• eMindful

  Participated · Series B · Oct 2016

  eMindful provides globally scalable, research-backed live, online applied mindfulness programs delivered through live online classrooms taught by licensed health professionals. Its programs specifically address stress and resilience, metabolic syndrome, chronic pain, diabetes, tobacco usage and cancer. The company's technology-enabled solutions are marketed to corporations, managed care organizations and third-party administrators. eMindful leverages research collaborations with institutions including Vanderbilt University, Harvard Medical School, Chatham University, University of British Columbia and the University of Calgary. Led by CEO Kelley McCabe Ruff, the company intends to use recent financing to accelerate engagement marketing, new product development and sales expansion. The company closed a $6.85M Series B round of financing. eMindful delivers evidence-based wellness and disease-management programs through live, online classrooms where participants can see, hear, talk and chat with instructors and peers. Its curriculum incorporates mindfulness practices and includes courses such as MBSR, Mindfulness at Work, QuitSmart® Mindfully and Weight Balance for Life. The company says its programs have been validated by research led by Aetna and Duke Integrative Medicine and has trained thousands of participants. Early customers include Aetna, Humana, Healthy Business Group, Florida Power and Light, Kaiser Permanente, the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and the State of Arizona. eMindful has received industry recognition, including a joint innovation recognition with Aetna from the National Business Group on Health in 2012 and a "Florida Companies to Watch" award. Leadership has positioned the company to grow in both the corporate and consumer markets, and the firm is headquartered in Vero Beach, Fla. eMindful provides specialized, comprehensive, evidence-based health and wellness programs delivered through live online classrooms taught by licensed health professionals, including physicians and psychotherapists. Its technology-enabled solutions are designed to prevent, mitigate, and slow progression of diseases linked to family, work and lifestyle risk factors. The company delivers programs to corporations, managed care organizations, and third-party administrators. eMindful has partnered with Duke University Health System to develop curricula grounded in demonstrated research and recently completed a randomized controlled trial of a stress-reduction program with Duke and a customer, Aetna; Aetna’s review of medical-claims data showed a positive correlation between costs and study participants’ stress levels. The company is based in Vero Beach, Florida. MBF Healthcare Partners has acquired a minority equity interest and will work with management to expand eMindful’s products, services, and customer base.

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