Better Health

Better Health

Home-care digital health with support services

Overview

Better Health offers a membership-based digital health platform for home care, including peer support, medical supplies delivery, and educational content for patients with chronic conditions. Members get trusted product recommendations, free delivery of medical supplies, peer coaching, and access to health resources, while providers can refer online and Better Health handles end-to-end insurance processing for out-of-network care. It differentiates itself by combining home delivery, peer support, education, and simplified insurance handling within one platform and through a network of healthcare partnerships to lower care utilization. The goal is to improve at-home health outcomes and reduce overall healthcare costs for patients and providers.

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About Better Health

Simplify's Rating
Why Better Health is rated
C
Rated D+ on Competitive Edge
Rated B on Growth Potential
Rated C on Differentiation

Industries

Consumer Software

Social Impact

Healthcare

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$27.6M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2017

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Secured $14M strategic funding from Healthworx, University of Miami, reaching $27.5M total.
  • In-network with Cigna Medicare Advantage, accessing 540,000 chronic condition patients.
  • Expands via Samsung Next investment and nationwide Medicare provider licensing.

What critics are saying

  • Better Health Group erodes partnerships with superior payer contracts and data analytics.
  • Cigna locks Better Health into narrow reimbursements, favoring Teladoc in 18-24 months.
  • Name collision with Better Health Group diverts 70-90% of provider referrals ongoing.

What makes Better Health unique

  • Bundles peer support, medical supplies delivery, and insurance handling for chronic conditions.
  • Digitizes antiquated medical supplies industry serving 80 million Americans.
  • Partners with providers for online referrals and end-to-end insurance management.

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Funding

Total Funding

$27.6M

Below

Industry Average

Funded Over

4 Rounds

Series A funding typically happens when a startup has a product and some customers, and now needs funding to scale. This money is usually used to grow the team, expand marketing, and improve the product. Venture capital firms are frequently the main investors here.
Series A Funding Comparison
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Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-1%

1 year growth

-2%

2 year growth

0%
PR Newswire
Jun 13th, 2024
Better Health Secures $14 Million in Strategic Funding Supported by Healthworx, University of Miami Health System, and Mosaic General Partnership To Bring Its Medical Supply and Support Solution To More Patients, Payers, and Providers

This financing builds on Better Health's previous $10 Million Series A round and includes participation from new investor Samsung Next, which continues to expand its investment in healthcare solutions.

Pulse 2.0
Jun 13th, 2024
Better Health: Support And Supplies Platform Company Raises $14 Million

Better Health, a medical supply and support provider built on peer-to-peer connection, announced today a $14 million strategic funding round which included investments from Healthworx, the innovation and investment arm of CareFirst Inc., UHealth - University of Miami Health System, and Mosaic General Partnership.

PR Newswire
Jun 13th, 2024
Better Health Secures $14 Million in Strategic Funding Supported by Healthworx, University of Miami Health System, and Mosaic General Partnership To Bring Its Medical Supply and Support Solution To More Patients, Payers, and Providers

/PRNewswire/ -- Better Health, a medical supply and support provider built on peer-to-peer connection, announces $14 million in strategic funding, which...

Vator
Jun 13th, 2024
Helping patients manage chronic conditions, Better Health raises $14M

Better Health previously completed a $10 million Series A round co-led by Caffeinated Capital and General Catalyst, and a $3.5 million seed round led by 8VC; with the addition of this $14 million in financing, the company's total funding has reached $27.5 million.

Atherstone Surgery
Sep 15th, 2023
Better Health - National Breastfeeding Week

Better Health is launching their Start for life campaign with National Breastfeeding Week which will be taking place from 18th - 24th September.

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