Digital gastrointestinal care startup Salvo Well being introduced it closed a $5 million Seed Prime spherical led by Metropolis Gentle Capital and Human Ventures led the spherical.
The corporate’s present traders additionally participated within the spherical, together with Torch Capital, Threshold Ventures and Felicis Ventures. Angel traders Anmol Madan, founding father of Ginger Well being and Teladoc’s former chief knowledge scientist additionally contributed.
Emily Melton of Threshold, Rachel Parlier of Metropolis Gentle, and Salvo’s founder and CEO Jeffrey Glueck will be a part of Salvo’s board of administrators.
WHAT IT DOES
The New York-based firm presents a digital clinic geared towards individuals with continual gastrointestinal and metabolic liver points, together with celiac illness, fatty liver illness, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), gastroesophageal reflux illness (GERD), small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) and dyspepsia.
The corporate says it presents “wraparound care” in a hybrid method, permitting sufferers to proceed below their native doctor and entry Salvo’s app-based assist.
Via Salvo, customers are matched with a care group made up of registered dietitians, behavioral well being specialists and licensed nurses, and might obtain insurance-covered interdisciplinary care.
The corporate will use the funds to scale its wraparound GI providers to suppliers, together with accountable care organizations, gastroenterology personal practices and well being programs.
“I’m delighted to guide this funding in Salvo Well being and their revolutionary wraparound look after GI and metabolic continual situations,” Parlier of Metropolis Gentle Capital stated in an announcement. “As an early-stage impression investor, we search for firms with the potential to not simply remodel industries, but additionally to enhance lives. Salvo is enabling GI practices and well being programs to fill within the gaps for underserved affected person populations, particularly for high-touch follow-on care between appointments and post-procedures.”
MARKET SNAPSHOT
Salvo launched in 2022 with $10.5 million in funding to scale its digital clinic for continual GI situations.
Different firms within the digital digestive care area embrace Vivante Well being, which secured $31 million in funding in September, and Oshi Well being, which garnered $30 million in Collection B funding in April.
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