Higi
Private | |
Industry | Healthcare |
Headquarters | Chicago |
Key people |
Jeff Bennett, CEO Khan Siddiqui, Founder Chris Kryder, Chairman |
Website | higi.com |
Higi is a medical technology company that creates health station kiosks.[1] The kiosks appear in supermarkets, pharmacies, and other retail locations.[2][3][4] Higi has over 11,000 kiosks in the United States.[5][6] It was founded in 2012 by Khan Siddiqui[7] and Michael W. Ferro Jr., the owner of the Chicago Sun-Times (tronc).[8]
The company makes much of its money from advertising on the kiosks.[9]
Higi acquired Merge Health Information Kiosks for $2.75 million in 2012[10] and kiosk provider Stayhealthy in 2014 for an undisclosed amount.[11][12] It received investment from BlueCross BlueShield's venture fund in 2017.[13][14] Another notable investor is Lupe Fiasco, who accepted a role as creative director of the company.[15][16][17][18] As part of the Blue Shield investment, Higi acquired a Seattle company called EveryMove.[19]
In 2017, Sam's Club began offering higi in its stores[20][21] Higi also placed kiosks at Vanderbilt University[22] and Wegman's supermarkets[23] The kiosks are also at Kroger, Meijer,[24] Shopko,[25] Rite Aid[26] and other stores.
In 2018, Higi raised a Series C round of $21.3 million from Flare Capital Partners and 7wireVentures.[27][28]
Higi named a new Chairman Chris Kryder in August 2018.[29]
References
- ↑ "Higi Health Stations Can Now Share Data with Epic's EHR". Pharmacytimes.com.
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- ↑ "Kiosk startup higi headed to 4,000 Rite Aid stores". Mobihealthnews.com. 6 February 2014.
- ↑ "Higi Raises $40 Million to Expand its Network of Health and Wellness Kiosks". Americaninno.com. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
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- ↑ "Wegmans expands higi partnership". Retailleader.com.
- ↑ "Higi - Crunchbase". Crunchbase.com.
- ↑ "Michael Ferro's health care startup Higi inks deal with Rite Aid". Chicagobusiness.com.
- ↑ Wunker, Stephen. "A New Age for Healthcare Kiosks -- Five Ways Next Generation Kiosks Disrupt Medicine and Healthcare Marketing". Forbes.com.
- ↑ "Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions". Reuters.com.
- ↑ "Higi raises $40 million for its health tracking kiosk, app". Mobihealthnews.com. 11 January 2016.
- ↑ "Higi and Stayhealthy team up in kiosk consolidation". Mobihealthnews.com. 14 August 2014.
- ↑ "BlueCross BlueShield fund invests in Ferro health care creation Higi". Chicagobusiness.com.
- ↑ "Blue Cross and Blue Shield fund invests in Ferro healthcare creation Higi". Modernhealthcare.com.
- ↑ "Lupe Fiasco's health startup higi acquires challenge and rewards platform Earndit". Mobihealthnews.com. 17 December 2013.
- ↑ "Rapper Lupe Fiasco Discusses His Role at Tech Startup higi". Wsj.com.
- ↑ "Lupe Fiasco Launches New Health and Wellness App Higi - XXL". XXL Mag.
- ↑ "Lupe Fiasco Takes 'Normal Job' as Creative Director of Health Start-Up". Billboard.com.
- ↑ "Seattle wellness tracking startup EveryMove acquired by personal health scanning company higi". Geekwire.com. 29 March 2017.
- ↑ "Sam's Club® Offers higi Technology to Help Members and the Public Take Greater Control of their Health - Sam's Club Corporate". Corporate.samsclub.com.
- ↑ "Sam's Club teams up with higi to offer health screening kiosk, app to members - Center for Health Technology & Innovation". Ahahealthtech.org. 19 February 2017.
- ↑ Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of. "Check Weight and Blood Pressure With Higi On Campus and Across the Country - Vanderbilt Faculty & Staff Health and Wellness". Vumc.org.
- ↑ "Wegmans connects with customers on health". Supermarketsnews.com. 23 April 2018.
- ↑ "Greater Cincinnati, your blood pressure is a mess". Cincinnati.com.
- ↑ "higi to put health kiosks in Shopko stores in 18 states". Medcitynews.com.
- ↑ "New In-Store, Online, and Mobile Drugstore Services - Consumer Reports". Consumerreports.org.
- ↑ "Health kiosk maker higi raises $21.3M Series C". July 10, 2018.
- ↑ "$21.3 Million Investment in higi, led by Flare Capital Partners and 7wireVentures, Fuels Opening of Healthcare's New "Front Door"". The Daily Times. July 10, 2018.
- ↑ "Fast-growing Higi names executive chairman". Retailleader.com.