Oula Health
Series A in 2023
Oula Health, Inc. is a maternity care provider based in Brooklyn, New York, established in 2019. The company focuses on redesigning maternity care by integrating obstetrics and midwifery to create a personalized and evidence-based experience for expecting families. Oula operates clinics and offers home-based prenatal care services, aiming to set a new standard for pregnancy care that harmonizes modern medical practices with a compassionate approach. Through its innovative model, Oula Health seeks to enhance the overall maternity care experience for its clients.
WellTheory
Seed Round in 2022
WellTheory operates a virtual care platform specializing in autoimmune and inflammatory conditions. It combines community support, dietary adjustments, lifestyle changes, and personalized insights to provide evidence-based recommendations for managing these conditions.
Brightline
Series A in 2020
Brightline, Inc. is a pediatric behavioral health care provider that focuses on supporting children and their families through innovative technology and integrated care. Established in 2019 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, Brightline offers a range of services including behavioral therapy, psychiatry, medication support, speech-language therapy, and occupational therapy. The company emphasizes virtual behavioral health services and a collaborative care team to address the diverse needs of children at various developmental stages. Originally named Emilio Health, Inc., the company rebranded to Brightline in May 2020, reflecting its commitment to delivering accessible and comprehensive behavioral health solutions.
Oula Health
Seed Round in 2020
Oula Health, Inc. is a maternity care provider based in Brooklyn, New York, established in 2019. The company focuses on redesigning maternity care by integrating obstetrics and midwifery to create a personalized and evidence-based experience for expecting families. Oula operates clinics and offers home-based prenatal care services, aiming to set a new standard for pregnancy care that harmonizes modern medical practices with a compassionate approach. Through its innovative model, Oula Health seeks to enhance the overall maternity care experience for its clients.
Natalist
Seed Round in 2019
Natalist is a U.S.-based company specializing in feminine care products designed specifically for women, particularly those on the journey of conception and pregnancy. Founded in August 2019 by Halle Tecco and a team of moms, doctors, and scientists, Natalist aims to address the misinformation and outdated offerings often encountered during this journey. The company provides a range of evidence-based educational resources alongside redesigned fertility and pregnancy essentials, including a subscription box that caters to the evolving needs of women from conception through birth. Additionally, Natalist is committed to sustainability, having launched its Mother Earth initiative in 2020, which focuses on maintaining a 100% plastic-neutral certification. Through its products and resources, Natalist strives to empower women and enhance their experience during a critical phase of life.
Virta Health
Series A in 2017
Virta Health is a San Francisco–based health technology company that specializes in treating type 2 diabetes through an online, physician-supported program. The company combines nutritional biochemistry, data science, and digital tools to deliver on-demand care via a continuous remote care platform, providing physicians and health coaches who guide patients to reduce blood sugar and lose weight without medications or surgery. Founded in 2014, Virta offers a treatment approach aimed at reversing type 2 diabetes and improving related metabolic and cardiovascular health.
Bodyport
Seed Round in 2016
Bodyport develops sensor-enabled scales and a home health platform to manage heart disease. The device measures blood pressure, heart rate, heart rate variability, arterial stiffness, and a health assessment via measurements from the feet, while the accompanying platform provides a biomarker-driven virtual clinic, online patient portal, and educational materials to support at-home care. The company integrates advanced sensors with proprietary algorithms to noninvasively capture hemodynamic biomarkers, delivering actionable insights for healthcare providers to assess overall patient status, enable timely interventions, and reduce hospitalizations. Incorporated in 2015 and based in San Francisco, Bodyport focuses on preventing and managing chronic cardiovascular conditions through digital therapeutics and remote monitoring.
Amino Inc. operates an online platform designed to assist users in finding doctors, comparing their qualifications, and booking appointments within the United States. The platform allows patients to search for healthcare providers based on various conditions, procedures, and specialties, thus facilitating informed decisions regarding their healthcare. Established in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Amino aims to enhance healthcare financial wellness for companies and their employees by simplifying the navigation of the complex US healthcare system. By leveraging data-driven, individualized care suggestions, the company strives to make high-value healthcare benefits more accessible and intuitive for its users. Formerly known as Pare Labs, Inc., Amino rebranded in May 2014 to better reflect its focus on improving the healthcare experience.
Omada Health
Series C in 2015
Omada Health is a digital healthcare company that offers personalized programs to manage chronic conditions such as prediabetes, diabetes, hypertension, musculoskeletal issues, and behavioral health. It combines professional coaching, connected devices, real-time data, and personalized feedback to deliver clinically meaningful results.
Sano is focused on developing a small, wearable sensor capable of continuously capturing and transmitting blood chemistry data to various devices. The company is creating a transdermal biosensor patch that measures interstitial fluid in the skin's outer layer, enabling continuous glucose monitoring. This technology is complemented by a mobile application that empowers users to make informed decisions regarding their diet and exercise. By liberating blood chemistry data to a third-party development and analytical platform, Sano aims to enhance individual health management and promote healthier lifestyle choices.
Health IQ
Seed Round in 2014
Health IQ is a health insurance marketplace focused on increasing health literacy and rewarding health-conscious individuals with lower insurance rates. The company aims to celebrate those dedicated to their health by providing them with affordable life and Medicare insurance options. Its platform utilizes users' current health status, health knowledge, and active lifestyles to better assess long-term health risks, allowing for more accurate insurance product recommendations. By promoting health literacy, Health IQ seeks to empower individuals to take control of their health and well-being while offering incentives for maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
Amino Inc. operates an online platform designed to assist users in finding doctors, comparing their qualifications, and booking appointments within the United States. The platform allows patients to search for healthcare providers based on various conditions, procedures, and specialties, thus facilitating informed decisions regarding their healthcare. Established in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Amino aims to enhance healthcare financial wellness for companies and their employees by simplifying the navigation of the complex US healthcare system. By leveraging data-driven, individualized care suggestions, the company strives to make high-value healthcare benefits more accessible and intuitive for its users. Formerly known as Pare Labs, Inc., Amino rebranded in May 2014 to better reflect its focus on improving the healthcare experience.
Wildflower Health
Series A in 2013
Founded in 2012, Wildflower Health is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in smartphone-based health programs. It offers Due Date Plus for maternity care and GROW for family health, providing services such as reminders, provider look-up, and health risk assessments to support users and connect them with healthcare providers.
Health Equity Labs
Seed Round in 2013
Health Equity Labs is focused on enhancing global health by promoting and celebrating individuals who prioritize their well-being. The company has developed a unique health score, akin to a FICO score, that evaluates health equity based on metabolic markers such as fasting blood sugar and cholesterol levels, rather than traditional metrics like physical activity. This innovative approach aims to identify and empower those demonstrating positive health behaviors, fostering a supportive environment for healthy living. By shifting the focus away from negative reinforcement, Health Equity Labs seeks to create a culture that values and encourages proactive health management.
Care At Hand
Seed Round in 2013
Care At Hand, Inc. is a digital health company based in San Francisco, California, specializing in mobile-based electronic health records and workflow automation software tailored for home health care agencies. The company aims to enhance patient care by utilizing evidence-based predictive algorithms, which convert point-of-care observations from home health aides into clinically relevant alerts for clinicians. This innovative approach helps identify early medical and psychosocial risk factors that may lead to hospitalization, thereby enabling timely interventions. Care At Hand operates as a subsidiary of Mindoula Health, Inc. and offers its software as a service (SaaS) to payers and providers, focusing on improving outcomes-based reimbursement and leveraging existing frontline staff to optimize care delivery. The platform also allows family members to access medical information, promoting transparency and engagement in patient care.
Kurbo by WW
Seed Round in 2013
Kurbo Health, Inc. is a company based in Palo Alto, California, that specializes in developing a mobile application aimed at assisting overweight children and their families in managing weight effectively. Founded in 2013, Kurbo employs mobile technology and personalized coaching to help users track their food intake and adopt healthier lifestyles. The platform incorporates games, challenges, and virtual feedback, leveraging research from pediatric obesity experts to provide a scalable solution for weight management. By utilizing engaging mobile apps and web-based tools, Kurbo facilitates behavior modification and promotes healthier eating habits among adolescents, making it easier for them to control their weight.
Smart Patients
Seed Round in 2013
Smart Patients, Inc. is an online community dedicated to supporting cancer patients and caregivers by facilitating knowledge sharing about treatments, clinical trials, and related experiences. The platform allows users to learn from one another about the complexities of their conditions, including side effects, disease coping strategies, and end-of-life issues. It features a clinical trial search engine that helps users discover relevant trials, track their interests, and engage in discussions with the community. Additionally, the platform is accessible to family members, friends, patient advocates, and survivors, enabling them to participate in the support network. Based in the United States, Smart Patients aims to empower individuals affected by cancer through shared knowledge and community support.
Fluid-1
Seed Round in 2013
Fluid-1 provides individuals with diagnostic services for the flu that eliminate the need for a doctor's visit.
Spire Health
Seed Round in 2013
Spire Health, established in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, specializes in developing health-tracking devices and remote patient monitoring solutions. The company's core product is a wearable device that senses physical movement, position, and breathing patterns, providing insights into daily activities and mental state through a mobile application. Spire Health focuses on chronic respiratory disease management, offering solutions for conditions such as COPD, congestive heart failure, asthma, and sleep disorders. Their mission is to empower patients and physicians with useful, actionable data by harnessing the power of algorithms and sensors, thereby improving health outcomes.
Omada Health
Series A in 2013
Omada Health is a digital healthcare company that offers personalized programs to manage chronic conditions such as prediabetes, diabetes, hypertension, musculoskeletal issues, and behavioral health. It combines professional coaching, connected devices, real-time data, and personalized feedback to deliver clinically meaningful results.
Sano is focused on developing a small, wearable sensor capable of continuously capturing and transmitting blood chemistry data to various devices. The company is creating a transdermal biosensor patch that measures interstitial fluid in the skin's outer layer, enabling continuous glucose monitoring. This technology is complemented by a mobile application that empowers users to make informed decisions regarding their diet and exercise. By liberating blood chemistry data to a third-party development and analytical platform, Sano aims to enhance individual health management and promote healthier lifestyle choices.
Factor 14
Seed Round in 2013
Factor 14 is a healthcare technology company focused on improving the management of anticoagulation therapy for patients at risk of blood clots. The company develops hardware and software solutions that enable healthcare providers to remotely monitor and manage these patients, aiming to enhance patient outcomes while reducing healthcare costs associated with improper drug management or dosing complications, which currently amount to over $5 billion annually in the U.S. alone.
Wello is an online platform offering live fitness training over two-way video. It provides an affordable and easy way for its users to workout with a live fitness professional of their choice. Its first product called 1-on-1 personal training was launched in 2012. In 2013, Wello completed the program at Rock Health and became part of a prolific network of the best digital health companies in the country. It matches clients with the right Wello-vetted trainer and workout program for them, provides seamless scheduling and payment, and establishes the live video connection for the workout to take place.
Wello was launched in 2011 by Stanford MBA students Ann Scott Plante and Leslie Silverglide. It is based in San Francisco, C.A.
Mango Health
Seed Round in 2012
Mango Health, established in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, specializes in developing mobile healthcare applications. It offers a patient engagement platform that provides medication information, refill reminders, and peer comparison features to users via mobile and web-based apps. As of October 2019, Mango Health operates as a subsidiary of TrialCard Incorporated. The company partners with payers, pharmacy benefits managers, and pharmaceutical manufacturers to enhance patient engagement, reduce costs, and improve health outcomes for patients with chronic conditions. Its app has received positive user feedback, with an average rating of 4.5 stars, and has been recognized by prominent media outlets such as Apple, Google CNN, the New York Times, and Self Magazine.
Wildflower Health
Seed Round in 2012
Founded in 2012, Wildflower Health is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in smartphone-based health programs. It offers Due Date Plus for maternity care and GROW for family health, providing services such as reminders, provider look-up, and health risk assessments to support users and connect them with healthcare providers.
Foodsmart
Seed Round in 2012
Foodsmart is a digital nutrition platform focused on enhancing health outcomes through personalized dietary recommendations. The company aims to support individuals dealing with chronic diseases and food insecurity by collaborating with health plans and healthcare providers. Its online telehealth application offers real-time guidance across various settings, including homes, workplaces, grocery stores, and restaurants. This comprehensive approach enables users to make healthier food choices and select recipes that can mitigate chronic health issues, thereby promoting overall well-being. By providing access to affordable and tailored healthy eating options, Foodsmart strives to empower individuals to improve their nutrition and health.
CellScope
Seed Round in 2012
CellScope, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing microscopic imaging devices for at-home disease diagnosis, utilizing smartphone cameras linked to a web platform. Founded in 2010 and based in Menlo Park, California, CellScope offers a range of products, including a mobile otoscope that allows pediatricians to maintain a visual history of patients' middle ear conditions, and a mobile dermascope that enables patients to capture and send high-magnification images of their skin. Their innovative smartphone-enabled otoscope facilitates remote diagnosis of pediatric ear infections, enhancing telemedicine capabilities. By providing clinicians with tools to share images and videos with patients and track medical conditions over time, CellScope's technology improves remote diagnosis, promotes ear and skin health, and reduces the need for unnecessary antibiotics, thereby saving time and resources in healthcare.
ChickRx
Seed Round in 2012
ChickRx is a personal health platform designed specifically for women, addressing a range of topics including weight loss, skincare, relationships, and mental health. The platform facilitates anonymous and accessible connections between women and qualified experts such as dietitians, therapists, and skincare professionals, allowing users to seek advice conveniently and affordably through phone or chat. In just seven months, ChickRx's Q&A site has seen significant growth, expanding from 40,000 to nearly one million monthly users. The company was co-founded by Meghan Muntean and Stacey Borden, both graduates of prestigious institutions, and has participated in the Rock Health accelerator. ChickRx has also received recognition through awards such as the New Media Women Entrepreneurs award and has successfully raised seed funding to support its mission of democratizing wellness advice for women.
Care At Hand
Seed Round in 2012
Care At Hand, Inc. is a digital health company based in San Francisco, California, specializing in mobile-based electronic health records and workflow automation software tailored for home health care agencies. The company aims to enhance patient care by utilizing evidence-based predictive algorithms, which convert point-of-care observations from home health aides into clinically relevant alerts for clinicians. This innovative approach helps identify early medical and psychosocial risk factors that may lead to hospitalization, thereby enabling timely interventions. Care At Hand operates as a subsidiary of Mindoula Health, Inc. and offers its software as a service (SaaS) to payers and providers, focusing on improving outcomes-based reimbursement and leveraging existing frontline staff to optimize care delivery. The platform also allows family members to access medical information, promoting transparency and engagement in patient care.
RxApps is a developer of a management application aimed at enhancing patient compliance in self-management of chronic illnesses. The company utilizes customizable text message prompts to monitor various health metrics, such as mood and weight, allowing patients to easily respond with quantitative data. This real-time information supports both patients and healthcare providers in evaluating treatment effectiveness, identifying challenging lifestyle factors, and assessing the risk of adverse clinical outcomes, including hospitalizations. By fostering improved communication and self-monitoring, RxApps encourages behavior change among patients, making care management more personal and informed. The company's approach emphasizes the significance of the patient experience in treatment adherence, particularly for those with co-occurring conditions like depression, which can complicate care. Through its services, RxApps aims to create a more engaging and supportive healthcare environment, ultimately improving the quality of life for its users and promoting better self-care practices.
Gather provides actionable analytics for personal health.
Gather is a U.S.-based company that was founded in 2012 by Tony Webster and John Schrom.
ChickRx
Seed Round in 2012
ChickRx is a personal health platform designed specifically for women, addressing a range of topics including weight loss, skincare, relationships, and mental health. The platform facilitates anonymous and accessible connections between women and qualified experts such as dietitians, therapists, and skincare professionals, allowing users to seek advice conveniently and affordably through phone or chat. In just seven months, ChickRx's Q&A site has seen significant growth, expanding from 40,000 to nearly one million monthly users. The company was co-founded by Meghan Muntean and Stacey Borden, both graduates of prestigious institutions, and has participated in the Rock Health accelerator. ChickRx has also received recognition through awards such as the New Media Women Entrepreneurs award and has successfully raised seed funding to support its mission of democratizing wellness advice for women.
Avva Health
Seed Round in 2012
Avva is a personal online application that helps women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer prepare for important medical appointments. Avva’s vision is to empower and support patients by providing an online tool that serves as a comprehensive “home base” for breast cancer treatment – one that helps patients address the organizational, emotional, social, and medical components of treatment. Avva is a personal advocate that gives patients tools to take a more active role in their own treatment.
Avva’s visit preparation service is the first step on the path to this vision. The founders’ time spent working closely with patients has led them to focus first and foremost on improving patient experience, maintaining an absolute dedication to serving patients above and beyond any other parties in the healthcare system. The evolution of Avva’s functionality and design has been driven almost exclusively by countless interviews and feedback sessions with breast cancer survivors. The result is a simple, intuitive tool that the team at Avva believes can have a tremendously positive impact on any patient undergoing breast cancer treatment.
Omada Health
Seed Round in 2011
Omada Health is a digital healthcare company that offers personalized programs to manage chronic conditions such as prediabetes, diabetes, hypertension, musculoskeletal issues, and behavioral health. It combines professional coaching, connected devices, real-time data, and personalized feedback to deliver clinically meaningful results.
Pipette
Seed Round in 2011
Pipette is a supplier of laboratory equipment and consumables, including pipettes, tubes, culture dishes, microscopic slides, and related items, serving biotech, pharmaceutical, food and beverage, academia, and research laboratories. The company also develops health monitoring software and mobile applications that assist in patient care, recovery monitoring, and health condition reporting, enabling early intervention through analytics. By combining laboratory equipment distribution with digital health platforms, Pipette supports both laboratory operations and patient management across life sciences and healthcare settings.
Health in Reach
Seed Round in 2011
Health In Reach, Inc. is an Internet-based service company founded in 2009 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The company focuses on making quality healthcare more affordable and accessible for consumers who pay out of pocket for medical expenses. It offers a platform that allows individuals to find the lowest prices from qualified dentists and doctors, as well as the ability to book appointments online. In addition to connecting consumers with healthcare providers, Health In Reach provides valuable information on health and wellness, various disorders and conditions, diagnoses, therapies, and demographic insights related to neighborhoods and cities.
Omada Health
Pre Seed Round in 2011
Omada Health is a digital healthcare company that offers personalized programs to manage chronic conditions such as prediabetes, diabetes, hypertension, musculoskeletal issues, and behavioral health. It combines professional coaching, connected devices, real-time data, and personalized feedback to deliver clinically meaningful results.
Skimble
Seed Round in 2011
Skimble offers a mobile wellness platform featuring Workout Trainer, its flagship app with thousands of multimedia exercises and custom training programs guided by certified coaches. With over 20 million downloads, it provides high-intensity workouts, strength building routines, and fitness challenges for all levels.
Cake Health
Seed Round in 2011
Cake Health, Inc. is an online healthcare payment management service based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2010. The company offers a platform that helps users track and manage their healthcare expenses, providing a centralized location for monitoring healthcare plans, claims, and medical bills. Cake Health enables users to stay informed about their plan status, categorize claims, and track out-of-pocket expenses, while also alerting them to potential overcharges. As of April 2016, Cake Health operates as a subsidiary of Inbox Health Corp.
BrainBot
Seed Round in 2011
BrainBot is a company focused on developing innovative brain sensing applications aimed at improving overall health and well-being. Founded with the inspiration of measuring the brainwaves of meditating monks in the Himalayan mountains, the company leverages neuroscience technology to help users enhance resilience against anxiety, depression, chronic pain, addiction, and eating disorders. Through their applications, BrainBot enables individuals to decrease stress and improve cardiovascular health by promoting effective meditation practices. The company's commitment to integrating technology with mental wellness reflects its vision to facilitate better health outcomes for users.
Genomera
Seed Round in 2011
Genomera, Inc. is a California-based company founded in 2009 that offers a collaborative health science platform focused on crowd-sourced health studies. It enables individuals and groups to share genomic and phenotypic data, fostering a community-driven approach to personal health. The platform facilitates the management of health aspects typically tracked outside clinical settings, such as exercise, diet, sleep, and genomics. By integrating social networking into its foundation, Genomera encourages participants to collaborate, share insights, and support one another in their health journeys. This innovative approach aims to accelerate research analyses and enhance the overall understanding of personal health through collective engagement.
CellScope
Seed Round in 2011
CellScope, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing microscopic imaging devices for at-home disease diagnosis, utilizing smartphone cameras linked to a web platform. Founded in 2010 and based in Menlo Park, California, CellScope offers a range of products, including a mobile otoscope that allows pediatricians to maintain a visual history of patients' middle ear conditions, and a mobile dermascope that enables patients to capture and send high-magnification images of their skin. Their innovative smartphone-enabled otoscope facilitates remote diagnosis of pediatric ear infections, enhancing telemedicine capabilities. By providing clinicians with tools to share images and videos with patients and track medical conditions over time, CellScope's technology improves remote diagnosis, promotes ear and skin health, and reduces the need for unnecessary antibiotics, thereby saving time and resources in healthcare.
Crohnology
Seed Round in 2011
Crohnology is a patient-powered research platform designed to empower individuals with chronic medical conditions to contribute to research related to their own health. The company operates a patient-centered information-sharing network that connects patients, their families, and friends, fostering a collaborative environment for sharing health and treatment information. This platform enables users to engage with each other for social support while tracking and sharing their health experiences. By facilitating these connections, Crohnology aims to enhance the understanding and management of chronic conditions through collective patient insights.