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
- CLEAR, the secure identity company, partnered with Tampa General Hospital to integrate the CLEAR identity platform for businesses and healthcare organizations into TGH’s identity access management platform, PingOne DaVinci; the company also partnered with Hackensack Meridian Health, which will leverage CLEAR1, via its integration with Epic, to enable MyChart Account Creation and Password Reset, allowing patients to verify their identity with a selfie
- iCode, a computer science education provider, partnered with Codie Blocks to bring hands-on coding to children as young as three years old. Based on the PBS member station TV show Mia & Codie, the program is designed to teach kids how to code before they can even read or write, using colorful, emoji-based coding blocks that encourage creative thinking and problem-solving. Kids don’t just learn—they build, create, and Run The Code!
AI News
- Coalition for Health AI, a nonprofit organization founded by clinicians to advance responsible health AI, and the National Association of Community Health Centers, an association advocating for the nation’s Community Health Centers, partnered to empower safe and responsible AI adoption at CHCs across the country
- Highmark Health, an integrated health care delivery and financing network, partnered with Abridge, an AI-driven platform that transforms patient-clinician conversations into structured clinical notes for healthcare industries, to deploy its ambient clinical documentation platform, collaborate on a paradigm-shifting prior authorization solution at the point of conversation, and invest in other tools that integrate Abridge’s AI technology
- Atropos Health, a company translating real-world clinical data into personalized real-world evidence and insights, partnered with Novartis to build, train and evaluate multiple models to help streamline identification of people with a rare disease who have not yet been diagnosed
- Residex.AI, a provider of Electronic Health Record and clinical electronic Medication Administration Record for senior living communities, acquired Kevala, an AI-powered workforce management platform
Late Stage Fundings:
Healthtech:
- Kriya Therapeutics, a clinical-stage gene therapy company focused on developing novel therapies for prevalent diseases, raised a $313 million Series C financing round from ARCH Venture Partners, Versant Ventures, and Lilly Asia Ventures
- Eight Sleep, a company combining technology, physiology, and data to unlock deeper sleep and better health, raised $100 million from HSG, Valor Equity Partners, Atreides, Founders Fund, Y Combinator, and notable sports figures, including Charles Leclerc and Zak Brown
- restor3d, a provider of technology-driven personalized orthopedic solutions, raised $104 million, including $65 million of new equity from Partners Group and $39 million from existing shareholders
- Anocca, a clinical-stage T-cell immunotherapy company, raised $46 million in a round led by Mellby Gård with support from AMF, Ramsbury and existing shareholders, alongside new investors
- Medallion, a provider of AI-powered provider network infrastructure, raised $43 million in a round led by Acrew Capital, with participation from Washington Harbour Partners and insiders, including Sequoia Capital, GV, Spark Capital, NFDG, and others
- Iantrek, a provider of bio-interventional ophthalmic surgery, raised a $42 million Series C financing round led by U.S. Venture Partners and joined by aMoon Fund, along with existing investors Visionary Ventures, Sectoral Asset Management, Radius Special Situations Fund, and Civilization Ventures
- Wellth, a digital health solution combining daily motivation with proven behavior change strategies to deliver measurable health outcomes, raised a $36 million Series C round led by Mercato Partners, with participation from FCA Venture Partners, Comcast Ventures, and existing investors SignalFire, NY Life, and CD-Venture
- KROMATID, a developer of genomic structural analysis, raised an $8 million Series C funding round led by BroadOak Capital Partners, with participation from both existing and new strategic investors
Early Stage Fundings
Healthtech:
- Community Direct DX, Scienetix, and the R&D division of Advanta Genetics merged to form OSPRI, a vertically-integrated molecular testing platform. The merger was financed by up to $30 million of funding from Catalio Capital Management
- Luna Health, a medical device company developing insulin delivery for insulin pen users, raised $23.6 million in a Series A round led by Vensana Capital, with participation from the Swiss Diabetes Venture Fund, Ascensia Diabetes Care, Winklevoss Capital, and other investors
- Wisdom, an AI-powered dental revenue cycle management platform, raised a $21 million Series A round led by Permanent Capital Ventures, as well as Aquiline, and Juxtapose
- Method AI, a medical technology company focused on improving oncology outcomes through image-guided surgical navigation, raised $20 million in a Series A round led by a private family office with participation from Cleveland Clinic and JobsOhio Growth Capital Fund
- Develop Health, an EHR-integrated benefits‑verification and prior‑authorization platform, raised a $14.3 million Series A led by Wing Venture Capital, with participation from Afore Capital, J Ventures, and South Park Commons
- Belhaven Biopharma, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company advancing innovative dry powder nasal drug delivery solutions, raised $10 million from both new and existing investors
- Neurovalens, a medtech specialising in non-invasive neuro-tech, raised £6 million in a funding round led by Investment Fund for Northern Ireland
- Molecular You, a molecular medicine and preventive health company, raised $5 million in a round led by Voloridge Health with participation from Dynamic Leap and others
- CorriXR Therapeutics, an oncology-focused biotherapeutics company, raised $1 million from the State of Delaware
Edtech:
- Loft Dynamics, a provider of virtual reality flight training, raised $24 million in a round led by Friedkin with participation from Alaska Airlines and existing shareholders Sky Dayton and Craft Ventures, as well as UP.Partners
- Evulpo, a free learning website that provides an instructional videos, summaries, and practice units for curriculum-related topics, raised €9.3 million in a Series A funding round from Serpentine Ventures, Swiss family offices, Dr. Felix Grisard, Dario Fazlic, Bruno Pfister, Yann Sommer, and Aribeda
- Yourway Learning, a provider of AI-powered K-12 education, raised $9 million from undisclosed investors
Seed Fundings
Healthtech:
- Cascala Health, a company delivering a clinically responsible AI intelligence layer for care teams and post-acute care operators, raised an $8.6 million seed financing round co‑led by Flare Capital Partners and Eniac Ventures, with additional backing from Omega Healthcare Investors, Ziegler Link-age Fund, Tau Ventures, and Digital Health Venture Partners
Going public
- Monkey Tree Investment, which operates English learning centers for children in Hong Kong, filed with the SEC to raise up to $7 million in an initial public offering
Policy and government
- The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to cut off health research grants it contends advance diversity, equity and inclusion efforts or promote “gender ideology extremism.” By a 5-4 vote, the justices lifted an order a federal court judge in Boston issued forcing the National Institutes of Health to restore funding for more than 1,700 grants focused on heart disease, HIV/AIDS, Alzheimer’s disease, alcohol and substance abuse and mental health issues
- The Trump administration rescinded federal guidance requiring schools to provide a broad range of services to students who are not proficient in English. Those services include language acquisition classes, supports for disabilities and access to grade-level curriculum materials. The guidance was issued in 2015 under President Barack Obama. At that time, the Education and Justice Departments told school districts that failing to provide such services would violate Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which seeks to prevent discrimination based on race and national origin
Random news
- Fewer Americans say they’re drinking alcohol these days: according to Gallup, only 54% report they consume alcoholic beverages, the lowest percentage in nearly 90 years of polls that track alcohol consumption across the country. The record low of 54% in 2025 compares with the all-time high, 71%, reported from 1976 to 1978. Gallup says the results coincide with research that shows any level of alcohol consumption can be bad for your health. Even low levels of drinking can lead to certain cancers and heart problems, according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
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