# DrFirst funding: rounds and investors

> DrFirst has raised $68M across 5 rounds since 2014. Investors include Goldman Sachs, SVB Capital and SunTrust Bank. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/drfirst (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# 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.

Biotech Healthcare

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$68M** raised across 5 rounds since 2014, from 5 sources

**$10M** Debt **$3.5M** Venture **$12M** Debt **$25M** Venture **$17M** Round

- **Latest round:** Round, $17M Apr 2019
- **Biggest round:** $25M Venture · Oct 2015
- **Investors:** 4

See who backed them

## The funding story

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

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

**$10M** Debt

**$3.5M** Venture

**$12M** Debt

**$25M** Venture

**$17M** Round

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

## The rounds

- **Apr 2019** Round **$17M** *1 new* SunTrust Banks Reported by FinSMEs
- **Oct 2015** Venture **$25M** *1 new* [Goldman Sachs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goldman-sachs) From a historical funding record
- **Sept 2015** Debt **$12M** *1 new* [SunTrust Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/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 **$10M** *1 new* [SVB Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/svb-capital) From a historical funding record

## Founders and team

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

**James F. Chen** Executive Chairman of the Board and Founder

- **Laizer Kornwasser** Chief Executive Officer
- **Zachary Fox** Executive Vice President
- **Anthony Brooke** President, Technology and Provider Solutions
- **David Samuels** Chief Financial Officer
- **Drew Hunsinger** Chief Brand Officer
- **Irene Hess** Chief Brand Officer
- **Paul Banta** Chief Operating Officer
- **Valerie Mondelli** Chief 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.

**Debt** 2014 **Venture** 2015 **Debt** 2015 **Venture** 2015 **Round** 2019 [Goldman Sachs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goldman-sachs) [SVB Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/svb-capital) [SunTrust Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/suntrust-bank) SunTrust Banks

## Everyone who backed them

[Goldman Sachs](https://millionrounds.com/fund/goldman-sachs) Private equity **1** round

[SVB Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/svb-capital) VC firm **1** round

[SunTrust Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/suntrust-bank) Growth equity **1** round

SunTrust Banks no record of our own yet **1** round

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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.

[Savano Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/savano-capital-partners) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about DrFirst

### Who invested in DrFirst?

DrFirst's investors include Goldman Sachs, SVB Capital, SunTrust Bank and SunTrust Banks.

### How much has DrFirst raised?

DrFirst has raised $68M across 5 rounds since 2014.

### When did DrFirst last raise?

DrFirst's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $17M in Apr 2019.

### What was DrFirst's biggest round?

DrFirst's largest round on record is $25M (Venture), in Oct 2015.

### Who backed DrFirst first?

DrFirst's first round on record, in Aug 2014, was backed by SVB Capital.

### What stage is DrFirst at?

DrFirst's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Apr 2019.

### Where is DrFirst based?

DrFirst is based in the United States.

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