- Healthcare social network Voro recently announced that it raised $2.5 million in a seed round of funding
Voro, a healthcare social network where people share their doctor recommendations with friends and neighbors, recently announced it raised $2.5 million in a seed round of funding. Voro has tens of thousands of users, especially in New York City.
“At Voro, we feel strongly that everyone should have access to medical care they can trust,” said Tomas Hoyos, the Co-Founder and CEO of Voro. “We want every community to have a safe place to share doctor recommendations and talk about health openly.”
This round of funding was led by FLOODGATE with participation from James Beshara (Founder and CEO of Tilt) Jenny Fielding (Managing Director of Techstars), Nat Turner (Co-Founder and CEO of Flatiron Health), Zach Weinberg (Co-Founder and President of Flatiron Health), Vivek Garipalli (Founder and CEO of Clover Health), Thomas D. Lehrman (Co-Founder of Gerson Lehrman Group), Teamworthy Ventures, Kevin Taweel (Founder and CEO of Asurion), Gerald Risk (Vice Chairman of Asurion), Matt Scott (Managing Partner of AVG Basecamp Fund), Greg Arrese (Founder of Ride Ventures), Robin Shah (Founding Member of OneOncology), and several others.
“Voro is bringing the power of community and network effects to healthcare and putting consumers first,” added Mike Maples Jr, a partner at Floodgate. “We’re excited to see Voro tackle a huge problem with a unique angle to improve healthcare for everyone.”
