Category: ro

In-home care positioned to play a key role in the consumerization of healthcare [Sponsored]

Blood tests, Daily, Health Services, home health, INVEST Digital Health, MedCity News eNewsletter, phlebotamists, ro, sponsored content, Sponsored Post, SYN, Top Story, Workpath / September 27, 2021 September 27, 2021

Eddie Peloke, CEO of Workpath, spoke to why in-home care can drive the next stage of this industry-wide movement

Ro builds out women’s health business with $225M acquisition

Daily, direct-to-consumer health, Health Tech, Modern Fertility, ro, Startups, SYN, Telehealth, Top Story / May 20, 2021 May 20, 2021

The direct-to-consumer health startup recently acquired Modern Fertility, a startup with a similar business model. The startup’s founders will lead Ro’s women’s health business.

Direct-to-consumer health startup Ro raises $500M

Daily, digital health, direct-to-consumer health, funding, General Catalyst, Health Tech, ro, Startups, SYN, Telehealth, Top Story / March 23, 2021 March 23, 2021

Ro, a direct-to-consumer health startup, recently raised a $500 million funding round. It plans to use the funds to expand into at-home diagnostics and care.

Telehealth Unicorn Ro Working to Vaccinate Homebound Seniors

innovation, ro, Workpath / March 4, 2021 March 4, 2021

Several states have made progress vaccinating residents who are 65 and older against the COVID-19 virus, but reaching homebound seniors remains a challenge. That challenge is partly because many home health and home care agencies — the traditional eyes and ears of the home — do not have access to vaccines themselves. Additionally, vaccinating homebound …

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Report: Ro in talks to go public through blank-check merger

blank-check acquisition, Daily, direct-to-consumer health, Health Tech, Hims & Hers, IPO, ro, SPAC, Startups, SYN, Top Story / February 1, 2021 February 1, 2021

Direct-to-consumer health startup Ro is reportedly in talks go public through a merger with a blank-check company, according to a report by Reuters.

#Healthin2Point00, Episode 173 | Calm, Story Health, Centivo, Ro & Pear

calm, Centivo, Health in 2 Point 00, Jessica DaMassa, Matthew Holt, Pear TX, ro / December 9, 2020 December 9, 2020

It’s a wacky world today. Lynne Chou O’Keefe’s Devine Ventures has done 4 deals this week. Calm raises $75m it doesn’t seem to need, Story Health takes on navigation around specialty care, Centivo gets $34m to start a Collective Health rival, Ro moves into home (literally) bringing diagnostics and Softbank money is back! The lucky …

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With $200M in new funding, Ro looks to become patients’ first point of contact

Daily, digital health, funding, General Catalyst, Health Services, online pharmacy, ro, roman, Startups, SYN, Telemedicine, Top Story / July 27, 2020 July 27, 2020

Ro, a startup offering patients mail-order prescriptions and telehealth appointments, raised $200 million in funding. The company started three years ago with men’s health and wellness products, before expanding its business.