# Nima Roohi Sefidmazgi

> Nima Roohi Sefidmazgi is co-founder and CEO of Blooming Health, a New York City startup that uses AI to automate outreach, screening, and referrals for social care - the food, transportation, and support services that sit outside the doctor's office but often decide how a person actually fares. He is a former global data science lead with a decade in machine learning for healthcare and a PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He started the company in East Harlem in 2020 after becoming a full-time caregiver for his mother-in-law during the pandemic; it has since raised $32.5M, including a $26M Series A led by Insight Partners in April 2025, and operates across 25 states.

- **Role:** CEO and Co-founder at Blooming Health
- **Organizations:** Blooming Health, Bayer (former), Green Asphalt (former), University of Wisconsin-Madison (former)
- **Education:** PhD, Computational Mechanics (civil/materials engineering), University of Wisconsin-Madison
- **Known for:** Raised $32.5M for Blooming Health, Grew platform to 25 states and 1,500+ community organizations, Facilitated $27M in social care delivery

## Career timeline

- **2011-2013** — PhD at University of Wisconsin-Madison in computational mechanics; published widely cited work on asphalt mixture analysis
- **Pre-2020** — VP and board member at Green Asphalt; global data science lead at Bayer with a decade in ML for healthcare
- **2020** — Co-founded Blooming Health in East Harlem, New York City
- **2023** — Blooming Health raised $4.2M from Crossbeam Venture Partners and Chelsea Clinton's Metrodora Ventures
- **2025-04** — $26M Series A led by Insight Partners; total funding to $32.5M
- **2025-05** — Hosted Blooming Day 2025 conference in NYC

## Achievements

- Raised $32.5M for Blooming Health
- Grew platform to 25 states and 1,500+ community organizations
- Facilitated $27M in social care delivery
- Connected 1.5M+ people with social services
- Google Scholar h-index of 11 with 1,000+ citations from engineering research

## Latest updates

- **2025-04** — Closed $26M Series A led by Insight Partners
- **2025-05** — Hosted Blooming Day 2025 in New York City
- **2025-10** — Presented at HLTH 2025 on moving 'From Vendor Fatigue to Meaningful Partnerships'

## Links

- Website: https://gobloominghealth.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nima-roohi/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/GoBlooming
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gobloominghealth/
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/GoBloomingHealth/

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Last updated: 2026-07-09