INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Zebra Medical Vision, an Israeli medical imaging startup that uses machine and deep learning to build tools for radiologists, has raised a
Existing investors Khosla Ventures, Nvidia, Marc Benioff, OurCrowd and Dolby Ventures also returned for the round.Zebra also announced its
develop a new product that has already been trained using almost two million images to identify 40 clinical findings
Scheduled to launch next year, it will help automate the analysis of chest X-rays for radiologists.Founder and CEO Elad Benjamin, who
launched Zebra with Eyal Toledano and Eyal Gura in 2014, told TechCrunch in an email that its Series C capital will be spent on new hires to
speed up the development of its analytics engine and its go-to-market strategy.Chest X-rays are one of the most common radiographs ordered,
but also among the most difficult for radiologists to interpret
There are several groups of researchers focused on using artificial intelligence algorithms to make the process more accurate and efficient,
including teams from Google, Stanford and the Dubai Health Authority.Benjamin said Zebra, which has now raised a total of $50 million,
critical component of radiology
Zebra Medical Vision already markets a bundle of algorithms for lung, breast, liver, cardiovascular and bone disease diagnoses called AI1
that costs hospitals $1 per scan.In a press statement, aMoon managing partner Dr
physicians and healthcare systems with tools to dramatically increase capacity, while improving patient care
This investment aligns with our vision of backing scalable and sustainable innovations that will have a valuable impact on fundamental
