Color Valued at $4.6 Billion With $100 Million Round

<p><strong><span class&equals;"xn-location">SAN FRANCISCO <&sol;span><&sol;strong> &&num;8212&semi; Color&comma; a health technology company committed to advancing public health&comma; has secured a <span class&equals;"xn-money">&dollar;100 million<&sol;span> Series E financing round&period; This brings Color to <span class&equals;"xn-money">&dollar;378 million<&sol;span> in total financing&comma; with a valuation of <span class&equals;"xn-money">&dollar;4&period;6 billion<&sol;span>&period; The round was led by Kindred Ventures and by certain funds and accounts advised by T&period; Rowe Price Associates&comma; Inc&period; with participation by existing investors General Catalyst&comma; Viking Global Investors&comma; and Emerson Collective&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Color works with health systems&comma; employers&comma; and national health initiatives around the world&comma; including Thermo Fisher Scientific&comma; Salesforce&comma; the Teamsters Union&comma; the National Institutes of Health&comma; the <span class&equals;"xn-location">State of California<&sol;span>&comma; and the <span class&equals;"xn-location">City of San Francisco<&sol;span>&comma; and more than 100 major employers and universities&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"col-sm-10 col-sm-offset-1">&NewLine;<p>Over the last two years&comma; Color has implemented essential healthcare delivery programs in 16 states and federally with the National Institutes of Health for employers&comma; governments and school systems&period; The company is currently running the largest COVID-19 testing program for K-12 schools in the nation and has supported more than 6&comma;500 testing and 500 vaccination sites across the country&period; Now&comma; Color will build on its model to offer new programs that deliver the last mile of care across essential healthcare services&period; Color will begin this expansion in essential healthcare services and STI services&comma; providing programs that help populations get access to screening&comma; diagnostics&comma; and initial treatments for a variety of health needs anywhere they are&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"col-sm-10 col-sm-offset-1">&NewLine;<p>Color&&num;8217&semi;s offerings will now include vaccination and preventive health services for schools and employers&comma; as well as infectious disease management programs for public health settings&period; The combination of existing offerings and new services expands the company&&num;8217&semi;s work building public health technology and infrastructure for governments&comma; employers&comma; and other institutions that care for large populations&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;What we have built will serve as a critical piece of public health infrastructure to deliver access to healthcare services to those who need them most&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Color CEO Othman Laraki&period; &&num;8220&semi;We have learned that there is an exponential uptick in people&&num;8217&semi;s ability to use these services as they become simpler and more convenient&period; Public health should happen where public life happens&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Through partnerships with public and private institutions such as Thermo Fisher Scientific&comma; PerkinElmer&comma; Salesforce&comma; the Teamsters Union&comma; the National Institutes of Health&comma; the <span class&equals;"xn-location">State of California<&sol;span>&comma; and the Executive Office of Health and Human Services of <span class&equals;"xn-location">Massachusetts<&sol;span>&comma; Color&&num;8217&semi;s infrastructure and software make it possible for large populations to receive essential healthcare services directly where they live or work&period; Color has partnered with nearly 1&comma;000 organizations&comma; including public health departments&comma; universities&comma; and employers to offer access to fast&comma; reliable and convenient healthcare services&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Color is poised to further transform how we deliver public health in this country with speed and at-scale&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said <span class&equals;"xn-person">Steve Jang<&sol;span>&comma; Founder and Managing Partner of Kindred Ventures&period; &&num;8220&semi;Just as we&&num;8217&semi;ve seen digital transformations in other parts of our lives&comma; the distributed network approach Color has built will improve the way we experience health care in the future&period; The hosted software and data infrastructure that Color provides has created a new normal&colon; all essential care should be accessible&comma; decentralized&comma; and delivered within companies&comma; schools&comma; and communities instantly&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Color has built a strong&comma; sustainable&comma; and profitable business that can scale alongside the myriad of health challenges the U&period;S&period; faces&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Color CFO <span class&equals;"xn-person">Mike Herring<&sol;span>&period; &&num;8220&semi;The response from our partners has been incredibly positive&comma; and our remarkable team has delivered at scale with both pace and quality of execution&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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