Tagged: glp-1
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Prado
Prado is an Austin-based Food-as-Medicine platform that lets clinicians prescribe medically tailored meals and lets patients pay for them with pre-tax HSA/FSA dollars. It stitches together the parts that usually don't talk to each other - a compliant Letter of Medical Necessity, HIPAA- and IRS-approved checkout, white-label storefronts, and fulfillment - so healthy prepared food becomes both prescribable and reimbursable. Founded in 2020 by former Snap Kitchen CEO Jon Carter, Prado has supported the sale of more than 25 million meals and connects food operators to a network of 70M+ tax-advantaged account holders.
Rani Therapeutics
Rani Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotherapeutics company building the RaniPill, a swallowable robotic capsule that delivers injectable biologics - peptides, proteins and antibodies - orally, with dissolvable microneedles that painlessly inject the drug into the intestinal wall. Founded in 2012 out of Mir Imran's InCube Labs and now Nasdaq-listed (RANI), Rani aims to replace the needle for chronic conditions ranging from obesity and metabolic disease to immunology and rare disease.
Helicore Biopharma
Helicore Biopharma is a South San Francisco clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company building first-in-class GIP (glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide) antagonists for obesity and cardiometabolic disease. Its lead candidate, HCR-188, is a humanized monoclonal antibody that binds circulating GIP ligand rather than the GIP receptor, a mechanism designed to improve the quality of weight loss - favoring fat loss over lean mass when paired with GLP-1 - and to restore leptin sensitivity. Incubated by Versant Ventures, the company emerged from stealth in January 2025 with a $65 million Series A and is advancing a pipeline of long-acting antibody-peptide conjugates aimed at quarterly dosing.
Virta Health
Virta Health is a digital health company on a mission to reverse type 2 diabetes and obesity in 100 million people. Founded in 2014 by Sami Inkinen, Dr. Stephen Phinney, and Dr. Jeff Volek, Virta pairs a nutrition-first, low-carbohydrate clinical protocol with a Continuous Remote Care platform - a mobile app, dedicated physicians and health coaches, and AI-driven personalization - to lower blood sugar, cut medications, and produce durable weight loss without relying on costly drugs or surgery. Sold to employers and health plans on a value-based, outcomes-guaranteed model, Virta has treated over 100,000 members and surpassed $160M in annualized revenue.
one.bio
one.bio is a Sacramento biotechnology company that releases short-chain plant fibers and makes them flavorless, odorless, colorless and water-soluble so they can be added to food and drinks at high doses without changing taste or texture. Spun out of UC Davis, it pairs a fiber-mapping knowledgebase called the Glycopedia with a proprietary depolymerization process to turn long-chain plant carbohydrates - including agricultural byproducts - into bioactive fibers that feed the microbiome and support metabolic and immune health. The company raised a $27M Series A in December 2024 and in early 2026 launched its discovery platform, its first clinically validated ingredient (one.bio 01) and a consumer brand, GoodVice.
Peter DiLaura
Peter DiLaura is the CEO and Board Director of Helicore Biopharma, a San Mateo biotech building long-acting antibody-peptide conjugates that go after obesity by neutralizing the GIP hormone in the bloodstream rather than blocking its receptor. With nearly three decades of company-building behind him - CEO roles at Initial Therapeutics and Second Genome, business and strategy chief at Sonoma Biotherapeutics, and time as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Third Rock Ventures - he is the operator brought in to turn a $65M Series A and a clinic-ready antibody into medicines that aim for quarterly dosing and better-quality weight loss.
Hone Health
Hone Health is a New York-based telemedicine clinic built for preventive and longevity care. It pairs at-home and in-person testing of 40+ biomarkers with physician-guided treatment plans for hormone optimization, menopause, weight loss, sexual health, thyroid and more, delivered nationwide on a subscription model starting around $129/month. After raising a $33M Series A in January 2025 and acquiring in-home care company ivee, Hone has tested 300,000+ patients and treats roughly 55,000 active members.
Sesame
Sesame is a direct-pay, cash-only healthcare marketplace that lets patients shop for doctor visits, labs, imaging, prescriptions and specialty care online without insurance. Often called 'the Expedia for medical care,' it lists transparent prices from thousands of providers across all 50 states, with one-time visits starting around $39 and memberships from $19. Founded in 2018 by David Goldhill, Michael Botta and John Fontein, Sesame aims to strip bureaucracy out of healthcare so patients and clinicians transact directly.
Sami Inkinen
Sami Inkinen is a Finnish-born, Stanford-trained entrepreneur and the co-founder and CEO of Virta Health, a company on a mission to reverse metabolic disease in one billion people through nutrition, technology, and AI. He earlier co-founded the real estate marketplace Trulia, taking it public in 2012 before its merger with Zillow. A self-described 'incurable data geek' and world-class endurance athlete, he is a triathlon age-group world champion and, in 2014, rowed 2,750 miles unsupported across the Pacific from California to Hawaii with his wife in a record-setting 45 days to raise awareness about sugar and metabolic disease.
GoodRx
GoodRx is a Santa Monica-based digital healthcare platform that helps Americans find lower prices on prescription drugs. It aggregates real-time pricing and discounts from pharmacies nationwide so consumers can compare costs and access free coupons, then layers on telehealth visits, manufacturer savings programs, and tools for pharma and employers. Since 2011 it has helped tens of millions of people save an estimated $70+ billion on medications.
Omada Health
Omada Health is a publicly traded (Nasdaq: OMDA) virtual chronic care company that uses behavioral science, connected devices, AI tools, and human care teams to help people manage prediabetes, diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, musculoskeletal conditions, and weight - including support for members on GLP-1 medications. Founded in 2011 in San Francisco, it sells to employers, health plans, and pharmacy benefit managers, serving roughly 2,000-plus customers and more than 886,000 members.
Vida Health
Vida Health is a San Francisco-based digital health company that pairs an AI-powered, personalized app with human coaches, dietitians, therapists, and physicians to prevent, manage, and reverse chronic physical and mental conditions. Its virtual cardiometabolic clinic treats obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and the depression and anxiety that travel with them, and is sold to employers and health plans as a clinically validated, cost-managed alternative to fragmented point solutions, including responsible GLP-1 prescribing.
Joe Murad
Joe Murad is President and CEO of Vida Health, a San Francisco-based virtual care company. A two-decade healthcare technology operator, he previously ran WithMe Health and PokitDok (acquired by Change Healthcare), with earlier leadership roles at Willis Towers Watson, Extend Health, and eHealth.
Lark Health
Lark Health is a Mountain View-based digital health company that delivers 24/7, AI-powered nurse coaching for chronic conditions - diabetes, hypertension, weight, behavioral health and tobacco cessation - through a text-message-style app paired with connected devices. Built on cognitive behavioral therapy and used by major payers, Lark scales personalized care to tens of millions of covered lives.