The virtual care platform Conversa announced this week it has raised an additional $8 million for its Series B funding round, bringing the total amount for this raise to $20 million.
The company first announced it had raised $12 million last June led by Builders VC and Northwell Ventures. In addition to the co-leaders, the now completed Series B round also had participation from UH Ventures, P5...
Paddy Padmanabhan is founder and CEO of Damo Consulting, a growth strategy and digital transformation advisory firm that works with healthcare enterprises and global technology companies, and author of The Big Unlock: Harnessing Data and Growing Digital Health Businesses in a Value-Based Era.
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