Pomelo Care, a digital maternity care platform, introduced it secured $46 million in Collection B funding.
Current buyers Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and First Spherical Capital led the spherical.
Stripes, Operator Companions, SV Angel and BoxGroup additionally participated within the spherical alongside angel buyers Adam Boehler and Puneet Singh.
The New York-based firm companions with employers, well being plans and suppliers to supply digital fertility, being pregnant and new child care from preconception by way of a child’s first yr. Its choices embrace vitamin counseling, instructional content material, main and ladies’s care, and 24/7 phone, textual content or video entry with a care crew member.
“We have lengthy identified what works to cut back maternal and toddler issues, however these interventions have traditionally been tough to implement by way of the normal healthcare system,” Marta Bralic Kerns, founder and CEO of Pomelo Care, informed MobiHealthNews in an e-mail. “We offered information at ACOG that our care mannequin is having an influence on the basis causes of the maternal well being disaster. With this funding, we’ll be scaling this care mannequin with industrial and Medicaid plans to enhance outcomes for sufferers throughout the nation.”
Marigold Health, which affords an AI-supported peer help chat for individuals with substance abuse issues and different psychological well being points, closed an $11 million Collection A spherical led by Rock Well being and Innospark Ventures.
The Commonwealth Care Alliance, KdT Ventures, Epsilon Well being Traders, VNS Well being Plan, Stand Collectively Ventures Lab, Koa Labs and Wavemaker360 additionally participated within the spherical.
The corporate affords an nameless peer help program for people with substance use dysfunction or different psychological well being circumstances. This system contains 24/7 entry to text-based help teams and one-on-one teaching from an authorized specialist.
The funds will develop the corporate’s attain, partnerships, and peer workforce.
“Traditionally, most funding in SUD care has targeted on the small minority of individuals already receiving and open to therapy,” Shrenik Jain, founder and CEO of Marigold Well being, mentioned in a press release.
“Typically, this therapy isn’t very efficient – peer help is the unstated actuality on how most individuals lastly get higher. We’re making a secure place for our members to empower one another and get the most effective out of a damaged system.”
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