Function health
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Function Secures $450M Growth Financing From General Catalyst

The preventive-health platform says the backing from General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund will help it bring lab testing, medical imaging, and personalized health data to millions more people.

Editorial Team 3 min
Human Longevity
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Human Longevity Offers 30x Whole-Genome Sequencing for USD 599

The company’s Genomics for All service sequences a person’s complete genome and uses an AI-powered app to report inherited risks, drug-response markers, and new interpretations as the science changes.

Anton Dalsätt 5 min
CIRQA Smart Band: The screen-free health and fitness tracker from Garmin
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Garmin Launches CIRQA, a Screen-Free Health and Fitness Band

Garmin’s first screenless smart band offers round-the-clock health and activity tracking, up to 10 days of battery life, and access through Garmin Connect without a Garmin subscription.

Editorial Team 3 min
Signal ring Blood-Pressure Wearable
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Signal Ring Opens Preorders for a Cuffless Blood-Pressure Wearable

The investigational USD 399 smart ring is designed to take on-demand and background blood-pressure readings without a cuff or calibration, with initial shipments planned for October.

Editorial Team 4 min
Eli Lilly AtaiBeckley
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Eli Lilly to Acquire AtaiBeckley for up to $3.8B, Betting Big on Psychedelic Medicine

The pharma giant is buying the clinical-stage biotech behind BPL-003 — a synthetic 5-MeO-DMT for treatment-resistant depression — in a deal that pushes psychedelic therapy firmly into the mainstream drug industry.

Editorial Team 1 min
HTG Medical team
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Czech Medtech HTG Medical Wins EU Certification and Passes €1M to Automate ICU Care

The HTG Urogram automates one of the ICU's most mundane hourly tasks — measuring a patient's urine output — and feeds it straight into hospital systems. Now CE-marked and past €1M in funding, the startup is heading for global markets.

Anton Dalsätt 4 min
Neeko health funding
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Neko Health Raises $700M Series C Ahead of US Launch

The preventive-scanning company co-founded by Spotify's Daniel Ek has raised one of European health tech's largest-ever rounds — backed by Lightspeed and a long list of high-profile names including Mark Zuckerberg — as it prepares to open in New York.

Editorial Team 4 min