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The newly announced deal is expected to close in Q4 2020, and values the direct-to-consumer telehealth company's combined entity at $1.6 billion.
Also European virtual care company HomeDoctor scores $4.3M and sexual health company Emjoy closes seed funding round.
2020 is shaping up to be a record-breaking year for digital health startups.
The company says it wants to build a system that generates more drug candidates with fewer experiments in less time.
Along with funds announced a few months back, this brings the round's total to $20.8 million.
The acquisition deal is worth $300 million, per CNBC.
Also: Senior leadership hires at HealthHero and Fern Health.
The round was led by Costanoa Ventures and Spark Capital with participation from Homebrew, Fika Ventures, Precursor Ventures, Core Innovation Capital, Garuda Ventures and Webb Investment Network.
Willow also reported a 140% increase in revenue growth year-over-year from 2018 to 2019, supported by a 120% growth in its mom user base YoY.
With this financial support, Freeletics plans to develop new technologies, expand into new markets – especially in the U.S. – and create new business verticals.