pediatric care
The hybrid company offers outpatient pediatric primary and specialty care.
The startup plans to use the funds to build out its technology platform.
Ian Miller, program lead at the Digital Medicine Society (DiMe), highlights how digital health offerings can improve access to physical and mental healthcare for children.
HIMSS22
During a session at HIMSS22, panelists discussed how provider-based venture capital firms, accelerators and incubators can help digital health startups understand and collaborate with the larger healthcare industry.
The merger with the special-purpose acquisition company Social Capital Suvretta Holdings Corp. I is expected to net Akili up to $412 million.
The app also helped children meet therapeutic goals. However, it didn't make a significant difference in overall anxiety or functional impairments.
The games are geared toward children who need help with anxiety, tantrums or anger, but also those with diagnoses like ADHD, oppositional defiant disorder and autism spectrum disorder.
The company’s digital therapeutic aimed at treating depression in teens, SparkRx, was launched in October.
Also: Pediatric sleep app Huckleberry raises $12.5 million, and illumigyn, maker of a platform for remote gynecological imaging, brings in $33 million.
The company also launched a Clinical Advisory Board to aid in the development of new programs for diverse populations.