years there has been a rise in sovereign wealth funds’ investments in healthcare. These cover a wide range of areas from hospital chains to pharmaceutical companies, but it also includes direct investments in digital h... |
| - | Scanadu production problems mar rollout of mobile health device to Indiegogo backers | After raising a recordbreaking $1.6 million on crowdfunding website Indiegogo, Scanadu backers were looking forward to receiving its device Scanadu Scout. Users can track pulse rate, temperature and other vital signs in less than 10 seconds... |
| - | Who made it through to the finals of Qualcomm Tricorder X Prize? | There are 10 companies taking different approaches to home diagnostics tools that have made it through to the multi-year endurance test that’s the Qualcomm Tricorder XPrize.
In the finals, their devices will be tested by a consumer panel. T... |
| - | Google’s (Alphabet’s) rising focus on health: 5 must-read stories from MedCity News this week | Security issues in healthcare are racing to the forefront of importance these days. Case in point: Just a few days ago, Hospital Corporation of America had a major EHR outage just a few days ago, reportedly caused by a hardware storage glit... |
| - | Scanadu customers furious as company informs them it plans to shut down tricorder | Scanadu was known for breaking the record for crowdfunding when it raised more than $1.6 million on Indiegogo’s website in 2013 for the company’s tricorder device. Now, the company has sent a letter to customers informing them of plans to d... |
| - | Scanadu attracts Asian investors in $35M Series B round as it preps for China expansion | Scanadu, a mobile health device maker that wants to shape digital health technology, has sparked the interest of China-based investors with deep pockets and has raised a $35 million B round, according to a company statement. It is working t... |
| - | Relay Ventures co-founder outlines digital health priorities for latest fund | Relay Ventures is a keen investor in early stage mobile tech companies and includes healthcare as one of its investment verticals. The venture capital firm, with offices in Toronto, Ontario and Menlo Park, California, closed a CA$200 millio... |
