September was another active month for healthtech, with startups across AI, oncology, kidney care, and digital health securing major rounds.
Here’s a look at the biggest funding news we came across this month
Strive Health – Kidney Care
- Funds Raised: $550 Mn ($300 Mn equity + $250 Mn debt)
- Round: Series D equity + debt financing
- Investors: NEA (equity), Hercules Capital (debt)
- About: Denver-based Strive Health is a value-based care provider for kidney disease patients.
Inspiren – Healthcare AI
- Funds Raised: $100 Mn
- Round: Series B
- Investors: Insight Partners
- About: New York-based Inspiren develops an AI-powered platform and connected device system for senior living communities.
Ollin Biosciences – Ophthalmology Therapies
- Funds Raised: $100 Mn
- Round: Initial funding
- Investors: Arch Venture Partners, Mubadala, Monograph Capital
- About: Austin-based Ollin Biosciences is a clinical-stage biotech developing therapies for vision-threatening diseases.
Galvanize Therapeutics – Medical Devices
- Funds Raised: $100 Mn
- Round: Series C
- Investors: Sofinnova Partners
- About: California-based Galvanize develops pulsed electric field therapies for oncology and chronic lung diseases.
Thyme Care – Oncology Care
- Funds Raised: $97 Mn
- Round: Series D
- Investors: CVS Health, Humana, Morgan Health and Memorial Hermann
- About: Nashville-based Thyme Care provides value-based care services for oncology patients.
The Sunrise Group – Sleep Health
- Funds Raised: $29 Mn
- Round: Growth round
- Investors: Eurazeo, Amazon’s Alexa fund and others
- About: US based Sunrise Group is developing a digital sleep clinic, Dreem Health, to provide end-to-end virtual sleep care.
Optain Health – AI Retinal Imaging
- Funds Raised: $26 Mn
- Round: Series A
- Investors: Insight Partners, Memorial Hermann, Northwell Health, Novant Health, Ohio State Wexner Medical Center, and UPMC.
- About: Optain Health is scaling its AI-powered retinal imaging and teleophthalmology platform
AmplifyMD – Virtual Specialty Care
- Funds Raised: $20 Mn
- Round: Series B
- Investors: Forerunner Ventures, Memorial Hermann Health System, F-Prime Capital, Greylock Partners and Tau Ventures.
- About: AmplifyMD provides an AI-driven virtual specialty care platform and physician network for hospitals.
Hello Patient – Conversational AI for Patient Engagement
- Funds Raised: $22.5 Mn
- Round: Series A
- Investors: Scale Venture Partners, 8VC, Bling Capital, Max Ventures, Remus Capital, FirstLook Partners
- About: Hello Patient is reinventing the patient intake and engagement experience, positioning itself as healthcare’s digital front door.
FlexifyMe – AI Physiotherapy
- Funds Raised: ₹20 Cr (~$2.4 Mn)
- Round: Pre-Series A
- Investors: IvyCap Ventures, Signal Ventures and other existing investors.
- About: India-based FlexifyMe offers AI-powered physiotherapy-based diagnosis and pain management solutions.
Seven Starling – Maternal Mental Health
- Funds Raised: $8 Mn
- Round: Seed/Growth round
- Investors: Rethink Impact, Pear VC, Zeal Capital Partners, Magnify Ventures, Ulu Ventures, Expa, Fiore Ventures, the March of Dimes, Rogue Women’s Fund, and Graham & Walker.
- About: Virtual women’s behavioral health company focused on expanding access to maternal mental health support.
Reveal HealthTech – Healthcare AI Enablement
- Funds Raised: $7.2 Mn
- Round: Seed/Growth round
- Investors: Leo Capital, Sanos Capital, W Health Ventures, 2070 Health
- About: Reveal HealthTech is building trusted AI solutions for healthcare delivery.
Revalia Bio – Organ Testing Platform
- Funds Raised: $14.5 Mn
- Round: Seed
- Investors: America’s Frontier Fund, Sierra Ventures, Roger Ferguson
- About: Revalia Bio develops organ-on-chip platforms to help companies test new therapies on human organs outside the body to provide predictive preclinical insight.
OpenHealth Technologies – Lab Data AI
- Funds Raised: $3 Mn
- Round: Seed
- Investors: GoHub Ventures, xDeck Ventures, Edenbase, Exceptional Ventures, YZR Capital
- About: OpenHealth unlocks lab data using AI to accelerate diagnostics and healthcare research.
Aiomics – AI Documentation Tools
- Funds Raised: €2 Mn (~$2.1 Mn)
- Round: Seed
- Investors: Vorwerk Ventures, Calm/Storm ventures, Norrsken Evolve, Rule30 and other angel investors.
- About: German startup Aiomics helps reduce medical documentation time with its AI-powered platform.
Takeaway
September saw mega-rounds like Strive Health ($550 Mn total) alongside early-stage bets on AI, digital health, and precision therapies. The mix shows how investors continue to back both platform-scale healthtech companies and emerging niche innovations.
