TytoCare, which has built an advanced telehealth platform that replicates a visit to a doctor’s clinic, has closed a $49 million funding round led by New York-based Insight Partners, which also led its previous round. Other investors in the New York startup include strategic health system and pension funds — MemorialCare of California, Ontario’s HOOPP and Israel’s Clal. So far, TytoCare has raised $205 million.
“Virtual care has shown great promise, but audio-video options still fail to deliver the value of a doctor’s appointment and ultimately earn the trust of patients,” said TytoCare co-founder and CEO Dedi Gilad, a native of Israel with over 18 years of leadership positions in startups and global companies. “As TytoCare continues to grow, we hope to help more people experience clinic-quality care from home, and help unlock the potential of remote care.”
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TytoCare claims to be the most advanced telehealth platform. It has bundled various technologies, including artificial intelligence, into a clutch of FDA-approved devices that allow a doctor to remotely examine patients, as if they were in the clinic. Its devices can be used to examine for respiratory, ENT, cardiac, skin, gastroenterological and general illnesses.
“TytoCare is defining the next generation of healthcare by recognizing that healthcare happens more and more outside the four walls of a clinic,” said Barry Arbuckle, president and CEO of MemorialCare. “Our value-based care strategy is perfectly aligned with the Home Smart Clinic’s ability to improve outcomes.”
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Gilad and electrical engineer Ofer Tzadik co-founded TytoCare in 2012, believing that traditional telehealth was still a weak imitation of a real doctor’s visit, and eventually required a patient to go to a clinic. The startup has developed TytoCare’s Home Smart Clinic, which is approved by the FDA to examine heart, lung, throat and ear, and body temperature. Home Smart Clinic combines TytoCare’s AI-backed Tyto Insights, an FDA-approved handheld device to aid diagnosis, and Tyto Engagement Labs. Gilad said the company plans to expand its support for longitudinal conditions and healthcare needs, and as a first step was releasing TytoHome for Asthma.
TytoCare has been found to offer significant cost advantages. A peer-reviewed study in the Journal of Health Economics found that TytoCare reduced total cost of care by 7% in a large commercial health plan. It also found that the Home Smart Clinic cut emergency visits by nearly a quarter and urgent care visits by 11.3%. The study’s authors said their findings “align with the notion that device adoption and the consequent increase in primary care use either substitute for more intensive settings or aid in preventing cases from escalating to such settings.”
Over $80B in AUM
New York-based Insight Partners focuses on technology startups with high growth potential. Up until mid-2022, the firm, which also makes private equity investments, had over $80 billion in assets under management. It has invested in more than 1,000 companies worldwide, with over 55 going on to make initial public offerings. Insight’s recent portfolio investments include Haus Analytics, Kyverna Therapeutics, Silk Security and OneTrust.
