Dave Barrett

Development Partners International (DPI) completes $190m investment in Egypt’s Alameda Healthcare 🇪🇬 💰 Development Partners International (DPI) has finalised its $190 million investment in Alameda Healthcare, marking what it describes as the largest private healthcare investment of its kind in Egypt to date. 📈 The transaction, primarily structured as a capital raise, follows the agreement signed in July 2025 and supports Alameda’s ongoing growth strategy. Since then, the group has expanded into sub-Saharan Africa with a clinic in Kenya and reported increased international patient flows from across the region to its specialist hospitals in Egypt. 🤝 DPI will work closely with Alameda’s executive leadership team, led by chairman Dr. Fahad Khater, who remains the majority shareholder of the business. 💬 Ziad Abaza, partner at DPI, said: “We are pleased to finalise this milestone transaction and look forward to our partnership with Dr. Fahad Khater and his team in delivering world-class healthcare across Egypt and the GCC.” Congratulations to Ziad Abaza! https://lnkd.in/gM2WykDn #PrivateEquity #Healthcare #Egypt #AfricaInvesting #GrowthCapital #EmergingMarkets #HealthcareInvestment

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🏥 New York-based AI startup Predoc has secured $30 million in a Series A round led by Base10 Partners, with participation from Northzone, Eniac Ventures Founded by CEO Nish Hari, Chief Medical Officer Dr. Kaushal Kulkarni, M.D., Dr. Priya M., and Alex Daniels, Predoc addresses the longstanding challenge of fragmented and slow healthcare data access. Predoc’s technology integrates seamlessly into existing healthcare systems, transforming diverse clinical data into actionable insights. Clients such as The Oncology Institute have experienced a 75% reduction in record retrieval times, highlighting the platform’s impact. Rexhi Dollaku 📖 Full story → https://lnkd.in/drBCJ5j3 #Predoc #Healthcare #MedTech #HealthIT

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My investment framework centers on 7 layers. CASIMIR fits into the first layer which is the Observation Layer. Out of 22 billion IoT devices on earth and ~10k satellites in space in 2026 we may have a 6 billion (and growing) ultra low power devices on earth and space that can one day run on MicroSparc 👍🏼 -> Eternal power chip Harold “Sonny” White + Capital Factory #HardThings #deeptech

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Fundraising Headaches? 😩 In the latest episode of Kinore Real Business Conversations, our guest Nicholas Deeney Deeny, CEO of Biovit Technologies, gets refreshingly honest about the fundraising journey for his biotech startup. As Nicholas puts it, "God, it gives me so many headaches. It's such a stress, it's a hassle, it's so time-consuming." He shares the unique challenges of seeking investment when your product is still in development, emphasizing that in the early stages, investors often back you as the founder more than just the business plan. Whether you're currently fundraising or yet to embark on that journey, you'll hear invaluable advice from Nicholas's experience and insights. 🔥 Where to listen? Catch the latest episode at https://hubs.la/Q03dytw-0 or stream it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube.   #StartupJourney #Fundraising #EntrepreneurLife #StartupFunding #VentureCapital #Biotech #BusinessChallenges #Innovation #Kinore #realbusinessconversations #Podcast

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SOND is testing whether the ear can become a sleep-control interface. The Boston startup emerged from stealth with $7M in funding from E14 Fund, Crosslink Capital, Ubiquity Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Meach Cove Capital, LLC, and John Abele. Its first product, Dreambuds, is a closed-loop in-ear system for sleep. The important distinction is active intervention. Most sleep wearables measure the night and hand users a score in the morning. Dreambuds capture 12 physiological signals, including respiration, heart-rate variability, sleep staging, body position, snoring, and seismocardiography, then use a cloud AI sleep coach to adapt audio programs in real time. That makes the product closer to a loop than a tracker: sense what is happening, select or generate the right sound, learn what works for the user, then coach around the pattern. The hardware constraint is the hard part. All-night earbuds have to be comfortable enough to disappear, small enough to carry sensors and battery, and independent enough that users do not need to pick up a phone before bed. Quick facts👇 ● founders: Yadid Ayzenberg; Amir Lazarovich ● total capital raised: $7M ● HQ: Boston, MA ● Investors: E14 Fund; Crosslink Capital; Ubiquity Ventures; Alumni Ventures; Meach Cove Capital, LLC; John Abele AI sleep hardware only matters if the device is invisible enough to let people actually sleep.

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XCaliber Health, an agentic operating system built to reduce administrative burden and streamline clinical workflows, has raised $6.5 million in seed funding led by ManchesterStory, with participation from Benhamou Global Ventures and Arka Venture Labs. The platform replaces fragmented, manual processes like referrals, prescription refills, and care coordination with autonomous, cross-system workflows that still keep humans in the loop for key decisions. Founder and CEO Prakash Khot said the company is focused on helping health systems move beyond disconnected point solutions toward coordinated automation that cuts costs and frees up clinical time for patient care. FOUNDER: Prakash Khot INVESTORS: ManchesterStory, Benhamou Global Ventures (BGV) & Arka Venture Labs ROUND: Seed AMOUNT: $6,500,000 HQ: Andover, Massachusetts #VentureCapital #XCaliberHealth #PrakashKhot #TradedVC

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Overlooked/Underrepresented Startups and Founders I hope apply to the Convoi Accelerator: Vertical Industry: Deep/Hard Tech 🤖 Hardware (robotics!) 🔨 Advanced manufacturing 🚀 Defense 🏔️ Climate Tech (someone fix the inversion!) 🔋 Energy (nuclear!) 💻 Cybersecurity 🧬 BioTech/Life Sciences 🏥 HealthTech 👵🏻 Elder/Aging Tech 🤳 Consumer AI "Wicked Problems" in society including: 🏠 Housing affordability ⛺️ Homelessness 🤑 Income inequality 🍎 Food supply/AgTech 💧 Water 🩺 Health care/health insurance 📚 Education 🧘‍♀️ Mental Health/Loneliness epidemic 🚗 Mobility (automobiles, public transit) Demographics: 👨🏻‍💻 Developer led startups 🙋🏻‍♀️ Female Founders Immigrant founders (I don't know what emoji I could possibly use here) 🎖️ Veterans 👨🏻‍⚕️ PhDs Zoom AMA sessions today, Monday and Weds. Link in comments!

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U.S. healthcare needs stronger alignment between real system problems and solutions that can actually help (and scale). That is what we are trying to make more visible here. Together with Israel Innovation Springboard, we translated some of today’s biggest provider pressures into both an article and a live dashboard: workforce shortages, administrative overload, physician burden, and the constant pressure to prove ROI. The goal is very simple: help identify where Israeli #innovation can address meaningful U.S. healthcare challenges, and where execution is truly possible. Happy to have contributed to this work. Take a look at the dashboard, and feel free to visit my page as well if you work at the intersection of healthcare, operations, AI, and transformation. https://health-pillar.com

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Massachusetts has always been where things start, from public education to biotech to the early architecture of the internet. AI is reshaping every industry. The real question is whether the next generation of category-defining companies will start and scale here. I’m proud that Klaviyo is a hosting company of the Massachusetts AI Coalition a private-sector effort to ensure AI companies start here, scale here, and stay here. As part of our partnership with the Mass AI Coalition, I’m excited to share that I am the exec sponsor of the ANCHOR Talent Task Force. Our focus is clear: build the talent infrastructure scaling companies in Massachusetts truly need. Students building real product inside real companies. Operators retraining for the AI era. Senior hire networks that keep exceptional talent here. A marketplace that helps ambitious builders plug in and get to work. The Coalition’s north star is bold: double the number of $1B+ and $10B+ companies based in Massachusetts over the next five years. That kind of ambition requires coordination and operators willing to lean in. Throughout the year, we’ll be partnering with the Coalition to host events across the Commonwealth focused on building, learning, and connecting. If you’re a founder, operator, student, or investor who wants to be part of this, keep an eye out. At Klaviyo, this commitment is personal. AB and Ed’s recent $6M gift to MIT’s startup accelerator reflects our belief that if you care about the future of a city, you invest in its builders. We’re built different, and we’re leaning in to ensure the next generation of category-defining companies are built right here in Massachusetts. https://lnkd.in/e5AsmDGi

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Excited to be part of this upcoming AgeTech Connect Boston showcase on independence and aging. Too often, assistive technology is framed as something that compensates for loss. The reality is that well designed hardware can restore agency in very real, everyday ways such as eating independently, using a phone, or simply moving through the day on your own terms. At ReachAble Technology, we have seen how small moments of regained function translate into meaningful improvements in quality of life, particularly for individuals living with neurological conditions. I will be sharing OmniCuff alongside a strong group of builders. Dephy, Inc. is developing powered footwear that augments walking and reduces fatigue with each step. ReviMo is building robotic mobility systems that enable independent transfers without the need for multiple caregivers. Appreciate the AgeTech Connect Boston team, Danielle Duplin, Kate Brigham, and Jenny Xie, for bringing together clinicians, founders, and operators who are focused on scaling access to these technologies. Looking forward to connecting with others working at the intersection of hardware, care, and independence. If you are in Boston, it would be great to see you there! Link is below to sign up for event. https://lnkd.in/exiD9qhh

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BARDA has awarded nearly $10 million to RIVANNA to speed up the development of the CADe/x AI module for the Accuro XV platform. This funding will help RIVANNA create an AI module that automates the detection of anatomical abnormalities and assists in diagnosing bone fractures. Delphine Le Roux from RIVANNA said this investment will help expand clinical data acquisition and expedite AI technology development for fracture and soft tissue abnormality detection. The CADe/x system aims to improve the interpretation of ultrasound images, making it easier for healthcare providers to diagnose fractures and soft tissue injuries. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eQJVkGxW 📰 Subscribe to the Life AI Weekly Newsletter: https://lnkd.in/eC5-u69w #ai #artificialintelligence #ainews #healthcareai

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#AmTech Weekly Roundup: Ambience Healthcare raised $243 million in Series C funding from Oak HC/FT, Andreessen Horowitz, OpenAI, Kleiner Perkins, Optum Ventures, and Town Hall Ventures. Ambience is building AI documentation software to record patient appointments, generate comprehensive medical notes, and standardize coding/authorization workflows.   Michael Ng, Nikhil Buduma    Reveal Technology raised $30 million in Series B funding from Ballistic Ventures, Shield Capital, Booz Allen Hamilton, and others. Reveal’s two main offerings are 3D mappings generated from drone videos and mobile biometrics. They are deployed with the US Army, Special Operations Command, Marine Corps, and other NATO forces.   Garrett Smith    Prophet Security raised $30 million in Series A funding from Accel and Bain Capital Ventures. Prophet is applying agentic AI to Security Operations Centers (SOCs), or hubs for cybersecurity defenses within an organization.  Kamal Shah, Vibhav Sreekanti #VC #HealthTech #Healthcare #Defense #Cybersecurity

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My review of Pablos Holman's seriously probing (yet occasionally witty) book, Deep Future, about the core technologies that can transform key industries, in CTech by Calcalist. A must-read for any DeepTech investor or entrepreneur.

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💡 Sophont Raises $9.22M Seed Round to Advance Multimodal Medical #AI Sacramento-based Sophont, a cutting-edge medical AI #startup, has secured $9.22 million in Seed funding led by Kindred Ventures, with participation from Upfront Ventures, Delphi Ventures, and notable investors including Jeff Dean and Logan Kilpatrick (Google DeepMind), Lukas Biewald (Weights & Biases), and Clément Delangue (Factorial Capital, Hugging Face). Founded by CEO Tanishq Abraham, PhD and CTO Paul Scotti, Sophont is developing multimodal medical foundation models trained on vast, unlabeled clinical data. These AI systems can reason across pathology slides, brain scans, clinical notes, and lab results—driving breakthroughs in: ✅ Symptom triage ✅ Biomarker discovery ✅ Clinical trial patient selection The funding will accelerate development and expand operations as Sophont builds medical AI infrastructure and prepares to release model backbones later this year, enabling med-tech and pharmaceutical R&D teams to fine-tune advanced models for healthcare innovation. #Sophont #MedicalAI #HealthcareInnovation #SeedFunding #AI #DeepLearning #MachineLearning #DigitalHealth #Biotech #MedTech #AIinHealthcare

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C10 Labs Expanding into the New England AI and innovation ecosystem! C10 Labs and RIHub have partnered to accelerate the growth of applied AI startups across Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The collaboration provides early-stage founders with shared resources, accelerator support, investor access, and mentorship in sectors like applied at the intersection of core sectors like health, energy, climate, biotech, and robotics. #AI #Startups #Innovation #NewEngland #VentureCapital. David Berlin Patricia Geli Beth Porter Marissa Flanagan

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