Indonesian DNA knowledge agency Asa Ren scores $8M funding
Asa Ren, one of many first DNA knowledge firms in Indonesia, has raised $8.15 million in a funding spherical joined by Kejora Capital and Silicon Valley-based buyers High Harvest Capital and Marcy Enterprise Companions. Northstar Ventures, Naya Capital, PT Diagnos Laboratorium Utama Tbk and different angel buyers additionally participated within the spherical.
The corporate, which gives a client DNA take a look at that gives over 360 studies, will use its contemporary funds to broaden its digital capabilities, in addition to develop medical bioinformatics, an digital well being passport, and a clinico-genomic database centered on non-communicable ailments. It additionally plans so as to add medical prognosis and full well being knowledge of consumers on its platform.
Asa Ren can also be focusing on to develop its distribution community to greater than 60 hospitals and clinics by the tip of 2023.
In the meantime, as a part of the funding spherical, Kejora Capital’s founder and managing associate Andy Zain and InterBIO CEO Irawan Mulyadi will probably be becoming a member of Asa Ren’s board of administrators.
Thai psychological well being startup Ooca will get backing from Bangkok Dusit Medical Companies
One among Thailand’s largest personal healthcare suppliers, Bangkok Dusit Medical Companies (BDMS), has supplied an undisclosed funding to psychological well being tech firm Ooca as a part of a Collection A funding spherical.
Based in 2017, Ooca gives a digital platform connecting psychiatrists and psychologists to sufferers looking for on-line counselling. It at the moment has over 180,000 customers throughout the nation, in accordance with founder Dr Kanpassorn Suriyasangpetch.
With BDMS’s funding, Ooca plans to supply extra on-line and offline psychological well being providers protecting all the affected person journey.
Dubai Hospital deploys Lunit’s breast AI evaluation package deal
The Dubai Hospital has began utilizing an AI breast evaluation package deal from Lunit and Agfa HealthCare.
The workflow-centric, evidence-based AI package deal, which is a part of Agfa’s RUBEE for AI framework, is powered by the Lunit INSIGHT MMG which supplies a quick studying of mammography photographs with 96% accuracy.
Augnito unveils developer portal for fast integration
India-based medical voice AI supplier Augnito has launched a developer portal for the analysis of its medical dictation service.
The brand new providing supplies potential product companions step-by-step guides, Sandbox environments, SDKs, documentation, and different growth sources they should consider the Augnito Voice Companies, a real-time medical dictation service that converts voice to textual content with 99% accuracy.
Based mostly on a press assertion, Augnito Voice Companies can simply combine with present EMR, HIS, PACS, RIS and LIS for as much as 48 hours with minimal coding required, thus lowering integration time. It at the moment connects with over 70 medical programs worldwide, together with Fujifilm in India and the Center East, Wellbeing in the UK, and Chartnote in the USA.
Furthermore, the developer portal additionally hosts plug-and-play SDKs for varied apps and customized SDKs and built-in libraries for complete voice-based modifying. Augnito additionally gives a free-to-download cell mic app and cell mic SDK for seamless dictation.
Telehealth service MyCLNQ Well being involves JustLogin app
Singaporean cloud HR options supplier JustLogin has partnered with MyCLNQ Well being to supply small companies and their staff entry to a complete company well being and wellbeing ecosystem.
In response to a press launch, MyCLNQ Well being’s on-line well being providers, together with telemedicine and medicines supply, are actually out there to JustLogin customers as a part of their subscription.
“This integration will progressively lengthen throughout JustLogin’s whole suite of options, together with Profit, Go away and Payroll, to seamlessly deal with the administration of healthcare for employers and staff alike,” JustLogin CEO Kwa Kim Chiong added.
Ambrane to commercialise IIT Kanpur’s smartwatch for the visually impaired
The Indian Institute of Expertise Kanpur has signed a know-how switch cope with electronics firm Ambrane India to fabricate and promote its haptic smartwatch for the blind and visually impaired.
The watch is available in two variants: the haptic model has 12 touch-sensitive hour markers over the dial face that upon contact generates a protracted vibration pulse to point the hour and a brief vibration pulse to point minutes. In the meantime, the smartwatch variant has a tactile-haptic interface to show time and well being parameters, akin to coronary heart charge and step rely. It additionally includes a sensible timer.
The haptic watches had been developed to deal with limitations of present watches for the blind and visually impaired, IIT Kanpur famous in a press assertion. “We consider that this watch will make a terrific social influence by enabling the visually impaired and blind to make seamless use of this know-how for on a regular basis utilization,” stated IIT Kanpur Director Professor Abhay Karandikar.
