Belong Health raises $40 million — Akido Labs' pitch deck — Conditions with the most research funding

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Subscribe to Insider View in browser       Hello, Welcome to Insider Healthcare. I'm healthcare editor Leah Rosenbaum, and today in healthcare news: We have the pitch deck from Belong Health's Series A to help low-income older adults; We also have the pitch deck from Akido Lab's Series A to collect public health data; An Insider analysis shows that the most common health conditions don't always receive the most funding.  If you're new to this newsletter, sign up here. Comments, tips? Email me at lrosenbaum@insider.com or tweet @leah_rosenbaum. Let's get to it... Here is the 29-slide presentation a former Cigna executive used to raise $40 million to improve how lower-income older adults receive healthcare Belong Health works with insurance companies to provide care to dually eligible patients. On Wednesday, it raised $40 million in Series A funding from NEA and Maverick Ventures. CEO Patrick Foley also worked at Medicare startup HealthSpring, which was acquired by Cigna in 2012. See more>> Here is the 12-slide presentation that convinced health-tech juggernauts like Anne Wojcicki and Elad Gil to back a public health data analytics startup Akido Labs makes data analytics software for first responders working with at-risk populations. On Thursday, it raised $25 million in Series A funding. Its software helped track COVID-19 outbreaks among populations experiencing houselessness. Check it out>> We looked at what conditions receive the most research funding compared with the leading causes of death in the US. Here's what we learned from 2021. Heart disease, cancer, COVID-19, unintentional injuries, and strokes claimed the most lives in 2020. The conditions that caused the most deaths and the best-funded conditions often don't align. COVID-19 is a new entrant to leading causes of death and to research funding areas. Dive in>> More stories we're reading: Vaccines could still protect against Omicron via powerful 'T cells' that are hard to measure but prevent severe illness and death (Insider) A reporter talks to an expert about how to stop people from hacking medical devices (Politico) Is Omicron as infectious as it gets? Scientists lay out their best and worst scenarios for the virus' future. (Insider) New documents show that COVID-19 tests used by the CDC were badly designed and potentially contaminated (The New York Times) -Leah       ADVERTISEMENT Learn more about how getting a colon screening today reduces the future risk of colon cancer.     Was this email forwarded to you? SUBSCRIBE NOW     You received this email because you signed up to this Insider newsletter using the email: aymentanaze.news@blogger.com   Email preferences Unsubscribe TERMS OF SERVICE PRIVACY POLICY 1 Liberty Plaza, 8th Floor. New York, NY 10006