Fighting fit: $15m raised for My Food Bag founders’ health start-up

Fighting fit: $15m raised for My Food Bag founders’ health start-up
Rebecca Stevenson
Corporate heavyweight Marko Bogoievski has invested in Cecilia and James Robinson's healthcare start-up and will join its board.The Tend app, which has been developed in New Zealand, offers online appointments with GPs for common health concerns like coughs and colds, gives patients digital access to their notes and prescriptions, and has a brick and mortar health clinic in Kingsland. It was launched in October 2020.Tend co-founder and co-CEO Cecilia Robinson said the company raised $15 million in a closed capital funding round from existin...

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