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Traditional clinical trials are often slow and expensive, but Lindus Health is flipping the script with a digital-first approach. 🌐 By combining their proprietary platform, Citrus, with a health records network, they accelerate every aspect of trials - from patient recruitment to data capture. Whether virtual, hybrid, or in-person, Lindus Health is making clinical trials more efficient and accessible for biotech and HealthTech companies, cutting down time and cost. Founded in March 2021 by Meri Beckwith and Michael Young, Lindus Health is focused on being an anti-CRO organization. CRO stands for contract research organization. The pair of founders thought that they could run medical trials faster and use technology solutions tailored to execute medical device clinical trials. Curious about how they’re transforming the process? Read our dive-in on Lindus Health. 👉 Read more here: https://lnkd.in/ds98YR7h #HealthTech #BioTech #MedTech

Our September’s #FinTechWire is back in a new format - an AI-powered podcast discussion about all non-mainstream news from the industry that we find worth talking about! 🎙️🎙️ It’s now available on Spotify. Click on the link below to listen, we’re sure you’ll find it interesting. Here’s the agenda: Outward VC has raised €60.5M to help early-stage FinTech founders. Qonto a French neobank, is expanding into four new markets. Apple is finally opening up its NFC payment access to third parties. AKUR8, Frech InsurTech has raised €107.8 million Series C round. Paybyrd chooses Mangopay to optimize merchant payment experiences. Minna Technologies has been acquired by Mastercard. Bitlayer, Singaporean Crypto FinTech completes $9M Series A Extension. InDebted has completed a $60M Series C capital raise. Monese will be acquired by Pockit, which is still pending the FCA approval. Fifth Dimension AI has raised $7M in Seed Funding. Cariqa has raised €1M in Pre-seed funding. Listen here 👉 https://lnkd.in/dGUQKrRi #FinTech #VC Heide Sacher Samuel Falmagne Arjan Molenkamp Pierre Lion Michael Neuwirth Mia Iwama Hastings Sky Harris Johnny Morris Dr. Kate Jarvis Stefano Bonetta Tamara Ciullo

We’re glad to announce that we’ve welcomed Karol Gajos as our new CEO. Sometimes, the best code comes from a change in perspective. Karol Gajos brings a blend of leadership, vision, and a record of success, proven meticulously during his time at Pentacomp. But Karol is more than just a numbers guy. He's passionate about building a thriving company. Our core values have always been transparency, integrity, and diversity - it will stay this way, but add some extra spice and innovation. 🌶️ This isn’t just a change in leadership. We’re evolving. Adam P. is staying with us. He will support Karol Gajos in building a new management team to achieve the highest possible growth trajectory for us. Expect us to push new boundaries, explore emerging technologies, and deliver more value to our current and future clients. Welcome to the team, Karol Gajos! Let's build something amazing together.  Read the full announcement: https://lnkd.in/dZCUshah

When RIGT OFFICIAL approached us to build NASS E-Payment, their goal was clear: create a financial super-app that caters to the unique needs of the Iraqi market. But it isn’t just another payment app - it has to handle multiple currencies, support two languages (and two alphabets!), and offer services from bill payments to e-commerce. Our team tackled the challenge head-on, combining TypeScript, React Native, GraphQL, and NestJS to build a robust, scalable platform. We’re building an app that meets the region's regulatory and cultural needs and offers users a seamless, secure experience. RIGT OFFICIAL is coming soon! 💯 This collaboration is a testament to what can be achieved when innovative technology meets deep market understanding. Ready to see how we made it happen? ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dBuNc2me

Pollinate bridges the gap between banks and merchants by providing a platform that transforms transaction data into actionable business insights. Originally incubated within NatWest, it offers tools for customer engagement, loyalty programs, and analytics that help merchants grow. Pollinate enables banks to create tailored, data-driven services for businesses, improving customer relationships and driving new revenue streams. With its Experience-as-a-Service (EaaS) model, Pollinate gives banks a competitive edge in today’s digital-first economy. Read our article on Pollinate: 💼 https://lnkd.in/dZVsyHTe

🌐 Expanding into global markets? Cross-border lending can open doors, but regulatory and verification issues often stand in the way. Here come passportable financial identities. It’s a way to streamline lending with secure, verified data that travels across borders. In our latest article, we explore how this innovation is shaping the future of lending, offering a more seamless, cost-effective solution for fintech companies. Discover more about the potential of passportable identities. Read our latest article! 👇 https://lnkd.in/dMGBXEN3  

Pear Bio is redefining cancer drug evaluation with its precision medicine platform, using computer vision and tissue engineering. 🍐 By modeling the tumor microenvironment in real-time, @Pear Bio allows doctors to test drug effects more accurately, identifying treatments that could work best for each patient. This method bypasses traditional genomic testing limitations and enhances drug discovery. Backed by a $14M Series A round, Pear Bio's approach is helping patients, oncologists, and pharmaceutical companies make faster, data-driven decisions. Read our full article on their vision: https://lnkd.in/dYrRMZpq  #MedTech #CancerResearch #HealthTech

September is gone. It came with quite a lot of interesting, yet under-the-radar news from FinTech and VC spaces. Here’s FinTech Wire 67 - our curated list of the most interesting recent developments: Outward VC has raised €60.5M to help early-stage FinTech founders. The UK VC firm will lead pre-series A funding rounds up to £5 million. Qonto, a French neobank, is expanding into four new markets - Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Portugal. Qonto is also looking into M&A options. Apple is finally opening up its NFC payment access to third parties. This means banks, neobanks, and other providers will soon be able to leverage Apple’s pay technology. AKUR8, Frech InsurTech has raised €107.8 million Series C round. The company aims to accelerate the growth of its next-gen actuarial platform. Paybyrd chooses Mangopay to optimize merchant payment experiences. Mangopay’s customizable e-wallet and FX capabilities will boost Paybyrd’s payment services across Europe. Minna Technologies has been acquired by Mastercard. The company’s payment scheme services enable customers to manage subscriptions efficiently across the web. Bitlayer, Singaporean Crypto FinTech completes $9M Series A Extension. It will be spent majorly on product development, especially on the launch of Bitlayer V2. InDebted has completed a $60M Series C capital raise, valuing the digital debt collection company at $350M. Monese will be acquired by Pockit. Still pending the FCA approval, the newly-formed alliance aims to create a platform serving lower-middle-income customers in the UK and EU.  Fifth Dimension AI has raised $7M in Seed Funding. The company aims to scale the genAI solution and transform the document-heavy workflows in major real estate firms. Cariqa has raised €1 in Pre-seed funding. The startup plans to launch a consumer-facing EV charging marketplace. Full #FinTechWire 67 (September) is now out on our website: https://lnkd.in/d-uSPes6 

Why do certain things pop up everywhere after you first notice them? That’s the Baader-Meinhof effect in action, and it can be a powerful tool in UX design. By leveraging this cognitive bias, designers can create familiar and engaging interfaces that guide users intuitively through products. Our latest article dives into how the Baader-Meinhof effect impacts perception, memory, and decision-making in UX, making your design choices more effective. Curious how it can improve your product? 👇 https://lnkd.in/darCHwXk #UXDesign #UserEngagement #FinTechDesign 

Sustainability in healthcare is a growing focus, and Ecomedic is leading the way with tools designed to help medical professionals reduce emissions and environmental impact. Founded in 2023 & headquartered in Chelmsford, Ecomedic helps by providing rapid life cycle assessments and real-time AI insights to hospitals and suppliers, optimizing their carbon footprints, and cutting LCA times from months to hours. Learn how this innovative platform transforms healthcare operations while meeting sustainability goals in our latest article. https://lnkd.in/dAA28aTz #healthtech #medtech #ecomedic