2022年7月20日

Olive於2021年7月宣布了一輪4億美元的投資。據醫療自動化初創公司Olive首席執行官肖恩·萊恩(Sean Lane)周二發給員工的電子郵件顯示，該公司將裁員約450人。萊恩寫道，公司在過去幾年裏發展迅速，招聘了新員工，推出了新工具。但“當今經濟的現實”正迫使這家自動化公司放棄這一戰略。展望未來，Olive將專注於公司麵向提供商的自主收入周期產品，以及麵向支付方的利用率管理轉換工具。信中說，該計劃將幫助Olive比最初計劃的更快實現盈利。被解雇的員工收到了一封電子郵件，通知他們今天是他們的最後一天，但他們的正式工作將在60天後結束。萊恩寫道，受影響的員工每年將有資格獲得兩周的遣散費，以及就業支持，並進入人才門戶網站。萊恩寫道:“雖然我們和其他組織一樣麵臨著許多不利因素，包括行業格局的變化、不斷變化的客戶期望和充滿挑戰的市場環境，但我們也必須糾正我們犯下的錯誤。”“我們的快速增長和缺乏專注使我們的產品和工程資源緊張，阻礙了我們快速執行關鍵計劃。 I take responsibility for this." THE LARGER TREND The layoffs come about a year after Olive announced it had closed a $400 million funding round that boosted its valuation to $4 billion. It also raised multiple rounds in 2020, including a $225.5 million investment announced in December that year. In April, Axios reported that Olive wasn't delivering on its promises to generate big cost savings for health systems by automating administrative tasks. Olive is far from the only digital health company pursuing layoffs this summer. Payment startup Cedar laid off 24% of its workforce earlier this month. Ro, a direct-to-consumer virtual care unicorn that earlier this year raised $150 million , let go of 18% of its workforce. Diagnostics company Cue Health , hybrid provider Carbon Health , primary care company Forward and mental health startup Cerebral have also laid off employees. A Rock Health report on digital health funding through the first half of 2022 found growth-stage companies may face particular challenges in the current market, noting the recent spate of layoffs. Sizes of Series B, C and D+ deals declined compared with 2021, while Series A rounds stayed steady. Tags: