Kinspire, an online pediatric occupational therapy platform that pairs therapists with parents, announced the closing of its $3.6 million Seed funding round.
Corazon Capital and Looking Glass Capital led the investment round with participation from Difference Partners, Great Oaks VC, Service Provider Capital, The Fund, Copper Wire Ventures, and Bradley Tusk.
Roughly 1 in 6 children in the United States are diagnosed with developmental delays or disabilities and can greatly benefit from services such as occupational therapy.
“This funding allows us to create high levels of collaboration between therapists and parents for better outcomes and faster progress for every child,” said Robert Seigel, CEO and Co-founder of Kinspire.
Investors
“The current model for delivering development support services to children fails far too many kids. We have invested in Kinspire to accelerate its mission to make occupational therapy more accessible, affordable, and effective,” said Sam Yagan, Co-founder and managing partner of Corazon Capital.
According to our funding database, healthcare startups providing virtual pediatric occupational therapies have raised more than $5 billion in funding to date. More recently, Summer Health, a telemedicine startup providing text-based pediatric care service, which raised $7.5 million in seed funding co-led by Sequoia Capital and Lux Capital. In another deal, Cartwheel Care, a provider of evidence-based virtual mental health support to kids, raised $3.9 million in seed funding led by General Catalyst with participation from BoxGroup and Able Partners.
