StartUp Health Insights: Veterinary Care Financier Turned Healthcare Financier Secures Series C |…

StartUp Health Insights: Veterinary Care Financier Turned Healthcare Financier Secures Series C | Week of Sep 20, 2022

Other digital health funding rounds this week included an Australian wellbeing platform, pharmacy startups in Germany and Nigeria, and US-based companies working on Medicare benefits, youth mental health, telehealth for Latinos, and more.

This week’s reported health innovation funding was led by Scratchpay, a Pasadena, CA-based startup that has recently expanded its finance services from veterinary care to include human healthcare. The company’s $35M Series C was led by Norwest Venture Partners, with participation from Alumni Ventures, Companion Fund, Struck Capital, SWS Venture Capital, TTV Capital, and others. <source>

Other recent deals included:

Soda Health, a Bentonville, AR-based healthtech startup connecting payers, members, and retailers to ensure supplemental benefits reach those in need, raised $25M from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Define Ventures, and Qiming Venture Partners USA. <source>

Sonder, a Waterloo, NSW, Australia-based technology-driven wellbeing and safety platform, raised AU$35M ($23.5M) led by Blackbird Ventures, with participation from SEEK Investments, SecondQuarter Ventures, and others. <source>

Cure, a Berlin, Germany-based startup that offers pharmacy delivery and other healthcare services, raised $15M led by Breega, with participation from Abstract Ventures, J12 Ventures, and PiLabs. <source>

Rootine, a Nashville, TN-based health company for athletes, raised $10M led by Relevance Ventures, with participation from Techstars and DSM Venturing. <source>

Hopscotch, a New York, NY-based digital youth mental health startup, raised $8M co-led by ​​Greycroft and Inspired Capital, with participation from New York Ventures, Remarkable Ventures, Watershed VC, Cold Start, and individual investors. <source>

Phantom Neuro, an Austin, TX-based neurotech startup that enables lifelike control of robotic orthopedic technologies, raised $6M led by Time BioVentures, with participation from Risk & Return (R²), LionBird Ventures, Draper Associates, and Breakout Ventures. <source>

Zócalo Health, a Seattle, WA-based virtual healthcare service for Latino patients, raised $5M led by Animo, Virtue, and Vamos Ventures, with participation from Necessary Ventures, Able Partners, Dr. Toyin Ajayi (of StartUp Health portfolio company Cityblock Health), Freada Kapor Klein, Nikhil Krishnan, and Erik Ibarra. <source>

Remedial Health, a Lagos, Nigeria-based healthtech startup digitizing pharmacies and bringing efficiency in the West African pharmaceutical supply chain, raised $4.4M led by Global Ventures, with participation from Tencent, Y Combinator, Cathexis Ventures, LightSpeed Venture Partners Scout Fund, Ventures Platform, Alumni Ventures, True Capital Management, and angel investors. <source>

Enzee Health, a Columbus, OH-based platform that helps measure compliance and quality to help hospitals provide better patient care, raised $1.5M led by Rev1 Ventures, with participation from Tamarind Hill, Harbor Street Ventures, M7 NEO, Redgrave Investments, Service Provider Capital, and others. <source>

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