Kallyope scores $236M, Ro scoops up $150M and extra digital well being fundings

Kallyope, which gives a drug-discovery platform centered on creating therapies involving the gut-brain axis, introduced it had raised $236 million in a Sequence D funding spherical led by Mubadala Funding Firm and the Column Group.

Different members within the spherical embrace Alexandria Enterprise Investments, Invoice Gates, Casdin Capital, Euclidean Capital, Illumina Ventures, Lux Capital, Polaris Companions, Two Sigma Ventures, StepStone Group, DNS Capital, Hartford Healthcare Endowment, Parkwood LLC and Tao Capital. The corporate mentioned it has now raised almost $480 million.

Kallyope plans to make use of the brand new funding to enhance its platform, fund scientific trials and advance its remedy pipeline.

Direct-to-consumer digital care firm Ro scored $150 million in funding. The spherical was led by ShawSpring Companions, with participation from Basic Catalyst, FirstMark Capital, TQ Ventures, SignalFire, BoxGroup, the Chernin Group, Initialized Capital, Altimeter Capital, Baupost Group and Seven Seven Six.

“With this funding, Ro can speed up our pursuit of revolutionizing healthcare by constructing accessible, impactful and trusted care that folks need. This 12 months, which means debuting a unified, single-branded care expertise for our sufferers and additional enabling different healthcare corporations to profit from the patient-centric expertise and providers we have constructed,” Ro cofounder and CEO Zachariah Reitano mentioned in a press release.

The corporate additionally introduced the launch of Ro Derm, a digital skincare clinic. Final 12 months, Ro raised $500 million and bought Fashionable Fertility and at-home diagnostic firm Equipment.

Memora Well being, a platform for managing complicated care wants together with messaging, automated reminders, metrics and scheduling, scooped up $40 million.

The spherical was led by Transformation Capital, with participation from traders together with Andreessen Horowitz, Frist Cressey Ventures, Edward Elmhurst Well being and AlleyCorp. In keeping with Crunchnbase, the funding brings the corporate’s whole increase to $50.5 million. 

“Memora solves one of the crucial urgent points for suppliers – automating complicated care journeys the place affected person touchpoints are key for higher outcomes, and caregivers can collaboratively handle these care journeys and monitor their progress,” Todd Cozzens, managing companion at Transformation Capital, mentioned in a press release. He’ll be part of Memora’s board as a part of the funding.

“Memora has constructed an built-in platform with a rising library of a whole lot of journeys throughout all main specialties, and is digitizing the very best care-management course of for complicated sufferers from main well being programs. The result’s a user-friendly instrument for sufferers and caregivers to handle complicated care in a scientific and constant method.”

Digital health firm FitOn scored $40 million in a Sequence C funding spherical led by Delta-v Capital.

Accel, Maverick Ventures, Second Avenue Companions and Mantis VC additionally participated, together with a strategic funding from UTA VC, United Expertise Company’s enterprise arm. The Sequence C comes months after an $18 million spherical introduced in October, bringing the health startup’s whole increase to $70 million.

Together with the funding, FitOn additionally introduced the acquisition of Peerfit, a health firm centered on the employer market. 

“Given the brand new regular of hybrid and distant work, we consider – now greater than ever – that it’s vital to create accessible, customized well being and health options,” FitOn cofounder and CEO Lindsay Prepare dinner mentioned in a press release.

“FitOn is laser-focused on constructive social engagement amongst shoppers, staff and plan members, offering them with enjoyable and thrilling methods to get match, de-stress, and join with one another. Combining Peerfit with the progressive digital platform we have now constructed at FitOn, will create a first-of-its-kind digital and in-person wellness expertise to interact individuals each at dwelling and of their communities.”

Healthcare staffing startup Kevala raised $12.1 million in Sequence A funding. 

The spherical was led by Cercano Administration, with participation from Costanoa Ventures, Excessive Alpha and PSL Ventures. The corporate scored $4 million in seed funding early final 12 months. 

Initially centered on long-term care staffing, scheduling and credentialing, Kevala plans to develop into new states this 12 months. It at present operates in Washington, Oregon, Utah, Montana and Texas.

“The staffing disaster has made it troublesome, if not inconceivable, for schedulers to maintain shifts full, compliant and productive,” Kevala cofounder and CEO Todd Owens mentioned in a press release. “Healthcare operators, stretched skinny and unable to depend on everlasting employees alone, are in search of extra versatile staffing choices, together with company and inner float groups.”