Behavioral health

The company announced a deal with Indegene to launch Regulora, its recently FDA-approved prescription digital therapeutic for treating abdominal pain associated with IBS.

As part of the agreement, SoftBank will research market opportunities for the digital therapeutic, and it can negotiate an exclusive commercialization deal in Japan.

Also: OpenLoop raises $8 million for its virtual care staffing and support services, and metaMe Health scoops up $2.2 million to prepare for the market launch of its prescription digital therapeutic.

The partnership with Zuellig Pharma includes Ensemble, Happify's therapeutic for treating major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder, and a prescription digital therapeutic for chronic insomnia.

Also: Avant-garde Health raises $12 million for its surgical care analytics platform, Canadian care navigation startup Clinia scoops up $5 million and mental health clinician staffing company Legion Health scores $2 million.

At a ViVE session, panelists discuss how to improve access to healthcare in rural communities.

The addition comes weeks after Omada Health announced a $192 million Series E financing round.

Also, SeekIn is set to release an AI-based all-cancer screening test in Europe.

Also: Rupa Health raised $20 million for its lab test platform, and CancerIQ scooped up $14 million in Series B funding.

That amounts to a 139% increase from 2020, according to CBInsights' State of Mental Health Tech 2021 Report.