Ellen DaSilva is the Founder and CEO of Summer Health, which offers message-based pediatric medical services within 15 minutes. Summer Health has raised a total of $7.5M from Sequoia Capital, Lux Capital, Box Group, Metrodora Ventures and others. Before starting Summer Health, she was the Head of Business Development at hims&hers, focusing on strategic partnerships and growing the business. She is also an active angel investor as a Sequoia Scout in Seed and Series A consumer tech companies.
Ellen obtained her MBA with Distinction from Harvard Business School. During her time at HBS, she was a Partner at Rough Draft Ventures, the pre-seed fund of General Catalyst. Prior to business school, she managed a unit of the Business Operations team at Twitter. She co-authored the book Pitching & Closing: Everything You Need To Know About Business Development, Partnerships, and Making Deals that Matter, a guidebook to business development and revenue-generating partnerships at tech startups.
Healthcare providers should deliver care to patients in all-inclusive models that focus on treatments rather than squeezing profits. In my opinion, charging a $50 convenience fee for a flu shot I could have received for free at CVS or Walgreens is unacceptable