Brave Care, the company committed to improving healthcare for kids so they can reach their full potential, today announced it raised $10M in Series A funding led by City Light Capital, with participation from AV8, Interplay, Founders Co-op, Refactor, Learn Capital and other value-aligned investors like Gaingels. Launched in 2018, Brave Care operates two primary and urgent care clinics in Portland, OR and will use the funding to expand its empathy-fueled, research-driven care to Beaverton, OR, Austin, TX, and North Carolina later this year. It will also continue to enhance its provider-first technology, giving clinicians more time to focus on parents and kids during visits.
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Brave Care's Sellwood clinic in Portland, OR. Brave Care puts children and their caregivers at the center of its experience design, resulting in clinics that are bright, comfortable, clean and modern. (Photo: Business Wire)
Started by Dr. Corey Fish, FAAP, and CEO Darius Monsef, Brave Care gives parents access to easy, affordable, high-quality care for children through its comprehensive model, including: remote care available 24/7 through its Parent App, primary and urgent care clinics open from 10am-10pm 365 days a year, and on-site pharmacies—all within physical spaces that make every parent and child feel welcome, comfortable and safe. Brave Care also operates a mobile clinic that can serve families unable to travel to their clinics or access the Internet.
“As a parent of three, I know how scary, frustrating and confusing it can be to navigate your child’s health,” said Monsef. “Every kid deserves access to the best healthcare, regardless of their parents’ financial resources. This guiding principle is shared by everyone at Brave Care—ultimately, we want communities all across the country to have access to this same, next-level pediatric care, so we can empower kids to be their best selves.”
Despite a devastating global pandemic, during the last year Brave Care doubled-down on its commitment to give parents a modern pediatric experience by building its own sophisticated full-stack technology for clinics, including:
- A HIPAA compliant in-clinic check-in platform that reduces complexity, eliminates redundant processes, and streamlines intake so clinicians can focus on caring for patients and creating authentic and personal interactions. As the company continues to expand nationally, the technology gives clinic staff the ability to know exactly which patient is in which room in any Brave Care clinic across the country. To date, the tool has saved Brave Care $500,000 in efficiency costs, and increased provider and patient satisfaction.
- Parent App built by parents, for parents. The HIPAA-compliant tool acts as an easy-to-navigate resource to help families decide if their child needs to go into a hospital or clinic by offering a free chat-feature with a nurse triage 24/7, a Symptom Checker, Dosage Guides, the ability to track and schedule a child’s vaccine records, and more.
At the core of Brave Care’s vision is the relationship between digital and physical spaces. As it looks ahead to the future, the company will have a presence in communities across the entire country—including stand-alone clinics, mobile clinics, and partnerships with schools, malls, stadiums, and more.
“Brave Care’s complete care model of primary, urgent and remote pediatric care delivered in ways that work for today’s families can save over a million hours of missed school for children over the next five years—that’s just massive," said Jeff Rinehart, partner at City Light. “I’m so proud to be a part of Darius’ and Brave Care’s journey to positively shape how families nationwide experience pediatric healthcare.”
To support its 2021 expansion efforts in Beaverton, OR, Austin, TX and North Carolina the company will hire 100 employees over the next 9 months.
About Brave Care
Brave Care is the modern pediatric healthcare company dedicated to improving care for kids so they can reach their full potential. Founded in 2018, Brave Care boasts an NPS score of 92, over 300 five-star reviews on Google, and has earned “Inc.’s Best Places to Work” award two years in a row. With its emphasis on empowering kids, Brave Care’s mission is to provide impactful pediatric care that’s fueled by empathy, research-driven, grounded in trust, and made more personal with the support of modern technology and thoughtfully designed clinics. It currently operates two brick-and-mortar clinics and one mobile clinic in Portland, OR. Brave Care is led by founders Dr. Corey Fish, Darius Monsef, Maryam Taheri and Asa Miller. It’s backed by mission-aligned investors like City Light Capital, Gaingels, AV8, Interplay, Founder’s Co-op, Refactor, Collaborative Fund, Indicator, Fifty Years and Greycroft. For more information, visit: www.bravecare.com.
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