{"id":3252,"date":"2021-02-25T10:44:20","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T10:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.odoc.life\/?p=3252"},"modified":"2021-04-05T05:58:42","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T05:58:42","slug":"funding-alert-healthtech-startup-odoc-raises-1-m-in-pre-series-a-funding-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/3.7.237.78\/si\/blog\/funding-alert-healthtech-startup-odoc-raises-1-m-in-pre-series-a-funding-round\/","title":{"rendered":"[Funding alert] Healthtech startup oDoc raises $1M in pre-Series A funding round"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3252\" class=\"elementor elementor-3252\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3a9f040e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3a9f040e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5a6683d\" data-id=\"5a6683d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c9053e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9c9053e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">[Funding alert] Healthtech startup oDoc raises $1M in pre-Series A funding round<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-45c473d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"45c473d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1cddd12\" data-id=\"1cddd12\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78f503d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"78f503d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.odoc.life\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/image_7b53036fcc.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8022e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c8022e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>From left: CEO Heshan Fernando, Chief Growth Officer Nare Bandaranayake, <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Chief Medical Officer Dr. Janaka Wickramasinghe and COO Ashik Bari\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc49cc9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fc49cc9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Business-to-business telemedicine app oDoc on Tuesday announced it has raised $1 million in pre-series A funding. Existing investor Techstars led the investment round, along with Silicon Valley venture capital firms Hustle Fund and Unpopular Ventures. Other notable investors included Cherif Habib, Co-founder of Dialogue, a Canadian telemedicine startup with over $50 million in ARR; Vir Kashyap, Co-founder of Babajob; and LPs Bill and Leonard Lynch. &#8220;oDoc saw mass adoption across both patients and practitioners, with telemedicine being the only option for non-urgent healthcare during the lockdown.&#8221; &#8220;oDoc is taking on one of the most important problems we face \u00e2\u20ac\u201d timely and affordable access to healthcare.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc184ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"fc184ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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