healthcare
Asia | February 4, 2020
TPG Growth’s Evercare snaps up Bangladesh hospital group STS
ImpactAlpha, February 4 – TPG Growth is acquiring a controlling stake in the hospital operator via its Evercare Health Fund, the $1 billion …
Dealflow | November 19, 2019
Medikabazaar raises $16 million for India’s medical supply chain
ImpactAlpha, November 19 – Inefficiency and lack of transparency in the medical supply chain are obstacles to affordable and quality healthcare in India. …
Dealflow | November 4, 2019
Socially Determined raises $7.3 million to shed light on factors influencing health
ImpactAlpha, November 4 – There’s growing recognition that an individual’s health isn’t merely influenced by germs or genes. Issues like financial stability and …
Asia | August 28, 2019
Quadria secures IFC investment for second Asia healthcare fund
ImpactAlpha, August 28 – Five years after closing its first, $300 million healthcare fund, Singapore-based Quadria Capital is looking to raise up to …
Africa | August 14, 2019
Global Health Investment Fund clears a profit on voucher sale to Novo Nordisk
An innovative financing mechanism for drugs for neglected diseases is providing a return for impact investors. Novo Nordisk, the Danish pharmaceutical giant, disclosed …
Africa | March 14, 2019
Africa Healthcare Network secures funding to expand care centers for kidney patients
ImpactAlpha, March 14 – Africa Healthcare Network (AHN) runs a network of low-cost dialysis clinics for kidney patients in Rwanda and Tanzania. It has raised …
Dealflow | March 12, 2019
HealthJoy secures $12.5 million to help employees navigate benefits
ImpactAlpha, March 12 – The Chicago-based startup has developed an app to help people manage their employer health benefits packages. Its Series B funding round …
2030 Finance | October 10, 2018
After a dozen deals, Global Health Investment Fund has overcome a rocky start
The Global Health Investment Fund is nearly fully invested after leading a $10 million round of financing for a Menlo Park, Calif., company …
Catalytic Capital | June 18, 2018
Gates Foundation and Horizons Ventures invest in Evolve’s infant probiotic
California-based Evolve BioSystems is making a probiotic nutritional supplement for infants to fight child malnutrition. Evolve’s basis for the product, called Evivo, is research …
Dealflow | May 21, 2018
Town Hall Ventures seeks a “massive and necessary shift” in health care for low-income Americans
ImpactAlpha, May 21 – Andy Slavitt, who headed the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services under President Obama, will lead a new health care fund, …
Blockchain/AI/IoT | March 16, 2018
Predible Health raises seed funds to diagnose cancer in India
Cancer claims around 700,000 lives in India each year. The figure is expected to climb to 1.2 million by 2035 owing to changing lifestyles …
Dealflow | March 6, 2018
Bridges takes majority stake in healthy school-meal provider Innovate Services
Bridges Fund Management has taken a majority stake in healthy school-meal provider Innovate Services. Innovate caters healthy meals to 90,000 primary and secondary …
Dealflow | March 6, 2018
Apollo Hospitals launches health tech seed fund
Apollo Hospitals, a private Indian hospital chain, is investing $5 million in a seed fund for health and medical tech startups. The company …
Dealflow | March 3, 2018
Backstage Capital backs Native American-run biotech firm Novoron
Novoron Bioscience was founded by neuroscientist Travis Stiles to develop therapies for central nervous system disorders like multiple sclerosis. The company has been …
Blockchain/AI/IoT | February 10, 2018
Temasek backs low-cost healthcare chain Clinica SIM in Brazil
Singapore’s $275 billion state-owned investment fund made an undisclosed equity investment in Clinica SIM, a chain of low-cost health clinics in northeastern Brazil, …