July 2020.
Tel Aviv- and New York-based Belong.Life, a startup developing a digital support network for cancer patients that uses AI to create personalized experiences, today announced that it’s raised $14 million in series B funding led by Iqvia, with participation from The Group Ventures and other existing investors. The fresh funds bring the startup’s total raised to nearly $30 million following a $5 million series A in June 2015, and cofounder and CEO Eliran Malki says they’ll be used to expand Belong’s reach into new markets and diseases.
“We are honored by the support and trust of Iqvia and our investors,” said Malki, who founded Belong in 2015 with Irad Deutsch and Ohad Rubin after each lost relatives to cancer. “We at Belong are focused on building the most robust, hyper-personalized and configurable patient engagement and research platform. Starting with Belong — beating cancer together, we quickly grew to become the world’s largest social network and patient navigator app for cancer, collaborating with leading and disruptive researchers and publications in the market.”
