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CNBC
5 days ago
- Business
- CNBC
AI-efficient and flush with capital: 2025 startups and a VC's advice to founders
Battery Ventures general partner Dharmesh Thakker has some advice for first time founders: raising capital does not necessarily equate to success. After over a decade of investing in early and growth stage cloud and big data startups, Thakker sees some companies 'AI-washing,' and many taking on more funding than they need to succeed, thanks to an abundance of capital in the ecosystem. In an extended interview with CNBC's Kate Rooney, Thakker maps out the possible exits awaiting startups in 2025, including private equity buyouts, public listings, and big tech acquisitions–if they survive. He's deployed capital into the Indian and Israeli startup ecosystems, and he weighs in on the global trade environment's impact on funding flows.
National Post
28-05-2025
- Business
- National Post
AssistIQ Raises $11.5 Million to Fix Supply Blind Spots with AI, Preventing Missed Charges and Avoidable Costs in Surgical and Procedural Care
Article content Article content MONTREAL — AssistIQ, an AI company using computer vision to transform how hospitals manage surgical and procedural supply chains, today announced it has closed an $11.5 million Series A round led by Battery Ventures, with participation from return investor Tamarind Hill. With growing adoption across academic and community hospitals, AssistIQ's platform captures every item used in operating and procedural rooms, helping hospitals recover revenue, streamline clinical operations and boost staff satisfaction. Battery Ventures Principal Brandon Gleklen will join the Board of Directors. Article content Northwell Health, New York State's largest healthcare provider, is rolling out AssistIQ across all operating rooms at North Shore University Hospital and the Dorothy & Alvin Schwartz Ambulatory Surgery Center in Manhasset, N.Y. As a design partner, Northwell has played a key role in shaping the clinical and supply chain integration of AssistIQ's flagship product, AIQ Capture. Northwell teams will continue to inform product development while using the platform to optimize charge capture and improve efficiencies. Article content Earlier this year, Owensboro Health Regional Hospital in Owensboro, Ky., became the first U.S. hospital to integrate AIQ Capture with Epic. This integration reduces manual steps to streamline clinical workflows and enhance usability for frontline teams. It also makes real-time supply and implant capture data accessible within existing hospital systems. AssistIQ has several additional health system Epic integrations planned in the coming months. Article content 'Our mission is to build trust in data and empower health systems with AI-driven insights that improve margins, drive sustainability and ultimately enhance patient care,' said AssistIQ CEO Lisa Israelovitch. 'We're thrilled by the market's response to our product and deeply grateful to our health system partners, whose collaboration helps us innovate and deliver solutions that create value across clinical and operational workflows. We're also excited to welcome Brandon and the Battery team to the AssistIQ journey as we accelerate our growth and expand our impact in the market.' Article content AssistIQ Brings Automation and Visibility to One of Hospitals' Costliest Blind Spots Article content U.S. medical and surgical supply expenses have increased by an average of 6.5% annually since 2017, reaching $57 billion in 2023. Contributing to these rising costs are factors such as unnecessary variability in the use of similar products and the waste of unused surgical items. Hospitals' return on investment is further diminished by missed charges for billable supplies that are not accurately tracked and associated with patient cases in billing systems, leading to significant revenue leakage. Article content AssistIQ closes these costly gaps by giving hospitals real-time, automated visibility into what's actually used for surgeries and other high-cost procedures. Its AI-powered platform replaces outdated barcode scans and paper logs with computer vision that captures every implant and supply item tied to a procedure instantly and accurately. AssistIQ seamlessly integrates into the clinical workflow, driving down surgical costs by automating supply capture and surfacing data and insights that were previously unavailable, and allows clinicians to focus on providing patient care. This enables hospitals to recover missed revenue, reduce costs and standardize how supplies are tracked and used. Article content The result is a new, trusted layer of data that connects clinical, finance and supply chain teams – unlocking more accurate billing, tighter inventory control and stronger margins. AssistIQ integrates directly with leading EHRs like Epic and GE, as well as major enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, embedding seamlessly into hospital infrastructure to automate costly manual processes and gain control over their most complex cost centers. Article content Now in use across major academic and regional hospital systems in the U.S. and Canada, with several additional deployments underway, AssistIQ is delivering measurable outcomes, including: Article content Hospitals and health systems looking to close costly supply gaps and unlock real-time surgical data can learn more at or request a demo today. Article content Quotes from Health System Partners and AssistIQ Investors Article content Phyllis McCready, Senior Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer, Northwell Health 'Innovation is woven into the very fabric of Northwell Health. Our goal is to globally monitor the usage and movement of high-end clinical products across all procedural areas in the health system. This collaboration combines AssistIQ's technology with Northwell Health's large-scale operating environment to provide scalable value to the health system.' Article content Beth Steele, Chief Operating Officer, Owensboro Health 'We're choosing technology that works for our staff. AssistIQ has helped us reduce paperwork, close documentation gaps and create more efficient surgeries. It allows our clinicians to focus on providing patient care, while uncovering insights that were once invisible to our teams.' Article content Brandon Gleklen, Principal, Battery Ventures 'We're thrilled to partner with Lisa and the AssistIQ team as they leverage cutting-edge computer vision and AI to streamline clinical and operational workflows in healthcare. Battery has long invested at the intersection of healthcare and AI, focusing on solutions that deliver results. AssistIQ empowers clinicians to spend less time on documentation and more on patient care, while helping hospitals reduce waste and enhance margins. We're excited to support their mission.' Article content AssistIQ is streamlining healthcare supply management with cutting-edge computer vision, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning that transforms the way supplies and implants are managed in the operating room and procedural areas. The AssistIQ platform eliminates manual processes, integrates seamlessly with electronic health records and enterprise resource planning tools, and provides actionable insights for clinical, financial and supply chain teams to improve margins, enhance patient care and drive sustainability. Founded in 2022, the company has raised $16 million, from investors including Battery Ventures and Tamarind Hill. For more information, visit Article content Article content Article content Article content Article content Article content
