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Huma

Huma develops digital health platforms to advance decentralized care and medical research.

Huma Therapeutics

Huma Therapeutics

Huma Therapeutics develops a modular digital health platform for virtual hospital care and decentralized clinical trials.

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Medopad

Medopad develops digital health platforms and remote patient monitoring tools to advance proactive medicine.


Team

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Juergen Eckhardt

EVP, Head of Leaps by Bayer and Pharmaceuticals Business, Development & Licensing

Juergen heads Leaps by Bayer and business development and licensing at Bayer Pharma. His career spans venture investment roles at Bayer and Bellevue Asset Management, alongside earlier experience at McKinsey and Company.


Recent investments

Series D+
£61.7M

The Series D round was backed by strategic investors including AstraZeneca, HAT SGR, Hitachi Ventures, and Leaps by Bayer.

"We have known Huma for several years and we’ve been impressed by their remarkable progress. We have seen this first-hand. They have demonstrated strong growth and excellent metrics. With their next-generation AI capabilities and Huma Cloud platform, Huma can partner with pharma companies to deliver efficient digital health solutions to patients focused on predictive and proactive care."
— Juergen Eckhardt, EVP, Head of Leaps by Bayer and Pharmaceuticals Business, Development & Licensing
Series C
$130M

The Series C financing was led by Leaps by Bayer and Hitachi Ventures to support international expansion and platform development.

"This is a pivotal moment in Huma’s development. We have exceptional partners and strategic investors who will support us in our mission to help people worldwide live longer and fuller lives. We’re already demonstrating how ‘hospital at home’ can transform healthcare, and how decentralized clinical trials can advance research in ways that weren’t imaginable even one year ago. Now we want to accelerate the pace of change and continue to innovate for better care and research worldwide."
— Dan Vahdat
Series B
£19.4M

The Series B round was led by Leaps by Bayer to support clinical studies and technology development.

"Medopad has a bold mission to help people live their life to the fullest – one that requires long-term commitment and partnership to achieve. We are delighted that Leaps by Bayer who participated in our Series A round have now become the lead investor in our Series B. We have found the ideal partner with the dedication to help us reach our vision of creating a world where each person lives their life to the fullest."
— Dan Vahdat, Founder and CEO