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By  Dave Muoio 11:38 am October 26, 2020
Nice Healthcare, a Minneapolis-based video and in-home primary care provider, has raised $5 million in seed funding, MedCity News reports. The funding was headed by Waterline Ventures, and also saw participation from Conductive Ventures and Indie.vc. WHAT IT DOES Offered through employers, Nice Healthcare's business uses a patient mobile app to schedule primary care virtual visits. These can be...
By  Dave Muoio 08:38 am July 29, 2020
Humana has invested $100 million into Heal as part of a new strategic partnership between the two companies. The Series D investment more than doubles Heal's lifetime fundraise, bringing the house call and telehealth platform's lifetime raise to around $170 million. WHAT IT DOES Heal was founded in 2015 as an app that helped users coordinate doctor house calls. Although initially limited to Los...
By  Dave Muoio 10:46 am May 30, 2019
Heal, maker of an app for booking and processing physician house calls, is making an unexpected addition to its platform: a built-in telemedicine feature that customers may use to conduct voice or video calls with a provider. For a company that often stresses the value and benefits of an in-person visit, the decision to introduce a degree of separation between the patient and a clinician may seem...
By  Jonah Comstock 03:45 pm June 6, 2017
Doc+, a Russian digital health company that combines telemedicine with digital-enabled house calls, has raised $5 million from two existing investors: Yandex, an internet services company, and Baring Vostok venture fund. This is the second round of funding and brings Doc+'s total funding to $10.5 million. The company's primary business is digital-enabled house calls, similar to US companies like...
By  Jonah Comstock 12:19 pm June 8, 2016
RetraceHealth, a Minnesota-based direct-to-consumer home and video doctor visit provider, has raised $6.5 million according to an SEC filing. This follows on a $1 million round from January. Lemhi Ventures, a new investor, led the round and Lemhi Managing Director Jodi Hubler will join RetraceHealth's board of directors. Previous RetraceHealth investors include Blue Cross and Blue Shield of...
By  Jonah Comstock 08:54 am November 17, 2015
Dispatch Health is adding an iOS app to its mobile house call service, which currently offers its service through local municipal services providers. For the first time with the new app, consumers will be able to request care from Dispatch Health directly, bringing the company more in-line with similar providers like Pager or Heal. Denver, Colorado-based Dispatch Health maintains a fleet of cars ...
By  Jonah Comstock 11:45 am March 10, 2015
Pager, which offers an app consumers can use to request in-person physician house calls, has raised $10.4 million according to VentureBeat. The round was put up by existing seed investors Lux Capital and Montage Ventures, and new investors Goodwater Capital and Summation Health Ventures. New York City-based Pager, which launched last May, is one of many startups to have called itself an “Uber for...