There are apps for helping people manage conditions like depression and diabetes. Why not heart health?
San Francisco-based Miga Health is developing an app specifically designed to do just that — help those contending with cardiovascular issues better manage their health in order to prevent heart attacks and strokes.
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in this country, with a heart attack or stroke happening every 20 seconds, Miga's co-founders, Jarrad Aguirre and Dre Limberopoulos, said in a blog post last week. That's despite the fact that the vast majority of such episodes are preventable and health care providers know how to promote heart health, they said.
"The status quo is unacceptable and demands immediate action," Aguirre and Limberopoulos said.
Miga, legally known as Enduring Inc., hasn't yet shown exactly how its app will work or what it will look like. Instead, the startup says the app will be targeted at patients and will include the ability to do at-home blood pressure monitoring via a mobile app. The app will also offer patients virtual consultations with clinicians, access to a mail-order pharmacy and health and wellness coaching.
The startup has some new cash to build out its app. In their post, Aguirre, a San Francisco Business Times 40 Under 40 honoree in 2021, and Limberopoulos announced Miga has raised $12 million in seed funding.
Here's more on its round and other seed funding news from the past week:
Enduring Inc. (dba Miga Health), San Francisco, $12 million: Quiet Capital led the round for this provider of telemedicine services focused on heart health. Asymmetric Capital Partners, Floating Point, VamosVentures, Alumni Ventures, Adapt Ventures, Lux Capital, and Wilson Sonsini also invested.
Doppel Inc., San Francisco, $5 million: FTX's venture capital arm led the round for this provider of non-fungible token (NFT) fraud detection software. Polygon Studios, Solana Ventures, OpenSea Ventures, Dapper Labs, SVAngel, South Park Commons, Script Capital, Spartan Group, Paxos, 6529 Capital, Quiet Capital and AlphaLab Capital also invested.
Quartic.ai Canada Inc. (dba Quartic.AI), San Jose, $4.5 million: ZS led the round of this developer of software for designed to help manufacturers analyze and improve their operations.
Aklivity Inc., Palo Alto, $4.1 million: 468 Capital led the round for this provider of software that helps apps connect with streaming media and messaging services. Pear VC and Alumni Ventures also invested.
Idiomatic Inc., Palo Alto, $4 million: Freestyle led the round for this developer of software used to analyze customer feedback. Gaingels, Hyphen Capital and Xoogler Ventures also participated
