Pediatric telehealth startup Summer Health has raised $7.5 million for its seed round.
Inspiration for the company traces to February 2021, when Ellen DaSilva was at home in Manhattan one night when her 2-year-old fell off the bed. Unable to reach the family’s pediatrician, DaSilva took her son to the emergency room. The four-hour visit, which didn’t include much care beyond a warning to keep an eye on her son when she returned home, landed the family a $2,500 bill, Fortune reports.
DaSilva was an early exec at Hims & Hers, so she was already familiar with the digital health space. But the common parenting experience drove home a problem she thought she could solve with a startup of her own. A year-and-a-half later, that idea has materialized through Summer Health.
Chelsea Clinton and Sequoia’s Alfred Lin are among the investors. Read more.
