Old shareholders include Fosun Pharma and Ping An Global Pilot Fund
At two o’clock in the morning, the cry of the baby makes you panic, and your child cries all the time. Should I run to the hospital overnight at the risk of infection? In the morning on weekdays, when you feel uncomfortable and can’t tell whether it is a critical illness, is it necessary to take leave to go to the hospital? Faced with such frequent home medical needs, telemedicine has a solution.
Recently, A telemedicine company in Israel ” Tyto Care “ has attracted people ’s attention. This company provides home health diagnostic equipment and telemedicine consulting app. Recently, the company completed a new round of financing of 50 million US dollars, led by Insight Partners, Olive Tree Ventures and Qualcomm Ventures.
It ’s striking that this startup has a total financing of more than $ 105 million, and there are also old shareholders Fosun Pharma and Ping An Global Pilot Fund. This financing volume is really high in the telemedicine industry. Why is Tyto Care so favored by capital?
Let ’s first look at the differences between the company ’s products. Unlike common telemedicine companies, Tyto Care also provides up to four remote diagnostic devices based on the remote consultation app. One main device with display, camera and thermometer, and otoscope , Cardiopulmonary sound stethoscope and Laryngeal tongue depressor. That is to say, the doctor can remotely monitor the images in the ear and throat. Monitor lungs, skin, intestines, electrocardiogram, body temperature, heart rate, etc.
Picture from Tyto Care official website
Compared to competing products, Tyto Care ’s technology can achieve many difficult remote inspection projects and cover The department is more comprehensive.
Not only is the convenience of telemedicine, Tyto Care also has two core key points in the commercial design: The test results are approved by the doctor and have the data Safety. This product can provide a medical examination with a clinical diagnosis and treatment level, and the results are approved by the doctor; Use a HIPAA security platform, only users and medical institutions Can access the platform, so you can ensure that the information is safe and reliable.
In 2019, Tyto Care ’s toolkit has tripled its sales growth.
The spread of the new crown epidemic worldwide has made people realize that remote medical examinations can protect doctors and users and enable uninfected patients to obtain basic health examinations remotely. Avoid unnecessary risk of infection.
Tyto Care CEO Didi Girard said: “Companies like Scanwell Health are providing home diagnostic tests for diseases such as urinary tract infections” (TytoCare has not covered this type of diagnosis). The funds raised this time will be used to purchase and develop new tools based on the existing diagnostic platform, and expand its home health test kit to new areas.