Blackbird, a neuroscience-backed hybrid mental health provider for children and young adults, raised $17 million in February in a Series A funding round led by Define Ventures with participation from Frist Cressey Ventures and GreyMatter, bringing its total raise to $23 million.
The company's CEO, Tom Peterson, sat down with MobiHealthNews to discuss why he went from initially being an investor...
San Francisco-based MyFitnessPal has acquired fitness coaching startup Sessions for an undisclosed sum. MyFitnessPal, a health and fitness data platform that now boasts 50 million registered users, is bringing the entire Sessions team onboard and, as a result of the acquisition, plans to begin offerings its users coaching programs.
While it has been in development for a few years, it's worth...
Fitness coaching program Sessions has launched and raised under $1 million from SV Angel, Collaborative Fund, Blackbird and Joshua Kushner.
The company, a Rock Health alum, pairs users with coaches to improve fitness. First, users complete a diagnostic test and then after the coach is chosen, the user and coach meet to discuss a fitness plan. From there, the coach will monitor the user using...
