Citizen Health Scores $30 Million Series A

<p id&equals;"temp&lowbar;ReleaseStart"><strong><span class&equals;"legendSpanClass"><span class&equals;"xn-location">SAN FRANCISCO<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;strong> &&num;8212&semi; Citizen Health&comma; a patient-powered platform transforming rare disease care&comma; has raised <span class&equals;"xn-money">&dollar;30 million<&sol;span> in Series A funding&period; The round was led by 8VC&comma; with participation from Transformation Capital and Headline&comma; bringing the company&&num;8217&semi;s total funding to <span class&equals;"xn-money">&dollar;44 million<&sol;span> since its <span class&equals;"xn-chron">December 2023<&sol;span> launch&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"prntal">Founded by <span class&equals;"xn-person">Farid Vij<&sol;span> &lpar;CEO &amp&semi; Co-founder&rpar;&comma; <span class&equals;"xn-person">Nasha Fitter<&sol;span> &lpar;Chief Business Officer &amp&semi; Co-founder&rpar;&comma; and a team of industry veterans&comma; Citizen Health is pioneering a new paradigm in healthcare by empowering patients—especially those with rare and complex conditions—with agency&comma; clarity&comma; and actionable insights&period; The company&&num;8217&semi;s platform combines AI&comma; community&comma; and longitudinal health data to help patients interpret medical records&comma; track symptoms&comma; learn from peers&comma; manage appointments&comma; and connect to the next best step in their health journey&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"prntal">&&num;8220&semi;Today&&num;8217&semi;s patients aren&&num;8217&semi;t waiting—they&&num;8217&semi;re searching&comma; deciding&comma; and expecting more&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said <span class&equals;"xn-person">Farid Vij<&sol;span>&comma; CEO and co-founder of Citizen Health&period; &&num;8220&semi;They deserve the same clarity&comma; personalization&comma; and intelligence in healthcare that they get in every other part of their lives&period; At Citizen&comma; we&&num;8217&semi;re building a personalized AI Advocate for every patient that not only helps people make sense of their health journey&comma; but actually guides them to what they should do next—and connects them to it&period; This is about turning passive systems into proactive&comma; human-centered experiences&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"prntal">Nearly half of American adults have at least one chronic illness&comma; making self-advocacy especially important&period; Citizen&&num;8217&semi;s ultimate vision is to provide every patient with a personalized AI Advocate&comma; turning fragmented care into a connected&comma; proactive&comma; and precise experience&period; They are building agentic AI to take initiative&comma; identifying and acting on opportunities to improve health in ways patients themselves might not anticipate&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"prntal">&&num;8220&semi;We backed Citizen because they are redefining the care model for patients with complex disease&period; Citizen&&num;8217&semi;s AI advocate is the foundation of a pioneering patient and caregiver experience that is already helping thousands of Americans answer previously unanswerable questions&comma; make informed medical decisions&comma; and accelerate new cures&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said <span class&equals;"xn-person">Sebastian Caliri<&sol;span>&comma; Partner at 8VC who led the Series A round and joined the Citizen Board of Directors&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"prntal">Vij and Fitter met at their previous company Citizen&comma; which was acquired by Invitae &lpar;NYSE&colon; <a class&equals;"ticket-symbol" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;prnewswire&period;com&sol;news-releases&sol;citizen-health-raises-30-million-to-build-ai-advocate-for-every-patient-ushering-in-a-new-era-of-patient-centered-healthcare-302529736&period;html&num;financial-modal" data-toggle&equals;"modal">NVTA<&sol;a>&rpar; in 2021&comma; where Vij was a co-founder&period; Their new venture&comma; Citizen Health&comma; brings together a leadership team with deep expertise in AI&comma; healthcare&comma; privacy&comma; and consumer technology&comma; with personal motivations rooted in rare disease advocacy and patient empowerment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"prntal">&&num;8220&semi;Citizen has truly created a groundbreaking platform that supports individual patients looking to manage rare and complex diseases&comma; while also giving patient advocacy groups a better way to organize their data&comma; and pharma leaders a better way to utilize that data for drug discovery and trials&comma;&&num;8221&semi; added <span class&equals;"xn-person">Mathias Schilling<&sol;span>&comma; Founding Partner at Headline who also invested in the round&period; &&num;8220&semi;It&&num;8217&semi;s rare to see a company combining such expertise in AI and consumer design to impact healthcare&comma; and we&&num;8217&semi;re proud to back Farid&comma; Nasha&comma; and the rest of the team&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;