Folx Health, which offers virtual healthcare services for the LGBTQ+ community, raised $30 million in a Series B funding round led by 7wireVentures.
Others participating in the round include Foresite Capital and existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners, Define Ventures and Polaris Partners. As part of the financing, 7wireVentures Managing Partner Lee Shapiro, formerly chief financial officer...
Plume, a startup focused on virtual care for transgender patients, raised $24 million in Series B funding.
The round was led by Transformation Capital, with participation from General Catalyst and Town Hall Ventures. The investment comes about a year and half after the company announced a $14 million Series A.
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Plume offers digital gender-affirming care, including prescriptions to...
Colorado-based digital health startup Plume landed $14 million in Series A funding for its virtual platform designed to help members of the transgender community find health services. Craft Ventures led the round with participation from General Catalyst, Slow Ventures and Town Hall Ventures.
This comes roughly a year after the company launched its product to the public with a focus on gender-...
A collection of more than 50 LGBTQ, public health and HIV/AIDS activists have signed a joint letter urging Facebook to remove advertisements from its platform that they say are “factually inaccurate” and scare at-risk users away from pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) treatments.
These ads — which the signatory groups say are being directed at LGBTQ Facebook and Instagram users — come from multiple...
The University of California San Francisco has launched a longitudinal study of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ) and other sexual and gender minority (SGM) adults to examine how their sexual orientation affects their health.
The study is called PRIDE and stands for population research in identity and disparities for equality. Researchers will collect data for the study using an...
