The (ultra)sound of your heart? You should probably get it checked. Singapore's Us2.ai is here to use AI to fight against heart disease — the #1 killer globally. Oh, and they just raised a $15M Series A.

• Heart disease causes 1 out of every 3 deaths. (Yikes!)

Who cashed in? IHH Healthcare and Heal Partners led the round. Sequoia India, EDBI, Partech Ventures and Pappas Capital also joined in.

• Their last round was a $4.5M seed led by Sequoia and EDBI.

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🩺  Matters of the heart

They use AI to completely automate echocardiograms (aka, ultrasounds for the heart). Their software is FDA cleared and generates full reports in just 1–2 minutes.

• Heart ultrasounds are the safest and most commonly used tool to take images of the heart.

The plan? Give everyone equal access to high-quality, consistent and inexpensive heart ultrasounds — whether you're in the most advanced hospital or not.

• This also improves patient outcomes and expands access to quality care.

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🏥  How it works

Faster. Get reports in two minutes, instead of the usual thirty. Plus, it usually takes 250 manual clicks to go through regular reports — they make it one click.

Complete. Automation and speed don't compromise quality. It has explainable measurements, annotations you can edit and conclusions for each heart chamber.

Accurate. Fully automated measurements by their software were interchangeable with measures taken by human experts.

• What makes it better is that AI can even reduce the chance of human error in reports.  

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💰  What's with the $$$?

They'll be pushing towards clinical implementation in the US, Europe and Asia. Oh, and they'll also be connecting with pharma companies, research labs and imaging providers globally.