Top Healthcare Startups in California, US

As population continues to age, there is a growing demand for motor rehabilitation services. The problem is that the way we address this growth or rehabilitation services (physical therapy) has not changed in thirty years because we are still heavily reliant on a one-to-one patient therapist interaction which is costly, non scalable, and difficult to ensure consistent quality. At SWORD Health, we saw the opportunity to take a truly disruptive and transformative approach to this problem by creating the first digital therapy solution that addresses the growing demand for therapy while reducing costs, empowering patients with their recovery to ultimately recover faster, and providing a rich source of data for clinical teams and decision makers. Video: vimeo.com/118489111

Q Bio is revolutionizing primary care with the first clinical digital twin platform, powered by breakthrough whole-body scanning technology, that highlights the most important changes in a person’s physiology for sharing with physicians and specialists anywhere in the world. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in San Carlos, California. Q Bio was founded by Jeffrey Kaditz, serial entrepreneur and Founder of Affirm, Dr Michael Snyder, Chair of Genetics and Director of Personalized Medicine and Stanford University, and Dr Garry Choy, physician, radiologist, and former Chief Medical Information Officer at Mass General Hospital. We are fortunate to be backed by some of the best venture groups in the world including: A16Z, Khosla Ventures, Founders Fund, SciFi VC, and Kevin Durant.

MoodMe is an innovative B2B tech leader on a mission to revolutionize the way businesses engage and gain insights through AIaaS and enterprise agreements. By leveraging the power of Face AI technologies, we create experiences that are not just engaging but profoundly insightful, providing a window into the hearts and minds of the target audience. Our vision is to set the standard in empathetic engagement, where user-centric experiences boost customer satisfaction, foster loyalty, and drive outstanding performance across diverse industries. At our core, we are dedicated to uniting innovation and ethics to craft an AI landscape that is unbiased and empathetic, ultimately making a powerful positive impact on a global scale. And this is only the beginning!

Spruce is a cloud-based healthcare communications platform that powers clinical workflows for both in-person and remote care. The Spruce platform is built for HIPAA compliance and offers advanced solutions in telemedicine, phone systems, medical SMS texting, secure messaging, team collaboration, population management, workflow automation, and many other necessary areas and functions of healthcare today. From solo providers to large multi-site, multi-specialty practice groups, Spruce is trusted by many thousands of diverse medical organizations that need to manage their digital operations and clinical communications. The platform is well-loved, with a 4.9+ star rating across 50K+ reviews. Since we launched the core Spruce offering in 2016, we have achieved our growth predominantly through word of mouth and inbound sales efforts.

Madison Reed (madison-reed.com) is an e-commerce start-up with a team of 180+ rock stars in San Francisco. We’re revolutionizing the $50B hair care market using technology (web, mobile, tablet, social) to radically innovate the user experience and business model. Madison Reed is headquartered in SF and backed by top-tier venture capital firms Norwest VP, True Ventures, Maveron and Shea Ventures.

Kintsugi is on a mission to scale access to mental healthcare for all. We are developing novel voice biomarker software to detect signs of depression and anxiety from short clips of free form speech. Awarded multiple distinctions for AI technology and recently named one of Forbes’ Top 50 AI companies to watch in 2022, Kintsugi helps to close mental health care gaps across risk-bearing health systems, ultimately saving time and lives. At Kintsugi, we believe that mental health is just as important as physical health. We exist to ensure that everyone who needs mental healthcare has access to the right care at the right time. See mental health differently with Kintsugi. To learn more: kintsugihealth.com

At SonderMind, we know that therapy works. SonderMind provides accessible, personalized mental health care that produces high-quality outcomes for individuals. SonderMind's individualized approach to care starts with using innovative technology to help people not just find a therapist, but find the right, in-network therapist for them.

Alto is a telehealth pharmacy focused on helping people live healthier by making the prescription experience easier, more supportive, and more affordable. We’re transforming a $500 billion industry by reinventing what a pharmacy can do, for both patients and providers—from hand-delivering medications for free to offering on-call help by text or chat. Over one million deliveries, over a thousand five-star Yelp reviews, and an NPS score of +86 later, we’re proud to say we’ve built a pharmacy that people truly love.

We make it easier than ever for fitness professionals to start, run and scale their own businesses. Our platform allows fitness entrepreneurs to host classes and events, monetize on-demand content, and build community-driven courses, from their own website. Sutra takes out the heavy lifting so leaders can focus on what they do best: teaching and connecting with their community. The future of wellness has more voices in the space who bring inclusion, diversity and creativity to movement, so working out is a better experience than ever before.

Abridge was founded in 2018 with the mission of powering deeper understanding in healthcare. Our AI-powered platform was purpose-built for medical conversations, improving clinical documentation efficiencies while enabling clinicians to focus on what matters most—their patients. Our enterprise-grade technology transforms patient-clinician conversations into structured clinical notes in real-time, with deep EMR integrations. Powered by Linked Evidence and our purpose-built, auditable AI, we are the only company that maps AI-generated summaries to ground truth, helping providers quickly trust and verify the output. As pioneers in generative AI for healthcare, we are setting the industry standards for the responsible deployment of AI across health systems. We are a growing team of practicing MDs, AI scientists, PhDs, creatives, technologists, and engineers working together to empower people and make care make more sense.