Sofinnova Partners launched a new investment strategy focused on digital medicine in a sign that investment in European startups, especially those at the intersection of biology, data and computation is returning. “It cannot be stressed enough that there is a need in the market for this,” said Edward Kliphuis, partner in the Sofinnova Digital Medicine Strategy.

The Australian government will deliver $50 million to a new biomedical and med-tech incubator (BMTI) program for health discoveries spanning early-stage drug development through to cutting edge medical devices and evidence-based digital health technologies.

Previse, formerly known as Capsulomics Inc., raised $3 million in seed financing to support the launch of its first laboratory-developed test (LDT), Esopredict. The precision medicine test is designed to detect Barrett’s esophagus (BE) and predict which BE patients will progress to esophageal cancer.

Startup Aiomic ApS received a capital injection in the form of a €1.3 million (US$1.4 million) convertible loan from Denmark’s Bioinnovation Institute (BII) that will allow the company to further develop and commercialize its artificial intelligence (AI)-driven Aiomic360 platform, which is designed to reduce the number of postoperative complications.

Yongrenxin Medical Instrument Co. Ltd. raised nearly $100 million in a series A funding round to build a health platform to treat heart failures. Sinovac Biotech Ltd. led the round.

Mvision AI Oy raised €5.4 million (US$5.8 million) in a post seed funding round to help accelerate the development of its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered automatic segmentation software, which automates and standardizes radiotherapy treatment for patients. Mvision aims to make same day cancer treatment a standard globally. The funding was led by J12 Ventures and Voima Ventures.