Who invested in DrFirst

5 rounds we have observed, with the 4 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

BiotechHealthcare

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$68Mraised across 5 rounds since 2014, from 5 sources

$10MDebt$3.5MVenture$12MDebt$25MVenture$17MRound

Latest round: Round, $17MApr 2019
Biggest round: $25MVenture · Oct 2015
Investors: 4

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The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

20152016201720182019

$10MDebt$3.5MVenture$12MDebt$25MVenture$17MRound

First round: Debt, $10M
Biggest round: $25M
Usual gap between rounds: 9 months

The rounds

Apr 2019
Round$17M1 new
- SunTrust Banks
Reported by FinSMEs
Oct 2015
Venture$25M1 new
- Goldman Sachs
From a historical funding record
Sept 2015
Debt$12M1 new
- SunTrust Bank
From a historical funding record
May 2015
Venture$3.5M
No investor was named in the report.
From a historical funding record
Aug 2014
Debt$10M1 new
- SVB Capital
From a historical funding record

Founders and team

From DrFirst's own website: 1 founder, 8 on the team.

James F. ChenExecutive Chairman of the Board and Founder

Laizer KornwasserChief Executive Officer
Zachary FoxExecutive Vice President
Anthony BrookePresident, Technology and Provider Solutions
David SamuelsChief Financial Officer
Drew HunsingerChief Brand Officer
Irene HessChief Brand Officer
Paul BantaChief Operating Officer
Valerie MondelliChief Commercial Officer

Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

Debt2014Venture2015Debt2015Venture2015Round2019

Goldman Sachs

SVB Capital

SunTrust BankSunTrust Banks

Everyone who backed them

Goldman SachsPrivate equity1round

SVB CapitalVC firm1round

SunTrust BankGrowth equity1round

SunTrust Banksno record of our own yet1round

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Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists DrFirst as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.