Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers' John Doerr participated in a $10 million fourth round of funding for Purkinje, an on-demand software and services startup targeted at physicians. Also participating in the round was Michael Long, who is the former CEO of Kleiner Perkins-backed Healtheon/WebMD.
Thomas Doerr, John's borther, is chairman and chief medical officer of Purkinje, which has now raised a total of $27 million. He was the CEO of Wellinx when it acquired Purkinje in 2005 and took on its name. John Doerr is listed as a major shareholder and is a member of the company's board of directors.
And if you're wondering about the name like I was, the company said it's named in honor of renowned Czech physiologist Jan Evangelista Purkinje, renowned for the discovery of the cerebellar and cardiac structures that allow for the transmission and processing of neural impulses. I guess DrKoop.com was already taken.
For more on Purkinje's fundraising, see:
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