The Ally Ventures-backed HAS platform operator’s latest round included Telstra Ventures and took its total funding to in excess of $120m.

US-headquartered health savings account (HSA) provider Lively has secured $80m in series C funding from investors including Telstra Ventures, a corporate venturing unit for telecommunications firm Telstra.

The round was led by B Capital Group, the venture capital firm backed by consulting firm Boston Consulting Group, and included fellow VC firm Costanoa Ventures. The company has secured $120m in total since it was founded in 2016.

Lively has built an online HSA platform that helps US-based customers acquire tax-deductible health insurance policies.

The company had received more than $42m in overall funding as of a $27m series B round in late 2019 led by Costanoa Ventures and backed by financial services group Ally Financial’s Ally Ventures unit, Liquid 2 Ventures, Y Combinator and PJC, Teamworthy Ventures and Streamlined Ventures.

Costanoa Ventures had already led an $11m series A round for Lively the previous year that also featured Y Combinator, PJC and Transmedia Capital.

Lively’s $4.2m seed round in 2017 included Streamlined Ventures, Transmedia Capital, Y Combinator, Liquid 2 Ventures, PJC, SV Angel, Durant Company, Teamworthy Ventures (then called Haystack Partners) and multiple angel investors, while FundersClub was among its early shareholders.

Edison Fu

Edison Fu is head of Asia development at Global Corporate Venturing.