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Omnichannel engagement company raises $40 million for health platform

Omnichannel engagement platform provider higi announced it has raised more than $40 million from its investors. These investments will be used to improve higi's health platform including its telehealth kiosks, which enable users to collect and share their health and activity data.

January 12, 2016

Omnichannel engagement platform provider higi announced it has raised more than $40 million from its investors. These investments will be used to improve higi's health platform including its telehealth kiosks, according to the press release.

Its health platform includes its telehealth kiosks, mobile app and Web portal. The platform allows users to collect and share their health and activity data with partners and communities, according to the release. "Higi was founded on a simple but elusive idea: When individuals are empowered with their vital health stats (i.e., blood pressure, BMI, weight, pulse and body composition) and motivated through challenges and incentives, they make better decisions that lead to improved health outcomes," said Jeff Bennett, CEO of higi. "We are very fortunate to have investors and a board of directors who share higi's belief that small but meaningful steps can create lasting health habits."

The company currently partners with 40 retailers across the nation, which means that approximately 75 percent of the U.S. populations lives within 5 miles of a higi health station, according to the release. In addition to its retail partners, the company also works with health care organizations to provide them with consumer data and insights so they can develop targeted health care programs, according to the release.

"Higi is a unique company because it understands and delivers on the promise that consumers who are empowered with their real-time biometric data often make better health decisions," higi Chairman William Wrigley Jr. said in the release. "I am excited to be working closely with higi and strongly believe it is a company to watch in 2016 and beyond."