Jasper Well being, a most cancers care platform startup, laid off a considerable a part of its workforce, TechCrunch has realized. Engineering and product design had been among the many departments impacted by the cuts, based on posts on LinkedIn from impacted staff.
TechCrunch was unable to independently confirm the precise quantity of people that had been lower, however an business supply who knew impacted folks believes it was roughly half of Jasper Well being’s small workforce. Based on PitchBook knowledge, Jasper Well being had about 48 staff earlier than the cuts.
The corporate’s co-founder and CEO, Adam Pellegrini, didn’t reply to TechCrunch’s request for remark. TechCrunch’s makes an attempt to succeed in Jasper Well being’s chief working officer, chief development officer, and head of promoting through e mail had been unsuccessful, with messages bouncing again.
Slightly over two years in the past, in February 2022, Jasper Well being raised a $25 million Sequence A led by Basic Catalyst, with participation from Human Capital, W Well being Ventures, Redesign Well being and 7wireVentures. At the moment, the corporate stated it raised a complete of $31 million in enterprise capital.
Most importantly, Jasper is a Basic Catalyst portfolio firm. The VC agency is among the most lively healthcare buyers. It’s so severe about bringing new startup-led expertise into the US healthcare system that earlier this yr, the VC agency bought an Ohio-based well being system known as Suma Well being, an unprecedented transfer in enterprise capital. However clearly, that doesn’t imply that every one GC-backed well being tech startups will flourish up-and-to-the-right with out setbacks.
Jasper can be notable as a result of it was conceived and launched in 2018 by Redesign Well being, a enterprise agency and studio that creates new healthcare corporations. Run by CEO Brett Shaheen (beforehand at Lone Pine Capital and Carlyle Group), Redesign says it’s constructed 50 healthcare startups which have collectively raised $1.3 billion. Redesign, which is itself backed by LPs like Basic Catalyst, CVS Well being Ventures, and Samsung Subsequent, additionally had its personal layoffs earlier this yr, Fierce Healthcare reported.
Jasper’s digital however human-led platform affords care navigation, affected person assist and distant affected person monitoring. The corporate additionally offers psychosocial care. It says that roughly 12% of its customers are in remission from most cancers.
Pelligrini, the corporate’s founder, began his profession as a surgical specialist within the US Military. He additionally helped construct the American Most cancers Society’s web site, which offers data to sufferers and caregivers concerning the illness. Earlier than founding Jasper, he was the senior vp of digital care and client well being innovation at CVS Well being.
Jasper Well being’s opponents embody Thyme Care and Reimagine Care.
