Business

AI-powered healthtech Biofourmis’s remote monitoring platform supports Hong Kong in fighting COVID-19

Leveraging its wearable and Artificial Intelligence, Singapore-grown personalised digital therapeutics platform Biofourmis will deploy its remote monitoring platform to accelerate disease surveillance and interventions in Hong Kong.

It will remotely monitor coronavirus infected and suspected patients using its Biovitals Sentinel platform, a turn-key solution. It will provide clinical decision support for early identification of any physiological changes that could indicate deterioration, to enable earlier interventions for better outcomes.

The programme is administered by The University of Hong Kong and includes Hong Kong-based Harmony Medical, which is Biofourmis’s joint venture partner for the China region.

Prof. David Chung Wah Siu, MD, Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, said: “Patients with COVID-19 deterioration commonly exhibit symptoms such as fever, cough, and shortness of breath, all of which can be closely monitored through related physiological parameters via Biofourmis’s biosensor Everion, which is being worn on the arm by patients quarantined in their homes or clinical settings.”

Finance

Indian proptech investment platform Strata secures US$1.5M seed funding from SAIF Partners, others

Strata, a tech-enabled commercial real estate investment platform, has raised US$1.5 million in a seed round, led by SAIF Partners and Mayfield India. Real estate data analytics platform PropStack and three other angel investors also participated.

Also Read: Proptech is changing the face of real estate in Asia Pacific

The startup, which was incorporated in May 2019, plans to utilise the fresh raise to expand to other metro cities and strengthen its current tech stack.

The platform is designed with a three-pronged approach to help reduce the high capital requirement for investors, bring in expertise, and introduce liquidity to an otherwise rigid marketplace.

Strata aims to create new investment opportunities in premium commercial properties for the middle-class Indians who to date could only invest in low-yielding residential properties.

Currently operational in Bangalore (HQ) and Mumbai, Strata is hoping to double in team size this year to over 45 members, with a majority of hiring in roles related to technology and investor relations.

AI-powered conversation intelligence platform Salesken nabs US$8M in Series A funding from Sequoia India

Bangalore-based Salesken.ai has raised US$8 million in Series A funding from Sequoia India with participation from Unitus Ventures.

With this, existing investor Michael and Susan Dell Foundation made a partial exit.

The funds will be used for further development of Salesken’s AI-based conversation intelligence platform (Salesken.ai) and for expansion across the Asia Pacific and North America markets.

Inside sales is a rapidly growing industry worldwide with nearly 48 per cent of all sales teams now selling products over the phone or web conferencing tools.

Salesken helps these teams with real-time intelligence during their sales conversations to help them win more deals by receiving intelligence on various aspects of the sales pitch, from lead qualification to navigating pricing discussions and gauge the sentiments of their customers during the conversation.

People

Pomelo names Piyanuch Limapornvanitch new Chief People Officer

Pomelo, Asia-operated omnichannel fashion brand, announced today the appointment of Piyanuch Limapornvanitch as its new Chief People Officer.

Limapornvanitch brings over 15 years of experience in HR across a variety of companies and will oversee Pomelo’s human resources division, driving its people experience, development and operations, talent acquisition and strategy, and employee engagement initiatives as the company continue to scale at speed.

Also Read: Thailand’s Pomelo gets US$52M Series C funding to expand omnichannel experience

Limapornvanitch most recently served as the Head of HR at Accenture Thailand. Prior to Accenture, she led HR initiatives across Thailand and Vietnam at Christian Dior.

The announcement follows Pomelo’s recent appointment of Anders Heikenfeldt as Chief Retail Officer, as the company continues to expand its operations across Southeast Asia.
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