Ukufunyaniswa komhlaza kwangoko ngesixhobo esitsha se-intanethi

I-OSF Ventures ijoyine abanye abatyali-mali abane kwi-14 yezigidi zeerandi zenkxaso-mali ye-Series B ukunceda ukukhawulezisa ukukhula kunye nokuphunyezwa kwesixhobo sokuhlola i-intanethi esijolise ekuncedeni abantu abaninzi ukuba babone umhlaza kwangoko okanye ukuwuthintela ngokupheleleyo. I-OSF Ventures ithathe inxaxheba kwinkxaso-mali yamva nje ekhokelwa yi-Merk Global Health Innovation Fund kunye ne-Amgen Ventures, kunye noMcKesson Ventures kunye ne-HealthX Ventures (eyokugqibela ekhokelela kwi-Series A yenkxaso-mali).               

Iqonga lezempilo leCancerIQ elichanekileyo libandakanya uvavanyo oluyilayo lomngcipheko olukwi-Intanethi olwenza kube lula ukumisela umngcipheko womhlaza womntu ngokusekwe kwimbali yosapho, ufuzo, indlela yokuziphatha kunye nezinye izinto kwaye emva koko ubanxibelelanisa kwezona ndlela zilungileyo nezintsha ekuthinteleni nasekukhathaleni.

Ubhubhani we-COVID-19 ukhokelele kuhlolo oluqikelelwa kwi-9.5 yezigidi kwaye ikhokelele ekonyukeni kofunyaniso lomhlaza olukwinqanaba lasemva kwexesha elibiza kakhulu kwaye linempembelelo enkulu kumgangatho wobomi kunye neziphumo kunoxilongo lwakwangoko. Ngaloo nto, inkampani ikholelwa ukuba isixhobo sayo sinokunceda ababoneleli ukuba babeke phambili izigulana zokukhangela ngokukhawuleza kunye nokunakekelwa kokulandelwa kwangexesha.

Iqonga lezempilo leCancerIQ elichanekileyo lisetyenziswa ngabagqirha kwiindawo ezingaphezu kwe-180 kulo lonke ilizwe, kubandakanywa namaziko e-OSF eMpilo yeBreast ePeoria naseRockford, kwaye kungekudala iya kuphunyezwa ukuhlolwa kwezigulane zeGastroenterology ePeoria. Injongo ephambili kukwandisa ukusetyenziswa kuzo zonke izibhedlele kunye neekliniki ze-OSF, kubandakanywa neziko elitsha lomhlaza elibanzi elisakhiwa ePeoria eliya kubonelela zonke iinkonzo kunye nenkxaso phantsi kophahla olulodwa.

URyan Luginbuhl, umlawuli weeNkonzo ze-Oncology kwi-OSF HealthCare uthi iziko elitsha, elicwangciselwe ukuvulwa kunyaka ozayo, liya kukwazi ukubeka izixhobo ezongezelelweyo kunye nabasebenzi bokusetyenziswa okwandisiweyo kweCancerIQ kunye neenkonzo zokulandela. U-Luginbuhl ugxininisa ukuthunyelwa kwayo kuhambelana nenjongo yokwandisa ukuhlolwa komhlaza kunye nokuthintela izigulane ezininzi.

“ICancerIQ isetyenziswe kwinqanaba eliphezulu lempumelelo; ibonakalise ukuba ichanekile ngokuthembekileyo kwaye isincede ngokwenene ukwenza izicwangciso zezigulane zethu kwaye ikhokelele kwisiphumo esingcono kubo. Kwenza ukuba umsebenzi wonyango ube lula kwaye wanelise ngakumbi, kwakhona, kuba unokusetyenziswa ngokuthe ngqo kwinkqubo yabo ekhoyo. ”

U-Luginbuhl wongeza, "Inkokeli yenkampani ekulawuleni ukukhula ibalasele. Njengoko sinxibelelane ngakumbi namalungu eqela, bayaqhubeka nokusichukumisa. Umbono wobunkokeli kwinkampani womelele, ukukhutshwa kwemveliso kwezinye iindawo kuye kwaqina, kwaye baye bahlala behambisa kwaye baqhubeleka nokuvelisa izinto ezintsha ekuphuhliseni iqonga labo. ”

I-OSF HealthCare yayiyinkqubo yesibhedlele yokuqala ukwamkela iCancerIQ njengesona sisombululo silungileyo sokuchongwa kwangethuba kwabantu abasengozini enkulu yomhlaza. UMayank Taneja, umlawuli weVenture Investments ye-OSF Healthcare naye ubona iCancerIQ njengenkokeli yokubonelela ngeqonga elomeleleyo lokulawula izigulane ukusuka kuxilongo ukuya kunyango.

"Iqonga lenkampani likwabonelela ngohlalutyo oluqikelelweyo kunye nesikhokelo seklinikhi esineziphumo eziqinisekisiweyo, iqonga lokuodola imfuzo yedijithali, kunye nolawulo lwezigulane kunye nezixhobo zemfundo, okwenza oogqirha bakwazi ukonga ixesha, ukunciphisa iindleko zokhathalelo, kunye nokuphucula iziphumo ngokufumanisa umhlaza kwangethuba. iqonga.” Uyacacisa uTaneja.

Umseki kunye ne-CEO uFeyi Olopade Ayodele uthi, "Ukuba nenkxaso eqhubekayo kunye nokuzibandakanya kwinqanaba eliphezulu kwi-OSF bubungqina bendlela exhasa ngayo amaqabane otyalo-mali. Sijonge phambili kwintsebenziswano eqhubekayo ukuqinisekisa ukuba sihlala siphucula kwaye siphucula isigulane kunye namava omboneleli. Ngokudibeneyo, senza izinto ezintsha zokuqhubela phambili ubulungisa kwezempilo, ukwandisa ukufikelela phakathi kwabantu abahlelelekileyo, kwaye ekugqibeleni siphelise umhlaza njengoko siwazi. "