What You Should Know
- Today DispatchHealth announced the closing of $135.8 million growth capital financing led by Optum Ventures and included participation from existing and new strategic investors.
- The additional funding enables DispatchHealth to
continue to provide in-home medical care to even more vulnerable, high-needs
patients by growing its existing 19 markets, expanding to new markets, and
launching additional services.
- Many health systems, including Renown Health and
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Somatus Lands $64M to Expand Value-Based Kidney Care Model
What You Should Know:
- Somatus raises $64M in Series C funding led by Longitudinal
Capital to fuel the expansion of its value-based kidney care model.
- Somatus will use the funding to continue to scale its
model nationally and invest in technology and product development to better
support patients and health plan partners.
Somatus, a McLean, VA-based provider of value-based kidney care, today announced it has completed a Series C funding round of $64 million led by Longitude
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Kaia Health Lands $26M to Expand AI-Driven Digital Therapeutics for MSK Conditions & COPD
What You Should Know:
- Digital therapeutics company Kaia Health raises $26M in
Series B funding to help grow its digital therapy solutions for musculoskeletal
(MSK) conditions, and expand into new conditions.
- The investment was led by Optum Ventures, Idinvest and
capital300, plus participation from Balderton Capital, Heartcore Capital and
Symphony Ventures, an investment partnership with world #1 golfer Rory McIlroy.
- Kaia Health’s smartphone-based
approach to managing chronic
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LetsGetChecked Nabs $71M for Direct-to-Consumer At-Home Health Testing
LetsGetChecked, a leading direct-to-consumer at-home health testing and insights
company, today announced the closing of $71 million in its Series C round of
financing co-led by Illumina Ventures and HLM Venture Partners. The round also
includes new investors Deerfield, CommonFund Capital, and Angeles Investments
and existing investors Transformation Capital, Optum Ventures, and Qiming
Venture Partners USA. Nick Naclerio, Founding Partner at Illumina Ventures and
Steven Tolle, Partner at HLM
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RubiconMD Lands $18M to Expand eConsult Platform for Primary Care Clinicians
What You Need to Know:
- Leading eConsult platform RubiconMD raises $18M in Series C funding led by Deerfield Management Company to expand its product offerings to better serve primary care clinicians.
- RubiconMD’s eConsult platform enables primary care clinicians to easily and quickly discuss their eConsults with top specialists, so they can provide better care–improving the patient experience and reducing costs.
RubiconMD, an NYC-based eConsult platform providing access to
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UK-Based Startup Oxford VR Nabs $12.5M to Expand Automated VR Therapy Platform
- Automated virtual reality therapy Oxford VR secures a record $12.5M investment to advance its real-world impact in behavioral health, and accelerate clinical leadership in the U.S.
- The investment will enable the next-level growth of pioneering immersive therapy for depression, anxiety, and other behavioral health conditions.
VR therapy pioneer Oxford VR announced today a landmark $12.5 million Series A funding round led by Optum Ventures and supported by Luminous Ventures. The round
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Backed by Optum Ventures, Kaia Health Raises $8M for AI-Driven Digital Therapeutics for Back Pain & COPD
- Digital therapeutics startup Kaia Health raises $8M in funding led by Optum Ventures to support the accelerated execution of clinical trials required to demonstrate efficacy to the FDA.- Kaia Health utilizes multimodal therapy, which combines physical, psychological and educational elements to relieve back pain at home, without medication.- Optum’s investment in Kaia Health will consider use of Kaia Health’s digital therapeutic offerings for back pain and COPD with Optum and UnitedHealth
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LetsGetChecked Lands $30M for Regulated At-Home Medical Testing Platform
LetsGetChecked, an NYC-based direct-to-consumer at-home health testing platform increasing access to laboratory and self-testing, today announced it has raised 30 million in Series B round led by LTP with participation from existing investors Optum Ventures and Qiming Venture Partners USA.
At Home Testing, For A Healthier You
Founded in 2014, LetsGetChecked is a medical technology platform linking customers to regulated laboratory testing to better manage and control their health. The
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Diameter Health Raises $9.6M to Expand Clinical Data Integration Platform
Diameter
Health, a Farmington, CT-based provider of clinical data integration
solutions has raised $9.6 million in Series A funding led by Optum Ventures. Optum
Ventures joins existing Diameter Health investors Activate Venture Partners, Connecticut Innovations, Excelerate Health Ventures and LRV Health.
Brining Order to Complex Clinical Data
Founded in 2013 by former Allscripts
executives Eric Rosow and John D'Amore, Diameter Health’s scalable clinical
data
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LetsGetChecked Raises $12M to Expand At Home Health Testing Platform
LetsGetChecked, a Dublin, Ireland-based medical health testing platform that allows customers to access regulated laboratory testing and self-test from the comfort of home, announced it has raised $12 million in Series A funding to fuel US expansion. Led by Optum Ventures, the independent venture fund of health services leader Optum, and Qiming Venture Partners, a leading Chinese venture capital firm, the funding will be used to scale the company, fuel development of the technology platform
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