Online pharmacist Capsule has taken new funding, just over a year after its Virgin-backed series A round.

Capsule, the US-based online pharmacy operator backed by conglomerate Virgin Group, has received $50m in series B funding, AlleyWatch has reported.

The round was co-led by venture capital firm Thrive Capital and growth equity firm Glade Brook Capital. It included undisclosed existing investors and came after Capsule raised $20m in a May 2017 series A led by Thrive Capital that included Virgin and Sound Ventures.

Capsule runs an online platform that users can refer to their doctors in lieu…