Skipta has raised $2.5 million Series A funding from healthcare-focused private equity firm, Mansa Capital, which Partner, James Renna will join the company’s Board of Directors.

The funding will be used to accelerate network development, increase community membership, and expand the Skipta’s executive team. Also, the company will continue to invest in enhancing its technology platform, “deepening member engagement” and diversifying its unique product portfolio.

Founded by Dr. Theodore Search, PharmD, Skipta provides online specialty and disease state medical communities for verified healthcare professionals. Its community, Pharmacist Society, was launched in 2009, and now manages a network of 28 niche online medical communities. Each is tailored per specialty or disease state, fostering clinical collaboration, information exchange and virtual interaction to support the professional, scientific, medical and economic development of healthcare professionals.