Rural health startup Hopscotch raises $53M Series D, backed by John Doerr
What's the deal? Hopscotch Primary Care, a technology-enabled primary care provider serving rural communities, has raised $53 million in a Series D round. 8VC and Town Hall VenturesDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → led, with participation from existing investors including aMoon FundDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, CitiDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, Alumni Ventures and K2 HealthVenturesDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →. New investors include the Autism Impact FundDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, John DoerrDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, chairman of Kleiner Perkins, Heritage Provider NetworkDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → founder Dr Richard MerkinDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, and the Leon Levine FoundationDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →.
What does it do? Founded in 2021, Hopscotch serves more than 15,000 patients through 12 clinical locations across the southeastern US, concentrated in rural Western North Carolina. Its model pairs same-day visits and 24/7 care-team access with technology meant to cut administrative work.
What's the endgame? The company will use the funding to deepen access in its current region, expand into new rural markets, and scale its operations.
The numbers: Hopscotch reports a Net Promoter Score of 89, patient retention above 90%, and medical loss ratio improvement of more than 25 percentage points over a patient's first two years. Its Western North Carolina operations are already profitable.
Why now? Rural health care is under strain, with physicians retiring and hospitals closing. Chief executive officer Tim Gronniger called the raise an "inflection point for Hopscotch, and for rural health care as a whole."
The signal: At $53 million, the round sits in the top third of comparable deals — a sign that investors see rural primary care as a viable market, not just a mission. Doerr framed the bet on technology: "The best use of AI is to amplify human potential."
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