Health insurer Premera Blue Cross and Optum Ventures, health services provider Optum’s strategic investment arm, have co-led a $24m series B round for US-based healthcare assessment software provider Vim.
Healthcare business development and M&A advisory firm Leverage Health Solutions also took part in the round along with venture capital firms Great Point Ventures and Sequoia Capital.
Founded in 2015, Vim has created a software platform that helps healthcare providers and health plan managers organise a patient’s care efficiently. Doctors have access to a network of specialists and hospitals and can allocate patients to them through an online portal.
The funding will support recruitment, product development and Vim’s expansion from the states of Washington, Florida, Texas and Alaska across the US.
The company said this week it has raised $37m in funding altogether, $11.1m of which was supplied in 2016 according to a regulatory filing. It identified Great Point and Sequoia as existing investors.
