# Priyang Shah

> Priyang Shah is the Columbus-based founder and CEO of Healia, a Y Combinator-backed benefits technology company helping employers compare family coverage and reimburse employees who enroll in a spouse's plan. After early product and operating roles at Root Insurance and Olive AI, Shah built Healia around a deceptively simple household decision, and in July 2026 announced a $14 million Series A as the company reported $33 million in added family coverage enabled nationwide.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Healia Health
- **Organizations:** Healia Health, Root Insurance, Olive AI, Venture for America, Y Combinator
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science, Duke University
- **Known for:** Benjamin N. Duke Scholar at Duke University., Selected as a 2015 Venture for America fellow., Served as Root Insurance's first product manager and 15th employee.

## Career timeline

- **2015** — Named a Venture for America fellow; his LinkedIn profile also lists publication of an investigation into the Healthcare.gov rollout.
- **2016-2017** — Worked at Olive AI as its 20th employee, gaining an early-stage operating view of a Columbus healthcare technology company.
- **2017-2021** — Joined Root Insurance as its 15th employee and first product manager, later becoming a product director and helping the company grow toward roughly 1,500 employees and its IPO.
- **2021** — Started Healia in Columbus to address benefit decisions for dual-income families.
- **2024** — Healia joined Y Combinator's Winter 2024 batch.
- **2025** — Healia reported more than 50 customers coast to coast and over 40,000 employees using its product.
- **2026** — Healia announced $18 million in funding, including a $14 million Series A led by 111° West Capital.

## Achievements

- Benjamin N. Duke Scholar at Duke University.
- Selected as a 2015 Venture for America fellow.
- Served as Root Insurance's first product manager and 15th employee.
- Joined Olive AI as its 20th employee.
- Founded Healia and joined Y Combinator's Winter 2024 batch.
- Led Healia through a $14 million Series A announced in July 2026.
- Healia reported enabling employers to provide $33 million in additional family coverage by July 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Columbus Business First reported that Healia's sales had grown more than twentyfold in two years.
- **2026-07** — Healia announced $18 million in total funding, including a $14 million Series A led by 111° West Capital, and said it had enabled $33 million in additional coverage for families.
- **2026-07** — Healia said the new funding would support hiring across sales, engineering and operations in Columbus and further investment in its technology.
- **2025** — Y Combinator's company profile reported more than 50 Healia customers and over 40,000 employees using the product.

## Links

- Website: https://healiahealth.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/priyangshah

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Last updated: 2026-08-25