Define Ventures

Lynne Chou O'Keefe, founder and managing partner of Define Ventures
By  Jessica Hagen 10:53 am June 30, 2023
Define Ventures, a venture firm whose portfolio consists of well-known early-stage startups in Silicon Valley, received $460 million in Fund III and Opportunities Funds and is looking to expand its investments in digital health. The firm invested in Folx, which offers virtual healthcare services for the LGBTQ+ community, hybrid women's healthcare provider Tia, digital care management platform...
Doctor listens to baby's heart
By  Laura Lovett 02:55 pm March 16, 2021
Today population health startup Unite Us announced that it has closed a $150 million Series C funding round. Iconiq Growth led the round, with participation from Emerson Collective, Optum Ventures, Transformation Capital, Define Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Town Hall Ventures and other healthcare partners. This comes roughly two years after the company raised $35 million in Series B funding to...
By  Laura Lovett 01:20 pm December 9, 2020
Adaptive virtual care company Story Health launched this week with $4 million in seed funding from veteran health tech investors General Catalyst and Define Ventures.  Focused on simplifying specialist care, the new platform is headed by a team of Verily alumni, including its CEO Tom Stanis, Verily’s cofounder, and Chief Product Officer Nikhil Roy.  WHAT IT DOES  The technology was designed to...
By  Laura Lovett 11:14 am May 28, 2020
This morning Tia, a tech enabled women’s health company, closed its Series A round raking in $24.27 million in new capital. Threshold Venture’s Emily Melton led the round with participation from Define Ventures, ACME, Torch Capital, John Doerr, Homebrew and Compound. WHAT THEY DO Tia follows a hybrid model of care – it offers both brick-and-mortar services and virtual tools to patients. The New...
By  Laura Lovett 03:47 pm February 5, 2020
This morning Verana Health, a startup focused on curating and analyzing real-world clinical data, announced a $100 million funding round led by GV with participation from Bain Capital Ventures, Casdin Capital and Define Ventures.  The funding news coincides with the announcement that Verana purchased PYA Analytics’ technology assets and team. PYA Analytics specializes in large-scale data...