Tencent-Linked Health AI Developer Raises $25 Million

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Medopad Ltd., a U.K. artificial intelligence startup teaming with China’s Tencent Holdings Ltd. on new approaches to disease, raised $25 million for clinical studies of its health technology.

Leaps by Bayer, an investment arm of Bayer AG, led the series B round, Medopad said in a statement. The London-based firm is focused on finding and using digital indicators of illness to guide treatment of conditions like Alzheimer’s disease and diabetes.