# Shrenik Jain

> Shrenik Jain is the founder and CEO of Marigold Health, a Boston-based company that pairs certified peer specialists with 24/7 text-based support groups, supported by natural language processing that surfaces needs inside conversations. A Johns Hopkins graduate and former EMT, he raised an $11M Series A in June 2024 led by Rock Health and Innospark Ventures, and was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 in Healthcare.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Marigold Health
- **Organizations:** Marigold Health, Sunrise Health, Beacon, Johns Hopkins Social Innovation Lab, Montgomery County Volunteer Fire/Rescue Association, Vigilant Medical
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S. Applied Mathematics & Statistics, Public Health, German (minor in Computer Science), Johns Hopkins University
- **Known for:** Forbes 30 Under 30 in Healthcare (2021 list), Closed $11M Series A in June 2024 (total funding ~$32M), Grew Marigold into Delaware's largest peer recovery supports provider

## Career timeline

- **high school** — Began responding to 911 calls as an EMT with volunteer rescue squads in New Jersey and Maryland
- **2014** — Enrolled at Johns Hopkins University; served as research assistant at the Bloomberg School of Public Health and Editor in Chief of JHU Politik
- **2017** — Co-founded Beacon (later Sunrise Health, later Marigold Health) with Ravi Shah out of Johns Hopkins Social Innovation Lab
- **2018** — Sunrise Health selected for gBETA Medtech accelerator in Minneapolis
- **2020** — Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 in Healthcare
- **2020-2022** — Pilot with a major managed Medicaid organization in Delaware; Marigold grew to be the state's largest provider of peer recovery supports
- **2024** — Closed $11M Series A led by Rock Health and Innospark Ventures; spoke at TEDxPortsmouth

## Achievements

- Forbes 30 Under 30 in Healthcare (2021 list)
- Closed $11M Series A in June 2024 (total funding ~$32M)
- Grew Marigold into Delaware's largest peer recovery supports provider
- TEDxPortsmouth speaker, 2024
- Received awards/grants from Harvard, American Psychiatric Association, and NIH during earlier Beacon phase

## Latest updates

- **2024-06** — Marigold Health closed an $11M Series A led by Rock Health and Innospark Ventures with participation from Commonwealth Care Alliance, Wavemaker360, Stand Together Ventures Lab, Epsilon Health Investors, Koa Labs, VNS Health Plan, and KdT Ventures.
- **2024** — Spoke at TEDxPortsmouth.

## Links

- Website: https://marigoldhealth.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shrenik-jain
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Sunrise_NLP
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhA7vwurwuA
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/peersupport.marigold.health/

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