Leva Clinic raises US$3.5m for digital chronic pain platform
Summary
Personalised treatment options can help these people from living in pain and reduce opioid-related deaths (up to 100,000 a year).Leva Clinic is the first digital healthcare platform for patients with chronic pain in the UK. Founded in 2019, it provides a variety of digital healthcare services to help patients manage their condition:Digital healthcare support for those with chronic painLevas unique patient centric platform is delivering for our patients and with this investment we intend to further increase our reach across the UK and continue to build our offering through digital access, said Eric Bystrom, Leva co-founder and CEO. Justins experience in developing digital offerings coupled with Oskares life sciences expertise make them the perfect partners for this next stage of our journey.We have been impressed by Levas approach to patient care, also affirmed by their NHS contracts and recent CQC report, said Dr John Rogers, Neurologist and co-founder of \xd3skare, after joining Levas board. Leva has assembled a highly experienced team of pain management experts, and we are excited to help Leva make these patient services available across the UK.We are excited about our investment in Leva and their much needed pain management platform, agreed Oliver Lamb, Co-Founder and Investment Manager at \xd3skare Capital. Having been in discussions with the Leva team for over a year, we have been continually impressed by their vision and dedication.Our investment in Leva is perfectly aligned with our goal to support emerging businesses in the pain management space globally, said Justin Hartfield, founder of global cannabis technology platform Weedmaps.