1. Zivian Health, a startup founded by a former Cleveland Clinic physician to manage compliance and physician relationships for advanced practitioners, landed $3 million in venture capital funding Aug. 23.
2. Nursa, a digital nurse staffing platform designed to combat hospital staffing shortages, raised $80 million in series B financing Aug. 22.
3. Clinetic, a clinical research software company spun out of Durham, N.C.-based Duke University, secured $5 million in series A financing, Triangle Business Journal reported Aug. 21.
4. Viome Life Sciences, a healthcare company creating digital diagnostics tests, raised $86.5 million in series C financing and launched artificial intelligence-powered gut tests in 200 CVS locations Aug. 18.
5. Virtual women’s health startup Visana Health received $10.1 million in seed funding Aug. 17 to expand its digital platform.
6. Optum Ventures and Blue Cross of Idaho were among the backers of an $8 million funding round Aug. 9 for Endear Health, a digital engagement platform specializing in value-based care.
7. Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface company Neuralink raised $280 million in series D financing Aug. 7.
8. TytoCare, a virtual healthcare company that provides remote physical exams, received $49 million in growth funding Aug. 3 from four investors, including Fountain Valley, Calif.-based MemorialCare.
9. Cleveland Clinic led a $17.6 million series B financing round Aug. 1 for Enspire DBS, a company developing neuromodulation therapy for patients recovering from a stroke.
