Pediatric telehealth startup Summer Health announced the closing of an $11.65 million Series A raise led by 7wireVentures and Lux Capital.
Pivotal Ventures, a fund of Melinda French Gates, participated in the raising alongside existing investors Sequoia Capital, Box Group and Chelsea Clinton’s Metrodora Ventures.
Alyssa Jaffee, partner at 7wireVentures, Alfred Lin of Sequoia Capital, Deena Shakir of Lux Capital and Chelsea Clinton of Metradora Ventures will join Summer’s board of directors.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING
Summer Health is a pediatric telehealth messaging service founded in 2022. Parents can text the service with questions about breastfeeding-related treatments, feeding issues, and non-emergency needs such as bumps and bruises.
The New York-based company plans to use the cash to expand its technology platform.
“Summer Health was founded to radically simplify access to pediatric care. Our 24/7 platform gives parents access to care that fits their lives in minutes, from anywhere. “I use it to guide my own parenting decisions and keep my kids healthy, whether I’m at home, on vacation, or in the middle of the night,” Ellen DaSilva, founder and CEO of Summer Health, said in a statement.
MARKET SNAPSHOT
Summer Health raised $7.5 million in 2022 in a funding round led by Sequoia Capital and Lux Capital. Several additional investors participated in the round, including Box Group, Shrug Capital, Metrodora Ventures, Springbank Collective, Coalition Operators and Moving Ventures.
Another pediatric care company is Owlet, which opened this week. announced a partnership with telehealth staffing company Wheel to allow infant caregivers to prescribe Owlet’s FDA-approved pulse oximetry socks.