LeanTaas, a US-based hospital management software developer backed by healthcare provider NewYork-Presbyterian and insurance services provider Sedgwick, completed a $40m series C3 round yesterday.
The financing was provided by investment banking firm Goldman Sachs’ Merchant Banking Division and follows $61m raised from venture capital firm Insight Partners over three tranches between November 2017 and 2018.
Founded in 2010, LeanTaas markets cloud-based software products under the brand name of iQueue that exploit machine learning and predictive analytics to help healthcare providers effectively allocate resources to patients.
The product’s algorithms automatically correlate patient waiting lists with the scheduled availability of health professionals and facilities in order to limit costs and improve staff satisfaction.
Antoine Munfa, managing director at Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division, said: “LeanTaas has developed a powerful prescriptive analytics platform that helps bend the access and cost curves in health systems, enabling customers to achieve tangible operational improvements.”
The funding will go to strengthening the iQueue platform, which is currently available in three versions tailored to health clinics, operating rooms and infusion centres respectively. Proceeds will also fund recruitment in areas including engineering, data science, product management, sales and marketing.
LeanTaas received $9m from four unnamed investors in mid-2016 according to a securities filing, having raised $3m in a 2015 round led by Sedgwick that added to $525,000 in convertible note financing in 2012 and $750,000 in equity funding secured in 2010, according to additional filings.
The company was one of four inaugural portfolio companies for NewYork-Presbyterian Ventures, the innovation vehicle for healthcare provider NewYork-Presbyterian. The unit invested a total of $3.5m in the four.