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Leona Health funding, valuation and investors

AI co-pilot for physicians on WhatsApp — practice management across Latin America.

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Funding, valuation & investors

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Latest funding

Seed

$14M · December 2025

Latest known valuation

Not publicly disclosed

Total disclosed equity funding

$14M

Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.

Current status

private

seed · Latin America

Investors in latest funding

Lead: Andreessen Horowitz

Other: General Catalyst

Sources: latest funding Last verified: 2026-07-25

Overview

Leona Health provides an AI co-pilot for physicians in Latin America that integrates with WhatsApp to structure patient conversations, manage appointments, and automate practice workflows. The company raised a $14M seed round in December 2025 led by Andreessen Horowitz Bio + Health, with General Catalyst (pre-seed lead) and Accel participating.

Why Leona Health is interesting

WhatsApp is the default patient channel in LatAm — Leona turns unstructured chats into clinical workflows without forcing doctors to change tools; a16z Bio + Health led a $14M seed in December 2025.

Product & use cases

Leona embeds in WhatsApp to capture patient messages, structure clinical notes, schedule appointments, send reminders, and automate routine practice admin — all within the messaging app doctors and patients already use.

  • Structuring WhatsApp patient chats into clinical records
  • Automated appointment scheduling and reminders
  • Practice admin automation for solo and small-group physicians
  • Patient follow-up and prescription refill coordination via WhatsApp

Key facts

  • Seed (Dec 2025): $14M led by a16z Bio + Health — PR Newswire
  • General Catalyst led pre-seed; Accel participated
  • WhatsApp-native AI for LatAm physicians

Funding history (newest first)

Seed

2025-12 $14M

Source: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/leona-health-seed-2025.html

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Andreessen Horowitz General Catalyst

Competitive landscape

Edge: WhatsApp-native for LatAm where it is the default communication channel — no new app download for patients or doctors.

LatAm healthcare is WhatsApp-first. Leona's wedge is meeting providers where they work. Risk: WhatsApp/Meta policy changes and local health data regulations vary by country.

  • Doctoralia / Docplanner adjacent

    Appointment booking platforms in LatAm; less WhatsApp-native AI.

  • Local EMR systems incumbent

    Traditional practice software without messaging integration.

  • Nabla / Freed (US scribes) adjacent

    AI clinical documentation; not WhatsApp-focused or LatAm-specific.

Notable stories

  • Leona's December 2025 seed reflects a16z Bio + Health's thesis that LatAm healthcare AI must meet users on WhatsApp, not in standalone apps.

Industries

Healthtech AI & Machine Learning

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AI co-pilot for physicians in Latin America operating inside WhatsApp — appointments, clinical notes, and practice admin.
a16z Bio + Health (/fund/andreessen-horowitz) led $14M seed; General Catalyst (/fund/general-catalyst) led pre-seed.
Default patient communication channel across Latin America — no behavior change required.
December 2025 — $14M.
Leona augments WhatsApp workflow; traditional EMRs don't integrate with patient messaging.
Latin America focus — specific markets on leona.health.
Check leona.health leadership.
Must comply with local health data regulations per market.
Early stage — not disclosed.
Accel joined seed — not in VCT directory as lead.
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