Kidney care startup Monogram Health plans to raise “a couple hundred million” in capital by early December, according to CEO and co-founder Michael Uchrin, Modern Healthcare reports. The company closed a $160 million Series B round in June 2021.
Rival kidney care startup Strive Health plans to raise additional funding next year, said CEO Chris Riopelle. “We spend about $400 billion in our country on kidney care, and with that many patients there’s a huge opportunity to engage people earlier in process,” Riopelle said. “Sixty percent of patients on dialysis arrive through a crash, which is a common term for a series of acute admissions on the fateful days that your kidneys don’t work anymore.” Read more.
