Jennifer Schneider and the rest of the Livongo team learned a lot about what works and what doesn’t work when building a digital health platform. That was before Livongo was acquired by Teladoc in a $18.5 billion deal in October 2020. “We had built a beautiful business and had a great vision, and the team […]
General Catalyst
Another startup company focused on home-based care has scored tens of millions of dollars in initial funding. On Monday, San Francisco-based Homeward announced its launch with a $20 million investment from General Catalyst. Homeward will be led by key executives behind Livongo, the digital health platform that was acquired by Teladoc in a $18.5 billion […]
Entrepreneurs Max Cohen and Cameron Behar have spent the bulk of their careers at forward-thinking companies like Google and Oculus. They’re now using that shared experience on the forefront of change to launch Sprinter Health, an on-demand mobile health startup that sends full-time nurses and phlebotomists into the home for lab draws, vital checks, COVID-19 […]
Venture capital powerhouses GV, General Catalyst and Andreessen Horowitz are paying close attention to the home-based care space, betting that health care will continue its mass exodus out of hospitals, skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and other facilities. Andreessen Horowitz — which led San Francisco-based home care startup Honor’s $20 million Series A round back in […]