Xploro, a mobile application that delivers health information to patients — starting with children who are being treated for cancer — has completed its first investment round led by U.S. investors.
The British startup moved its headquarters to Cleveland's Ohio City neighborhood from Manchester, Essex, in January, said Scott Shane, managing partner of Comeback Capital and an economics professor at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, in an email.
Comeback Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm based in Cleveland, led Xploro's recent $750,000 investment round, Shane said. JumpStart Inc. and UH Ventures also participated in the investment round, according to LinkedIn posts by both Cleveland organizations.
"This funding is crucial for the company’s growth and means we can offer an improved product to health care providers and users," Dom Raban, Xploro's founder and CEO, said in a Prolific North article.
The Xploro app uses augmented reality, gameplay and artificial intelligence to deliver health information to patients, according to the startup's LinkedIn page.
"Clinicians will find more value in the back end, and the kids that use it will benefit from better and more engaging content, which will support their health care journey," Raban said in the Prolific North article.
Raban was traveling and unavailable for an interview on Monday.
Xploro also made its first U.S. hire — Stefan Agamanolis as chief strategy officer — in January, according to Prolific North.
Previously, Agamanolis spent more than 12 years at Akron Children's Hospital as its chief innovation officer, according to his LinkedIn page.
Raban started Xploro in 2019 after watching his 13-year-old daughter struggle with her cancer treatment because "nobody told her what to expect and that made her feel scared, anxious and alone," according to the company's website.
