Optum Ventures

Doctor listens to baby's heart
By  Laura Lovett 02:55 pm March 16, 2021
Today population health startup Unite Us announced that it has closed a $150 million Series C funding round. Iconiq Growth led the round, with participation from Emerson Collective, Optum Ventures, Transformation Capital, Define Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Town Hall Ventures and other healthcare partners. This comes roughly two years after the company raised $35 million in Series B funding to...
Equip uses virtual family-based treatment to help children, teens and young adults overcome eating disorders.
By  Mallory Hackett 10:00 am February 10, 2021
Equip, a virtual eating disorder treatment program, has closed a Series A financing round worth $13 million led by Optum Ventures. The round also had participation from new investor .406 Ventures and existing investor F-Prime Capital, which led Equip's previous seed round. Together, the rounds bring Equip's total funding to $17 million. WHAT THEY DO Equip uses virtual family-based treatment (FBT...
By  Laura Lovett 03:04 pm December 17, 2020
This morning health data company Diameter Health scored $18 million in Series B funding. Centene Corporation led the round with participation from Optum Ventures, LRVHealth, Connecticut Innovations and Activate Venture Partners. This new funding round brings the company's investment total to $30 million. WHAT IT DOES Founded in 2013, the company focuses on synthesizing clinical data sets. It uses...
Springtide, a multimodal clinic for children with developmental delays, today announced the closing of its Series A equity round worth $18.1 million.
By  Mallory Hackett 11:06 am November 12, 2020
Springtide, a multimodal clinic for children with developmental delays, today announced the closing of its Series A equity round worth $18.1 million. Deerfield Management Company and Optum Ventures led the round. Along with their monetary contribution, representatives from each company will join Springtide’s board of directors to provide strategic guidance and support. WHAT IT DOES With offices...
By  Laura Lovett 01:11 pm September 9, 2020
Just two months after closing its Series B funding, Truepill, a digital pharmacy that focuses on APIs, telehealth practitioners and pharmacy fulfillment services, announced a new $75 million Series C funding round.  The funding, which will help kick off the company's at-home lab testing efforts, was led by Oak HC/FT with participation from Optum Ventures, TI Platform Management, Sound Ventures...
By  Mallory Hackett 12:59 pm June 24, 2020
DispatchHealth, an in-home care provider, closed its $135.8 million Series C funding round yesterday. Optum Ventures led the financing with participation from Alta Partners, Questa Capital, Echo Health Ventures, Oak HC/FT and Humana. WHAT THEY DO DispatchHealth is like a mobile urgent care. Patients and their providers can request services by calling in by phone – or via the mobile app or website...
By  Dean Koh 12:00 am May 19, 2020
Founded in 2015, Singapore-headquartered digital health and data analytics company Holmusk yesterday announced a $21.5 million funding round, led by Optum Ventures (OV) and Health Catalyst Capital (HCC) and included existing investors Heritas Capital and other individuals. Dr Vijay Barathan from OV and Charles Boorady from HCC will be joining the Board of Directors. Holmusk has offices in New...
By  Leontina Postelnicu 10:01 am February 12, 2020
British firm Oxford VR has secured £10 million in a Series A funding round led by Optum Ventures, with support from Luminous Ventures. Existing backers Oxford Sciences Innovation, Oxford University Innovation and GT Healthcare Capital Partners also participated. WHAT THEY DO Oxford VR, a spinout from the department of psychiatry at the University of Oxford, was founded in 2017. It builds on two...
By  Laura Lovett 03:15 am September 17, 2019
This morning digital physical therapy company Kaia Health announced an $8 million funding round led by United Health’s venture arm Optum Ventures. This comes seven months after the company announced that it scored $10 million in a Series A funding round led by Balderton Capital.  WHAT THEY DO Kaia Health got its start with a digital physical therapy platform for back pain, which guides users...
By  Dave Muoio 11:43 am September 10, 2019
Vim, maker of a tech platform enabling value-based care for health plans and providers, has raised $24 million in a Series B round led by Optum Ventures and Premera Blue Cross. Great Point Ventures, Sequoia Capital and Leverage Health Solutions have also backed the company. WHAT THEY DO Vim offers a patient-facing appointment booking platform that can be integrated onto payer and provider sites...