# Tara Raffi

> Tara Raffi is the founder and CEO of Almond ObGyn, a venture-backed, tech-enabled women's health practice she co-founded with Carly Allen in 2021. A former McKinsey consultant who built the firm's $50M internal tech incubator and was an early operations and marketing hire at the location-data company Factual, she started Almond after years of frustrating personal experiences trying to book gynecological care. Backed by Y Combinator (S22), True Ventures and others with a $7M seed round, Almond pitches itself as 'One Medical for women's health,' combining in-person LA clinics with telehealth. Raffi and Allen were named to Inc.'s 2024 Female Founders 250 list.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Almond ObGyn
- **Organizations:** Almond ObGyn, McKinsey & Company, Factual, Y Combinator (S22)
- **Nationality:** American
- **Known for:** Founder and CEO of Almond ObGyn, a tech-enabled women's health practice., Raised a $7M seed round led by True Ventures, with backing from Y Combinator., Named to Inc.'s 2024 Female Founders 250 list (with co-founder Carly Allen).

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Management consultant at McKinsey & Company, serving large U.S. hospital systems and building patient recommendation tools for health insurers.
- **Mid career** — Early operations and marketing team member at Factual, a location-data technology company, joining around its Series A.
- **Later at McKinsey** — Returned to McKinsey as founding manager of its internal tech incubator, growing the fund to roughly $50M invested globally and helping fund 130+ early-stage software products.
- **2021** — Co-founded Almond ObGyn with Carly Allen.
- **2022** — Went through Y Combinator's Summer 2022 batch; opened first full-service clinic in Los Angeles and raised a $7M seed round led by True Ventures.
- **2024** — Named with co-founder Carly Allen to Inc.'s Female Founders 250 list; featured by Forbes as 'the first full-service, tech-enabled OB-GYN in the country.'

## Achievements

- Founder and CEO of Almond ObGyn, a tech-enabled women's health practice.
- Raised a $7M seed round led by True Ventures, with backing from Y Combinator.
- Named to Inc.'s 2024 Female Founders 250 list (with co-founder Carly Allen).
- Built McKinsey's internal tech incubator into a ~$50M global fund supporting 130+ early-stage software products.
- Hit a $90K monthly run rate and a 3-week booking waitlist before even opening Almond's first clinic.
- Featured by Forbes in 2024 as 'the first full-service, tech-enabled OB-GYN in the country.'

## Latest updates

- **2024-08** — Profiled by Forbes as building 'the first full-service, tech-enabled OB-GYN in the country.'
- **2024** — Named with co-founder Carly Allen to Inc.'s Female Founders 250 list.
- **2025-01** — Featured on the EO Wonder Podcast discussing Almond's vision for revolutionizing women's healthcare.

## Links

- Website: https://almondobgyn.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tararaffi/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPzdc2rKsuw

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Last updated: 2026-06-21