After raising $65 million in a Series C round approximately one month ago, Redesign Health, a company that builds, launches and finds funding for other healthcare startups, is laying off 67 employees, or roughly 20% of its workforce.
Redesign Health forwarded MobiHealthNews CEO Brett Shaheen's email that he sent to the employees.
In his correspondence, Shaheen said the company "made the decision...
Connected health company Withings is teaming up with digital metabolic health company Calibrate in an effort to integrate the technology from both parties. Specifically, all new Calibrate members will get a Withings Body Pro connected scale as part of their welcome kit.
Withings customized the scale to complement the Calibrate program. Users are able to weigh themselves and then have that data...
Digital MSK company SWORD health tapped Valentina Longo to serve as its next chief financial officer.
This comes months after the company announced a $163 million Series D funding round, bringing its total valuation to $2 billion.
Longo is coming to SWORD from the Financial Institutions Group at Cerbeus, where she served as the managing director. Her experience also includes time as the CFO at...
Calibrate, a virtual program for losing weight, announced Wednesday it has raised $100 million in Series B funding.
The round was led by new investors Founders Fund and Tiger Global, with participation from Optum Ventures and existing investors Forerunner Ventures, Threshold Ventures and Redesign Health.
Calibrate plans to use the capital to expand its telehealth platform and build its...
Weight management platform Calibrate announced a $22.5 million in Series A led by Threshold Ventures, with participation from Forerunner Ventures and Redesign Health.
This comes roughly six months after the company launched with a $5.1 million boost in seed funding from Forerunner.
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Calibrate’s goal is to help its users reset their metabolism. Users start the program by getting a...
This morning a new digital-weight-management startup out of New York City called Calibrate launched with a $5.1 million boost in seed funding led by Forerunner Ventures.
Calibrate is a one-year telemedicine program focused on weight loss that combines both prescription medications and health coaching. The end goal of the program is to help customers “reset their metabolic health.”
Users are...
