Keriton Inc is a technology company.
Keriton Inc has raised $1.0M across 1 funding round.
Keriton Inc has raised $1.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Keriton Inc has raised $1.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Keriton Inc's investors include BioAdvance, GIT1K.
Keriton Inc. is a digital health technology company that develops Keriton Kare, a HIPAA-compliant SaaS platform for feeding management, lactation analytics, and patient engagement in neonatal (NICU) and pediatric intensive care units (PICU).[1][2][3][4] The platform automates breast milk inventory tracking, barcode scanning, recipe preparation, and real-time validations to reduce feeding errors, optimize workflows, and enhance parent involvement via a dedicated mom app with photo-sharing and communication features.[1][2][3][4] It serves hospitals, nurses, lactation consultants, milk room technicians, and families of hospitalized infants, solving critical problems like administration errors (>80,000 prevented), manual workload (1+ hours saved per nurse per shift), and low breast milk production through data-driven insights and EMR integration.[3][4] With <$5M in total funding across one round and proven traction like adoption at Connecticut Children's, Keriton demonstrates steady growth in a niche but high-impact market.[3]
Keriton's founding traces back to 2011, when an aspiring software developer in India—whose sister gave birth to a premature infant with lung fluid, separating mother and baby—witnessed firsthand the challenges of breast milk management in NICUs.[2] This personal experience inspired the creation of Keriton Kare, launched as the first integrated, HIPAA-compliant platform syncing mother-logged pumping data with hospital systems for automated tracking and analytics.[1][2][5] Founded formally in 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the company emerged from Dreamit Health accelerator and received early investment, evolving from a basic tracking app to a comprehensive end-to-end solution with cybersecurity enhancements from partners like Engine Room.[1][2][5] Pivotal moments include SOC 2 Type 2 certification and deployments preventing millions of feeds' worth of errors, humanizing its mission through clinician-designed tools.[4]
Keriton rides the digital health wave in neonatology, addressing workflow inefficiencies and safety gaps in NICUs/PICUs amid rising preterm births (affecting ~10% of U.S. infants) and clinician shortages.[1][4] Timing aligns with post-pandemic emphasis on family-centered care—its mom app proved vital for separated parents—and broader EMR adoption, enabling seamless integration.[3] Market forces like regulatory pushes for error reduction (e.g., feeding mishaps contribute to infant harm) and value-based care favor its data-driven, cost-saving model.[1][4] By influencing ~80,000+ error preventions and streamlining operations at leading systems like Connecticut Children's, Keriton elevates standards in a $11K+ item digital health ecosystem, paving the way for AI-enhanced pediatrics.[1][3]
Keriton is poised for expansion with its validated platform, targeting more U.S. hospitals via sales growth (led by execs like Adam Dakin and Nicole Lattanzio) and potential international NICUs.[4][6] Trends like AI-lactation prediction, telehealth integration, and personalized nutrition will amplify its analytics edge, while funding rounds could fuel R&D amid digital health's projected boom.[1][3] Its influence may evolve from niche innovator to ecosystem standard-setter, directly tying back to that 2011 family crisis by scaling safe, human-centered feeding worldwide.[2]
Keriton Inc has raised $1.0M across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $1.0M Seed in February 2017.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 2017 | $1.0M Seed | BioAdvance, GIT1K |