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Following our recent Seed+ funding round closure, our CEO Tatiana Fofanova, Ph.D. Fofanova had an insightful dialogue with Jim Parker from Hospice News, shedding light on what lies ahead for us. 🌟 Reflecting on our next steps, Dr. Fofanova shared, "We actually have a contract signed for the second product line as a proof of concept already, and it’s going to be synergistic to the #AdvanceCarePlanning product and set us up quite nicely for the series A." It's a testament to our continuous effort to innovate and provide comprehensive care solutions that truly make a difference. The completion of this significant funding round, led by Ecliptic Capital with pivotal contributions from Memorial Hermann Health System, AARP, and TMC Venture Fund, marks the next chapter in our journey. This capital injection will not only fuel our expansion but also enhance the depth and reach of our impactful #patientengagement solutions. This conversation also touched on the strategic utilization of the new funds, including further technological development, team expansion, and the exploration of new markets. By building on our unique approach to Advance Care Planning, we're setting the stage for even greater achievements in personalized patient care. 🔍 Focused on the future, our goal is clear: to #empowerpatients with the tools they need to make informed healthcare decisions, supported by a platform that bridges, digital convenience with compassionate care. https://lnkd.in/gqC-ZS9f

Greater Good Health, a #healthcare company based in California, has raised $20 million in a series A #funding. In #addition to new #strategic #investors, the round #included LRVHealth, Health Velocity Capital, Martin Ventures, and Optum Ventures. Flare Capital Partners #served as the round's lead investor. In addition to #speeding up the #development of its own primary care clinics, the #company plans to use the funds to grow and scale its #private-labeled, #integrated clinical solutions. The company will start by #forming a value-based #partnership with an #enormous #Medicare Advantage #health plan with the #goal to open #clinics for seniors in #Montana later this #year. Greater Good Health is a #healthcare #organisation which #promotes and #broadens access to value-based, #holistic primary care. It is led by founder and CEO Sylvia Hastanan. The business #collaborates with risk-taking #organisations to deploy private-labeled clinical #programmes that #facilitate the move to value-based, outcomes-focused care through #collaborations with health plans that #establish primary care practises in #underserved, #frequently rural #communities. This is #accomplished through a #creative Nurse #Practitioner-led model. Its clinical #programmes and tried-and-true care model assist #patients, #providers, and #payers alike by #enhancing results, cutting costs, and providing #patients with the best possible #treatment. Greater Good Health LRVHealth Health Velocity Capital Martin Ventures Optum Ventures Flare Capital Partners Sylvia Hastanan Mike Grover #greatergoodhealth #funding #startup

Hopscotch Primary Care, now serving over 15,000 people across 10 clinics, celebrates several key milestones this month.   New Capital   We are excited to announce the Company has closed a $50 million Series C raise, welcoming new investors aMoon Fund, Citi Impact Fund and Alumni Ventures with participation from existing investors 8VC, CVS Health Ventures, K2 HealthVentures and Town Hall Ventures. "At aMoon, our investments are driven by our mission to accelerate cure and help people live longer, happier lives. To that end, we are excited to support Hopscotch in their efforts to provide better access to care in underserved, rural communities," said Dr. Yair Schindel, Managing Partner at aMoon Fund, of their participation in the round. Dr. Schindel will join Hopscotch’s Board of Directors and bring unique skills and experience working alongside seasoned value-based care investors and operators with firsthand experience building and scaling best-in-class healthcare companies, including Oak Street Health, TAG - The Aspen Group and Oxeon.   Leadership Transition   We are deeply grateful for Kristin Myers’ leadership as Chief Executive Officer. Her passion for rural health and advancing new care models that create better provider and patient relationships has been core to her leadership. After three years as the founding CEO, she has made the decision to step down. She will remain in an advisory role to the company. With her transition, Andrew James will continue in his role as Chief Financial Officer and lead the Company on an interim basis as we evaluate candidates for Kristin’s successor. Dr. Thirath Chau, the Company’s Chief Medical Officer, continues to leverage his prior Oak Street experience and deliver clinical excellence across all clinics.   Hopscotch also welcomes new leadership to the team - David Thurlow as Chief Operating Officer and Dave Miller as Market President. They both bring a wealth of experience in value-based care and operational excellence at companies of scale. Their combined experiences at Community Medical Services, Enlivant, DaVita Kidney Care, ChenMed, Panoramic Health, Bain & Company and the US Navy position Hopscotch well for this next phase of growth.   The Opportunity Ahead   With fresh capital and a growing team, we are expanding access to high-quality care in rural communities where the population is vast (35% of U.S. residents living outside large metros) and severely underserved with poor outcomes (25% more likely to die from five leading causes of death than urban counterparts).   Hopscotch already is delivering a differentiated patient experience and quality outcomes, with an average 88 NPS and 4.5 Star rating across initial clinics in their first year.   While we are proud of our success to date, our greatest potential and impact lies ahead. These milestones are just the beginning for the next phase of growth and opportunity ahead. https://lnkd.in/eqcdjP3H

Ways to go The Cigna Group Ventures and 9amHealth!!! This is exactly what my Remote nurses do as you meet the patient/client where they are at. This is the way of the future for health and wellness success. I love how you say you have, "A plan created for you, and no one else" #diabetesmanagement #remotepatientmonitoring #diabetescontrol #telehealthcare #populationhealthmanagement #remotemonitoring #patientexperience #rn #lpn #healthcoaching #sdoh

#MD-based Accompany Health secures $56million in series A round #funding. Venrock, ARCH Venture Partners, IVP, Granite Capital Management, and Evidenced were among the backers. The money will be used by the #business to grow both its operations and growth initiatives. Accompany Health, under the direction of CEO and Founder Dr. Rahul Rajkumar, integrates social care, behavioral health, and primary care services to give patients access to all-encompassing, team-based care to support them in reaching their #health objectives. It can act as a patient’s main care #physician or work in tandem with their current physician to provide at-home visits, virtual #treatment, and round-the-clock support. Accompany Health’s goal is to provide low-income #patients with complex requirements with the respectable, first-rate treatment that they are entitled to but never get. Accompany Health is a #primary, #behavioral, and social care service that supports #patients around-the-clock and provides at-home and virtual treatment. Accompany Health Venrock ARCH Venture Partners IVP Granite Capital Management Rahul Rajkumar To share your startup story write us on - contact@startuprise.io #accompanyhealth #funding #startup

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Allara, a virtual care #platform based in New York City, has raised $10M in a series A #investment. In addition to Tom Lee (of One Medical) and Maggie Sellers, other investors in the round included Great Oaks Venture Capital, Humbition, Vanterra, Gaingels, and Google Ventures. By extending its #insurance coverage, #establishing partnerships with medical #facilities to #guarantee #continuity of patient care, and #engaging in clinical research, the company #plans to use the cash to #boost access to care. Allara, led by Rachel Blank, provides a #platform for care designed for women with #complicated gynecologic and #hormonal #diseases such polycystic ovary #syndrome (PCOS) and #endometriosis. By #connecting patients with seasoned medical #professionals and Registered Dietitians who have an in-depth #knowledge of #hormonal and #metabolic care, it makes expert #healthcare #accessible online. For patients with #chronic diseases, Allara offers continuing medical, lifestyle, and #emotional support, enabling them to #realize improved health outcomes and reach their unique goals. Allara Great Oaks Venture Capital humbition Vanterra Capital Gaingels GV (Google Ventures) Rachel Blank #allara #funding #startup

VC has entered the hospital ownership arena. Given the PE trailblazing on "how-to-profit" without much failure risks, regulations preventing physician ownership, needless to say, I am more than skeptical. If it's a full-stack play (provider + payer) where they really really really are interested in creating a top-down system that challenges the status quo megahealth, a bit different. Here's to hoping that they aren't after financially engineering profits where hospitals become just a specially protected asset class to use as collateral.

WOMEN’s HEALTH NEEDS YOU 🫵 I originally started building #GoddessGaiaVentures because I wanted to give back after two #cancertreatments, #IVF and an #autoimmunedisease. That said, I haven’t continued to build, fund and invest out of a sense of “nobleness” only - investing in women’s health makes huge financial sense, is sustainable and can create billion dollar companies💰 Historically women’s health has tended to belong in the charitable and philanthropy bucket. That doesn’t mean that women’s healthcare is not #VCbackable it completely is- all depends on what you choose to invest in, at what stage and how one slices and dices this $1 Trillion Market. https://lnkd.in/d9j7_DPw Let’s look at the women’s healthcare market : 1️⃣ Early stage M&A market is active (a lot of first time founders got funded during Covid at the top of the cycle (i) now difficult to raise next up -rounds and (ii) larger competitors are acquiring to improve their own footprints. At the other end of the spectrum there have been chunkier acquisitions e.g in 2023 Cooper Surgical’s $300M acquisition of #CookMedicals portfolio of OBGYN devices 2️⃣ IPO markets have halted -but we have a number of women’s health companies who are potentially ready to go to the public markets eg Maven Clinic , Kate Ryder (last raised $90 million series E, 2022 circa $1.4 bln valuation) 3️⃣ In March 2022, The Carlyle Group and PAl Partners joined forces in the acquisition of #Theramex, a leading specialty pharmaceutical platform, dedicated to women's health in a $1.4B transaction (rumours say at a 3x return for the sellers) 4️⃣ #MidiHealth just raised $60 mln- series B , congrats Joanna Strober and team Kindbody Tia HerMD Oula Tuune Hertility are all venture backed . 5️⃣ PE has been doing this for a long time they just don’t call it “women’s health” it is just plain healthcare. 25 US based women’s healthcare deals were completed between 2013 to 2019 involving PE firms like TA Associates Ares Management Corporation Summit Partners. 9 major women's health practice deals completed in 2021 and 8 major investments in women's health practice platforms in 2022 eg L Catterton made a $680M acquisition of #ThorneHealth (at-home hormonal health tests and supplements). Female consumers have $43 trillion of global consumer spend at their disposal and make 80 % of all healthcare decisions 🤯 And yeah investing in women’s health gives you that fuzzy feeling, you’re investing in your mother, sister, daughter, wife and your lover, hell 4 billion women 👩🏾👩🦰👩🏻🎤👰♀️🤵🏽♀️🤰 Women’s health is the now and it is the future ………. Rhia Ventures Amboy Street Ventures SteelSky Ventures FemHealth Ventures Ingeborg Investments Serena Ventures Aya Suzuki, CFA Colin Bennett Marissa Fayer Maria Molland Marta Kedrzycki Esther Krofah Caitlin MacLean Evelyn B. Lucy Perez Jane van Dis, MD Camilla Harder Hartvig #healthequity #healthcare Maria Zubeldia Diaz Reenita Das Samantha Katz Pivotal Ventures