Sidecar Health, which offers health insurance billed through a debit card, attracted Comcast Ventures to a round that brought its funding total to $40m.

US-based health insurance provider and payment technology developer Sidecar Health secured $20m on Thursday in a round featuring Comcast Ventures, the corporate venturing arm of media group Comcast.

Cathay Innovation, the venture capital arm of private equity firm Cathay Capital, led the round, which also featured GreatPoint Ventures, Morpheus Ventures, Kauffman Fellows and private investor Anne Wojcicki.

Sidecar Health provides health insurance plans that let the customer pay directly for 170,000 medical services and drugs from any licensed healthcare provider using…