Handheld ultrasound system for better pregnancy management
Butterfly created the world’s first handheld whole body ultrasound system to democratize healthcare and globally provide medical imaging, combining hardware, software, data, and expertise to improve maternal health. Butterfly is partnering with third parties to build key obstetric algorithms for high-quality pregnancy management where needed most in the developing world.
- Focus areas
- Women’s Innovation
- Investment type
- Direct equity
- Status
- Active
- Initial investment
- Series D
- Partnered in
- 2018
- Headquarters
- USA
- Portfolio news
- In African Villages, These Phones Become Ultrasound Scanners
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