Laguna Health is a New York–based provider of an AI-powered contextual care management platform led by CEO Yoni Shtein. Its suite of NLP and AI solutions gives care managers insights into individuals' life circumstances, helping identify risk barriers, personalize care plans and improve care manager productivity. The company is scaling personalized care starting with hospital transitions. Customers include health plans, employers and integrated delivery networks that aim to improve member outcomes while increasing care management productivity. Laguna intends to use new funding to expand its AI capabilities in the care management context and to accelerate go-to-market efforts; the Series A brought the company's total funding to over $21M. Laguna Health offers a recovery platform that personalizes a "Waze of recovery" app, driven by a data analytics engine and proven behavioral-health interventions to guide patients after hospital discharge. Members can follow a fully digital recovery journey or engage with live recovery coaches via text, phone, or video. The company positions its episodic, risk-driven model to enable value-based arrangements with employers, health plans, and health systems, aiming to lower overall costs and shorten recovery times. Laguna publicly launched while announcing $6.6M in seed funding to support growth and product deployment. Under its clinical strategy, Laguna launched an inaugural clinical study at NorthShore with Dr. Mark Lampert serving as Chief Clinical Officer. Founders Yoni Shtein and Yael Adam lead the company from Tel Aviv and emphasize actuarial modeling and measurable outcomes such as reduced readmissions and lower post-discharge depression.

Total raised

$22M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Series A

Latest activity

May 2023