Check out today’s featured companies who have recently raised a round of funding, and be sure to check out the full list of past healthcare IT fundings.
Sovato Closes Series B to Advance the World’s First and Only Remote Robotic Surgery & Procedure Platform
Sovato, a company enabling healthcare organizations to implement and scale remote robotic surgery and procedure programs (also known as telesurgery), today announced the close of its Series B, bringing total funding to $41 million.
Growth-stage venture capital firm Beringea led the round, with significant follow-on investments from existing investors. Notable participants include founding investor Polaris Partners, Intuitive, GS Ventures, Laerdal Million Lives Fund, Puma Venture Capital, Teladoc Health, and other private investors. The funding will accelerate development of Sovato’s platform and advance strategic partnerships with surgical robotics companies, healthcare providers, and ecosystem collaborators.
With the global robotic surgery market projected to grow 12.4% annually through 2030 and more than 246 companies in the market today, healthcare providers face more choices than ever as systems become increasingly specialized. Sovato’s system-agnostic platform can remote-enable any surgical, interventional, or diagnostic robotic system, allowing physicians to perform these procedures remotely. This technology positions Sovato at the forefront of a major transformation in healthcare delivery.
“Over half the world’s population lacks access to timely, safe surgical care, and in the U.S., millions are still forced to travel for routine procedures—a challenge that will only grow as surgeon shortages intensify,” said Cynthia Perazzo, Co-Founder and CEO at Sovato…
Full release here, originally announced November 4th, 2025.
Planbase Launches First AI-Native Employee Management Platform for Healthcare, Saving Clinics Hundreds of Hours Per Month on Administrative Tasks
Planbase, the first AI-native employee management platform for healthcare, announced today it has officially launched, saving clinics hundreds of hours a month by automating administrative tasks. In addition, Planbase announced it has raised $2.1M in funding from Y Combinator, LocalGlobe, and prominent angels. The company will be using the funds to expand into more medium-large clinics nationwide and hire additional software engineers.
Co-Founders Joe Shearman and Jack Light are a married couple, and Planbase is their second startup together. Before Planbase, they built an AI forecasting platform spun out of the University of Chicago and backed by Harvard Innovation Labs.
AI and Workforce Management
Legacy solutions for workforce management do not leverage AI and are generally not designed for modern healthcare environments. With its AI-native solution, Planbase fully automates employee management for healthcare clinics, from onboarding and tracking licenses and credentials to forecasting patient demand, staff and patient scheduling, payroll, and performance management. Automating these tasks with AI can save a large clinic hundreds (or even thousands) of hours per month, reducing costs dramatically and better utilizing their busy, understaffed team of doctors and nurses.
Planbase has already landed multiple customers who are managing 5,000+ providers with 30M+ patients…
Full release here, originally announced November 4th, 2025.
NextSense Raises $16 Million Series A to Launch the World’s First Truly-Wireless Earbuds with EEG Sensors
NextSense, a leader in wearable EEG technology, today announced the close of its $16 million Series A funding round. The oversubscribed round was led by Ascension Ventures, with participation from notable investors including Satori Neuro and Corundrum Neuroscience Fund (CNS). Individual investors include David Eagleman, PhD, Neuroscientist at Stanford University; Esther Dyson, Founder of Wellville; and Bradley Horowitz, General Partner at Wisdom Ventures and former Google Vice President of Product.
“We started NextSense to democratize brain health — to give people the same visibility into their minds that wearables gave their bodies,” said Jonathan Berent, CEO and founder of NextSense. “This round is the next step toward that reality, and we’re excited for the next chapter in bringing science-backed brain health tools to everyone.”
Launching in Q4 2025, Smartbuds aim to deliver clinically accurate sleep tracking while helping users unlock deeper, more restorative rest through auditory stimulation proven to boost slow-wave sleep by as much as 50% among early users. Relax and Focus modes—brain-responsive audio that adapts in real time to calmer or more attentive brain states—are also coming soon.
“We invested in NextSense because of their ability to translate decades of neuroscience into accessible, consumer-ready solutions,” said John Kuelper, Lead Investor, Senior Managing Director, and Head of Healthcare Technology at Ascension Ventures…
Full release here, originally announced November 11th, 2025.
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