LetsGetChecked, a medical health testing platform that allows customers to access regulated laboratory testing and self-test from their home, has raised $12m (€9.7m) in Series A funding. LetsGetChecked, a medical health testing platform that allows customers to access regulated laboratory testing and self-test from their home, has raised $12m (€9.7m) in Series A funding. The funding will be used to scale the company globally, fuel development of the technology platform linking customers to laboratories, and grow the clinical support team, LetsGetChecked said. Funding was led by Optum Ventures, an independent vulture fund of health services leader Optum, and Chinese venture capital firm Qiming Venture Partners. Commenting on its investment, Mark McDade of Qiming Venture Partners, said that Qiming is “dedicated to investing in companies that solve real-life problems and have international scale."

Source: Irish Independent March 29, 2018 08:37 UTC