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Fortuna Health Raises $4M Financing Led by Andreessen Horowitz to Simplify Medicaid Navigation

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Wednesday, November 15, 2023
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Fortuna Health, a consumer-first platform simplifying Medicaid navigation, today announced a seed investment of $4 million led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) Bio + Health with participation from BoxGroup and Y Combinator.

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  • Fortuna Health, a consumer-first platform simplifying Medicaid navigation, today announced a seed investment of $4 million led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) Bio + Health with participation from BoxGroup and Y Combinator.
  • Fortuna Health was founded by healthcare operators with direct Medicaid experience and a shared mission to create seamless Medicaid navigation.
  • “I've faced the hurdles of Medicaid first-hand as a beneficiary,” said Nikita Singareddy, co-founder and CEO of Fortuna Health.
  • To learn more about Fortuna Health or to get started as a managed care plan or provider customer, please visit: fortunahealth.com

Evolent welcomes Toyin Ajayi to its Board of Directors

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Wednesday, July 26, 2023
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WASHINGTON, July 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Evolent Health Inc. (NYSE: EVH), a health care company that delivers proven value-based specialty care solutions to payers and providers, announced today that its Board of Directors has appointed Toyin Ajayi, M.D., as a new director, effective immediately. 

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  • WASHINGTON, July 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Evolent Health Inc. (NYSE: EVH), a health care company that delivers proven value-based specialty care solutions to payers and providers, announced today that its Board of Directors has appointed Toyin Ajayi, M.D., as a new director, effective immediately.
  • "We're delighted to welcome Toyin to the Evolent board," said Evolent Chair of the Board Cheryl Scott.
  • We are thrilled to welcome Toyin as a director " said Seth Blackley, co-founder and CEO of Evolent.
  • To learn more about the Evolent Board of Directors, visit https://www.evolenthealth.com/about-us/leadership-team .

Iyah Romm, Founding CEO of Cityblock Health, Joins Board of Directors of Health-Tech Company Real

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Thursday, June 22, 2023
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Real , the health-tech company reimagining mental health care, announced today that Iyah Romm has joined its Board of Directors.

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  • Real , the health-tech company reimagining mental health care, announced today that Iyah Romm has joined its Board of Directors.
  • Romm was the founding CEO and is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Cityblock Health, a tech-enabled health services company focused on scalable solutions for marginalized and underserved communities.
  • He ran the Company as CEO for five years, building a category-defining business that is reshaping the way health care is delivered to underserved communities.
  • As a member of Real’s Board of Directors, Romm brings his deep experience in startups and passion to democratize access to high quality, person-centered health care.

Rippl Appoints Industry Leading CEOs to Board Bringing Significant New Experience in Tech-enabled, Value-based Services and Senior-focused Mental and Behavioral Health

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Monday, May 15, 2023
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SEATTLE, May 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Rippl, a new kind of behavioral health company focused on dramatically expanding access to high quality, wrap-around care for seniors with neurocognitive challenges, added two industry veterans and innovators to its Board of Directors. Rippl welcomes Iyah Romm, founding CEO of Cityblock Health, a tech-enabled services company focused on scalable, Medicaid-focused solutions for complex health needs, and Ryan Watts, CEO of Denali Therapeutics, an organization working to defeat neurodegenerative disorders through therapeutic discovery and development.

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  • The ER simply can't be our primary fix for helping patients and their families navigate these diseases day-to-day, yet that's what is happening.
  • By joining the Rippl Care board, I hope to accelerate the expansion of this much needed solution."
  • In addition to his role as CEO, Watts is also the Co-founder, President, and member of the Board of Directors at Denali.
  • I'm thrilled to be joining the Rippl board to advance our cause of comprehensive care for seniors suffering from dementia."

Web3 Gaming Studio InfiniGods Launches First Game, InfiniMerge

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Friday, January 20, 2023
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AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- InfiniGods, the innovative Web3 gaming studio founded by social and mobile industry veterans, today announced the public launch of InfiniMerge, a free-to-play merge game set in an ancient Greek landscape with a focus on building and adventure.

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  • InfiniMerge is the first game from InfiniGods , which launched last year with $9 million in seed funding from Pantera Capital , Framework Ventures and Animoca Brands .
  • InfiniGods is led by co-founders Owen O'Donoghue, former Director of Gaming at Facebook, and Damon Gura, former CEO and board member at DGN Games.
  • "We believe that Web3 gaming will only reach its potential if games are fun and accessible, and that's the objective we've sought to achieve with InfiniMerge."
  • InfiniMerge also benefits from the instant feedback loop that's become a unique advantage of Web3 gaming.

A New Generation of Founders and Investors Push for a New Responsible Innovation Model

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Tuesday, November 8, 2022
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NEW YORK, Nov. 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Responsible Innovation Labs and Startups & Society Initiative today announced their partnership on the Responsible Innovation Founders Summit.

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  • NEW YORK, Nov. 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Responsible Innovation Labs and Startups & Society Initiative today announced their partnership on the Responsible Innovation Founders Summit.
  • The summit will feature founders and investors scaling world-class companies with responsible innovation at their core.
  • The goal is to convene hundreds of the best early-stage founders, investors, and other leaders building the next generation of technology companies.
  • "It's time to elevate responsible innovation to a core problem for the whole tech ecosystem - founders, investors, employees, consumers, policymakers - to work on together."

Medical Home Network Appoints Dr. Abigail DeVries as Medical Director

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Thursday, October 27, 2022
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CHICAGO, Oct. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Medical Home Network (MHN) has appointed Dr. Abigail G. DeVries as its Market Medical Director. DeVries' expertise in patient-centered managed care plans and her passion for reducing health disparities closely aligns with MHN's mission to transform care and build healthier communities in the safety net.

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  • Medical director Dr. Abigail DeVries is a primary care physician with expertise in patient-centered managed care plans and a passion for improving health equity.
  • CHICAGO, Oct. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Medical Home Network (MHN) has appointed Dr. Abigail G. DeVries as its Market Medical Director.
  • DeVries will work on care transformation in five states under ACO REACH , Medicare's new value-based model for fee-for-service care.
  • Previously, DeVries served as a primary care physician and chief medical officer at Piedmont Health Services in North Carolina.

Gaming Industry Veterans Launch InfiniGods to Revolutionize Web3 Gaming

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Wednesday, September 21, 2022
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AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mobile and social gaming industry veterans, Damon Gura and Owen O'Donoghue, today announced the co-founding and launch of InfiniGods, an innovative blockchain gaming studio that develops Web3 games where all NFTs, rewards and game assets are player-owned and interoperable across games. This comes on the heels of recently raising a seed round of $9m in May 2022 led by Pantera Capital and joined by Framework Ventures and Animoca Brands.

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  • AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Mobile and social gaming industry veterans, Damon Gura and Owen O'Donoghue, today announced the co-founding and launch of InfiniGods , an innovative blockchain gaming studio that develops Web3 games where all NFTs, rewards and game assets are player-owned and interoperable across games.
  • InfiniGods allows players to win valuable gameplay rewards, like power-ups and boosts, simply by participating and leveling up.
  • "Unprecedented in NFT gaming, InfiniGods games are built from the ground up around the idea of interoperability," said Owen O'Donoghue, Co-founder and CRO of InfiniGods.
  • Founded in 2022, InfiniGods is a blockchain gaming studio with a suite of fun free-to-play Web3 games centered around ancient mythologies and civilizations.

Ophelia Appoints Lon Binder as Chief Technology Officer to Increase Investment in Technology

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Monday, August 22, 2022
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NEW YORK, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ophelia, digital provider of medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder (OUD), today announced the expansion of both its executive team and technological capabilities with the appointment of Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Lon Binder. Former CTO of Cityblock Health, Binder brings a wealth of knowledge and in-depth experience in health equity and technology to Ophelia, to enhance both the patient and clinical experiences that Ophelia provides.

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  • Former CTO of Cityblock Health, Binder brings a wealth of knowledge and in-depth experience in health equity and technology to Ophelia, to enhance both the patient and clinical experiences that Ophelia provides.
  • As CTO, Binder will also manage a team of product designers and engineers who will support this work and further technological growth for Ophelia.
  • "Lon is an experienced technology leader with a rare combination of vision, creativity, heart, and drive."
  • Binder brings robust experience across technology and health equity spaces to his new role at Ophelia.

Arise Raises Over $4 Million to Build Inclusive Eating Disorder Treatment and Mental Health Support

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Monday, July 11, 2022
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NEW YORK, July 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Arise, the digital healthcare company enabling comprehensive care for eating disorders, mental health, and long-term healing, has launched today after raising over $4 million in a seed funding round. Arise is building a virtual-first care model to reach and engage more of the 30 million Americans who will experience an eating disorder in their lifetime — 80-90% of whom will not get care today. The round was led by Greycroft and BBG Ventures with participation from Wireframe Ventures, Cityblock co-founder Iyah Romm (he/him) and Sonder Health founder Sylvia Romm, MD, MPH (she/her), and PatientPing founder Jay Desai (he/him), among others.

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  • Arise is building a virtual-first care model to reach and engage more of the 30 million Americans who will experience an eating disorder in their lifetime 80-90% of whom will not get care today.
  • Arise will bring integrated community and clinical care to people living with disordered eating and eating disorders, which are a category of conditions that can show up in different ways for people including binge eating disorder, bulimia, anorexia, rumination disorder, avoidant or restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID), and other conditions.
  • Stigma makes it difficult for people to identify their eating disorder and this is magnified when your families and communities don't have language to describe, let alone identify, the eating disorder.
  • Arise launches at a time when eating disorders, which are the second deadliest behavioral health condition after opioid use disorder, are sharply increasing.