| Date | Title | Description |
| 02.03.2026 | Sverica Capital Management announces the promotions of Michael Dougherty to Partner, Doug Patrican to Principal and welcomes Matt Johnson to the team as a Principal | Boston, Austin and San Francisco – March 2, 2026 – Sverica Capital Management, a leading growth-oriented private equity firm focused on the lower middle market, announced today the promotions of Michael Dougherty to Partner, Doug Patrican t... |
| 08.11.2023 | First Stop Health Acquires SentryHealth | First Stop Health, a Chicago, IL-based virtual care company, acquired SentryHealth, a Louisville, KY-based provider of an employee health and well-being platform.
The amount of the deal was not disclosed.
The acquisition of SentryHealth wil... |
| 02.11.2023 | First Stop Health Announces Acquisition of SentryHealth | Chicago, IL – November 2, 2023 – First Stop Health, a leading virtual care company for primary, urgent and mental health care needs, announced today the acquisition of SentryHealth Inc., an employee health and well-being platform. |
| 22.08.2023 | First Stop Health Recognized on Inc. Magazine’s 5000 Fastest Growing Companies List | Chicago, IL – August 22, 2023 – First Stop Health (FSH), a leading virtual care company, has been recognized on Inc. Magazine’s annual list of 5000 Fastest Growing Companies list. This achievement highlights FSH’s exceptional year-over-year... |
| 22.06.2023 | First Stop Health Receives Growth Investment From Sverica Capital Management | First Stop Health, a Chicago, IL-based virtual care solution provider, received a growth investment from Sverica Capital Management.
The amount of the deal was not disclosed.
The company intends to use the funds to expand operations and its... |
| 22.06.2023 | Sverica Capital Management Announces Strategic Growth Investment in First Stop Health | Boston, MA – June 22, 2023 – Sverica Capital Management LP (“Sverica”), a private equity investment firm, announced today that it has made a strategic growth investment in First Stop Health (“FSH” or the “Company”). |
| 22.06.2023 | Sverica Capital Management Announces Strategic Growth Investment in First Stop Health | Boston, MA – June 22, 2023 – Sverica Capital Management LP (“Sverica”), a private equity investment firm, announced today that it has made a strategic growth investment in First Stop Health (“FSH” or the “Company”).
Headquartered in Chicago... |
| 12.01.2022 | First Stop Health Launches Virtual Primary Care for Access to Urgent Care | What You Should Know:
– First Stop Health® (FSH), a virtual care provider in the areas of telemedicine and virtual mental health, today announced the availability of Virtual Primary Care for its clients and members throughout the U.S.
– Vir... |
| 17.09.2021 | Cerner/Livongo Exec Joins Quantum Health, UPMC, Other Executive Appointments | Zane Burke, CEO Quantum Health
Quantum Health, the industry leader in healthcare navigation and care coordination, announced that Zane Burke has joined the company as chief executive officer and member of the company’s Board of Directors. P... |
| 17.08.2020 | Health tech companies claim their largest share of the Inc. 5,000 to date with 123 entries | |
| 09.04.2020 | Telemedicine is essential to flattening the curve. Here’s a look at the fight to go digital | As of April 9, there are more than 427,460 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. Nowhere has been hit harder than New York City where there are more than 81,803 cases, and at least 4,571 people have died. As many had feared, the city fail... |
| 12.01.2020 | Teladoc to acquire InTouch Health for $600M | ”Today marks a bold leap forward in Teladoc Health’s mission to transform how high-quality healthcare is accessed and experienced, making virtual care available for patients with even the most critical care needs,” Teladoc CEO Jason Gorevic... |
| 23.08.2019 | 61 health tech companies report 2018 revenues, feature on Inc. 5,000 list | |
| 31.01.2019 | VC Funding for Chicago Tech Tops $200M in January | This is our round up of Chicago tech and startup companies that received venture capital investments during the month of January. If we missed one, let us know at info@chicagoinno.com.
To get funding updates in your inbox each day, sign up ... |
| 14.01.2019 | Healthcare Startup First Stop Health Lands $6.5M | A Chicago startup that provides telemedicine services to consumers and employers has raised a new round of funding to continue to grow.
First Stop Health announced it has raised $6.5 million in a round led by Joe Mansueto, the founder of Mo... |
| 13.01.2019 | Chicago-based telemedicine provider raises $6.5 million | First Health is focused on low-acuity health events and targets small and medium sized companies as customers and touts its ability to control health costs for companies by diverting costly emergency room visits and unnecessary clinic visit... |
| 12.01.2019 | First Stop Health Raises $6.5M in Equity Financing | First Stop Health, a Chicago, IL-based provider of virtual healthcare services for the employer marketplace, raised $6.5m in equity funding.
The round was led by Joe Mansueto, Founder and Chairman of Morningstar, and Rich Gallun, Co-founder... |
| 24.08.2018 | 59 health tech companies share their 2017 revenues to land on Inc 5000 list | |
| 31.01.2018 | VC Funding for Chicago Tech, Startups Topped $175M in January | Chicago-area tech and startup companies had a strong start to 2018, collectively raising at least $175 million in venture capital funding, according to data compiled by Chicago Inno.
In December, local tech and startup funding topped $113 m... |
| 01.03.2017 | First Stop Health Secures $1.6M in Funding | First Stop Health, a Chicago, IL-based telemedicine company, raised $1.6m in funding.
The round was led by CEO Patrick Spain and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Mark Friedman, with participation from a dozen other long-time individual and family ... |
| 18.02.2016 | IBM pays $2.6 billion for Truven Health Analytics | The team and technology from Truven Health Analytics will be integrated into Watson Health
Vator's will be holding its second annual Splash Health event at the Kaiser Center in Oakland on February 23rd. Speakers will include Ali Diab, CEO o... |
| 11.02.2016 | First Stop Health raises $2.1 million for telemedicine | Growing telemedicine service allows employers to give their workers 24/7 access to physicians
(Vator will be holding its second annual Splash Health event at the Kaiser Center in Oakland on February 23rd. Speakers will include Ryan Howard, ... |
| 11.02.2016 | First Stop Health raises $2.1M for remote physician visits offering | Chicago-based remote visits company First Stop Health has raised $2.1 million from the company’s cofounders Patrick Spain and Dr. Mark Friedman as well as other angel investors. This brings First Stop Health’s total funding to $5.6 million ... |
| 11.02.2016 | Daily funding roundup - February 11, 2016 | Veniam raised $22M; DigiSchool secured $15.8; Label Insight completed $10M Series B funding
First Stop Health, a provider of 24/7 telemedicine services, secured a $2.1 million seed round of funding led by existing investors, including angel... |
| 10.02.2016 | First Stop Health raises $2.1M to expand telemedicine physician network | The company targets employers with staff numbers of 50 to 2,000. It seeks to capitalize on two trends in healthcare: improving access to physicians while reducing unnecessary visits to the doctor by responding to queries by phone. Users lea... |
| 09.02.2016 | First Stop Health Raises Additional $2.1M in Seed Funding | First Stop Health, LLC, a Chicago, IL-based telemedicine provider, raised an additional $2.1m in seed funding.
This round, which brought total funding to $5.6m raised to date, was led by existing investors, including company co-founders and... |
| 19.03.2014 | First Stop Health raises $2.2M, bets that speed and convenience will trump continuity in future of healthcare | Doctors can also renew prescription medications or order more needles for diabetics if they’re on vacation and they left them at home. It avoids prescribing new meds.
Companies with self-funded plans make up 40 percent of its base, and it w... |
| 26.11.2013 | Hoover’s co-founder sets sights on telehealth’s greenfield opportunity | Patrick Spain co-founded Hoover’s in 1990 to “democratize company information.” He wants to do something similar with healthcare using a telehealth platform for his new venture, First Stop Health. The idea is to improve access to physicians... |
| 09.10.2012 | “Yawn,” “Can’t wait to use it” & more reactions to Health 2.0 startup demos | Best user of many Health 2.0 apps: young hipster who suddenly has to manage their own complex illness. #health2con
— Danny Sands (@DrDannySands) October 9, 2012
In a series of quick, 3.5-minute demos, the companies presented their products ... |
| 26.09.2012 | Hoover’s Founder Launches Online Health Care Concierge Service, First Stop Health | Hoover’s co-founder Patrick Spain launched a new venture today, aiming to provide an online, subscription health care service to the U.S. First Stop Health provides individuals and families immediate, 24/7 phone access to its more than 250 ... |
| - | Chicago-based telemedicine provider raises $6.5 million | First Stop Health, a Chicago, Illinois-based telemedicine startup serving the employer market, has raised $6.5 million in equity financing to accelerate company growth.
The funding round was led by Morningstar Chairman and Founder Joe Mansu... |
| - | First Stop Health raises $2.2M, bets that speed and convenience will trump continuity in future of healthcare | First Stop Health has raised $2.2 million from angel investors to scale up and expand its reach to more employers, according to a company statement. Its CEO Patrick Spain believes that the future of healthcare, the convenience of having acc... |
| - | Teladoc to acquire InTouch Health for $600M | Teladoc will acquire InTouch Health for $600 million. The combined telemedicine company will have a wider reach, and be able to work with patients of all acuity levels.
Publicly-traded telehealth company Teladoc will acquire competitor InTo... |
| - | First Stop Health raises $2.1M to expand telemedicine physician network | First Stop Health, a telemedicine company that serves employers, has raised $2.1 million seed investment from angel investors and family offices to expand its pool of physicians. The Chicago-based company provides telemedicine services for ... |
| - | “Yawn,” “Can’t wait to use it” & more reactions to Health 2.0 startup demos | Eight new digital health companies were unveiled today during Health 2.0‘s annual Launch! session, and the Twitterverse didn’t go easy on them.
Watching the newly launching companies at #health2con. Some of these spaces are already very cro... |
| - | Hoover’s co-founder sets sights on telehealth’s greenfield opportunity | Patrick Spain co-founded Hoover’s in 1990 to “democratize company information.” He wants to do something similar with healthcare using a telehealth platform for his new venture, First Stop Health. The idea is to improve access to physicians... |
| - | First Stop Health | “First Stop Health Telemedicine, Virtual Primary Care and Virtual Mental Health gets members in touch with a doctor fast for high-quality care. ” |
