Nashville startups dominated venture-capital investment statewide during the most lucrative period ever for technology ventures in Tennessee and in the nation. 

The streak is driven by a handful of companies collecting hundreds of millions of dollars from investment firms, according to a "MoneyTree" report released this week from leading industry analysts PricewaterhouseCoopers and CB Insights

The nursing profession, along with the entire US healthcare system, is experiencing a period of dramatic change. New models of care are burgeoning, and new technologies are being developed and adopted to transform the way healthcare is measured and delivered. With nurses on the front lines handling the majority of hands-on patient care, innovative companies and entrepreneurs are increasingly recognizing the opportunity in supporting them with technology.

Despite the rise in availability of healthcare data, challenges to effectively using it remain. The existence of data silos in healthcare in particular is an inhibitor. Companies specializing in the distribution and packaging of healthcare data stand to both provide an unprecedented level of specificity to providers while showing excellent returns for investors.

GoCheckKids, the creators of an FDA-registered and CE certified iPhone app that screens for amblyopia in pre-verbal children used by over 4,500 pediatricians announced it has raised $6M in Series B funding led by FCA Venture Partners. The investment will be used to add artificial intelligence capabilities with Apple’s CoreML and ARKit and accelerate further electronic health record (EHR) integrations.

Whitney officially joined the FCA team on April 15, 2019. In addition to taking over responsibility for legal affairs, she will join the investment team in deal sourcing and due diligence along with oversight responsibility for investor relations and compliance matters.

“Every patient that walks into their [doctor’s office] wonders how it will impact what comes out of their pocket,” said Voddiraju, “Trust has been sorely missing in healthcare. We need to be getting more patients to believe in the billing process.”

Ampersand Health and MediQuire, Inc. are pleased to announce a strategic partnership to structure and drive success in value-based contracts for Ampersand Health and its payers using a data-driven approach, in order to improve quality of care for Medicaid beneficiaries.

Lumere, Inc., a leading provider of evidence-based analytics and services to reduce unwarranted and costly clinical variation, announced today the closure of a significant round of funding led by Heritage Group. The additional capital will be used to develop and further expand service offerings that enable evidence-led change at health systems nationwide.