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CareMessage

Mobile text messaging for patient engagement

Overview

CareMessage helps safety-net healthcare providers improve patient health through mobile text messaging. It provides a platform that clinics and community health centers can use to reach patients with reminders, health education, and support for chronic disease management. The system works by sending automated SMS messages to patients and organizing outreach through a simple interface that clinicians can use without technical expertise. Unlike general health-tech companies, CareMessage focuses on underserved populations and on providers serving low-income communities, offering a subscription plan priced by patient count and feature use. This model creates a steady revenue stream for the company while letting clinics scale their outreach as their patient base grows. The goal is to raise health outcomes for underserved patients by making it easy for providers to engage patients and deliver timely health information.

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Why CareMessage is rated
B-
Rated B on Competitive Edge
Rated B on Growth Potential
Rated C on Differentiation

Industries

Data & AnalyticsEnterprise SoftwareHealthcare

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Grant

Total Funding

$19.4M

Headquarters

San Francisco, CA

Founded

2012

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What believers are saying

  • April 30, 2026 TIME named CareMessage sole Impact in Equality awardee.
  • September 22, 2026 TIME added CareMessage to World’s Top HealthTech Companies.
  • June 15, 2026 AI-powered translations expand reach for 26 million LEP Americans.

What critics are saying

  • Epic, athenahealth, and Twilio can bundle patient messaging into existing contracts by 2027.
  • Safety-net budgets depend on grants and Medicaid reimbursements, pressuring renewals during 2026-2027.
  • If federal health-equity funding tightens, CareMessage loses its nonprofit buyer base and growth engine.

What makes CareMessage unique

  • CareMessage targets FQHCs, free clinics, and tribal health organizations, not general hospitals.
  • Its SMS-first, language-access platform meets patients on cellphones, not portals or apps.
  • Stanford validation and 22 million reached since 2013 strengthen credibility with safety-net buyers.

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Funding

Total Funding

$19.4M

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Disability Insurance
  • Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account
  • Unlimited Paid Time Off
  • Flexible Work Hours
  • Remote Work Options
  • Paid Vacation
  • Paid Sick Leave
  • Paid Holidays

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1 year growth

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2 year growth

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CareMessage
Sep 22nd, 2026
CareMessage Awarded on TIME's List of the 2026 World's Top HealthTech Companies.

CareMessage Awarded on TIME's List of the 2026 World's Top HealthTech Companies. September 22, 2026 SAN FRANCISCO, CA, September 22, 2026 - CareMessage, a social enterprise and the largest patient engagement platform for low-income populations in the United States, has been included in the first edition of the World's Top HealthTech Companies 2026. This prestigious award is presented by TIME and Statista Inc., the world-leading statistics portal and industry ranking provider. The award list was announced on September 17th, 2026, and can be viewed on Time.com. The World's Top HealthTech Companies 2026 ranking recognizes leading innovators advancing healthcare globally through technology. Companies were evaluated using three primary data sources: Financial Performance Metrics, Reputation Analysis, and Online Engagement. Out of thousands of HealthTech companies reviewed, the top 500 were recognized for their outstanding performance across these critical areas. Based on the results of the study, CareMessage is ecstatic to be recognized on TIME's list of the World's Top HealthTech Companies 2026. Statista publishes hundreds of worldwide industry rankings and company listings with high-profile media partners. This research and analysis service is based on the success of statista.com, the leading data and business intelligence portal that provides statistics, relevant business data, and various market and consumer studies and surveys. "Being recognized alongside the industry's leading health technology companies confirms something we've worked on for more than a decade: building for the patients with the fewest resources isn't a smaller version of the work. It's the harder version, and it's where technology has the most to prove," said Cecilia Corral, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of CareMessage. About CareMessage CareMessage is a social enterprise and the largest patient engagement platform for low-income populations in the United States. CareMessage deliver personalized health education and care coordination through text messaging - reaching patients where they already are, in the language they speak, at the moments that matter most. Unlike technology built for large health systems and adapted down, CareMessage is designed from the ground up for organizations serving low-income, historically marginalized communities. Founded in 2012, CareMessage has engaged more than 22 million people across 45 states, partnering with FQHCs, free and charitable clinics, and tribal health organizations to produce measurable improvements in health equity. CareMessage reinvest revenue into impact rather than shareholder returns, because CareMessage believe that market discipline and social mission are not a trade-off. They are the same strategy. CareMessage has been named to TIME's 2026 list of the 100 Most Influential Companies as the sole Impact in Equality awardee, recognized at the World Economic Forum with the Schwab Foundation Award for Social Entrepreneurship, and named to Inc.'s Best in Business list for Social Good. Learn more about its work at: www.caremessage.org/impact Media Contact: Kristen Hinton Communications CareMessage [email protected] 505-463-9384 www.caremessage.org Other announcements. September 9, 2025 September 2, 2025 September 1, 2026 June 15, 2026 April 30, 2026 December 3, 2025 November 21, 2025

CareMessage
Sep 1st, 2026
CareMessage recognized as a 2026 Fierce 50 honoree.

CareMessage recognized as a 2026 Fierce 50 honoree. September 1, 2026 Fierce Pharma recognizes CareMessage for meeting low-income patients where they already are, with a platform that has reached more than 22 million patients since 2013. SAN FRANCISCO, CA, September 1, 2026 - CareMessage, a social enterprise and the largest patient engagement platform for low-income populations in the United States, has been named a 2026 Fierce 50 honoree by Fierce Pharma, Fierce Biotech and Fierce Healthcare. The Fierce 50 recognizes 50 individuals and organizations driving advancements in medicine, fostering innovation and shaping the future of biopharma and healthcare. "Now in its fourth year, the Fierce 50 continues to show that progress in this industry doesn't come from just one place," said Ayla Ellison, editor-in-chief of Fierce Life Sciences and Healthcare. "It's showing up in the lab, in executive leadership, in community clinics and in advocacy work that never makes headlines. Whether it's a biotech pushing a new therapy toward patients or a grassroots organization fighting for someone to get the care they need, these honorees remind us that impact takes a lot of different shapes. We're honored to celebrate all of them." CareMessage's selection as a Health Equity Honoree reflects the industry's growing recognition that the mobile phone, not the patient portal or app store, is where low-income patients actually meet the healthcare system. In its tribute, Fierce Pharma writes: "A prime tenet of health equity work is to meet patients where they are. Today, that means tapping into the power of the cellphone residing in nearly every patient's pocket or purse." CareMessage has done exactly this for more than 22 million patients since 2013. Building on a year of recognition. The Fierce 50 honor caps a year of national recognition for CareMessage. In April 2026, TIME named CareMessage to the TIME100 Most Influential Companies list as the sole recipient of the Impact in Equality Award, the only organization in the world to receive that designation. In January 2025, co-founders Vineet Singal and Cecilia Corral received the Schwab Foundation Award for Social Entrepreneurship at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The pattern across these recognitions converge on the same conclusion, that technology built specifically for low-income patients produces measurable improvements in health outcomes. A randomized controlled trial led by Stanford University and published in JAMA Network Open found that CareMessage's text-based coaching was as effective as human telephone counseling at increasing physical activity. "Being recognized by the healthcare industry itself matters," said Cecilia Corral, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of CareMessage. "Our partners - the FQHCs, Free and Charitable Clinics, and Tribal Health Organizations doing this work every day - have not historically received industry attention proportional to the populations they serve. When Fierce Pharma recognizes what safety-net care can look like at scale, that visibility becomes a tool our partners can use." Chosen by the editors of Fierce Pharma, Fierce Biotech and Fierce Healthcare, this year's Fierce 50 honorees reflect the breadth of talent and vision shaping the biopharma and healthcare industries today. From startups to established organizations, each has made a distinct contribution, whether by advancing scientific discovery, improving the health of communities, expanding access to care or reimagining how healthcare is delivered at a local level or on a global scale. About CareMessage. CareMessage is a social enterprise and the largest patient engagement platform for low-income populations in the United States. CareMessage deliver personalized health education and care coordination through text messaging - reaching patients where they already are, in the language they speak, at the moments that matter most. Unlike technology built for large health systems and adapted down, CareMessage is designed from the ground up for organizations serving low-income, historically marginalized communities. Founded in 2012, CareMessage has engaged more than 22 million people across 45 states, partnering with FQHCs, free and charitable clinics, and tribal health organizations to produce measurable improvements in health equity. CareMessage reinvest revenue into impact rather than shareholder returns, because CareMessage believe that market discipline and social mission are not a trade-off. They are the same strategy. CareMessage has been named to TIME's 2026 list of the 100 Most Influential Companies as the sole Impact in Equality awardee, recognized at the World Economic Forum with the Schwab Foundation Award for Social Entrepreneurship, and named to Inc.'s Best in Business list for Social Good. Learn more about its work at: www.caremessage.org/impact About Fierce Pharma. Fierce Pharma is the go-to destination for the news and trends shaping the industry. Its focus daily is on news about approved drugs and every aspect of pharma's operations as well as the people who move pharma forward. Its coverage also feeds longer-form content, podcasts and events. In staying on top of the news, its journalists have developed a loyal audience. Critically, CareMessage explain the news - often complicated technology or business maneuvers - and put it in context that brings it home for its readers and listeners in their work lives. About Fierce Biotech. Fierce Biotech is the dominant B2B news brand for the industry. Every day, CareMessage track the companies, people and ideas reshaping biotech: from the discovery through clinical trials, approvals and commercialization, and the venture funding, partnerships, IPOs and M&A that power it all. That reporting fuels its long-form features, podcasts and events, where deal flow, data and on-the-ground insight come together into the fullest picture of where the industry is headed. About Fierce Healthcare. At Fierce Healthcare, CareMessage deliver the news and analysis that healthcare can't afford to miss. Its newsroom serves the people building, running, and reshaping this industry: hospital executives and physicians, payers, policymakers, researchers and the entrepreneurs betting on what comes next. Wherever healthcare is being disrupted, financed, regulated, or reinvented, CareMessage is covering it, with breaking news, exclusive interviews and deep reporting that connects the dots between a boardroom decision and a patient's bedside experience. Media Contact: Kristen Hinton Communications CareMessage [email protected] 505-463-9384 www.caremessage.org Other announcements. September 2, 2025 July 29, 2025 June 15, 2026 April 30, 2026 December 3, 2025 November 21, 2025 November 18, 2025

PR Newswire
Oct 14th, 2025
CareMessage Announces Inaugural "Connected by Care 2025" Summit to Advance Health Equity

CareMessage announces inaugural "Connected by Care 2025" Summit to advance health equity. News provided by. Oct 14, 2025, 10:32 ET SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ - CareMessage, the largest patient engagement platform for low-income populations in the United States, today announced its inaugural virtual summit, Connected by Care 2025, to be held on Tuesday, October 21, 2025. This complimentary one-day event will bring together hundreds of leaders, innovators, and practitioners from Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), free and charitable clinics, and other community-based organizations to share actionable solutions for improving health equity. The summit is designed to address the persistent disparities in the U.S. healthcare system, where low-income populations face a life expectancy 10-15 years less than their high-income counterparts. By focusing on the intersection of technology and community health, Connected by Care 2025 will equip attendees with the tools and strategies needed to create tangible change. "At CareMessage, our mission has always been to leverage technology to ensure everyone has a fair chance to be healthy," said Cecilia Corral, Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer at CareMessage. "Connected by Care 2025 is the natural extension of that mission. It's about creating a dedicated space for the champions on the front lines of community health to connect, learn from one another, and leave re-energized with solutions that work. We are making this event free to remove all barriers for the vital, yet often resource-constrained, organizations who need these conversations the most." The summit's agenda is structured around the three core pillars of health equity: * Access to Care: Sessions on streamlining Medicaid enrollment, managing medical debt, and leveraging technology for patient outreach. * Clinical Outcomes: Deep dives into improving maternal health, integrating behavioral health, and managing chronic conditions like cancer. * Social Drivers of Health (SDOH): Actionable insights on addressing food and housing insecurity, breaking down language barriers, and delivering effective health education. The event will feature a series of expert-led sessions, panel discussions with founders of innovative health solutions, and networking opportunities for attendees. Registration for Connected by CareMessage is now open and is complimentary for all attendees. To view the full agenda and reserve your spot, please visit https://ringcentr.al/41xfPnv. About CareMessage CareMessage is a non-profit technology organization building the largest patient engagement platform for low-income populations in the United States. CareMessage delivers personalized health education and care coordination support via text messaging. Founded in 2012, the CareMessage platform has reached more than 20 million people across 45 U.S. states and territories, with a focus on addressing health disparities, improving health outcomes and increasing access to care for low-income communities. The CareMessage team, many with lived experiences in these communities, leverages a nonprofit model to reinvest revenue into impact. For more information, visit www.caremessage.org. SOURCE CareMessage

Downbeach
Nov 21st, 2023
ACA hosts Beaujolais Nouveau Food and Wine Scholarship Reception

MAYS LANDING - Atlantic Cape Community College's Academy of Culinary Arts, in partnership with the Atlantic City Bailliage of Chaine des Rotisseurs, hosted the 24th annual Beaujolais Nouveau Food and Wine Scholarship Reception Nov. 16 at Careme's, the student-run gourmet restaurant on the Mays Landing campus.

DRK Foundation
Nov 3rd, 2023
CareMessage

The Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation finds, funds and supports early stage, high impact social enterprises that are tackling some of the world’s most challenging problems. Borrowed from our venture capital legacy we find exceptional entrepreneurs, provide them with 3 years of unrestricted capital and provide rigorous on-going support by joining their board of directors for the 3 years of the grant and partnering with the leader to help them to build capacity in their organization and scale their impact.

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