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By  Emma Murphy 01:29 pm April 16, 2021
Less than a year after its launch, Cohere Health, maker of a care-collaboration platform, announced a $36 million Series B funding round.  Polaris Partners led this latest funding round with participation from new investors Longitude Capital and Deerfield Management. Existing investors Flare Capital Partners and Define Ventures also contributed.  Since its founding, the company has continued to...
By  Dave Muoio 02:59 pm August 19, 2020
Somerville, Massachusetts-based virtual diabetes care company Podimetrics has added yet another $8 million to its Series B-2 funding, bringing the round's closing total to $24.6 million, the startup told MobiHealthNews. Polaris Partners, Rock Health, Norwich Ventures and Scientific Health Development, all of which had previously backed the company, contributed. Additionally, Podimetrics announced...
By  Dave Muoio 03:23 pm December 16, 2019
Somerville, Massachusetts-based Podimetrics has bumped its $13.4 million Series B funding round up to $16.55 thanks to a new investment from Polaris Partners. The company, which makes a connected platform for diabetic foot ulcer detection, also announced the addition of five new names to advisory board: Dr. Kenneth Kizer, former Veterans Affairs undersecretary for health; Dr. Ronald Geraty, a...
By  Laura Lovett 02:44 pm August 15, 2019
New York-based startup Nomad Health, maker of an online healthcare job marketplace, announced Thursday that it raked in $34 million through a combination of new equity and debt financing. The round was led by Icon Ventures with participation from Polaris Partners, RRE Ventures, .406 Ventures and Silicon Valley Bank.  As part of this news Tom Mawhinney, a general partner at Icon Ventures took a...
By  Dave Muoio 03:25 pm June 17, 2019
Quartet Health, a startup focused on behavioral health and primary care, has brought in another $60 million in funding, bringing its total raise to $153 million. The Series D round was headlined by Centene Corporation, with support from returning backers F-Prime Capital Partners, GV, Oak HC/FT and Polaris Partners. WHAT THEY DO Quartet’s integrated platform links providers, payers and services...
By  Laura Lovett 03:26 pm May 24, 2018
Boston-based health outcomes and tech company OM1 has just announced that it raked in $21 million in a Series B financing round led by Polaris Partners with participation from existing investors including General Catalyst and 7wire Ventures. This brings the company’s total financing to $36 million, according to Crunchbase.  "Healthcare stakeholders are moving rapidly towards recognizing that...
By  Jonah Comstock 06:08 pm February 26, 2018
Nomad Health, a New York company that makes a platform for job-seekers and employers in the healthcare space, has raised $12 million in a new funding round led by Polaris Partners. Existing investors First Round Capital, RRE Ventures, and .406 Ventures also participated. “We’re building a marketplace for healthcare jobs,” CEO Dr. Alexi Nazem told MobiHealthNews. “We started out with just...
By  Heather Mack 03:49 pm October 13, 2016
Cambridge, Massachusetts-based healthcare provider Iora Health, which offers digitally-enabled primary care services focused on senior citizens, has closed a $75 million Series D funding round. Led by Singapore-based Temasek, the round also included existing investors .406 Ventures, Flare Capital Partners, F-Prime Capital, GE Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Polaris Partners and Rice Management Company...
By  Aditi Pai 11:30 am December 11, 2015
Seattle-based Mazlo, which has developed an online behavior change coaching service, raised $10 million from Polaris Partners as well as Mazlo's cofounders, Tim Kilgallon and Sharon Ross. Polaris Partners was a key investor in Kilgallon and Ross' previous company, Free & Clear, and backed the team to create Mazlo. Mazlo, which is named after Abraham Maslow, the founder of positive psychology...
By  Brian Dolan 09:47 am October 23, 2014
New York City-based Phreesia, which offers a tablet-based patient check-in and payment service to healthcare providers, has raised $30 million in funding led by private equity firm LLR Partners. The company says it plans to use the investment to accelerate product development and broaden its customer base around the US. Return backers HLM Venture Partners and Ascension Ventures also contributed...