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Pillar 2019 Year in Review

Learn about Pillar's key wins and investment updates in 2019, including the $100 Million Pillar II Fund, and 10 new portfolio investments.

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Maximiz<strong>in</strong>g Health Benefits<br />

PathAI Secures $75m Series B<br />

Us<strong>in</strong>g ML to Improve Pathology<br />

Led by Co-Founders, Andy Beck and Aditya Khosla, <strong>in</strong>vestors <strong>in</strong>clude<br />

General Catalyst, General Atlantic and Merck.<br />

re:claim Health: Led by CEO,<br />

Nataly Youssef and co-founded by<br />

MIT’s Dimitrius Bertsimas, re:claim<br />

Health helps <strong>in</strong>dividuals better<br />

understand their health f<strong>in</strong>ances.<br />

Scripta: Led by CEO, Eric Lev<strong>in</strong>,<br />

Scripta analyzes your spend to help<br />

companies and consumers save up<br />

to 45% on your prescription spend.<br />

Videa Health Raises $5.4m<br />

Seed to Improve Dentistry<br />

"I just used Abridge at a cardiologist appo<strong>in</strong>tment for<br />

my husband. I loved that I could make a connection with<br />

the physician <strong>in</strong>stead of try<strong>in</strong>g to scribble everyth<strong>in</strong>g down.<br />

Be<strong>in</strong>g able to re-listen was game-chang<strong>in</strong>g for me!"<br />

Raises $4m to<br />

Help Patients<br />

Led by UPMC physician,<br />

Shiv Rao, Abridge helps<br />

patients record doctor<br />

conversations, highlight<strong>in</strong>g<br />

medical terms so you can<br />

quickly f<strong>in</strong>d diagnoses,<br />

medications, or treatments.<br />

<strong>Pillar</strong> <strong>in</strong>vested alongside<br />

Union Square Ventures.<br />

Asimov Selected by DARPA<br />

to Develop AI Design Eng<strong>in</strong>e<br />

for Synthetic Biology<br />

Led by CEO, Alec Nielsen, <strong>in</strong>vestors<br />

<strong>in</strong>clude a16z and DCVC.<br />

GRO Biosciences Leverages<br />

Synthetic Biology to Develop<br />

Best-<strong>in</strong>-Class Prote<strong>in</strong><br />

Therapeutics<br />

Catalyz<strong>in</strong>g Healthcare Innovation<br />

medium.com/pillar-companies | contact@pillar.vc |<br />

@pillar_vc<br />

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