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独家:“减肥神药”经销商迎来重组,CEO下台业务大缩水

JESSICA MATHEWS
2023-11-03

Calibrate公司创始人、首席执行官伊莎贝尔•凯尼恩卸任CEO,不再负责日常运营。

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据《财富》看到的内部信件以及有关知情人士透露,由创始人基金(Founders Fund)和老虎环球基金(Tiger Global)投资的减肥初创公司Calibrate正在对其管理团队进行调整。

Calibrate的创始人、首席执行官伊莎贝尔•凯尼恩在周一下午在发给员工的一条Slack消息中确认,她将卸任CEO一职,不再负责公司的日常运营。不过她表示将继续以“创始人”身份留在公司。另据知情人士透露,Calibrate的首席财务官戴夫•菲尔丁也将离职。该知情人士表示,接替他们二人的潜在人选目前正在接受面试。凯尼恩在Slack上发布的那条消息也显示,该公司已指定两名高管(斯科特·洪肯和埃德·卡迪)负责日常运营,并且直接向董事会汇报工作。

我们目前尚不清楚这是否为最终方案,也不知道该公司打算何时正式发布相关消息。不过Calibrate首席财务官戴夫•菲尔丁向《财富》表示,他目前仍在该公司工作,并拒绝进一步置评。

Calibrate是其母公司Redesigning Health于2019年创办的。《财富》日前看到了一封Redesigning Health致投资者的信,信中称,母公司将在推动Calibrate的重组过程中发挥积极作用。据悉,今年曾向Calibrate发放大部分贷款的马德林资产管理公司(Madryn Asset Management)也是促成Calibrate重组的重要推手。

Redesigning Health的一位女性发言人在声明中称:“我们仍然对该公司的业务发展轨迹充满信心,特别是在马德林资产管理公司的资金支持下,我们有信心让公司走上盈利之路。”她还指出,Redesigning Health公司“将为Calibrate的运营、财务和规划工作提供日常支持”。

Calibrate是一家创办于2019年的公司,旨在帮助患者实现减肥目标。它可以通过远程医疗向患者开具GLP-1类药物的处方,这类药物主要用于治疗糖尿病,但也有不少人用它们来减肥(比如最近大热的所谓“减肥神药”Ozempic)。该平台还可以通过视频提供营养、锻炼、睡眠和情绪健康等方面的指导。随着人们对Ozemic的需求激增,Calibrate从创始人基金和老虎环球基金等风投公司手中拉到了超过1.6亿美元的融资。Calibrate还与一家大型企业展开了合作,为其员工提供代谢方面的健康服务。

但该公司今年也遇到了一些麻烦。上文提到的那封信中指出,由于药品供不应求,Calibrate只得退还了多名患者缴纳的费用,目前该公司也无力开展证券融资。据《内幕》(Insider)报道,该公司还在两轮裁员中解雇了大约250人。更糟糕的是,今年夏天曾一度传出Calibrate要被一家“大型医疗行业领军企业”收购的传闻,但消息最终无疾而终。(不过Redesigning Health公司在信中称,它相信未来Calibrate仍有可能与那家公司或者其他公司达成收购协议。)

那封写给投资者的信还表示,目前Calibrate的投资者方已经深度介入重组工作,并将开始“迅速缩减”Calibrate公司直接面向消费者的业务规模,同时努力使公司实现盈利。信中称,作为重组的一部分,马德林资产管理公司将与其他投资者一道,再度向该公司注资2000万美元现金,以推动使其盈利所需的改革。

Redesigning Health向其第一支风投基金的部分投资者表示,它已经将向Calibrate的投资减记了1倍。

“目前看来不太可能出现一个有吸引力的结果了。”信中写道。(财富中文网)

译者:朴成奎

据《财富》看到的内部信件以及有关知情人士透露,由创始人基金(Founders Fund)和老虎环球基金(Tiger Global)投资的减肥初创公司Calibrate正在对其管理团队进行调整。

Calibrate的创始人、首席执行官伊莎贝尔•凯尼恩在周一下午在发给员工的一条Slack消息中确认,她将卸任CEO一职,不再负责公司的日常运营。不过她表示将继续以“创始人”身份留在公司。另据知情人士透露,Calibrate的首席财务官戴夫•菲尔丁也将离职。该知情人士表示,接替他们二人的潜在人选目前正在接受面试。凯尼恩在Slack上发布的那条消息也显示,该公司已指定两名高管(斯科特·洪肯和埃德·卡迪)负责日常运营,并且直接向董事会汇报工作。

我们目前尚不清楚这是否为最终方案,也不知道该公司打算何时正式发布相关消息。不过Calibrate首席财务官戴夫•菲尔丁向《财富》表示,他目前仍在该公司工作,并拒绝进一步置评。

Calibrate是其母公司Redesigning Health于2019年创办的。《财富》日前看到了一封Redesigning Health致投资者的信,信中称,母公司将在推动Calibrate的重组过程中发挥积极作用。据悉,今年曾向Calibrate发放大部分贷款的马德林资产管理公司(Madryn Asset Management)也是促成Calibrate重组的重要推手。

Redesigning Health的一位女性发言人在声明中称:“我们仍然对该公司的业务发展轨迹充满信心,特别是在马德林资产管理公司的资金支持下,我们有信心让公司走上盈利之路。”她还指出,Redesigning Health公司“将为Calibrate的运营、财务和规划工作提供日常支持”。

Calibrate是一家创办于2019年的公司,旨在帮助患者实现减肥目标。它可以通过远程医疗向患者开具GLP-1类药物的处方,这类药物主要用于治疗糖尿病,但也有不少人用它们来减肥(比如最近大热的所谓“减肥神药”Ozempic)。该平台还可以通过视频提供营养、锻炼、睡眠和情绪健康等方面的指导。随着人们对Ozemic的需求激增,Calibrate从创始人基金和老虎环球基金等风投公司手中拉到了超过1.6亿美元的融资。Calibrate还与一家大型企业展开了合作,为其员工提供代谢方面的健康服务。

但该公司今年也遇到了一些麻烦。上文提到的那封信中指出,由于药品供不应求,Calibrate只得退还了多名患者缴纳的费用,目前该公司也无力开展证券融资。据《内幕》(Insider)报道,该公司还在两轮裁员中解雇了大约250人。更糟糕的是,今年夏天曾一度传出Calibrate要被一家“大型医疗行业领军企业”收购的传闻,但消息最终无疾而终。(不过Redesigning Health公司在信中称,它相信未来Calibrate仍有可能与那家公司或者其他公司达成收购协议。)

那封写给投资者的信还表示,目前Calibrate的投资者方已经深度介入重组工作,并将开始“迅速缩减”Calibrate公司直接面向消费者的业务规模,同时努力使公司实现盈利。信中称,作为重组的一部分,马德林资产管理公司将与其他投资者一道,再度向该公司注资2000万美元现金,以推动使其盈利所需的改革。

Redesigning Health向其第一支风投基金的部分投资者表示,它已经将向Calibrate的投资减记了1倍。

“目前看来不太可能出现一个有吸引力的结果了。”信中写道。(财富中文网)

译者:朴成奎

Calibrate, the weight loss startup backed by Founders Fund and Tiger Global, is making changes to its management team as investors restructure the company, according to an investor letter, internal correspondence seen by Fortune, as well as another person familiar with the changes.

Calibrate’s founder and chief executive, Isabelle Kenyon, is stepping down as CEO and will no longer oversee day-to-day operations, she confirmed in a Slack message sent to employees Monday afternoon that was seen by Fortune. In the note she stated she would be staying with the company as “founder.” Calibrate CFO Dave Fielding will also step down, according to someone familiar with the matter. Potential replacements for both those roles are being interviewed, the person says. Calibrate executives Scott Honken and Ed Cudahy have been promoted to oversee day-to-day operations and will report directly to the board, according to Kenyon’s Slack message.

It’s unclear whether the plans are final, nor when the company plans to officially implement them. When reached by Fortune, Calibrate CFO Dave Fielding said he was still with the company, declining to comment further.

Redesign Health, the startup studio that initially launched Calibrate in 2019 and that sent the letter to its investors seen by Fortune, will play an active role in facilitating the restructuring, according to the letter. So will Madryn Asset Management, the alternative asset management firm that lent Calibrate the majority of its funding this year.

“We are still very confident in the business’ trajectory, especially with the financial support Madryn is providing in order to put the company on a path to profitability,” a Redesign Health spokeswoman said in a statement, noting that Redesign will provide “day-to-day support for Calibrate’s operational, financial, and planning efforts.”

Calibrate launched in 2019 to help patients achieve weight loss. The company prescribes patients GLP-1 medications typically used to treat Type 2 diabetes, such as the popular drug often used for weight loss Ozempic, via telemedicine. The platform also offers video coaching for patients on things like nutrition, exercise, sleep, and emotional health. As demand for Ozempic skyrocketed, Calibrate racked up more than $160 million in capital from venture capital firms including Founders Fund and Tiger Global. Calibrate had started working with an employer to provide metabolic health services.

But the company has run into trouble this year. Calibrate had to refund many patients’ subscription fees due to medication shortages, the letter states, and the company has not been able to raise equity funding. Insider reported that the company let go of about 250 people over two rounds of layoffs. To make matters worse, acquisition talks this summer between Calibrate and a “large healthcare leader” fizzled, according to the letter. (Redesign said in the letter that its believes a future transaction between that company or another are still possible)

Now Calibrate’s investors are stepping in to reshuffle management, start a “rapid down-sizing” of Calibrate’s direct-to-consumer operations, and get the company to profitability, according to the investor letter. As part of the restructuring, Madryn Asset Management and other investors will deploy another $20 million of cash into the company to make the changes needed to get it to profitability, according to the letter.

Redesign told some investors in its first venture fund that it had marked down its Calibrate investment to 1x.

“An attractive outcome has become less likely,” the letter reads.

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