Optum Ventures helped the prescription fulfilment platform push its total funding to more than $39m, with the cash to fund product development.

US-based medical prescription services provider Truepill completed a $25m series B round yesterday featuring Optum Ventures, the investment vehicle for health services firm Optum.

The round included TI Platform Fund, Initialized Capital and Sound Ventures along with undisclosed other investors, and the company said it has now raised more than $39m since it was founded in 2016.

Truepill has created a software platform that helps fulfil prescriptions more quickly and easily, delivering medication directly to a patient’s home. The cash…

Robert Lavine

Robert Lavine is special features editor for Global Venturing.