The corporate-backed health management service raised the cash from Perceptive Advisors and has used $30m to buy musculoskeletal-focused Physera.

Life sciences investment firm Perceptive Advisors has provided an amount reported by CNBC to be $57m in funding for Omada Health, a US-headquartered illness management platform developer backed by several corporates.

Omada has used $30m of the cash to fund the acquisition of Physera, the US-based creator of a musculoskeletal injury management app that had raised $10.8m in funding from investors including health insurance association Blue Cross Blue Shield.

Founded in 2011, Omada provides an app-based service that helps users…

Robert Lavine

Robert Lavine is special features editor for Global Venturing.