Higi

Higi is a medical technology company that creates health station kiosks. The kiosks appear in supermarkets, pharmacies, and other retail locations. Higi has over 11,000 kiosks in the United States. It was founded in 2012 by Khan Siddiqui and Michael W. Ferro Jr., the owner of the Chicago Sun-Times (tronc).
Company.
The company makes much of its money from advertising on the kiosks.
Higi acquired Merge Health Information Kiosks for $2.75 million in 2012 and kiosk provider Stayhealthy in 2014 for an undisclosed amount. It received investment from BlueCross BlueShield's venture fund in 2017. Another notable investor is Lupe Fiasco, who accepted a role as creative director of the company. As part of the Blue Shield investment, Higi acquired a Seattle company called EveryMove.
In 2017, Sam's Club began offering higi in its stores Higi also placed kiosks at Vanderbilt University and Wegman's supermarkets The kiosks are also at Kroger, Meijer, Shopko, Rite Aid and other stores.
In 2018, Higi raised a Series C round of $21.3 million from Flare Capital Partners and 7wireVentures.
Higi named a new Chairman Chris Kryder in August 2018.