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Augury Raises $55 Million Series D Funding to Sustain Rapid Growth, Announces New Global Partnerships and Capabilities

October 14, 2020

New Funding Round Led by Israeli-based Qumra Capital Marks Significant Increase in Valuation for IIoT Leader

Augury, a leading AI-based Machine Health solution provider, today announced it has secured $55 million in funding. The additional capital will be used to sustain and accelerate Augury’s rapid growth and to capitalize on the opportunity to help leading industrial companies improve the reliability, resilience and efficiency of their manufacturing operations. This Series D round was led by Qumra Capital, a leading late-stage venture capital firm based out of Israel. It includes participation from existing key investors, including Insight Venture Partners, Eclipse Ventures, Munich Re Venture Capital, Qualcomm Ventures and Lerer Hippeau Ventures. With this round Augury has raised $106 million since its initial funding six years ago.

The company also announced new partnerships and capabilities to help its global customers gain the benefit of prescriptive diagnostics and machine insights, no matter where in

Better Choice Announces Closing of Expanded Series F Financing and Acceleration of Asian Expansion | Money

October 13, 2020

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JAXJOX, the Leading Fitness Technology Company, Raises $10M in Series A Funding

October 13, 2020

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SEATTLE, Oct. 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — JAXJOX, the global fitness technology company known for its innovative workout equipment and platform, today announced a $10M series A round of funding with investors including Dowgate Capital Ltd. and entrepreneur Nigel Wray, bringing total funding raised to date $17M. The funding assisted in the research and development of the highly anticipated JAXJOX InteractiveStudio, which will ship to customers later this year, as well as global retail expansion. The InteractiveStudio is the first fitness platform to combine connected strength-training equipment with live and on-demand content, enabling users to track their own performance in real time during classes.

“With so much activity in the connected fitness space, we’re both delighted and excited to be part of JAXJOX’s movement to bring fitness and health

Future Gold Coast: Bulletin series looks at challenges facing tourism, health, education, real estate, manufacturing and entertainment

October 9, 2020

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THE Gold Coast Bulletin is launching the next instalment in its Future Gold Coast series, bringing the city’s leaders together to capitalise on opportunities for the Gold Coast in a post-COVID era.

Future Gold Coast (Reset) will look at the challenges and opportunities across a range of sectors, including tourism, health, education, real estate, manufacturing and entertainment.

The series follows the highly successful Future Gold Coast event last year which examined what the Gold Coast needed to position itself for 2030.

FUTURE GOLD COAST FORUM: BERNARD SALT SAYS COAST NEEDS MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE

Bulletin Editor Rachel Hancock speaks at last year’s Future Gold Coast event. Picture: Mike Batterham.

GOLD COAST HEALTH PRECINCT: THE NORTH’S BIG JOB CREATOR

Bulletin editor Rachel Hancock said the campaign would focus on the Gold Coast now, and the many opportunities that had arisen since the coronavirus pandemic hit.

“No doubt the pandemic has hit the

Curation Health Announces Series A Financing from Deerfield Management Company and WindRose Health Investors

October 6, 2020

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– Curation Health has experienced 125% customer growth in the last six months

– Healthcare providers and health plans continue prioritizing risk management and quality performance amid COVID-19

Curation Health — creators of an advanced clinical decision support platform for value-based care — has announced completion of a Series A financing for an undisclosed amount. The round was led by Deerfield Management Company and supported by existing investor WindRose Health Investors. Curation Health will use this latest funding for strategic hires to support continued customer growth, as well as expansion of services to clients that rely on the company’s platform to successfully manage risk contracts and improve quality.

Since March, Curation Health has experienced 125 percent growth in its client base of leading providers and health plans. Recently added customers include a major academic medical center in the Midwest, a nationally recognized risk-bearing physician group, and multiple new provider entities

Taraji P. Henson to host mental health series for Facebook Watch

October 6, 2020

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Taraji P. Henson is set to host a show about mental health on Facebook Watch.

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The ‘Empire’ star will be the face of a brand new series titled ‘Peace of Mind with Taraji’, which will be co-hosted by the actress and Tracie Jade Jenkins, who is the executive director of the Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation, which was set up by Taraji to help end the stigma around mental health.

According to Deadline, Taraji and Tracie will use the series to dive into issues of mental health, particularly those affecting the Black community, and will interviews experts, celebrities, and everyday people.

The hosts will also show viewers how to show support and combat stigma surrounding the treatment of mental health issues.

Taraji – who named the Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation after her late father – said in a statement: “I’ve long been a mental health

Why The New Apple Watch Series 6 Raises Questions Around Data Ownership And Healthcare Outcomes

October 5, 2020

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New Apple Products Unveiled To Customers In Sydney Stores — Customer shops for an Apple Watch Series 6 at the Apple Store in George Street on September 18, 2020 … [+] in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by James D. Morgan/Getty Images)

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In a year where healthcare and wellness took precedent in all of our lives, Apple’s
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September keynote – where the company reveals new products and services – had the same focus. The big news centered around two key announcements: the launch of the Watch Series 6 and a new fitness service called Apple Fitness +.

These announcements demonstrate Apple’s continued activity in the more than $4-trillion-dollar global wellness market. However, when examined as part of a series of investments in research and partnerships with healthcare organizations, Apple’s new products signal a bigger play. The company is poised to take a bite from an even larger industry slated to be valued at more than 10 trillion dollars by

WPI Kicks Off Celebration of The Global School, Hosting Yearlong Speaker Series on Global Challenges | News

October 2, 2020

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As part of a yearlong celebration of the launch of The Global School, WPI kicks off a monthly virtual series in October featuring experts on the most pressing global issues of our time—among them sustainability, the environment, the future of work, and the impact these have on people and the diverse regions of the world. The virtual speaker series will focus on global challenges and the impact of the work that WPI is doing to address these problems in collaboration with academic, corporate, government, and nonprofit partners around the world.

First announced earlier this year, Provost Wole Soboyejo says, “The Global School will enhance WPI’s impact as a leader and innovator in addressing great problems by creating a platform for realizing the university’s long-held vision of building a true global polytechnic with a reach and an impact far beyond what has previously been possible.”

The inaugural Oct. 9 event will

Healthy Savannah partners with Enmarket for annual health education Series

October 1, 2020

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For the past seven years, Healthy Savannah and Enmarket have partnered to bring the community the Encourage Health Education series.

“What we do is basically have four events every year, and each of them focuses on something that is upstream wellness,” Healthy Savannah Director Paula Kreissler said.

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Kreissler says that includes topics like eating better, getting more rest and being more active.

Enmarket’s marketing manager Melody McCarthy says the first event in the lecture series looks at reducing stress and anxiety during the pandemic.

“We as a team Healthy Savannah and Enmarket want to bring the best of what can be found in our community to all of its members, so that way we can all live a healthier lifestyle,” McCarthy said.

This year, participants will be learning to live a healthy lifestyle in a different way. “We used to have it in person

Maryland Health Department offers virtual diabetes education series

September 29, 2020

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Maryland has launched an online education series to try to help the nearly 45% of adults in the state who have diabetes or prediabetes.

Diabetes is Maryland’s sixth leading cause of death. (Getty Images/iStockphoto/AndreyPopov)

Maryland has launched an online education series to try to help the nearly 45% of adults in the state who have diabetes or prediabetes.

The free webinars can be found here on the Maryland Department of Health’s website. They’re intended for health care providers, people who have diabetes or who are at-risk of developing it.

Working to prevent Type 2 diabetes can save people a lot of money and hassles, according to Maryland’s medical director of the Center for Population Health Initiatives.

“People who have diabetes have two to three times more medical costs compared to people who do not,” Dr. Sadie Peters said. “Not only is it expensive in terms of how much you might