GFC is a globally oriented, stage agnostic venture capital firm that empowers gifted entrepreneurs. The firm seeks to invest in companies that operate within the internet, retail, financial software, media, communication, and information technology sectors. It was founded by Oliver Samwer in 2013 and is based in Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

Global Founders Capital

Great Oaks is an early-stage venture investment firm that invests in seed and series a investments in tech-based startups. It was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in New York.

Great Oaks Venture Capital

Reshape is a next-generation investor in technology-enabled companies that need real estate to scale.

Reshape

humbition is an early-stage operators fund that invests in marketplaces, consumers, and the health tech industry. humbition is an early-stage operator fund investing in mission-driven companies and the innovative entrepreneurs who founded them. Key areas of investment include marketplaces, consumer, and health tech. Founded in 2017 by Cyrus Massoumi, founder of Zocdoc, Indiegogo founder Slava Rubin, and COO Frederik Roikjer, the fund recently announced $30 million in total capital.

humbition

Google Ventures invests in sectors including life sciences, consumer, enterprise, crypto, climate, and frontier technology. With Alphabet as its sole limited partner, Google Ventures focuses on long-term investments. Its operating partners assist startups in design, equity, diversity & inclusion, talent, and engineering and help them connect with Google for technology and expertise. Founded in 2009 as Google Ventures, Google Ventures manages over $8 billion in assets with 400 active portfolio companies in North America and Europe. Some notable investments include Uber, Nest, Slack, GitLab, and One Medical. Google Ventures is based in the San Francisco Bay Area with offices in Cambridge, New York, and London.

Google Ventures

Vanterra Capital is a leading venture and private equity firm that manages assets for a diverse investor base of ultra-high net worth families and leading institutions. Vanterra manages capital across various specialized funds in areas such as Consumer, Health & Wellness, Healthcare Services, and Credit.   Vanterra’s Accelerator Fund specifically focuses on utilizing the firm’s unique capabilities to help disruptive consumer companies scale and drive meaningful change.

Vanterra Capital

Gaingels is a venture investment syndicate in service of the LGBT+ community and its allies, investing in companies with LGBT+ founders and C-suite leaders at all stages of growth, as well as in more established companies resolved on building more inclusive teams, with a global portfolio of 130+ companies and $70M in deployed investment capital to date.  The Gaingels network also actively supports its portfolio in identifying and recruiting diverse talent to their C-suite and board leadership teams and fosters a vibrant global community of industry leaders, investors, operators, and entrepreneurs who share a common goal for positive social change through business and successful investments.

Gaingels

Allara

Allara offers a medical provider and a registered dietitian for polycystic ovary syndrome. They provides holistic care, diagnostic testing, prescriptions, video appointments with a medical provider, dietary and lifestyle changes, nutrition counseling, and medication.

<div>Allara Health connects women with chronic hormonal conditions, such as polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) and endometriosis, with qualified medical practitioners and registered dietitians through its online platform. Its platform provides medical, lifestyle, nutrition, and emotional support for women with hormonal, metabolic, and gynecological conditions, helping patients develop personalized treatment plans. Allara additionally provides access to research-based supplements and mental health services based on customer requests.</div>

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

Telehealth

Allara Health

Allara, a telehealth platform for women with chronic hormonal conditions, raises $10M Series A

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 Allara Health connects women with chronic hormonal conditions, such as polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) and endometriosis, with qualified medical practitioners and registered dietitians through its online platform. Its platform provides medical, lifestyle, nutrition, and emotional support for women with hormonal, metabolic, and gynecological conditions, helping patients develop personalized treatment plans. Allara additionally provides access to research-based supplements and mental health services based on customer requests.
 
 
 
 
 The company offers its services on a subscription basis, charging users USD 99 per month for users that have insurance plans that do not cover its services. As of October 2023, Allara was in the network for health plans offered by Blue Cross Blue Shield (including Anthem), United Healthcare, Aetna, Carefirst, Cigna, and Humana.&nbsp;
 
 
 The company was founded by former Ro executive, Rachel Blank.&nbsp;
 
 
 
 
 Funding and financials
 
 
 Allara raised USD 10 million in October 2023 during a Series A funding round led by Google Ventures, along with participation from other venture capital firms and angel investors. The funds were set aside to extend insurance coverage, launch partnerships with health systems, conduct clinical research, and scale Allara&rsquo;s operations.
 
 
 
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Nice healthcare is a virtual and in-home primary care provider that offers a suite of healthcare services to small and medium-sized businesses, including primary care, mental health therapy, and physical therapy. Nice healthcare operates on a fixed monthly fee per member model, allowing employees to access unlimited care without additional out-of-pocket costs. The company provides virtual consultations through its app, as well as in-home visits for physical exams, lab tests, and X-rays.&nbsp;As of <a href="https://www.nice.healthcare/locations">August 2024</a>, Nice Healthcare was operating in 12 states: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin. The company's services covered <a href="https://www.nice.healthcare/the-nicessities/three-categories-of-primary-care#:~:text=Only%204%25%20of%20our%20patients,with%20Nice%20may%20look%20like.">over 95%</a> of issues patients typically discuss with their clinicians, with <a href="https://www.nice.healthcare/the-nicessities/three-categories-of-primary-care#:~:text=Only%204%25%20of%20our%20patients,with%20Nice%20may%20look%20like.">only 4%</a> of patients being referred to external specialists. The company employs nurse practitioners, registered nurses, physician assistants, and medical assistants to deliver care.As of <a href="https://www.nice.healthcare/the-nicessities/three-categories-of-primary-care">August 2024</a>, Nice healthcare offered 35 free labs and physical tests as well as in-home imaging services and prescribed over 550 free medications that could be picked up at over 60,000 pharmacies nationwide or delivered to patients' homes.&nbsp;Key customers and partnershipsIn <a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/getlabs-and-nice-healthcare-partner-to-expand-access-to-virtual-healthcare-services-and-at-home-lab-testing-301813668.html">May 2023</a>, Nice Healthcare announced a partnership with Getlabs, a provider of at-home diagnostic collections. This collaboration aimed to expand access to in-home healthcare services and lab testing, allowing Nice healthcare patients to benefit from a more comprehensive suite of diagnostic tests.

Nice Healthcare

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.Amicomed can also recommend actionable and personalized lifestyle interventions such as daily diet and exercises via virtual coaching.

Amicomed

Winston is a men’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.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.

Winston

Dialogue is a leading virtual care and well-being platform that provides comprehensive health services to organizations and their employees. Founded in 2016, the company offers an integrated health platform that centralizes various health and wellness programs in a single application, accessible <a href="https://www.dialogue.co/en/blog/dialogues-2023-year-in-review#:~:text=Serving%2015%25%20of%20the%20Canadian%20population&amp;text=How%3F,aspects%20of%20their%20well%2Dbeing.">24/7/365</a>. Dialogue's services include primary care, mental health support, employee assistance programs, and wellness initiatives. As of <a href="https://www.dialogue.co/en/blog/dialogues-2023-year-in-review#:~:text=Serving%2015%25%20of%20the%20Canadian%20population&amp;text=How%3F,aspects%20of%20their%20well%2Dbeing.">December 2023</a>, Dialogue's platform was accessible to around 6 million Canadians, representing approximately 15% of the country's population.The company saw significant growth in <a href="https://www.dialogue.co/en/blog/dialogues-2023-year-in-review#:~:text=Serving%2015%25%20of%20the%20Canadian%20population&amp;text=How%3F,aspects%20of%20their%20well%2Dbeing.">December 2023</a>, with a 34% increase in consultations across all aspects of well-being in 2023 compared to the previous year. Mental health consultations, in particular, saw a 67% increase.&nbsp;In <a href="https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/dialogue-enters-into-license-agreement-with-sun-life-u-s--824463104.html">July 2023</a>, Dialogue was acquired by Sun Life for an undisclosed sum, expanding its reach beyond Canada. This expanded service reach was estimated to cover an additional 600,000 members in the US. The acquisition was completed in <a href="https://www.sunlife.com/en/newsroom/news-releases/announcement/sun-life-completes-the-acquisition-of-dialogue-canadas-premier-health-and-wellness-virtual-care-platform/123792/">October 2023</a>, with Dialogue continuing to operate as a standalone entity.Key customers and partnershipsThe company has partnerships with major insurers and benefits providers to offer its services as part of employee benefits packages. Additionally, the company noted that, as of <a href="https://www.dialogue.co/en/pricing">August 2024</a>, it worked with over 50,000 companies across Canada to provide its services to employees.

Dialogue

Grin offers telemedicine and remote monitoring services for orthodontic needs such as braces and teeth straightening. Patients can conduct self-scans (using a Grin device made available to patients in collaboration with 3M) which can be connected to their smartphones and share the feed with orthodontists to access dental solutions. The company plans to go to a subscription-based model after the pandemic. The app also encourages patients to have a 40-second check monthly and share the scan with a dentist in order to allow patients to regularly maintain their dental hygiene.Grin is the only Telehealth disruptor covered on the hub that provides virtual orthopaedic consultations.Funding and financialsIn April 2021, the New York-based teledental platform concluded a seed funding of USD 14 million, and the funds will be allocated to develop additional functionalities by building out its technology. The proceeds will also be used to scale up its team, expand its geographic footprint, and add doctors to the company’s orthodontic partner network.

Grin

Real-time collection of patients’ health-related data using any remote patient monitoring device combined with general telemedicine services to reduce readmission rates.

A platform that facilitates the transmission of patient data to different locations for further evaluation and interpretation by medical specialists.

A digital platform that offers specialty care services to address the specific needs of a patient or demographic, including consultations where patients are generally reluctant to meet practitioners face-to-face.

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

Companies developing B2B software solutions for patient engagement, care navigation, practice management, and electronic health records integration to facilitate telehealth services for healthcare providers.

Companies that use GenAI as a core part of their product offering for Telehealth

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

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 <li>Allara, a Telehealth provider for women's chronic hormonal conditions, has raised USD 10 million in a Series A funding round led by Google Ventures, along with participation from other venture capital firms and angel investors. This brings the total funds raised by the company to USD 17.5 million.</li>
 <li>The funding will be used to extend insurance coverage, launch partnerships with health systems, conduct clinical research, and scale Allara’s operations.</li>
 <li>New York-based Allara connects women with chronic hormonal conditions, such as polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) and endometriosis, with qualified medical practitioners and registered dietitians through its online platform. Its platform provides medical, lifestyle, nutrition, and emotional support for women with hormonal, metabolic, and gynecological conditions, helping patients develop personalized treatment plans. Allara additionally provides access to research-based supplements and mental health services based on customer requests.</li>
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 Allara, a Telehealth provider for women's chronic hormonal conditions, has raised USD 10 million in a Series A funding round led by Google Ventures. The funding will be used to extend insurance coverage and scale Allara's operations. Allara connects women with chronic hormonal conditions through its online platform, providing medical, lifestyle, and emotional support. The platform helps patients develop personalized treatment plans and provides access to research-based supplements and mental health services. The company aims to help women with conditions like PCOS and endometriosis by connecting them with qualified medical practitioners and registered dieticians.

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