Marani Health raised a $7.6 million round of seed funding, the company said Tuesday.
The round was led by a new investor, New York-based OneAlphaNorth Capital, along with existing investors New York-based SWL Healthcare and Charlotte, North Carolina-based TFX Capital.
The Minneapolis-based health tech startup said the funding would help it to launch a digital prenatal and postpartum care platform. The service will combine a mobile app, called M•other, with a clinical portal that allows for two-way communication between the mother and the medical team.
"Marani is committed to transforming the pregnancy care model by dramatically improving access, convenience, outcomes, and costs through our comprehensive digital prenatal and postpartum care portfolio," said Ann Holder, Marani founder and CEO. "This latest funding round and the board of directors addition position Marani to accelerate the development and launch of our platform for the benefit of patients, clinicians, payers, and investors.
Marani also announced OneAlphaNorth Managing Director Brady Lipp was appointed to its board of directors.
"The entire market of health monitoring and care for pregnant women and their babies is incredibly antiquated, which presents a tremendous opportunity for Marani to disrupt the standard of care and create an entirely new market focused on digital pregnancy and postpartum care solutions," Brady explained. "I'm excited to play an integral role in helping guide Marani's innovative solutions towards full commercialization and rapid growth."
Marani was previously known as Odonata Health Inc. and was co-founded by the Mayo Clinic.
