Startup fundings: First Opinion, Washio, and Nextbit Systems can now expand into other markets and grow their enterprise business.
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First Opinion(Founded in December 2013, San Francisco-based personal doctor messaging app),
has raised $1.2 million in a seed funding from
Greylock, Yuri Milner, 500 Startups, and Felicis Ventures. First Opinion is a platform
for moms to message a doctor at any time, night or day, offering unlimited
access to a personally-matched doctor for a subscription fee of $9/month. First
Opinion's app ranked fourth in
the App Store and saw 10,000 doctor
consultations in its first month.
Washio (Los Angeles-based on-demand
laundry startup), has raised $2.25
million in a seed funding led by Pejman Mar Ventures with participation from Sherpa Ventures, AME Cloud Ventures, Three Six Zero Group, Ashton Kutcher, Ron Burkle, Nas, Scooter Braun, and more. This mobile app lets users schedule laundry pickup and delivery
from their phones, ensuring a 24-hour turnaround.
Washio is currently available in Los Angeles and San Francisco, and plans to use the
new funds to expand into other markets (5 to 10 cities this year) and grow its
enterprise business.
Nextbit Systems (San
Francisco-based stealth mobile technology startup), has raised $18 million from
Accel Partners and Google Ventures. Started by early Android veterans Tom Moss and Mike Chan, Nextbit will be focused on changing the core user experience of a mobile OS.
Henceforth Android founder Rich Miner of Google Ventures and Accel's Rich Wong will be joining Nextbit's board.