Altoida raises further $14 million to “democratize digital cognitive assessment at scale” via augmented reality (AR) and AI

Altoi­da snags Mer­ck KGaA-led $14M fund­ing round for Alzheimer’s diag­nos­tic app (Fierce Biotech): The $14 mil­lion top-up came from a mix of old and new investors, co-led by White­cap Ven­ture Part­ners and Mer­ck KGaA’s cor­po­rate VC arm, M Ven­tures, which also led the ini­tial tranche of series A financ­ing … The new­ly upsized fund­ing will help…

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Understanding the impact of concussions on the brain

What a con­cus­sion looks like inside your brain (PBS): “But what hap­pens to the brain right after a con­cus­sion? Researchers at the Nation­al Insti­tute of Health peered into the brains of mice and watched how a trau­mat­ic brain injury pro­gress­es over a day. 

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