Top Health and Wellness Startups in 2027

Ro puts you in control of your health. We’re patients, just like you, building technology to make healthcare accessible, affordable, and maybe even enjoyable. Today, we enable you to connect with a doctor and get treatment when and where you need it. Tomorrow, we aspire to be your first call for all your healthcare needs.

Hello, we're Cedar! Cedar is a patient payment and engagement platform that elevates the total patient experience beyond clinical care. Our technology improves the overall experience of patient billing and engagement, enabling healthcare providers to thrive in a rapidly changing environment while helping patients understand the cost of their care. Why Work with Us? Cedar offers the opportunity to work with a smart experienced team to solve an important problem that affects millions of patients annually as well as the chance to join a high-growth company at an early stage. We offer competitive pay, great healthcare and stock options, not to mention daily team lunch and unlimited snacks!

Calm is the leading mental wellness brand with the #1 App for Sleep, Meditation and Relaxation™, designed to help you manage stress, sleep better and live a happier, healthier life. With hundreds of hours of original audio content available in seven languages, Calm supports users in more than 190 countries. Apple’s 2017 iPhone App of the Year and one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2020, Calm boasts over 100 million downloads to date, with more than 4 million paying members.

Noom is a digital healthcare company that connects people to content, coaching, community, and clinicians to build healthy habits and promote better living. We’re a mission-driven, high-growth organization that’s powered by science, technology, and world-class talent.

Wellist makes it easy for employees to find and use the right resources—just like online shopping. Our platform brings together all employee benefits, career development tools, and vetted community services into a single consolidated marketplace. Employees access 5X more support, while employers gain powerful workforce insights to drive engagement and reduce costs.

Omada Health is a virtual-first, integrated care provider. We combine the latest clinical protocols with breakthrough behavior science to make it possible for people with chronic conditions to achieve long-term improvements in their health. Working with over 1,600 enterprise customers – including Fortune 500 and small- and medium-sized employers, health plans, and health systems – Omada delivers personalized interventions for diabetes prevention and weight management, diabetes, hypertension, musculoskeletal issues and behavioral health. Our virtual care programs are clinically supported and evidence-based, and the results have been published in multiple peer-reviewed journals. We build programs that employees don’t just try, but stick with – resulting in reduced healthcare costs that deliver long term changes in health behavior and increased ROI. We're especially proud of the clinical results we deliver and the way we leverage technology to amplify and extend the influence of our real human care teams - from health coaches to clinical specialists. Omada has enrolled more than half a million members across all 50 states. Our partners include major employers across the country, including Costco and Iron Mountain, as well as leading health plans, such as Cigna and Kaiser.

Maven connects patients with vetted, highly-qualified healthcare practitioners via video, with appointments starting at less than the price of a co-pay. No more waiting rooms and no more self-diagnosis. Maven allows consumers to book an appointment with a doctor, nurse practitioner, nutritionist, mental health provider, or pregnancy expert from wherever they are, and get a prescription if needed.

Candid is redefining oral health by using modern technology to help deliver human-focused care. With a commitment to creating the best outcomes, Candid inspires confidence and promotes wellbeing. We believe that high-quality orthodontics should be affordable and accessible, and we’re pioneering an innovative approach to diagnosing, treating, and monitoring cases remotely. Our team is a group of startup veterans with experience across healthcare, hospitality, tech, and finance at companies such as Lyft, BCG, Airbnb, Blackstone, and Clover Health.

Maximus is a consumer telemedicine startup that optimizes men's health & hormones. Our King Protocol uses doctor-prescribed at-home labs, meds, & coaching to double your testosterone within 30 days. Maximus has raised $15M from top Silicon Valley VCs such as Founders Fund & 8VC as well as leading angel investors from companies like Bulletproof, Tinder, Coinbase, Daily Stoic, & Shopify. Maximus is led by CEO Dr. Cam Sepah, Clinical Psychologist/Professor who popularized 'dopamine fasting' worldwide & was Founding Medical Director of Omada Health, a unicorn that pioneered the field of digital therapeutics and helped 500,000 people lose 5 million lbs. Maximus will be a similar $5B unicorn within 5 years given that telemedicine is the fastest-growing and most recession-proof area of the economy. We’re looking for mission-driven evangelists who want to help a million men maximize their masculinity and build a values-driven company culture.

Galileo is a healthtech startup that re-imagines the doctor-patient relationship. We combine technology with human-centered design to help people live better, healthier lives. Our mission is to provide quality healthcare that is affordable and accessible to everyone, including those underserved by our current health system.