by Katherine Barr, General Partner | MDV One of our portfolio companies, FIGS, announced a great round of financing by Tulco Holdings last week. FIGS, the medical apparel company that is shaking up the world of scrubs — creating high-quality and flattering scrubs in a market that used to completely lack style and utility […]
ROBOTIC Process Automation (RPA) is the technology that lets you assign manual and repetitive tasks to a software. It is as simple as that. The technology exists to help you do less of the low-value tactical repetitive stuff so you can spend more time doing the high-level strategic stuff. Today, enterprises big and small, […]
Veteran Brand Builder and Internet Marketer Christina Kline Joins Leading Consumer Health Company CHICAGO, IL – January 29, 2018 – Analyte Health, the leading platform connecting patients to diagnostic services, announced today marketing veteran Christina Kline joined the company as Chief Marketing Officer. “We’re thrilled to have Christina join the team. She has […]
On Tuesday, California fintech Zebit announced it has appointed former LendUp Head of Capital Markets, Steve Lapin as its new Chief Financial Officer. According to the startup, Lapin has 15 years of experience in sourcing debt and equity investments, well as investor relations and financial modeling at credit and investment organizations. While speaking about Lapin’s appointment, Marc Schneider, Co-founder, […]
Bupa has announced it is partnering with HealthTap to develop new healthcare solutions for its customers. The health insurance and private healthcare company hopes to offer a “game changing combination of digital and in-person healthcare” by joining forces with US-based digital health technology business, HealthTap. The partnership will allow Bupa’s 16.5 million customers […]
Heather Hasson was animated on our phone call as she described the fan mail she and her cofounder Trina Spear receive. As co-CEOs, they’re constantly getting letters from nurses and doctors about how their company has changed lives. “They wear their scrubs seven days a week, 14 hours a day,” says Hasson. “And they’re boxy […]
Additional Funds Drive Increased Investment In Technology For The Disruptive Direct-To-Consumer Brand LOS ANGELES, Jan. 23, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Female-founded medical apparel company FIGS raises $65 million in most recent investment round from Tulco, bringing total funding to date to $75 million. Founded in 2013 by Heather Hasson and Trina Spear, FIGS is transforming the healthcare experience by creating the highest quality […]
Steve Lapin joins the leadership team to take Zebit through the next phase of growth. SAN DIEGO, Jan. 22, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Zebit, an e-commerce credit solution that services 200M consumers who value buy now, pay over time without interest or a credit check, today announced Steve Lapin will be joining the company as the Chief Financial Officer. Steve Lapin has […]
Digital health firm HealthTap and Bupa, a health care provider that offers both insurance and medical services to millions around the world, are teaming up in a massive strategic partnership that could make “digital end-to-end” medical services a widespread reality, HealthTap CEO Ron Gutman told Fortune in an early interview previewing the arrangement. Gutman describes it as the “biggest […]
NEW YORK, Jan. 9, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — WorkFusion, the leading Intelligent Automation software provider, today announced the launch of a Smart Application for email processing in the development of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) solutions for customer support centers. The project is a collaboration with IBA Group, one of the largest providers of IT solutions and services in Eastern […]
