LGBTQIA+ focused digital healthcare provider FOLX Health announced a partnership with Crisis Text Line, to provide 24/7 free text-based mental health support services to FOLX members.
Crisis Text Line is a global nonprofit organization that provides free, confidential text-based mental health support offered in English and Spanish.
The partnership will increase access to support for FOLX members...
Folx Health, a Boston-based digital healthcare service launched in 2020 specializing in the physical and mental health needs of the LGBTQIA+ community, is accepting insurance, thanks to its status as an in-network healthcare provider.
The network incorporates regional and national health plans, including Blue Shield of California (BSC), opening the door for Folx to offer virtual primary care,...
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...
Folx Health, which offers virtual care for the LGBTQIA+ community, is stepping into the employer space.
The startup's new enterprise product allows companies to offer Folx's tools, like virtual primary care, hormone replacement therapy and PrEP, to their workers. It will include support for parents of LGBTQIA+ youth, as well as diversity, equity and inclusion training.
In addition to Folx's...
Going to the doctor can be a stressful situation, but many in the LGBTQIA+ community continue to face stigma and additional barriers to care. In fact, over a third of individuals in the LGBTQIA+ community have faced discrimination of some kind in the past year, according to the Center for American Progress.
"I think for the LGBTQIA+ community, of which I am a part, ... the best-case scenario is...
This morning LGBTQIA+ focused digital health provider Folx Health scored $25 million in new financing. Bessemer Venture Partners led the round with participation from Define Ventures and Polaris.
Founded by former Optum VC, A.G. Breitenstein, this comes just months after the company announced its $4.4 million seed funding.
Folx is kicking off its offerings with a Hormone Replacement Therapy plan...
MedArrive, a startup seeking to bridge the gap between telehealth and in-person care, launched last week on the back of $4.5 million in seed funding. Kleiner Perkins and Define Ventures co-led the round.
The startup employs and coordinates EMS providers who are deployed to the home of a patient. There, they can conduct basic clinical services and loop in the patient's physician virtually if...
