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The world’s leading investors call for health and wellness innovators (Paris, March 23)

February 18, 2020

On March 23, the French capital is to host the world’s leading investors searching for early-stage innovation in health and wellness. Startups from Eastern Europe are welcome to this fast-track cross-border match-making event, which covers such industry segment as digital health, precision medicine, ageing in place, pharma, medical devices and IoT. To date, 40+ investors …

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Online drug marketplace Liki24 raises $1 million from venture funds, business angels

July 10, 2019

Liki24, a Kyiv-based drug delivery service, has attracted $1 million in funding in its first investment round, Ukrainian tech blog AIN.UA reported. The round was led by two Ukrainian investors — TA Ventures, one of the largest and most active Ukraine-based VC firms, and Genesis Investments. Part of the funding was also provided by Michael Puzrakov, co-founder of …

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Activists seek to give 3D-printed robotic hands to war amputees

July 27, 2018

In a cozy computer workshop shining with cold luminescent light, a cluster of several 3D printers softly murmurs as it processes a print task. At first, the printing heads only produce thin ovals of plastic. But soon, the recognizable contours of artificial phalanges and a wrist appear. “This is how it works,” says a tall bald …

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Ukrainian-founded medtech startup secures support from EU’s Horizon 2020

June 28, 2018

Last week Raccoon.world, a Ukrainian-founded, US-based medtech company, announced that it received a €50,000 grant from the EU Horizon 2020 program. The money will be spent on developing the startup’s new offer, Raccoon.Recovery. Aimed “to help people after a trauma or a stroke restore the functionality of their hands, as well as to give an opportunity …

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US-Ukrainian medtech startup Cardiomo wins Techstars pitch competition

January 17, 2018

On January 12 Cardiomo, a US-Ukrainian AI-powered health monitoring startup, announced that it had won the international Techstars startup pitch competition held as part of the CES 2018 in Las Vegas. The startup was awarded an app-controlled BB-8 drone, a 30-day guaranteed placement on Amazon.com Exclusive and $5,000 worth credits from Twilio, a cloud communications platform.

Bookimed attracts $500,000 from Aventures to develop global medical tourism platform

December 7, 2017

Yesterday AVentures Capital, a major early-stage venture capital fund based in Ukraine, announced a $500,000 lead investment into Bookimed, a Kyiv-(Kiev-) based healthcare service operating globally. Presented as “an independent search service for medical solutions around the world”, the startup arranges for diagnostics, treatment, rehabilitation and aesthetic procedures based on given criteria.