Healthtech and edtech are two of the fastest growing sectors, with the healthtech market size to reach $3.1 billion by 2033, while the global education technology market size is projected to reach $348.41 billion by 2030.

Each week will do a roundup of the top news, fundings, and IPOs from these two sectors.

Top News  

  • UnitedHealthcare launched UHC Store, a new online shopping experience within the UnitedHealthcare app and on myuhc.com, now available to more than 6 million eligible UnitedHealthcare members with the aim of expanding to 18 million members this year. With UHC Store, UnitedHealthcare members can choose from a range of discounted health and wellness offerings to help meet their individual needs and complement their health benefits. Offerings include popular weight loss programs, orthopedic management apps, women’s health resources and more
  • Oklahoma Superintendent Ryan Walters announced that he would step down from his role overseeing the state’s schools to lead the conservative group Teacher Freedom Alliance, saying, “We’re going to destroy the teachers unions.” The announcement from Walters, a conservative Republican who pushed to incorporate teaching about the Bible into public school classrooms, caps off a contentious tenure marked by a willingness to embrace culture war issues

AI News

  • Sutter Health partnered with Hyro, a provider of AI agents for healthcare, incorporating Hyro’s suite of AI skills, including calls and messages supporting appointment management, scheduling, prescription management, and billing inquiries 
  • Eyenuk, a provider of AI-powered eye screening, partnered with the South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority with aims to scale its use across Norway’s National Health System in the coming years
  • Optos, a provider of ultra-widefield retinal imaging, and Toku, a developer of AI-powered health insights, partnered to make Toku’s BioAge available to users of Optos Daytona, Monaco, MonacoPro, and California devices in the United States
  • Innovaccer, a healthcare AI company, acquired Story Health, an AI-powered, tech-enabled platform focused on transforming specialty care from episodic to continuous, digital models
  • GHO Capital Partners, a specialist investor in global healthcare, acquired Scientist.com, an AI-powered R&D orchestration platform
  • MentalHealth.com, a health technology company guiding people towards self-understanding and connection, acquired Therapy.ai, a company that uses artificial intelligence in mental health care
  • Syracuse University partnered with Anthropic to provide every student, faculty and staff member with access to Claude for Education, Anthropic’s artificial intelligence designed specifically for academic environments
  • Rice University partnered with Google for Education to adopt Google’s generative AI solution, Gemini for Education, to provide students, faculty and staff with AI tools 
  • Subsplash, creators of Pulpit AI, an AI-powered tool designed to assist pastors in preparing and delivering impactful sermons, partnered with Southeastern University Barnett College of Ministry & Theology

Late Stage Fundings:

Healthtech:

  • Judi Health, formerly Capital Rx, an enterprise health technology company and benefit administrator, raised a $400 million investment, including a $252 million Series F funding round along with additional investments into the Company’s securities, led by Wellington Management and General Catalyst, with participation from Generation Investment Management, Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, 9Yards Capital, B Capital, Edison Partners, Prime Health Investments, and Transformation Capital, among others
  • Thyme Care, a value-based cancer care enabler, raised a $97 million Series D fundraise from current investors CVS Health Ventures, Foresite Capital, a16z Bio + Health, Concord Health Partners, Town Hall Ventures, AlleyCorp, and Frist Cressey Ventures. New strategic investors include Morgan Health, Humana, Texas Oncology, and Memorial Hermann Health System
  • Caregility Corporation, an enterprise telehealth company dedicated to connecting care for patients and clinicians everywhere through virtual care and AI-powered solutions, raised an additional $25.1 million through its Series A-2 Preferred Stock and Series C funding rounds led by Star Mountain Capital, with participation from a number of sources, including management, Dr. York Wang, PhD, initial founders, and high-net-worth healthcare-focused investors

Early Stage Fundings  

Healthtech:

  • Inspiren, a provider of AI-powered solutions redefining senior living, raised $100 million in Series B funding led by global software investor Insight Partners, with participation from Avenir, Primary Venture Partners, Scale Venture Partners, Story Ventures, Third Prime, and Studio VC
  • Sonomind, a company developing a medical device for non-invasive, personalized ultrasound-based brain stimulation, raised a $3.53 million fundraising, including $2.35 million in seed capital from Critical Path Ventures, along with the French Government as part of the France 2030 initiative
  • Nuclide Therapeutics, a biotech company and King’s College London spin-out focused on developing targeted radiopharmaceuticals for therapy-resistant cancers, raised a £5 million investment round from Marathon Beteiligungs AG
  • AusperBio, a clinical-stage biotechnology company dedicated to advancing targeted oligonucleotide therapies to achieve a functional cure for chronic hepatitis B, raised a $63 million Series B2 financing co-led by Qiming Venture Partners, with continued participation from HanKang Capital, CDH Investments, YuanBio Venture Capital, Sherpa Capital, and Genesis Capital
  • AmplifyMD, an integrated virtual care solution, raised a $20 million Series B funding round led by Forerunner Ventures with participation from F-Prime, Greylock, Tau Ventures, and strategic partner Memorial Hermann Health System
  • FYR Bio, a biotechnology company leveraging extracellular vesicles to create an end-to-end solution for new precision medicine tools, raised $8 million in funding from Sontag Innovation Fund and the Yuvaan Tiwari Foundation, along with Two Bear Capital
  • Evecxia Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing treatments for central nervous system disorders, raised a $5 million funding round managed by Collage Venture Partners and included participation from existing investors

Edtech:

  • Vedantu, a multinational online tutoring platform, raised $11 million from existing investors through convertible notes, with the round led by ABC World Asia and participation from Accel and Omidyar Network
  • The Invigilator, which provides remote assessment tools, raised $11 million in a round led by Kaltroco

Seed Fundings  

Healthtech:

  • Vocca, which uses AI to lighten the load on healthcare receptionists while improving patient access, raised a $5.5 million funding round led by Speedinvest and firstminute capital, alongside participation from Kima Ventures, FJ Labs, Sequoia Scout, and angel investors
  • Zealthix, a SaaS-based healthcare company for payers/insurers to be able to offer OPD/comprehensive healthcare plans to their users, raised $1.1 million in a seed funding round led by Unicorn India Ventures with participation from AlphaGen Venture Capital
  • Monsana, developer of an AI-powered patient matching tool, raised a €500,000 funding round from Seeder Fund, LRM, and private investors

Policy and government

  • A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to restore $500 million in federal grant funding that it froze at the University of California, Los Angeles. US District Judge Rita Lin in San Francisco granted a preliminary injunction saying the government likely violated the Administrative Procedure Act, which requires specific procedures and explanations for federal funding cuts. Instead, the government informed UCLA in generalized form letters that multiple grants from various agencies were being suspended but offered no specific details
  • Congressional Democrats continued to demand protection for Obamacare health insurance subsidies with just days to go before the federal government risks shutting down if Republicans do not agree to that ask. Congress is set to return to Capitol Hill on Monday, giving lawmakers just two days to reach a deal that will keep the government from shutting down starting Wednesday. Republicans are demanding that Senate Democrats help them pass a stopgap bill that squeaked through the House last week. Any such bill would require 60 votes to be adopted

Random news

  • Recent research presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics 2025 National Conference highlights the prevalence of medical misinformation within TikTok videos associated with hashtags such as #naturalparenting, #antivaccine, #holistichealth, and #alternativehealing. This study systematically analyzed 120 top-performing TikTok videos that cumulatively garnered over 45 million views. The findings revealed that 61% of these videos disseminated misinformation that contradicts rigorous pediatric health standards set forth by authoritative organizations like the AAP and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Nearly half of the videos (48%) were generated by individuals self-identifying as parents, while an additional 32% were produced by influencers without formal medical training. In stark contrast, healthcare professionals accounted for only 12% of the content creators. This disparity underscores the outsized influence non-expert voices wield in shaping parental perceptions on health topics through social media channels

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