Issue # 155- BLOCH Imaging $6.8M,Mamaya Health $3M, Period App Blueprint.

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The timing couldn’t be better, with 900M internet users, 650M+ smartphones, and the world’s cheapest mobile data, scaling digital health in India is faster and cheaper than anywhere else.

The need is urgent:  25M+ women with endometriosis, 30%+ with menstrual disorders, and PCOS affects nearly 1 in 5 urban women. Women don’t “try once.” They track every month, every life stage, every woman is an opportunity for engagement retention built into biology itself.

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• BLOCH Quantum Imaging Solutions, Inc. (dba BeSound), a pioneering healthcare technology company revolutionizing breast cancer detection, announced it has raised $6.8 million from investors, including Overwater Ventures, Kindred Ventures, Muse Capital, Lux Capital, Wisdom.VC, Retron VC, Mana Ventures, Pave Health Ventures, SSC Venture Partners.
• Mamaya Health, a Nashville-based digital health company focused on behavioral healthcare for women and their familes, has secured $3 million in growth equity financing to expand its platform and partnerships. The Series A round was led by LFE Capital, with participation from Spitha Capital and other investors.
• Neura Health, a NYC-based virtual neurology clinic improving access and quality of care for patients with chronic conditions, raised $11.4M in Series A funding.
• Visana Health, a virtual women’s health clinic, has secured $24 million in Series A funding to expand its services, the company announced on Tuesday.
• Quick medicine delivery startup Plazza, founded by former Zomato head of dining out Aman Priyadarshi, has raised $1.4 million in funding led by All In Capital. Other participants in the round include Better Capital, Tracxn founder Abhishek Goyal, Bounce founder Vivekananda Hallekere, the Singhania family office, and the promoters of JK Tyre.
• Tata 1mg, the online pharmacy arm of Tata Digital, is looking to raise $200 million in a fresh funding round, attracting interest from Novo Holdings, Canadian pension fund CPPIB, Permira, and Chrys Capital, according to sources familiar with the matter.
• Cirrus Therapeutics, a Cambridge, MA-based ocular immunology-focused biotech company, closed an $11m seed financing.The round was led by ClavystBio, with participation from Polaris Partners and SEEDS.
• QuantHealth, a Tel Aviv, Israel-based AI-driven clinical trial simulation, received a strategic investment from Sanofi Ventures.
• OncoC4, a Rockville, MD-based clinical-stage biotechnology company, raised nearly $50M in Series B funding.
• Ansa Biotechnologies, an Emeryville, CA-based DNA synthesis company, raised $54.4M in Series B funding.
• Cambridge, UK-based NoBACZ Healthcare, a University of Cambridge spinout developing novel products that support how lesions and wounds are treated in livestock and horses, raised £4.8M in funding.

• According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), more than one million curable STIs are acquired every day among people aged 15–49, most of which remain asymptomatic. In 2020, an estimated 374 million new infections were reported in this age group due to one of four curable STIs: chlamydia, gonorrhoea, syphilis, and trichomoniasis.
  
• Aura,an AI-powered heart care chatbot, offers consultations for just ₹1 per day. Created by the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, the chatbot aims to make cardiac care more accessible and affordable.
  
• Women who drink heavily are significantly more likely to experience unintended pregnancies. For the study published in the journal Addiction, researchers analysed data from 2,015 non-pregnant women aged 15 to 34, focusing on a subgroup of 936 women who expressed a strong desire to avoid pregnancy. Among this group, 429 reported heavy alcohol use, and 362 reported cannabis use.
• Preconception BMI outside the healthy range is linked to longer time to pregnancy and higher miscarriage risk, new research has revealed. The study followed 3,033 pregnancy or preconception episodes among couples in Rotterdam between August 2017 and July 2021, examining how body mass index (BMI) – weight relative to height – affects fertility.
• Morning sickness symptoms such as nausea and food aversions are linked to healthy inflammatory responses that help protect both mother and fetus during pregnancy, new research shows. Up to 80 per cent of early-stage pregnant women experience nausea, vomiting and aversions to certain foods or smells.
• Mothers who experienced childhood trauma face nearly double the risk of preterm birth, with 12.6 per cent delivering early compared with 6.7 per cent of those without trauma, new research has found. The study reviewed 823 mothers who gave birth to 1,285 children between 2011 and 2021, finding that 38 per cent had lived through two or more adverse childhood experiences.
  
• Menopause is not linked to increased disability accumulation in women with multiple sclerosis, according to the largest study to date. The study followed 987 Australian women with MS over 14 years, of whom 404 (40 per cent) had gone through menopause, and found no link between hormonal changes and disease progression.
• Twenty-one per cent of Gen X women meet criteria for addiction to ultra-processed foods, compared with 10 per cent of men in the same generation, new research has revealed. The rate is much higher than among adults who grew up earlier and first encountered ultra-processed foods – products high in fat, salt, sugar and flavourings – later in life.
• A large, long-term study has found that the introduction of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in community settings is highly effective in protecting young women from infections caused by the cervical-cancer-causing virus—including women who didn’t even receive the vaccine.
• US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at advancing the use of artificial intelligence in childhood cancer research. The order also provides an additional $50 million in research grants to accelerate the search for new treatments, according to a White House official.
• Huawei is preparing to launch a smartwatch equipped with blood pressure monitoring in India, with industry watchers expecting the device to be the HUAWEI Watch D2 or a similar model.
• Artificial intelligence (AI) use among Indian clinicians has surged sharply over the past year, according to Elsevier’s Clinician of the Future 2025 report. The survey shows that 41% of clinicians in India have used AI in their work this year, up from just 12% in 2024, a more than three-fold increase.
• Doctors have said that an AI stethoscope can detect three deadly heart conditions in just 15 seconds.According to them, the tool has the potential to transform early diagnosis and improve patient outcomes by identifying risks quickly and accurately. Medical experts pointed out that the stethoscope’s AI capability can assist clinicians in spotting conditions that might otherwise go undetected during routine checkups.
  
• In a first-of-its-kind study appearing in Nature Communications, an interdisciplinary team from the university’s Institute for Psychedelics and Neurotherapeutics (IPN) dosed mouse mothers with psilocybin and found that the drug amplified anxiety and depressive-like symptoms associated with perinatal mood disorders — mental health conditions that can arise during or after pregnancy. 

• Healthcare tech firm Indegene has announced the acquisition of BioPharm, a Pennsylvania-based specialized marketing services agency and part of Omnicom Health Group, for $106 million. BioPharm delivers marketing and communications solutions to life sciences clients across North America.
• Poly Medicure Limited, an Indian medical consumables manufacturer, has announced the acquisition of Italy-based orthopedic device maker Citieffe for a total consideration of INR 324 crore (€31 million). Under the agreement, Poly Medicure will acquire 100 percent equity in Medistream SA, comprising Citieffe SRL and its step-down subsidiaries in the US and Mexico.
• HAIF Inc. has launched Heart Failure Predictor (HFP), a software application that claims to assess the risk of heart failure up to 90 days in advance using any ECG data. The tool is compatible with hospital-grade ECG machines as well as wearable devices and fitness trackers.
• Labcorp has announced a collaboration with Roche to implement the company’s FDA-cleared VENTANA® DP 600 and DP 200 slide scanners, aiming to expand digital pathology capabilities across its anatomic pathology services.
• Hanahealth, the IVF division of DSS Imagetech, has announced a partnership with South Korea’s Kai Health to introduce the AI-powered embryo assessment tool, Vita Embryo, to IVF labs across India. The technology is designed to help IVF specialists improve embryo selection accuracy, thereby enhancing implantation success rates and overall treatment outcomes.

• The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, has launched the advanced da Vinci robotic surgery system in its Department of Surgical Oncology to enhance cancer treatment and improve patient outcomes.
• Apollo Hospitals signed an agreement with the Ministry of Interior, Republic of Iraq, to manage and operate the Internal Security Force Hospital.
• Under the agreement, Apollo Hospitals will provide advanced medical care to Iraq’s security forces and their families.
• AIIMS Bhopal has officially installed the Cobas Pro Advanced Integrated Clinical Biochemistry system in its Department of Biochemistry to boost patient outcomes and improve test turnaround time. As per reports, the system is the first of its kind to be installed in any public hospital across the state of Madhya Pradesh.
• Punjab Health Minister Dr. Balbir Singh launched AI-enabled screening devices on Tuesday, aimed at early detection of breast cancer, cervical cancer, and refractive errors across eight districts of the state.  The initiative, implemented with ACT Grants, introduces portable, radiation-free, AI-powered devices in primary healthcare settings.

📳 – Quick Reads: 

• New study uncovers hidden causes of heart attack, especially among young women: A new study reveals lesser-known heart attack causes in younger people and women, including anemia and SCAD, which are often misdiagnosed
• Study reveals brief exercise before tests significantly lifts children’s academic scores. Study reveals how short high-intensity exercise can significantly boost children’s academic performance and brain function
• Is your old pressure cooker silently poisoning your food?. Experts advise replacing pressure cookers every 8-10 years, or sooner if damaged, and opting for safer stainless steel alternatives to protect your health

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