knownwell Raises $20M Series A From A16Z to Scale the First Patient-Centered Healthcare Home For Those With Overweight and Obesity

Building on This Mission, the Company is Launching an Adolescent Metabolic Health Program to Combat Rising Child Obesity Rates knownwell, an in-person and virtual, weight-inclusive primary care and metabolic health company, today announced that it has raised a $20 million Series A funding round led by a16z with participation from existing investors including Flare Capital Partners. This brings knownwell’s total funding to $24.5 million and highlights a growing demand for weight-inclusive care companies focusing on whole-person treatment approaches to obesity beyond just short-term approaches like GLP-1 utilization organizations. knownwell is founded by Brooke Boyarsky Pratt, who has had lifelong obesity, and Dr. Angela Fitch, the President of the Obesity Medicine Association. The pair combined lived experiences to create a weight-inclusive care company that takes a clinically and patient-driven approach to effectively partner with patients for long-term results. In addition to partnering with patients, with the new funding, knownwell is furthering their enterprise solution to partner with health systems, payors, and employers to deliver weight-inclusive care via telehealth and the company’s brick-and-mortar clinics. The funding enables knownwell’s expansion of its clinics and telehealth offering and allows the company to double down on product development, including incorporating AI-powered patient stratification, asynchronous communication, and provider workflow enable...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - Category: Information Technology Authors: Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT a16z Brooke Boyarsky Pratt Dr. Angela Fitch Flare Capital Partners Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment knownwell Vineeta Agarwala Source Type: blogs