This investment was led by Accel-KKR with participation from existing investor BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners / Sandbox Advantage Fund. The capital will be used to accelerate Patientco’s growth in the $5B+ patient payments market, expand sales and marketing throughout the U.S., and fuel continued product innovation within the company’s industry-leading patient billing and payments platform.
“We are solving for an unprecedented affordability crisis in healthcare,” said Bird Blitch, co-founder and CEO of Patientco. “Health systems have an opportunity to create a superior patient financial experience by leveraging smarter technology which turns patient payments into an economic growth engine. We are excited to partner with Accel-KKR to continue our growth and help more health systems solve this complex challenge.”
Accel-KKR’s investment follows a string of successful milestones for Patientco including: reaching 10 million unique patient users, crossing $1B in payments processed, and serving more than 2,000 healthcare locations across the U.S. with its patient billing and payments technology. Patientco continues to bring together the best in FinTech and healthcare technology to create a superior patient financial experience and deliver significant financial outcomes for its health system clients.
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