ubie – The Health Care Blog https://thehealthcareblog.com Everything you always wanted to know about the Health Care system. But were afraid to ask. Tue, 23 Jan 2024 17:50:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.4 Kota Kubo, Ubie https://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2024/01/23/kota-kubo-ubie/ Tue, 23 Jan 2024 17:50:14 +0000 https://thehealthcareblog.com/?p=107784 Continue reading...]]> Kota Kubo is the CEO of Ubie, a Japan-based symptom-checking company. Ubie has raised over $75m including a $45m round in 2022. They were focusing on the Japanese market but have been available in the US since 2022, and are expanding their presence there dramatically in 2024. It’s a direct to consumer product with a business model of helping pharma companies understand their patients better–while of course not letting them have patients’ private or identifiable information. This is a little different than most symptom checkers who tend to work with providers or plans, and I met Kota in Tokyo late last year to discuss the business and get a little demo–Matthew Holt

]]> Health in 2 Point 00, Episode 126 | A triple-episode ft. Bigfoot, Tictrac, Lifestance & many more https://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2020/06/05/health-in-2-point-00-episode-126-a-triple-episode-ft-bigfoot-tictrac-lifestance-many-more/ Fri, 05 Jun 2020 18:16:14 +0000 https://thehealthcareblog.com/?p=98647 Continue reading...]]> Today on Health in 2 Point 00, there’s been so much movement in digital health funding this week that we have a triple-episode. Bigfoot Biomedical raised $55 million in a Series C, Tictrac raised $7.5 million for employee wellness, Lifestance Health raised a whopping $1.2 billion, Maven acquired Bright Parenting, Higi raised $30 million, Bright.md raised $16.7 million, Tia raises $24 million, Doktor.se raising €45 million, Orbita raised $9 million, Curatio’s undisclosed A, Siren raised $11.8 million, 100plus raised $15 million, Ubie raised $18.7 million, Change Healthcare acquired 2 different companies—PDX for $208 million and ERX for $213 million, and special funds by Andreessen Horowitz and Softbank supporting founders of color. —Matthew Holt

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