CNBC January 27, 2019
Seattle start-up is building the Amazon Prime of primary care with $86 million in backing from Larry Fink and other big names
- 98point6 is an under-the-radar company with an ambitious goal to improve access to primary care in America.
- Its founder hails from Microsoft, and its chief product officer is the former vice president in charge of scaling Amazon Prime from tens of thousands to millions of people.
- It is backed by private investors ranging from BlackRock’s Larry Fink to ex-Goldman Sachs CFO David Viniar.
For years, people have speculated about Amazon rolling out a health care service as part of Amazon Prime. Notable early Amazon investor John Doerr is already...