# Jonathan Swerdlin

> Jonathan Swerdlin is the co-founder and CEO of Function Health, an Austin-based membership platform that gives consumers direct access to comprehensive lab testing and AI-generated reports. A serial entrepreneur and investor who previously built and chaired Thinx and founded the video app Portal, Swerdlin has advised or backed more than 100 companies through his firm Wisdom VC. Since launching Function in 2023, he has grown it to hundreds of thousands of paying members, raised a $298M Series B at a $2.5B valuation, and drawn backing from Andreessen Horowitz and celebrity investors including Matt Damon and Kevin Hart. Goldman Sachs named him one of its Most Exceptional Entrepreneurs of 2025.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and CEO at Function Health
- **Organizations:** Function Health, Wisdom VC, Portal, Thinx
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S. in Finance, Entrepreneurship, and Computer Science, University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Function Health, which reached a $2.5B valuation and hundreds of thousands of paying members within a few years of launch., Named one of Goldman Sachs' Most Exceptional Entrepreneurs of 2025 at the Builders and Innovators Summit., Raised a $298M Series B for Function Health, on top of a $53M Series A, backed by Andreessen Horowitz and Redpoint Ventures.

## Career timeline

- **2008** — Began working as a self-employed angel investor, going on to advise or invest in more than 100 companies.
- **2010** — Founded and exited an early e-commerce company.
- **2016** — Co-founded Wisdom VC, a venture firm backing founders across a range of sectors.
- **2016** — Chaired Thinx, helping scale the direct-to-consumer brand past $40M in sales.
- **2018** — Co-founded and led Portal, an ad-free video and peer-to-peer payments app backed by Mark Cuban.
- **2021** — Co-founded Function Health with Dr. Mark Hyman and others; became CEO.
- **2023** — Function Health launched to the public with membership-based lab testing.
- **2024** — Raised a $53M Series A at a $191M valuation; passed 100,000 members with a 200,000-person waitlist.
- **2025** — Named to Goldman Sachs' Most Exceptional Entrepreneurs of 2025; raised a $298M Series B at a $2.5B valuation.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Function Health, which reached a $2.5B valuation and hundreds of thousands of paying members within a few years of launch.
- Named one of Goldman Sachs' Most Exceptional Entrepreneurs of 2025 at the Builders and Innovators Summit.
- Raised a $298M Series B for Function Health, on top of a $53M Series A, backed by Andreessen Horowitz and Redpoint Ventures.
- Grew Thinx past $40M in sales as its chairman.
- Founded Portal, an ad-free video app backed by Mark Cuban.
- Advised or invested in more than 100 companies, including xAI, Seed, and Ledger, through Wisdom VC and personal investing.

## Latest updates

- **2025-10** — Recognized by Goldman Sachs as one of the Most Exceptional Entrepreneurs of 2025 at its Builders and Innovators Summit.
- **2025-11** — Led Function Health's $298M Series B at a $2.5B valuation and rolled out an AI 'medical intelligence' model for health data.
- **2026-01** — Discussed how Function Health plans to expand its use of AI in 2026 in a Modern Healthcare interview.

## Links

- Website: https://www.functionhealth.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanswerdlin/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/swerdlin
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonathanswerdlin/

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Last updated: 2026-07-16