Human API Secures $10 Million Series B Funding to Build a Shared Health Data Platform

On February 13, 2019, VCBeat (WeChat Official Account: vcbeat) learned that Human API, a U.S.-based real-time health data network company, secured $10 million in Series B financing. The round was jointly invested by BlueRun Ventures, Guardian Life Insurance Company, SciFi VC, and SCOR Life & Health Ventures, with the funds designated for exploring new methods of exchanging medical and health data and simplifying the process for consumers to share their health data with care providers.

Human API was founded in San Francisco, USA, on April 1, 2013, and completed its $6.6 million Series A financing round on January 16, 2015. This round of financing was jointly invested by AngelPad and BlueRun Ventures.

Human API is a consumer-centric health data network company. Users can quickly access Human API’s network through electronic health record (EHR) providers, laboratories, pharmacies, wearable devices, and health applications, enabling real-time sharing of their health data. By leveraging the Human API platform, enterprises can access comprehensive consumer health data, obtain secure consent, and exchange health information on demand.

Human API’s health data network integrates more than 20,000 unique cases, covering over 600,000 healthcare providers and 230 million consumers. Data sources include physicians, health systems, hospitals, health insurers, pharmacies, medical devices, health applications, laboratories, and more.

Andrei Pop, Founder and CEO of Human API, stated, “Over the past 12 months, we have expanded our clinical data network infrastructure and launched a new enterprise data suite, thereby streamlining insurance underwriting and clinical research. Over the next two years, we plan to bolster our data infrastructure and enhance our machine learning capabilities, broaden our market reach, and empower consumers with easier access to their personal health information.”

BlueRun Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm with offices in the United States, Shanghai, Beijing, and South Korea, investing in information technology, mobile, and consumer technology sectors.

Guardian Life Insurance Company, founded in 1860, is a Fortune 250 company in the United States and one of the leading mutual insurance companies in the country, providing life assistance and benefits to individuals, organizations, and government program beneficiaries.

SciFi VC is a venture capital firm investing in early-stage startups. It originated from HVF Investments, the investment arm of Max Levchin’s company, and primarily focuses on high-potential companies in frontier technologies, fintech, and healthcare.

SCOR Life & Health Ventures is a service community established by SCOR for the clients of SCOR Global Life. SCOR Life & Health Ventures selects preferred startup companies as its partners to provide differentiated and innovative solutions for its insurance clients and consumers. SCOR Global Life is a top-tier global insurer that provides risk solutions for individuals or groups, covering health care, long-term care, and credit products.

AngelPad, founded in 2010 and headquartered in New York and San Francisco, invests in companies at the seed and early startup stages and has invested in more than 140 companies to date. Since 2015, AngelPad Accelerator has ranked first among U.S. seed accelerator programs.

(Compiled by Zhang Yaping)