ICYMI: Cityblock’s Unicorn Status = Rocket Fuel for Their Health Moonshot
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Tags: Coronavirus, Digital Health, Health Transformers, Innovation, Funding

ICYMI: Cityblock’s Unicorn Status = Rocket Fuel for Their Health Moonshot

Last week, with their $160M Series C raise, Cityblock Health surpassed the $1B valuation mark, giving them official “unicorn” status. But for this Brooklyn-based company that joined StartUp Health in 2019, this valuation isn’t a bragging right. It’s rocket fuel for their health moonshot of bringing tech-enabled healthcare to the poorest, most vulnerable communities.

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With Virta’s recent $65M Series D raise, the startup — which joined StartUp Health in 2020 and is now valued at more than $1.1B — is scaling up its diabetes reversal platform.

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Anish Sebastian & Juan Pablo Segura, Co-founders of Babyscripts, for raising $4M in funding from health systems and organizations.

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Murray Brozinsky, CEO, & West Shell III, Co-founder of Conversa Health, for their partnership with Northwell Direct.

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Emilio Goldenhersch, Nicolas Rosencovich & Cristian Waitman, Co-founders of MindCotine, for the company’s partnership with MINES & Associates.

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Katherine Grill, PhD, CEO & Co-founder of Neolth, on being one of 10 innovators in the Headstream Accelerator Cohort.

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Andrew Rosenberg, CEO & Founder of Responsum Health, on their partnership with IgA Nephropathy Foundation.

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