# Sohar Health

> Sohar Health is an API-first platform that automates insurance eligibility checks and verification of benefits (VoB) for behavioral and digital health providers. Founded in 2023 by physician Ashish Mandavia and engineer Lucas Gordon, the company turns a slow, error-prone front-office task into a real-time API call - returning most checks in seconds with high accuracy - so clinics can confirm coverage, cut claim denials, and get paid faster. It graduated from Y Combinator (S23) and raised $3.8M in seed funding led by Kindred Capital in 2025.

- **Founded:** 2023
- **Headquarters:** New York, New York, United States
- **Founders:** Ashish Mandavia (Co-founder & CEO), Lucas Gordon (Co-founder & CTO)
- **Team size:** ~8-14 employees
- **Products:** Verification (Eligibility & VoB), Insurance Discovery, Network Status, Cost Estimate, Carve-out Detection
- **Notable:** Graduated from Y Combinator (Summer 2023 batch)., Raised $3.8M seed round led by Kindred Capital in 2025., Processes 60,000+ eligibility checks per month with millions of verifications annually.

## Products & services

- **Verification (Eligibility & VoB)** — Real-time insurance eligibility checks and verification of benefits, including copays and coinsurance, with a median response time around 6 seconds and roughly 90%+ of checks returned within 30 seconds.
- **Insurance Discovery** — Identifies a patient's active coverage without requiring them to provide insurance details upfront, surfacing plans patients may not know they have.
- **Network Status** — Instantly confirms whether a chosen provider is in-network for a patient's plan, reducing surprise out-of-network bills.
- **Cost Estimate** — Provides transparent, upfront pricing so patients understand what they will owe before care begins.
- **Carve-out Detection** — Detects behavioral health carve-outs (benefits managed by a separate payer) with 90%+ accuracy to prevent misrouted claims and surprise billing.

## Achievements

- Graduated from Y Combinator (Summer 2023 batch).
- Raised $3.8M seed round led by Kindred Capital in 2025.
- Processes 60,000+ eligibility checks per month with millions of verifications annually.
- Reports ~90%+ accuracy on eligibility and ~96% accuracy on benefits data, with median ~6-second response times.
- Won behavioral health clients including Talkiatry, Rula, Headway, Two Chairs and Mindful Health Solutions.

## Latest updates

- **2025-03** — Announced $3.8M seed round led by Kindred Capital to expand its AI-driven eligibility and verification platform.
- **2025-04** — Coverage in FinTech Global and other outlets detailing the raise and product traction across behavioral, primary and telehealth providers.
- **2023-07** — Launched publicly via Y Combinator as an AI-powered eligibility, VoB and insurance-discovery API for behavioral health.

## Links

- Website: https://soharhealth.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sohar-health
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/soharhealth

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Last updated: 2026-07-30