LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Corner Health, a company designed to rebuild the healthcare system by empowering Nurse Practitioners (NPs) to start and scale their own local primary care practices, announced today it has raised $32.5 million in Seed and Series A financing. Their recent Series A was led by Oak HC/FT, with participation from existing investors First Round Capital and Zigg Capital. The investment follows a period of rapid growth for Corner Health, which has established a network of more than 70 provider-owned primary care practices. Corner Health is the fastest-growing primary care network in Arizona and Washington and has enabled 35,000+ patient visits in the past year.
The funding comes at a pivotal moment for healthcare. Despite unprecedented investment in AI, more than 100 million Americans still lack access to a primary care provider, clinicians are burning out at record rates, and patient visits continue to get shorter. Corner Health is taking the opposite approach: using AI to create more time for the provider-patient relationship, not less.
"I grew up watching my mom run her own private practice, and I saw firsthand how powerful it is when a clinician owns the relationship with their patient," said Lava Sunder, co-founder and CEO of Corner Health. "The tragedy is that the economics of healthcare have made that model increasingly difficult to sustain. Healthcare has spent decades pushing clinicians into larger and larger systems, often at the expense of time with patients. Via Corner Health’s network, the most common word that appears in patient reviews is 'listen.' When providers have more time, patients feel heard."
The backbone of Corner Health’s model is Cora, an AI-native practice operating system designed to automate the full spectrum of brick-and-mortar primary care operations, including scheduling, patient communication, billing, lab orders, referrals, and prior authorizations. Built for scale and in-person clinical environments, Cora enables 90% of Corner Health clinics to operate with no additional staff, dramatically reducing overhead and giving NPs more time to focus on patient care.
"The dominant use of AI in healthcare today is helping clinicians move faster and see more patients," said Anne Gifford, co-founder and COO of Corner Health. "We're using AI to create the opposite outcome. Our providers can see fewer patients, spend 2-3x more time with each one, and still build thriving independent practices."
In existing markets, Corner Health is seeing strong adoption. Nearly 90% of patients report trusting their provider more than other medical sources, and repeat visit rates are more than twice the national average. With more time per visit, providers can also take on a broader scope of care. Over 40% of visits now include routine specialist services such as pap smears, skin procedures, and joint or injury care, often eliminating the need for referrals or additional appointments that increase cost for patients and the system.
"The primary care shortage isn't fundamentally a clinician shortage," said Vig Chandramouli, Partner at Oak HC/FT. "It's an infrastructure problem. Corner has built a new operating model that enables highly skilled clinicians to practice independently while delivering a better patient experience. We’re proud to back Lava and Anne as they look to scale the model nationally."
Corner Health plans to use the new funding to expand its team, deepen its technology platform, and launch in additional states.
As healthcare increasingly embraces AI, Corner Health is betting that the winners won't be the companies that remove humans from medicine, but the ones that make it possible for clinicians to spend more time being human.
About Corner Health
Corner Health is an early-stage technology company building a network of independent primary care practices. The company gives Nurse Practitioners everything they need to start and run their own practices - from billing and insurance infrastructure to AI-powered workflow automation. Corner Health was co-founded by Lava Sunder and Anne Gifford and has raised $32.5m backed by Oak HC/FT, First Round Capital, Homebrew, Zigg Capital, Pathlight Ventures, Wischoff Ventures, and Go Global Ventures.
About Oak HC/FT
Oak HC/FT is a venture and growth equity firm specializing in investments in fintech and healthcare. Using partnership as a foundation, Oak HC/FT guides companies and founders at every stage, from seed to growth, to create businesses that make a measurable and lasting impact. Founded in 2014, Oak HC/FT has invested in 120 portfolio companies and has more than $7 billion in assets under management. Oak HC/FT is headquartered in Stamford, CT, with an office in San Francisco, CA. Follow Oak HC/FT on LinkedIn and X and learn more at www.oakhcft.com.
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