# Joy Liu

> Joy Liu is the co-founder and CEO of Plenful, a San Francisco-based AI workflow automation platform modernizing healthcare operations. A Northwestern-trained economist who cut her teeth at Goldman Sachs and Barclays before moving into specialty pharmacy operations at Shields Health Solutions, Liu built Plenful from first-hand frustration with manual pharmacy workflows. Since emerging from stealth in 2023, she has grown the company to 60+ healthcare customers, achieved 4x year-over-year growth, and raised $76 million in total funding - including a $50 million Series B in 2025 co-led by Danaher co-founder Mitchell Rales. Named to Inc.'s 2026 Female Founders 500 list, Liu is on a mission to return time and focus to healthcare workers drowning in administrative burden.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Plenful
- **Organizations:** Plenful, Shields Health Solutions, Goldman Sachs, Barclays, Zeus Living
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor of Arts, Economics, Northwestern University
- **Known for:** Named to Inc.'s 2026 Female Founders 500 list, Raised $76 million total for Plenful ($9M seed, $17M Series A, $50M Series B), Grew Plenful to 60+ healthcare customers with 4x year-over-year growth

## Career timeline

- **2015-2017** — Analyst, Hedge Fund Group at Goldman Sachs
- **2017** — Trader at Barclays Investment Bank
- **2017-2018** — Manager of Strategic Operations at Shields Health Solutions
- **2018** — Director of Strategic Operations at Shields Health Solutions
- **2019-2021** — VP of Marketplace and Growth at Zeus Living
- **2021** — Co-founded Plenful with Joy Patel
- **2023** — Plenful emerges from stealth with $9M seed funding and 20+ customers
- **2024** — Plenful secures $17M Series A to expand pharmacy automation platform
- **2025** — Plenful raises $50M Series B; Mitchell Rales joins board; opens NYC office
- **2026** — Named to Inc.'s Female Founders 500 list

## Achievements

- Named to Inc.'s 2026 Female Founders 500 list
- Raised $76 million total for Plenful ($9M seed, $17M Series A, $50M Series B)
- Grew Plenful to 60+ healthcare customers with 4x year-over-year growth
- Secured Mitchell Rales (Danaher co-founder) as board member and lead Series B investor
- Built AI platform delivering up to 96% time savings for healthcare teams
- Expanded Plenful from San Francisco to second headquarters in New York City
- Customers improved 340B audit coverage from less than 5% to 100%

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Plenful unveils MFP Intelligence solution to help health systems recover missing Medicare drug price refunds
- **2026-01** — Named to Inc.'s 2026 Female Founders 500 list
- **2025-05** — Plenful raises $50M Series B co-led by Mitchell Rales and Arena Holdings, total funding reaches $76M
- **2025-01** — Plenful opens second headquarters in New York City

## Links

- Website: https://plenful.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/joyliu1
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/hijoyliu

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Last updated: 2026-05-26