According to published reports, Sherpaa announced raising $1.8M last week from investors including O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures (its first healthtech investment), First Round Capital and Collaborative Fund. Healthtech startup Sherpaa provides personalized medical advice and/or routes you to the medical professional as necessary.

Sherpaa was co-founded by Cheryl Swirnow, who spent the last 10 years in human resources helping companies choose and manage their healthcare plans. With Sherpaa, technology will facilitate smartphone conversations between doctors and patients to save everyone time and money. For example, you can take a picture of your injury or ailment and email it to your doctor so you don't have to go in. Modern medicine, indeed.