Emergent Medical Associates is a provider of emergency care and episodic care management services to patients, communities, provider groups, and hospitals throughout the Southwest. Their hospital clients include 20+ sites and care for over 750,000 patients annually.  Their proven providers, proprietary methods and management techniques, as well as, uncompromising standards allow them to create “Departments of Excellence” for their clients, based on the provision of superior patient care to the communities they serve. Their highly analytical approach, objective performance measurement, and team orientation create an environment where their physicians thrive, hospitals prosper and patients leave their facilities knowing they were treated in a timely, compassionate and respectful manner.

Emergent Medical Associates

f7 Ventures is a seed investment fund comprised of female operators with more than 20 years of experience in the fastest-growing technology companies in Silicon Valley. It invests in and helps bold founders grow and scale at their earliest stages.

f7 Ventures

Archangel is the overarching early stage investment fund based in Waterloo Region, the North Silicon Valley of North America.

Archangel Network of Funds

Plug and Play is a seed and early-stage investor focused on great teams leading emerging growth companies.  Plug and Play runs 12 industry-specific accelerator programs twice a year, that acts as a platform for major corporations and high quality startups to connect and collaborate.  Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, Plug and Play participates in Seed, Angel and Series A funding where they often co-invest with their strategic partners. Through years of experience and as part of their network, Plug and Play has put together a world-class network of serial entrepreneurs, strategic investors, and industry leaders who actively assist the firm with its successful and growing investment portfolio.  SEED ROUND. Plug and Play participates in seed round investing through a program called Startup Camp. Startup Camp is a 10-week program based in Silicon Valley for top-notch entrepreneurs to work intensively on building out their business model. Select startups will refine their business models and prototypes with help from a combination of structured workshops, speaker series and mentorship sessions, as well as active coaching from their investment team. At the culmination of Startup Camp, founders will have crystalized their business plans and pitched their company to the venture capital community at EXPO Demo Day.''  ANGEL ROUND Plug and Play makes angel round investments throughout the year, sourced from their monthly Plug and Play Angels (PAPA) sessions. They are partnered with local angel investors in Silicon Valley who participate in PAPA to find the most promising startups and best new technologies.  SERIES A. Series A typical Series A round is in the range of $2 million to $10 million, and is intended to provide operating capital for the company for six months to two years. This round capitalizes the company as it develops its products, performs initial marketing and branding, acquires talent, and conducts other early-stage business operations. It is in this stage that Plug and Play will co-invest with over 180 venture capital partners.  Plug and Play has helped grow market leaders such as PayPal, Danger, Google, DropBox, LendingClub, Zoosk, SoundHound, CreditSesame, Skytree, and has over 400 more early-stage startups in its portfolio.

Plug and Play

Rocket Doctor

Rocket Doctor is a telemedicine marketplace that enables physicians to bring an advanced doctor's office directly to patients’ homes. It provides a secure, cloud-based, turn-key platform allowing physicians to quickly and easily launch and operate their own independent virtual clinics. It also offers patients at-home, same-day, 24/7 access to fully licensed, board-certified MDs within a few simple clicks.  It was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

<div><p>Canadia-based Rocket doctor connects patients with doctors through a cloud-based proprietary platform that offers 24/7 virtual consultations, e-prescriptions, lab work requests, and medical notes.</p></div>

More important now than ever, telehealth will long outlast the pandemic that drove its growth.

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    Canadia-based Rocket doctor connects patients with doctors through a cloud-based proprietary platform that offers 24/7 virtual consultations, e-prescriptions, lab work requests, and medical notes.
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    &nbsp;The company also offers at-home monitoring services including a small test kit containing oxygen saturation probes, digital thermometers, and Bluetooth stethoscopes. Rocket Doctor has developed a system to create audio files for at-home stethoscope readings to support clinical decisions. Other at-home monitoring services focus on diseases including diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and chronic pain.
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    &nbsp;The company has formed several strategic partnerships with other healthcare providers such as Telemedicine 365, Lightwell, iClick Physiotherapy, and Therapia Physiotherapy to expand its telehealth services. Rocket Doctor has served more than 40,000 patients through 130 doctors on the platform between its launch in June 2020 and May 2021, when it closed a seed funding round of USD 2.7 million that brought its total funds raised up to USD 3.8 million.
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    Nice Healthcare is a US based telehealth company with a focus on primary care services to business-to-business (B2B) clients. Once the employer signs its employees with Nice (at a cost of USD 30 to USD 36 per employee per month), employees do not have to incur out of pocket expenses for Nice services and can schedule virtual or home visits within the time frames specified by the company. It connects patients with practitioners through a mobile app over video calls or text messages. Members can also request home visits which will be completed within a few hours, as claimed by the company. As of March 2022, Nice was operating in twelve states, and had over 400 small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
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    In March 2022, the company raised USD 30 million in Series A financing led by DNA Capital which has been earmarked to expand its platform&rsquo;s reach among small and medium businesses. Additionally, the company is hiring three members for its management team to support the continuing growth of the organization.
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    Amicomed is a cloud-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform which provides blood pressure monitoring services. It collects blood pressure data of patients from at-home devices, applies algorithms, and assesses the fluctuations in the blood pressure. Physicians can be connected and provided with blood pressure data of their patients in order to facilitate their workload, enabling more personalized management of patients regarding medication and lifestyle indications. 
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    Amicomed can also recommend actionable and personalized lifestyle interventions such as daily diet and exercises via virtual coaching.
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Amicomed

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    Winston is a men&rsquo;s health telemedicine platform that treats common issues impacting men such as sexual problems, hair loss, acne, and cold sores. Winston allows patients to consult doctors, place orders for prescription drugs, and offers free delivery to the homes of patients. 
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    The Toronto-based company aims to avoid men deferring doctor visits or withholding sensitive information. The consultation fee is covered by the provincial health plan, but the prescriptions are billed to the customer.
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    Eko Health is a cardiopulmonary digital health company that aims to improve heart and lung care for patients using sensors and artificial intelligence. The company produces connected handheld digital stethoscopes with electrocardiogram functionality to detect heart rhythm abnormalities using artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms. In 2020, the company obtained 501(k) FDA clearance for multiple algorithms that help detect heart murmurs and atrial fibrillation, or AFib. These algorithms were used in 2022 to develop the Eko App, which pairs to the company's stethoscopes for report generation, information sharing and carrying out examinations. 
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    The company operates on a fee per unit B2B2C model and a D2C model, where it provides its technology to medical practitioners or patients for diagnostic purposes.
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    In February 2023, Eko 
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    In April 2024, Eko 
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    In March 2022, raised a further USD 30 million in an extension to its Series C round, which began November 2020. The total funds raised by the company stood at USD 126 million as of March. These funds have been allocated to support further commercialization efforts and develop new products for the company.
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    Dialogue partners with employers and health insurers to offer telehealth services to their employees and members. The users have 24/7 access to doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals via audio, video, and chat options for wide arrays of physical and mental health needs, artificial intelligence-enabled (AI-enabled) triage, referrals, and prescription renewals. 
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    The company launched its trademarked Integrated Health Platform in January 2021 to consolidate its virtual care,  wellness programs, mental healthcare services, and Employee Assistance Program (EAP) onto a single platform. The company claims to be the only integrated health and wellness B2B platform in Canada. 
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    Dialogue had direct relationships with over 2,000 customers across Canada and Germany as of December 2020 and served around 50,000 organizations through these partnerships. In addition, the number of members with access to the virtual platform topped 1 million in January 2021. 
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    As of March 2021, Dialogue was planning to raise CAD 100 million (USD 80 million) from an initial public offering that will be listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol &ldquo;CARE.&rdquo; 
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    In Q2 2023, net losses reduced significantly YoY to CAD 5.8 million (USD 4.3 million) from CAD 8.4 million (USD 6.3 million) in Q2 2022. Top-line revenue met internal expectations, growing 17.2% YoY to CAD 25.5 million (USD 19.0 million), driven by &nbsp;an increase in new members (by 18.6% YoY), 
    an expansion of the attach rate as existing customers added more services, and full-quarter contributions from Tictrac.
     
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     for a consideration of CAD 365 million (USD 270 million) or CAD 5.15 (USD 3.82) per share. The transaction is expected to close in Q4 2023. Post acquisition, Dialogue will delist from the Toronto Stock Exchange but will continue to operate as a standalone entity under the &ldquo;Sun Life Canada&rdquo; brand from its head office in Qu&eacute;bec. 
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Dialogue

IoT is used by most telehealth providers to operate virtual services

All telehealth players are involved in digital health via virtual offerings

Industry players offer varying degrees of personalization for each target audience

Some players offer technology and platforms to healthcare providers, converting physical-only services into virtual services

Specific telehealth offerings focus on diversity and inclusion, providing care to LGBTQ+ or BIPOC populations

Generative AI is used to streamline administrative tasks such as clinical note-taking

Primary care through virtual consultations for general health-related concerns using a digital platform or mobile app. 

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