Insurer nib takes third chew of on-line scripts startup Midnight Well being, pledging $24 million for 77% stake

Brisbane on-line prescription startup Midnight Well being has raised $15 million in a Sequence B with ASX-listed insurer nib stumping up the money for a 3rd time 19 months to personal greater than three-quarters of the enterprise.

nib’s funding comes as regulators crack down on the sector, forcing medtech firms to shift from on-line functions for prescriptions to a telephone or video session with a health care provider earlier than a script is issued. The modifications kick in from September.

Midnight Well being beforehand raised $12 million in a Sequence A funded by nib (ASX: NHF) in August final 12 months. That increase valued the well being illnesses options model builder at $48 million. nib chipped in an preliminary $4 million funding in November 2021. The insurer has additionally promised a further $9 million in high up funding for the Sequence B in FY2024 if the startup meets a collection of efficiency targets. Having tipped $40 million in, nib will maintain a 77% stake in Midnight Well being.

Midnight Well being gives 27 merchandise for residence supply throughout three manufacturers, from the morning after contraceptive capsule to thrush, sleep issues, erectile dysfunction, blood stress, smoking, weight and hair loss and pores and skin circumstances.

Rival telehealth manufacturers startup Eucalyptus just lately raised $50 million from the likes of Woolies, Mary Meeker & Blackbird on a $520 million valuation.

The contemporary capital can be used to assist the enterprise develop, together with constructing scale, additional creating its IT, and repair platforms.

Midnight Well being was based in late 2020 by Nic Blair and Matt Anderso and launched in February 2021.

From a buyer base of greater than 30,000 folks in August final 12 months, Blair mentioned they’ve serviced extra than 85,000 Australians with digital scripts, and pharmacy residence supply alongside 100,000-plus physician consults since launch.

“This newest funding will enable us to speed up progress, develop new companies and convey our revolutionary healthcare options to extra sufferers throughout Australia as we work to vary the way in which care is delivered,” he mentioned. 

“Midnight Well being brings fairness to folks round healthcare, whether or not they reside within the bush or a giant capital metropolis.”

nib managing director, Mark Fitzgibbon mentioned the corporate constructing an ecosystem of applied sciences and property, akin to Midnight Well being, for folks to personalise their healthcare wants via the insurer.

“It’s an thrilling and necessary endeavour, particularly when you think about the fragmentation inside healthcare,” he mentioned. 

“nib views the vary of Midnight Well being services as key components in its imaginative and prescient to turn out to be as a lot a well being administration firm as we’re a number one well being insurer.”

The insurer additionally has stakes in well being information enterprise Honeysuckle and intestine testing medtech Microba, which each have partnerships with Midnight Well being.