Employee morale is low and turnover is high at direct-to-consumer virtual care company Ro, as the company struggles to expand its success beyond erectile dysfunction medication, according to reporting by TechCrunch.
TechCrunch’s anonymous interviews with 10 current and former Ro workers detail employee churn across departments and a frantic pace to launch or acquire new products that then...
Direct-to-consumer virtual care company Ro is rolling out a new mental health platform, dubbed Ro Mind, that will initially focus on generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and major depressive disorder (MDD). As part of the service, patients will be able to get a prescription for anxiety and depression medications through the platform, if they fit the criteria.
In a blog posting, Ro’s team said that...
Direct-to-consumer virtual care and mail-order prescription startup Ro is adding to its already impressive fundraising haul with a fresh $500 million investment headed by prior backers General Catalyst, FirstMark Capital and TQ Ventures, the company announced this morning.
SignalFire Torch and BoxGroup also returned to participate in the Series D round, as did new investors Altimeter, Baupost,...
Direct-to-consumer virtual health company Ro is turning to the in-home healthcare space with the acquisition of digital platform Workpath.
Founded in 2015, Workpath created a tool that can offer on-demand in-home care services through an API system. Through the app virtual care providers can request to send in-home blood draws or in-home nurse visits to a patient.
The company’s API is able to...
Direct-to-consumer virtual health company Ro announced Monday it’s $200 million Series C funding round. With these additional funds, the company is now valued at $1.5 billion.
The existing investor, General Catalyst, led the round with participation from FirstMark Capital, Torch, SignalFire, TQ Ventures, Initialized Capital, 3L, BoxGroup and the Chernin Group. Ro has raised $376 million since its...
Ro, a direct-to-consumer virtual health startup best known for its sexual health products, is dipping into the dermatology space. Patients will now be able to use the service for prescription products that include eczema treatment, medical-grade antiperspirant, and prescription dandruff shampoo.
The company will also be rolling out a “nightly defense skincare” that is a custom prescription...
Direct-to-consumer virtual health company Ro is now offering allergy care. The launch means that users of Roman and Rory will be able to get prescription allergy medications through the platform’s telemedicine model.
While the company said that the new service will not be treating food allergies or uncontrolled asthma, it will cover seasonal allergies, including conditions like hay fever. ...
Direct-to-consumer virtual health company Ro launched a new health information platform dubbed Health Guide.
Currently the platform covers sexual health, hair loss, weight management, diabetes, and men’s health. However, a representative from the company said that in the future, the plan is to expand the offerings to not only cater to male users, and to include more conditions.
The company,...
There are some striking similarities between mail-order sexual health companies Ro and Hims: Both started out focused on men’s sexual health, both employ telemedicine and if you ride the subway in a major city you’ve probably seen their advertisements.
But things are getting heated this week after Hims launched an updated version of its platform. On Tuesday, Ro cofounder Zachariah Reitano...
Direct-to-consumer telemedicine services have attracted plenty of attention from investors and patients alike, due in part to their lower costs and ease of use. From a medical standpoint, however, these business models introduce a number of departures from traditional care that deserve serious concern and investigation, argue the authors of an editorial published Friday in JAMA.
“DTC telemedicine...
