Zero

By  Laura Lovett 04:29 pm May 21, 2020
On Wednesday Big Sky Health, best known for its fasting app Zero, scored $8 million in Series A funding. The latest round was led by Greycroft., and brings the company’s total funding pot to $4.2 million.  Coinciding with the funding news is the announcement that Big Sky Health will also be offering Zero Plus, a premium service of its fasting app.  WHAT THEY DO The company’s main product is...
By  Dave Muoio 04:02 pm August 12, 2019
Todd Levy has taken the CTO position at telehealth and mail-order health product company Ro, a representative of the company told MobiHealthNews today. Levy comes off a nearly five-year stint as Buzzfeed’s CTO. Prior to this he served for four years as cofounder and CTO of bit.ly, and another half decade as senior software engineer at AOL. Dr. Andrew Trister, an early member of Apple’s health...
By  Laura Lovett 11:51 am August 7, 2019
Yesterday dieting app Zero announced that it has scored $2.8 million in new seed funding. This latest cash raise was led by True Ventures and Trinity Ventures. The money is an add-on to the company’s prior seed funding, bringing its grand total to $4 million this round.  Coinciding with this funding news is the announcement that Dr. Peter Attia will be named cofounder and chief medical officer....
By  Laura Lovett 12:53 pm April 16, 2019
Ro — the company which made its mark with a men’s health platform focused on erectile dysfunction called Roman — has landed an additional $85 million in Series B financing, according to a source at TechCrunch.  When MobiHealthNews reached out, the company declined to comment on this funding.  WHAT THEY DO Ro made a name for itself in the digital health world with its online platform that...
By  Laura Lovett 03:15 pm September 24, 2018
What happened Ro—company previously known for its online men's health platform focused on erectile dysfunction, Roman— announced that it landed $88 million, this time to work on an addiction cessation platform. This round was led by FirstMark Capital with participation from SignalFire, Initialized Capital, General Catalyst, Slow Ventures, Sinai Ventures, Torch Capital, BoxGroup, Tusk Ventures and...