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Nina Capital Invests In Woodway Assurance To Expand Health Data Privacy Platform

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Nina Capital has made an investment in Woodway Assurance, a company building a health data privacy platform, with the funding aimed at expanding the platform's reach and capabilities. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Why this matters: Health data is some of the most sensitive information a person generates. It can affect insurance, employment, and relationships in ways people rarely anticipate when they hand it over. More investment in privacy-focused health platforms could mean better protection for patients. The key is whether 'privacy platform' means genuine user control or just better compliance packaging. Those are very different things, and the difference matters to real people, not just to investors.

Who should care: Healthcare professionals · Privacy officers · Compliance · General readers · Policy

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