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Although the activity tracking and consumer health market is growing more crowded every day, Casper de Clercq, an investor recently promoted to general partner at Norwest Venture Partners, said in the future it will be medical-focused, not consumer, wearable companies that offer the better return on investment.
Montreal, Canada-based Carre Technologies, which does business as Hexoskin, has raised about $960,000 ($1.
Austin, Texas-based Chiron Health has raised $2.
Hackensack, New Jersey-based Vidyo, a videoconferencing company that works with healthcare stakeholders, has raised a $10 million strategic investment from Kaiser Permanente Ventures and another $5 million from existing investors.
Doctena, a mobile appointment booking service based in Luxembourg, has raised $5 million (4.
Seattle-based Mazlo, which has developed an online behavior change coaching service, raised $10 million from Polaris Partners as well as Mazlo's cofounders, Tim Kilgallon and Sharon Ross.
Savonix, a new startup working on creating a neurocognitive assessment app, has raised $1.
Cambridge, Massachusetts-based GNS Healthcare, which has developed an analytics tool for precision medicine and population health, raised $10 million from Celgene Corporation, Alexandria Real Estate Equities, and Gi Global Health Fund.
Lyndhurst, New Jersey-based physician rating site Vitals has raised $41 million from the Merchant Banking Division of Goldman Sachs.
MD Revolution has raised $23 million in a round co-led by Chicago-based Jump Capital and an undisclosed global healthcare technology company for its mobile chronic care management system.