Host Jonah Comstock and MobiHealthNews Managing Editor Laura Lovett welcome Heather Mack – former MobiHealthNews Associate Editor, and now the head of content and editorial and Greylock Partners – to look back at another serious funding quarter for digital health and identify some of the trends that drove investment.
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San Francisco-based appointment booking app Solv Health announced today that it has closed a $16.8 million Series B round of funding. The round was led by Greylock Partners, with participation from Benchmark and Aspect Ventures.
In the same announcement, the company also unveiled its new Solv Pay feature, which looks to make remuneration quicker and more convenient for users.
“When you give...
Backed by $3.7 million in funding led by Greylock Partners, San Francisco-based fitness app company Gixo has officially launched its subscription-based live workout app to Android and iOS. Cowboy Ventures and xSeed Capital also contributed funding to the round.
It’s hardly the only fitness app out there, but Gixo is trying to set itself apart by being one of the most approachable and easy to fit...
David Ebersman
Lyra Health, the behavioral health-focused startup launched this summer by David Ebersman, former CFO of Facebook and Genentech, has raised $35 million. Greylock Partners and existing investor Venrock led the round, with additional participation from existing investor Castlight Health, and new investors Providence Health & Services, Breyer Capital, and Origin Capital...
Grand Rounds, a company that works with consumers and employers to match patients with specialist doctors and helps provide second opinions, has raised $55 million in third round funding from a new, undisclosed global mutual fund investor as well as existing investors Greylock, Venrock, Harrison Metal and David Ebersman.
This round brings Grand Rounds' total funding to $106 million. The company...
Mountain View, California-based Hi.Q raised a $5.5 million seed round led by Charles River Ventures with participation from Greylock Partners, Menlo Ventures, First Round Capital, Rock Health, and Western Technology Investments, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Hi.Q was founded by Munjal Shah, who previously founded shopping website Like.com, which was acquired by Google for a reported $100...
Crowdsourcing diagnosis platform CrowdMed raised $2.4 million from actor Patrick Dempsey, NEA, Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock Partners, SV Angel, Khosla Ventures and Y Combinator. Grey's Anatomy actor Dempsey will also help to expand the company's platform by developing new partnerships with insurance companies so that patients are incentivized to use the platform.
This recent funding is a...
Prediction markets have been used to predict everything from Oscar winning films and box office trends to the outcome of presidential elections, often with impressive accuracy. Now a new startup called CrowdMed aims to use a prediction market in healthcare. The Y Combinator-backed startup just raised $1.1 million in seed funding to use "the wisdom of crowds" to give diagnostic suggestions to...
Simplee, which helps consumers track, review, and pay medical claims and bills online, announced this week a $6 million first round of funding led by The Social+Capital Partnership and with participation from existing investor Greylock Partners. Greylock and a handful of Israel-based angels contributed to Simplee's $1.5 million seed round of funding, according to TechCrunch.
Since the company...
