SimpliFed Raises Over $10 Million in an Oversubscribed Series A to Expand SimpliFed’s Maternal Health Ecosystem

SimpliFed在超额认购的A轮融资中筹集了超过1000万美元，以扩展SimpliFed的孕产妇健康生态系统。

ITHACA, NEW YORK, April 7, 2026-- SimpliFed, the maternal healthcare leader in providing virtual breastfeeding and baby feeding support for new parents, announced today that it has raised $10.8 Million in its oversubscribed Series A funding round. The round was led by Morningside and Hesperia Capital with participation from Foreground Capital and additional investors.

纽约州伊萨卡，2026年4月7日——SimpliFed是为新生儿父母提供虚拟母乳喂养和婴儿喂养支持的孕产妇医疗保健领域的领导者，今天宣布在超额认购的A轮融资中筹集了1080万美元。本轮融资由晨兴资本和赫斯佩里亚资本领投，前景资本及其他投资者参与。

Participating existing investors also include AHA Social Impact Fund, Elizabeth Street Ventures, and Angels. The Series A funds will accelerate growth of SimpliFed’s technology-enabled maternal health platform, specifically to scale SimpliFed’s core lactation offering and additional virtual OB services.

现有投资者还包括AHA社会影响基金、Elizabeth Street Ventures和天使投资人。A轮融资将加速SimpliFed技术赋能的孕产妇健康平台的增长，特别是扩大SimpliFed核心的哺乳服务和额外的虚拟产科服务。

This will enable SimpliFed’s health plans and care provider partners to reach and care for moms and babies from pregnancy through the vital post-partum period, creating a first-of-its-kind virtual perinatal care provider. .

这将使SimpliFed的健康计划和护理提供商合作伙伴能够在孕期到至关重要的产后阶段为妈妈和宝宝提供服务，创建首个虚拟围产期护理供应商。

“This investment will benefit patients immediately, as we grow our technology, continue to focus on patient-centric care, and bolster providers’ ability to provide the best care for mom and baby,” said Andrea Ippolito, Founder and CEO of SimpliFed. “We have created a longitudinal care model that now not only offers breastfeeding and baby feeding support, but has now evolved to serve families with virtual OB offerings.

“这项投资将立即惠及患者，因为我们正在扩展技术，继续专注于以患者为中心的护理，并加强医疗机构为母婴提供最佳护理的能力，”SimpliFed创始人兼首席执行官安德烈亚·伊波利托表示。“我们已经创建了一个纵向护理模式，该模式不仅提供母乳喂养和婴儿喂养支持，现在还发展为通过虚拟产科服务来为家庭提供帮助。”

This is a testament to the needs within maternal health where we serve as an extension of the current standard of care to fill in the gaps.”.

这是对我们所从事的母婴健康领域需求的一个证明，我们在当前护理标准的基础上进行延伸，以填补其中的空白。

SimpliFed is the leading virtual maternal health platform focused on baby feeding and maternal support. The proprietary platform connects families with International Board Certified Lactation Consultants and other maternal health providers through secure telehealth visits, providing feeding support, maternal mental health screenings, and care navigation from pregnancy through the first and second years postpartum.

SimpliFed 是领先的虚拟孕产妇健康平台，专注于婴儿喂养和孕产妇支持。该专有平台通过安全的远程医疗访问，将家庭与国际认证的哺乳顾问及其他孕产妇健康服务提供者联系起来，提供从怀孕到产后头两年的喂养支持、孕产妇心理健康筛查和护理指导。

SimpliFed’s new virtual OB model partners with health systems and clinics to continue delivering baby feeding support as well as virtual prenatal and postpartum care for low-risk patients. SimpliFed’s team manages lactation consultations and routine check-ins remotely while securely sharing updates with the patient’s primary OBGYN.

SimpliFed 的新型虚拟产科模式与卫生系统和诊所合作，继续为低风险患者提供婴儿喂养支持以及虚拟的产前和产后护理。SimpliFed 的团队远程管理哺乳咨询和常规检查，同时安全地与患者的主要妇产科医生共享更新信息。

This approach makes care more convenient for families, improves visit compliance, and frees up valuable in-clinic time for patients who require more complex or in-person care..

这种方法使家庭护理更加便利，提高了就诊的依从性，并为需要更复杂或面对面护理的患者腾出了宝贵的门诊时间。

'SimpliFed’s evolution from a virtual lactation platform to a comprehensive virtual OB model will meaningfully close gaps in perinatal care,” said Michael Papile, Co-Founder, Hesperia Capital. “My partner, Rhett Hunter and I believe deeply in the SimpliFed mission in delivering compassionate, clinically rigorous support at scale and are excited to help accelerate that impact.'.

“SimpliFed从虚拟哺乳平台发展为全面的虚拟产科模式，将显著填补围产期护理的空白，”Hesperia Capital联合创始人迈克尔·帕皮尔表示。“我的搭档瑞特·亨特和我深深相信SimpliFed的使命，即大规模提供富有同情心且临床严谨的支持，并期待帮助加速这一影响。”

SimpliFed is in network with most major commercial health plans nationally, as well as Medicaid health plans across several states. Already, the company is on track to serve 5% of all US births in 2026. The funds raised in this Series A round will support the continued growth of SimpliFed’s proprietary Maternal Health Operating System, and activate contracted partnerships with health systems, OBGYN clinics and other strategic relationships.

SimpliFed与全国大多数主要商业健康计划以及多个州的医疗补助计划均有合作。到2026年，该公司有望为全美5%的新生儿提供服务。本轮融资所得将用于支持SimpliFed专有的孕产妇健康操作系统的持续发展，并推动与卫生系统、妇产科诊所及其他战略合作伙伴的签约合作。

SimpliFed also plans to deepen their partnerships through the use of EMR interoperability standards and APIs that allow for seamless collaboration with care providers through secure capture of patient information, performing automated eligibility verification, and easy self-scheduling options for patients seeking care..

SimpliFed 还计划通过使用 EMR 互操作性标准和 API 来加深他们的合作伙伴关系，这些标准和 API 能够通过安全捕获患者信息、执行自动资格验证以及为寻求护理的患者提供便捷的自助预约选项，实现与护理提供者的无缝协作。

“We first backed SimpliFed because the early postpartum weeks are both profoundly important and profoundly underserved, and the market had not built a scalable way to show up for families in that window,” said Stephen Bruso, Investor at Morningside. “We’ve chosen to keep backing them because they’ve turned their original thesis into real progress on the ground by building payer partnerships, demonstrating strong engagement and outcomes, and proving that lactation can be the starting point for broader mental health support and better access to OB care.”.

“我们最初支持SimpliFed，是因为产后早期的几周既非常重要，又严重缺乏服务，市场尚未建立一种可扩展的方式来为处于这一阶段的家庭提供支持，”Morningside的投资人Stephen Bruso表示。“我们选择继续支持他们，因为他们通过建立支付方合作关系、展示出强大的参与度和成果，证明了哺乳可以成为更广泛心理健康支持以及更好地获取产科护理的起点，将最初的设想转化为实际的进展。”

SimpliFed is expanding into Virtual OB services to help relieve pressure on strained healthcare systems. This model will allow providers to meet with patients both prenatally and postpartum through virtual visits. By leveraging interoperability with all major electronic medical record (EMR) systems, SimpliFed intends to create a more efficient and coordinated care experience for families.

SimpliFed 正在扩展到虚拟产科服务，以帮助缓解紧张的医疗系统的压力。该模式将允许医疗服务提供者通过虚拟访问在产前和产后与患者会面。通过利用与所有主要电子病历 (EMR) 系统的互操作性，SimpliFed 旨在为家庭创造更高效和协调的护理体验。

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Access to maternal care and baby-feeding support remains limited for many families. While initiation rates for breastfeeding are high, duration drops off as new parents face common barriers such as latching challenges, pain, limited access to clinical guidance, and the realities of returning to work.

许多家庭获得孕产妇护理和婴儿喂养支持的机会仍然有限。虽然母乳喂养的初始率很高，但随着新手父母面临常见的障碍，如含乳困难、疼痛、缺乏临床指导以及重返职场的现实，持续时间会逐渐缩短。

A recent study featured in the Capital Impact Council: HV-ROI Case Studies from the Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy​​, proves SimpliFed’s support is not only easier for families, but also improves these outcomes. Specifically, 96.6% of patients in this study breastfed at one week and 55.3% at 12 months, compared to the national average of 85.7% and 40.8 percent respectively.

最近一项发表在《首都影响力委员会：杜克-马戈利斯健康政策研究所的高压投资回报案例研究》中的研究表明，SimpliFed 的支持不仅让家庭更加轻松，还改善了这些结果。具体而言，本研究中有 96.6% 的患者在一周时进行母乳喂养，55.3% 的患者在 12 个月时仍在坚持，而全国平均水平分别为 85.7% 和 40.8%。

Continued appointments also proved beneficial where the more visits patients attended added months to their overall breastfeeding journey. At 4–6 months postpartum, PHQ-9 scores improved more among SimpliFed appointment users, indicating a meaningful trend toward reduced postpartum depression. .

持续的预约也证明是有益的，患者参加的访问次数越多，她们的整体母乳喂养时间就越长。在产后4到6个月，使用SimpliFed预约的用户的PHQ-9得分改善更多，表明产后抑郁症状有显著减轻的趋势。

Improving baby feeding outcomes is just the tip of the arrow; Data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention also shows that 25% of mothers delay prenatal care, and 60% stop breastfeeding earlier than they intended, trends largely driven by the growing number of nationwide OB-provider shortages and maternal care deserts.

改善婴儿喂养结果只是问题的冰山一角；美国疾病控制与预防中心的数据还显示，25%的母亲推迟产前护理，60%的母亲比预期更早停止母乳喂养，这些趋势很大程度上是由全国范围内妇产科医生短缺和母婴护理荒漠化日益严重所导致的。

In response, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists now recommends adopting virtual care models to help improve maternal health outcomes, which have continually worsened. Additionally, the American Medical Association (AMA) has now eliminated the global maternity reimbursement code starting January 1st, 2027, where now all antepartum, labor and delivery, and postpartum codes will be billed separately, in an effort to improve access to care for maternal health offerings.

对此，美国妇产科医师学会现在建议采用虚拟护理模式，以帮助改善不断恶化的孕产妇健康状况。此外，美国医学协会 (AMA) 已决定从 2027 年 1 月 1 日起取消全球产科报销代码，此后所有的产前、分娩和产后代码将分别计费，以期改善孕产妇健康服务的可及性。

These declining outcomes amidst an ever-changing healthcare environment, make SimpliFed's platform uniquely able to give families the exact care they need, when and when they need it the most..

这些在不断变化的医疗环境中下降的结果，使得SimpliFed的平台能够独特地为家庭提供他们最需要的、确切的护理，以及在他们最需要的时候提供帮助。

With this funding, Michael Papile has joined the board alongside existing board members Stephen Bruso from Morningside, Andrea Ippolito from SimpliFed, and Sam Holliday from Oshi Health. Joining as board observers are Rhett Hunter from Hesperia, Elizabeth Bailey from Foreground, and Cat Middleton from The Venture Collective, alongside existing board observers Dan Shpilsky and Michael Waters..

通过这笔资金，迈克尔·帕皮莱已加入董事会，与来自晨边的史蒂芬·布鲁索、来自 SimpliFed 的安德烈娅·伊波利托和来自 Oshi Health 的萨姆·霍利迪一同担任董事。加入董事会观察员行列的是来自 Hesperia 的雷特·亨特、来自 Foreground 的伊丽莎白·贝利和来自 The Venture Collective 的凯特·米德尔顿，他们将与现有的董事会观察员丹·什皮尔斯基和迈克尔·沃特斯一起担任观察员。

For more information about SimpliFed, please visit: www.SimpliFed.com.

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ABOUT SIMPLIFED

关于简化

SimpliFed is a virtual maternal health leader providing comprehensive care from pregnancy through postpartum, with a strong focus on breastfeeding and baby feeding support. The company offers judgment-free, virtual support to parents throughout their feeding journeys while also addressing broader maternal health needs during the prenatal and postpartum periods.

SimpliFed 是一家虚拟的孕产妇健康领导者，提供从怀孕到产后的全面护理，重点关注母乳喂养和婴儿喂养支持。该公司为父母在整个喂养过程中提供无偏见的虚拟支持，同时满足产前和产后阶段更广泛的孕产妇健康需求。

Parents connect with SimpliFed’s network of baby feeding experts and maternal health specialists from the comfort and safety of home through the company’s secure, HIPAA-compliant telehealth platform. SimpliFed’s proprietary Maternal Health Operating System (Maternal Health OS) is designed for seamless collaboration with healthcare partners.

父母可以通过公司安全且符合HIPAA标准的远程医疗平台，在家中舒适安全地与SimpliFed的婴儿喂养专家和母婴健康专家网络建立联系。SimpliFed专有的母婴健康操作系统（Maternal Health OS）旨在与医疗合作伙伴实现无缝协作。

Through interoperable infrastructure and API-driven technology, the platform integrates easily with health plans, providers, partners, and health systems enabling secure data exchange, streamlined workflows and more. SimpliFed’s mission is to build a new model for maternal and infant health by supporting families across the full continuum of care, strengthening trusted relationships with parents, partnering with healthcare payers and providers, all while advancing policy, practice, and narratives that promote health and economic equity.

通过可互操作的基础设施和API驱动的技术，该平台能够轻松与健康计划、供应商、合作伙伴及卫生系统集成，实现安全的数据交换、简化的工作流程等。SimpliFed的使命是通过支持家庭在整个护理过程中构建母婴健康新模式，加强与父母之间的信任关系，与医疗支付方和供应商合作，同时推动促进健康和经济公平的政策、实践和叙述。

More information about SimpliFed can be found at: https://www.simplifed.com/..

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