Nursa, a per diem nursing staffing platform, completed an $80 million Series B funding round and added three executives to its leadership team, the company announced Aug. 22.
The round was led by Drive Capital, a Columbus, Ohio-based venture capital firm. Joining the round were existing partners Pelion Venture Partners, a Salt Lake City-based venture capital firm, and Kickstart Fund, a Cottonwood Heights, Utah-based venture capital firm.
Total funding at Salt Lake City-based Nursa is now $100 million.
“Staffing firms — even ones with technology — are severely limited in their ability to find specialized nurses with experience and credentials to fit their patient needs,” Molly Bonakdarpour, general partner of Drive Capital, said in a press release. “Typically, these groups are limited to their existing networks, require contracts and can’t staff for true per diem, increasing unnecessary costs for providers.”
Nursa’s platform was built to enable healthcare facilities to fill shifts quickly with qualified nurses from their community, according to the company. It has nearly 300 team members at its Salt Lake City headquarters and in remote positions. The company, founded in 2019, says it has 95,000 nurse users.
Nursa also announced three new executive hires. They included Amanda Duke as chief revenue officer, Melissa Matross as chief product officer and Brad Taylor as chief technology officer.
Duke has more than 20 years of leadership experience in sales, account management and business development within the healthcare industry. She is a former registered nurse.
Matross brings nearly 20 years of leadership experience in product management and user experience across consumer platforms. Her most recent roles were at Salesforce, where she served as a senior VP of product management and senior VP of product design.
Taylor most recently served as chief technology officer at Galileo Health and previously helped lead multiple engineering verticals at Marqeta, a payment card platform, through their IPO. He is an engineering executive who brings 20 years of experience across a variety of industries.
