Kivo Health
Kivo Health is a San Francisco-based telehealth company (YC W23) founded in 2021 by physician Victor Sadauskas and technologist Vaughn Koch.
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Kivo Health is a San Francisco-based telehealth company (YC W23) founded in 2021 by physician Victor Sadauskas and technologist Vaughn Koch. It delivers insurance-covered virtual pulmonary rehabilitation and chronic care for COPD patients via video sessions with respiratory therapists, a mailed home kit, and AI-assisted personalized care pathways. Partners include Stanford Health Care, Priority Health and Optum Arcadia.
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Company· 9
Investor· 5
Founders / team· 2
Funding history
- 2026-10-23Series A$10M
Investors · Allumia Ventures, Corewell Health Ventures, Y Combinator, Heuristic Capital, MassMutual VenturesSource · hitconsultant.net ↗
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Kivo Health is a San Francisco-based telehealth company (YC W23) founded in 2021 by physician Victor Sadauskas and technologist Vaughn Koch. It delivers insurance-covered virtual pulmonary rehabilitation and chronic care for COPD patients via video sessions with respiratory therapists, a mailed home kit, and AI-assisted personalized care pathways. Partners include Stanford Health Care, Priority Health and Optum Arcadia.
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