Guy Ezekiel is the co-founder and CEO of Zorro, an AI-powered ICHRA benefits platform that helps employers replace one-size-fits-all group health plans with personalized, individual coverage. A 25-year healthcare operator turned venture investor, he spent much of his career building medical device and pharmaceutical companies before becoming a managing partner at Pitango, Israel's largest VC fund. He left investing to co-found Zorro in 2022 with Maya Perl, betting that Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangements will do for health benefits what the 401(k) did for retirement. Zorro has raised $31.5 million to date, including a $20 million Series A in June 2025.
Vitable Health is a Philadelphia-based health benefits company that gives hourly and blue-collar workers affordable access to primary care. Founded in 2020 by Joseph Kitonga, it pairs virtual and in-person direct primary care - visits, over 1,000 free prescriptions, common lab tests, mental health support and care navigation - with an integrated ICHRA platform, so small and mid-sized employers can offer real coverage to workers who typically fall between Medicaid eligibility and pricey commercial insurance. Employers pay roughly $30 per employee per month, and the company says it has made more than 100,000 lives eligible for care.
HealthSherpa is the largest private enrollment platform for Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurance in the United States. Born in 2013 as a faster, cleaner alternative to a glitchy HealthCare.gov, it now helps millions of Americans shop, compare, and enroll in subsidized marketplace plans in about seven minutes, while giving tens of thousands of agents and brokers free tools to manage their books of business. The company runs a federally approved Enhanced Direct Enrollment (EDE) platform used by consumers, insurance carriers, and agencies alike.
Chris Ellis is the co-founder and CEO of Thatch, a San Francisco healthtech-meets-fintech company that lets employers hand workers tax-free dollars to buy and manage their own health benefits through ICHRA. A former cancer researcher who started at MIT and studied at Duke, Ellis lost his father to cancer at age six, an experience that shaped both his skepticism of the healthcare system and his drive to rebuild how it is paid for. Founded in 2021 with Adam Stevenson, Thatch now serves more than 1,000 companies and raised a $40M Series B led by Index Ventures in April 2025, on top of an earlier $38M Series A, with backing from a16z, General Catalyst, and Google Ventures.
Thatch is a San Francisco health benefits platform that lets employers give workers a tax-free monthly healthcare budget instead of a one-size-fits-all group plan. Employees shop a marketplace for their own medical, dental and vision coverage, then spend any leftover budget on care through a Thatch debit card. Built around ICHRA - a 2020-era IRS rule - the company aims to unbundle health insurance from a single employer plan and hand the choice back to individuals. Since launching in 2023 it has served more than 1,000 businesses and raised about $84.5 million across seed, Series A and Series B rounds.
Zorro is an AI-powered ICHRA platform that swaps rigid group health plans for a defined-contribution model - think 401(k), but for health insurance. Employers set a budget, employees get a personal allowance, and Zorro's decision-support engine helps each person pick an individual plan that actually fits their doctors, medications, and wallet. The platform serves employers, employees, and the brokers who sell to them, and clients have averaged over 20% premium savings versus traditional group coverage.