Health Video Site Lands $6 Million

Exclusive – Health Guru Media, a provider of health information videos, has raised $6 million in funding from a syndicate that includes new investor Western Technology Investment as well as existing backers Castile Ventures and Village Ventures.

Health Guru Media operates, a video destination site with a library of more than 2,250 titles covering more than 100 different health conditions, plus lifestyle topics that include wellness and nutrition.

In May 2011, Health Guru Media had more than 30 million video views and was ranked first in minutes per viewer, video views, unique viewers, and total minutes of video streamed out of all health video providers (comScore VideoMetrix).

“HealthGuru streams more video than WebMD and Everyday Health combined,” adds CEO Joshua Silberstein. Next month, the company is to shed the beta tag currently attached to its video syndication platform.

Health Guru Media also announced that Donald Hackett, formerly the CEO of and 1-800-Doctors, has joined its board of directors.