Funding will be used to launch a range of virtual health programs to make it easier for individuals to manage their health
March 22, 2021 10:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time
SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Evidation Health today announced the close of $153 million in Series E growth funding to rapidly expand its virtual health programs on AchievementTM, the largest digital health network in the United States. The round was co-led by OMERS Growth Equity and Kaiser Permanente Group Trust; existing investors, including McKesson Ventures and B Capital Group also participated. Teresa Lee, Managing Director, OMERS Growth Equity, joins Evidation’s Board of Directors.
Evidation will use this additional capital to fuel the expansion of virtual health programs on the Achievement platform, building on its trusted relationships with individuals and its experience synthesizing and analyzing person-generated health data for stakeholders across healthcare. Evidation’s new programs will provide personalized insights and tools to motivate and empower individuals to take evidence-supported actions to manage their health and conditions.
“Achievement has made it possible to rapidly understand health and therapeutic impact with speed and rigor at scale,” said Deborah Kilpatrick, PhD, Co-CEO and Executive Chair at Evidation. “The next era of Evidation will transform how individuals interact with the ecosystem of care, by providing anyone with evidence-supported guidance and actionable tools to better understand and improve their health. We are now the first company that can help digital health and biopharma companies generate evidence about their treatments, and then enable individuals to use that evidence to take actions to manage their health.”
Comprised of more than 4 million individuals, Achievement is uniquely positioned to power virtual health at scale. The privacy-forward app and platform powering Evidation’s research business, Achievement is the largest and most geographically and demographically diverse connected cohort in the United States, representing 50 states and nine out of every 10 ZIP codes nationwide. Launched as a research platform powered by individuals and their permissioned health data, Achievement has been the basis for pioneering real-world studies across diverse topics, from COVID-19 and Alzheimer’s disease to chronic pain and respiratory conditions. Among its biopharma customers, Evidation works with nine out of the 10 largest in the world, along with academic institutions, public health organizations, and medical specialty societies. To date, Evidation has conducted more than 100 real-world studies across therapeutic areas. In 2020, the company reached the milestone of more than 1 million individuals participating in research and health programs and expects to surpass 2 million later this year.
“We are excited to support Evidation as it continues to scale its individual-centric Achievement platform,” said Teresa Lee of OMERS Growth Equity. “Evidation has made rapid, virtual research at scale possible and the company’s innovative platform can be leveraged to guide patients on their health journeys. Evidation is positioned to be a key enabler of the feedback loop that translates into timely, appropriate care and health insights.”
Harnessing its experience in research and connection to individuals through person-generated health data, last year Evidation launched its first virtual health initiatives, including Achievement for Heart Health—a first-of-its-kind health program in partnership with the American College of Cardiology to help individuals monitor and improve their cardiovascular health outside clinic-based settings, with an initial focus on heart failure. The company also collaborated with Apple and the government of Singapore on LumiHealth, a personalized program that encourages healthy activity and behaviors using Apple Watch. Using a double opt-in, these privacy-safe health programs seamlessly connect research and care, accelerating the discovery and dissemination of evidence-supported practices that improve health outcomes.
Individual privacy and per-use consents to share data will remain core tenets as the company transforms the way everyday health is understood and expands the programs available through Achievement. To join Achievement and learn more about how you can contribute to innovative health research and participate in personalized health programs, visit myachievement.com.
About Evidation
Evidation measures health in everyday life and enables anyone to participate in ground-breaking research and health programs. Built upon a foundation of user privacy and control over permissioned health data, Evidation’s Achievement platform is trusted by millions of individuals—generating data with unprecedented speed, scale, and rigor. We partner with leading healthcare companies to understand health and disease outside the clinic walls. Guided by our mission to enable and empower everyone to participate in better health outcomes, Evidation is working to bring people individualized, proactive, and accessible healthcare—faster. Founded in 2012, Evidation Health is headquartered in California with additional offices around the globe. To learn more, visit evidation.com, or follow us on Twitter @evidation.
Contacts
David Shirbroun, evidation@crosscutstrategies.com
