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Healthie Secures $23M Series B to Continue Building Infrastructure for Longitudinal, Virtual-First Healthcare

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3 months ago

October 15, 2024

New funding will accelerate product innovation and expand Healthie’s API-first platform for next-generation healthcare delivery.

NEW YORK, Oct. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Healthie, the leading API-first EHR, scheduling, and engagement platform, announced that it has raised $23 million Series B, led by TCV with participation from existing investors including Birchmere, Velvet Sea Ventures, and Greymatter, and Watershed. Healthie will use this capital to continue building products for its customers, who deliver virtual-first, longitudinal, and collaborative care.

“Healthie’s customers put patient experience and outcomes at the center of care delivery – this is exactly what Healthcare needs, and traditional EHRs were not designed like this.” says Erica Jain, CEO and co-founder of Healthie. “Innovation in healthcare requires a long-term mindset and we’re proud to support our customers for years to come so they can build long-term relationships with their patients and increase access to important healthcare.”

Building the Future of Healthcare Innovation

Since 2022, Healthie has tripled its market presence, powering millions of care appointments and providing seamless integrations for digital health companies. Its API-first platform helps healthcare providers streamline operations and deliver continuous, collaborative care.

Healthie supports over 25,000 clinicians in fields like behavioral health, women’s health, nutrition, coaching, MSK, and family care— specialties overlooked by legacy EHRs. The platform has enabled clinicians to care for over 10 million patients to date, while also empowering developers who make over 1 billion API calls monthly to create innovative healthcare solutions. As healthcare shifts towards accessible, continuous care, Healthie is leading this transformation with cutting-edge technology.

For example, Healthie customer Two Chairs uses Healthie’s EHR, scheduling, and engagement tools to deliver multi-state care across their growing network of hundreds of clinicians. “Healthie has been a great partner for Two Chairs, truly understanding our dedication to delivering high-quality behavioral health care and flexibility to meet our evolving needs as we continue to grow. We appreciate their platform’s adaptability to serve our unique care delivery model” said David Covell, Chief Product Officer at Two Chairs.

Innovative Solutions for Modern Care

Healthie will use funds to enhance its ONC and HITRUST Certified EHR, Scheduling, and Engagement platform, and in particular expand Healthie’s Harbor (marketplace) and introduce AI-powered solutions into the clinical experience to continue streamlining workflows, enabling better patient care, and supporting value-based models. Over the past 8 years, Healthie has built thousands of micro-features that collectively offer enterprise-grade, customizable tools for clinicians, administrators, and developers. This funding reinforces Healthie’s commitment to empowering its customers, the true innovators in care delivery.

“Healthie’s technology allows care organizations of all sizes to focus on what matters most—delivering high-quality care,” said Gautam Gupta, Partner at TCV. “By building best-in-class infrastructure, Healthie is accelerating digital health innovation, and we’re thrilled to support the company in shaping the future of care.”

Healthie recognizes that healthcare is too big of a problem for any one company to solve alone. That’s why Healthie is investing in the broader healthcare ecosystem through Healthie Harbor. With 57 partners integrated and more on the way, this solution enables third-party developers to build against Healthie APIs, enabling Healthie customers to deliver last mile, customized care solutions that improve patient outcomes and streamline business operations at scale.

“At Healthie, we’ve always been a product-first, tech-first company, driven by our passion for building the best infrastructure for healthcare for the long-haul,” Healthie’s CTO and co-founder, Cavan Klinsky shares. “We’re heads down building for our customers, and will continue investing in R&D to unlock new opportunities for our customers to innovate and scale faster than ever.”

About Healthie

Healthie provides the infrastructure for Next-Gen healthcare organizations to deliver virtual-first, continuous, and collaborative care.

With EHR, scheduling, and patient engagement solutions, and a marketplace of third-party partners, Healthie’s API-first platform allows organizations of any size to build, customize, and scale easily. The platform meets top certification standards for data security, including HIPAA, HITRUST R2, SOC-2 Type 2, and ONC certification.

Healthie serves thousands of organizations with over 25,000 clinicians, caring for more than 10 million patients. From preventative health to chronic care management, Healthie has built a leading platform since its 2016 founding, enabling organizations to deliver exceptional patient care.

Learn more about Healthie at www.gethealthie.com.

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HevenDrones Partners with SMARTSHOOTER for Drone Defense

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19 minutes ago

January 15, 2025

New partnership addresses mission-critical demand for counter-drone technology amid escalating global conflicts

MIAMI, Jan. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — HevenDrones (Heven), the market leader in hydrogen-powered drones, announced today a partnership with SMARTSHOOTER, a global innovator in fire control systems that significantly increase hit probability against static and moving ground and aerial targets.

The collaboration integrates SMARTSHOOTER’s SMASH Dragon platform with Heven’s H100 and Urban drone platforms, enabling precision targeting and engagement of both ground and aerial threats.

“As drone conflicts escalate, we know that counter-drone technology will prove critical to the evolving needs of the armed forces,” said Bentzion Levinson, CEO of Heven. “By integrating our drones with SMARTSHOOTER’s fire control systems, we aim to address customer demand for the future needs of remotely-controlled warfare.”

SMASH Dragon is an advanced robotic weapon payload that can be mounted on various drones and unmanned aerial platforms. Leveraging SMARTSHOOTER’s SMASH proprietary fire control and target acquisition algorithms, along with ballistic-calculated shot release, the system directs the weapon and accurately times the shot to achieve a precise hit. The system is uniquely designed to lock, track, and engage unknown targets in unpredictable environments, whether static or dynamic, day or night, unaffected by target movements or human errors such as fatigue and stress.

Staying at the forefront of military technology innovation, SMASH’s proven track record includes recent successful deployments and significant contracts to supply the SMASH 3000 system to NATO Countries for counter-drone operations and equipping the British Army with SMASH systems for counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) capabilities.

About HevenDrones

HevenDrones was founded in 2019 with a clear vision: To unlock the immense potential of the drone economy. Heven’s hydrogen-powered, runway-independent drones are designed with endurance and adaptability in mind. Built for the most complex missions, Heven’s drones operate anywhere—efficiently, quietly, and reliably— providing the warfighter with the technology to get the job done.

About SMARTSHOOTER

Founded in 2011, SMARTSHOOTER is an Israeli-based company that has developed world-leading fire control systems to enhance the accuracy and effectiveness of small arms. Their SMASH product line, which includes the SMASH Dragon, utilizes artificial intelligence, computer vision, and advanced algorithms to enable precise targeting of both ground and aerial threats, including drones. Headquartered in Yagur, Israel, SMARTSHOOTER also operates subsidiaries in the U.S. (Maryland), Europe (Germany), and Australia, serving a diverse array of global clients such as the Israel Defense Forces, U.S. Army, British Army, and other NATO member forces.

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HevenDrones Partners with SMARTSHOOTER for Drone Defense

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19 minutes ago

January 15, 2025

New partnership addresses mission-critical demand for counter-drone technology amid escalating global conflicts

The collaboration integrates SMARTSHOOTER’s SMASH Dragon platform with Heven’s H100 and Urban drone platforms, enabling precision targeting and engagement of both ground and aerial threats.

About HevenDrones

About SMARTSHOOTER

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Extinguishing Wildfires with Light at Meta Photonix

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19 minutes ago

January 15, 2025

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — MetaPhotonix Inc. (MPI), a Silicon Valley startup, is developing a revolutionary method to extinguish large-scale wildfires using nothing but light – eliminating water! The innovative technology also aims to significantly reduce the need for aircraft, and firefighters, enabling fires to be extinguished by AI remotely at the speed of light.

In 2024, MPI achieved a small yet groundbreaking milestone, by remotely extinguishing a tiny flame, equivalent to the size of a candle, using only light. While small in scale compared to actual wildfires, this experiment serves as a vital proof-of-concept, paving the way for a future where wildfires can be managed quickly and cost-effectively.

“It’s like the first transistor—early stage, but with transformative potential,” said CEO, Dr. Leo DiDomenico, a former NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientist.

MPI’s technology, known as photopyrokinesis, leverages “structured light” from lasers and millimeter-wave sources. These initially low-intensity beams traverse the atmosphere where they would get focused to high-intensity at the disaster area to suppress wildfires without water, chemicals, or close-range human intervention.

This innovation could save the U.S. up to $1 trillion annually in wildfire-related costs, an amount rivaling the nation’s military budget, while addressing up to 20% of global CO₂ emissions.

Using precise light beams, MPI’s technology can potentially even target fires near buildings, offering a critical tool for protecting lives and property. Therefore, this approach is a potential game-changer for the insurance industry, allowing them to keep insuring homes, by reducing claims from wildfires. Each community might someday have its own quick-acting AI fire sentry protecting lives and homes – making fire insurance viable again.

Photopyrokinesis works by directing beams of structured light to fire zones to manipulate the electronic structure of the atmosphere and create localized shockwaves that deny oxygen to the fire. This process provides millions of tiny, controlled explosions each second, extinguishing flames rapidly and efficiently. It is like using dynamite to put out an oil well fire, but much more controlled and targeted.

The structured light’s unique properties allow it to even propagate on curved trajectories, like water from a hose, enabling precise targeting of the fire even in extreme wind conditions like Santa Ana winds.

Founded in 2022 by Dr. DiDomenico, MetaPhotonix Inc. is advancing in the XPRIZE Wildfire competition, but needs visionary investors to help scale this technology and protect lives, ecosystems, and economies from the devastating effects of wildfires.

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