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Ribbon Health funding, valuation and investors
Healthcare provider data API for accurate directories, insurance, and referrals.
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Funding, valuation & investors
Answer-first snapshotLatest funding
Series B
$43.5M · November 2021
Latest known valuation
Not publicly disclosed
Total disclosed equity funding
$44M
Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.
Current status
acquired
acquired · New York, USA
Overview
Ribbon Health (formerly HealthWiz) aggregated and normalized provider data — specialties, insurance acceptance, locations — via API for payers, digital health apps, and referral workflows. a16z participated in Series B ($43.5M, Nov 2021) led by General Catalyst. H1 acquired Ribbon in January 2025 per TechCrunch, combining provider data with H1's physician intelligence platform.
Why Ribbon Health is interesting
a16z and General Catalyst backed provider directory infra — acquired by H1 (Jan 2025) after $43.5M Series B solved 'wrong phone number' problem in health plan directories.
Product & use cases
Ribbon API delivered real-time provider directory data with insurance network matching — fixing stale NPI database problems for care navigation apps.
- Health plan provider directory accuracy
- Care navigation app provider search
- Referral workflow insurance verification
- Digital health onboarding provider matching
Key facts
- Acquired by H1 (Jan 2025) — TechCrunch
- Series B (Nov 2021): $43.5M led by General Catalyst
- Provider data API for payers and digital health
- a16z participated in Series B
Funding history (newest first)
Series B
2021-11 $43.5MSource: https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/09/ribbon-health-raises-43-5m/
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Competitive landscape
Edge: Data normalization quality across fragmented NPI, payer, and provider sources.
Provider data infrastructure is unglamorous but critical for ACA directory accuracy rules. H1 acquisition consolidates physician intelligence + directory API.
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Definitive Healthcare incumbent
Provider commercial intelligence at scale.
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Healthgrades / Zocdoc data adjacent
Consumer-facing provider data.
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Internal payer directories incumbent
Manual curation; often inaccurate.
Notable stories
- Ribbon tackled CMS directory accuracy mandates — stale provider data cost payers fines and blocked patient access.
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