The digital health startup received FDA clearance for its carbon monoxide sensor to be used for smoking cessation without oversight from a healthcare provider. The expanded indication came after Carrot submitted the results of a single-arm study claiming its device increased people’s motivation to quit smoking.
Busy Burr, the founder of Humana Ventures, is joining digital health startup Carrot, which has developed a smoking cessation product. In September, another corporate VC, — Renee Ryan — formerly with J&J's venture arm, became CEO of digital neurology startup Cala Health.
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JJDC led the round, while New York Life Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Marc Benioff, R7 Partners and Carrot founder David Utley also participated.
Minneapolis-based RedBrick will offer some of its customers access to Redwood City, California-based Carrot's smoking cessation platform called Pivot. Additionally, RedBrick will have category market exclusivity to market Pivot through 2018.