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Health startup Roon is raising $15 million at a $65 million pre-money valuation, BI has learned. AdvertisementHealth information site Roon is raising a new funding round, Business Insider has learned. Roon aims to replace "Dr. Google" with its website and app for consumers to ask their health questions and get expert answers. The company provides accessible medical information to users and partners with trained medical professionals to answer specific medical questions about users' health journeys. Related storiesToday, expert health information isn't always easy to find with a simple Google search.
Persons: , Roon, Vikram Bhaskaran, Arun Ranganathan, Rohan Ramakrishna, OpenAI's, Bhaskaran Organizations: Service, Sequoia Capital, SV Angel, Union Square Ventures Locations: Sequoia
Jess Lee, a Sequoia partner, shared tips for founders hoping to be selected for next year. The firm's first US Arc class is beginning its second week of a seven-week intensive course to help founders hone their startup business plans. It isn't enough to just have a great business idea, Lee said — the idea has to be in a market where there is the possibility of huge disruption and growth. "It's not easy to start a company," Lee said. "At seed and preseed it is so much about the story of who you are and why you had this insight," Lee said.
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