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Zus Health funding, valuation and investors
Shared health data platform giving digital health builders a common patient record (ZAP).
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Funding, valuation & investors
Answer-first snapshotLatest funding
Growth
$40M · March 2023
Latest known valuation
Not publicly disclosed
Total disclosed equity funding
$74M
Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.
Current status
private
series a · Boston, MA
Investors in latest funding
Other: Andreessen Horowitz , F-Prime Capital
Overview
Zus Health, founded in 2020 by Jonathan Bush (co-founder of athenahealth), provides a shared health data platform that aggregates patient records into a Zus Aggregated Profile (ZAP) delivered via API, embedded components, and EHR integrations. The Boston/Watertown company raised $34M Series A in June 2021 led by Andreessen Horowitz with F-Prime Capital, Maverick Ventures, and others, then $40M in March 2023 with Jazz Venture Partners, a16z, F-Prime, and Maverick participating. Zus partners with HIEs and data networks covering 270M+ patients across 70K+ provider sites per company materials.
Why Zus Health is interesting
Bush's second act attacks health data fragmentation with a 'Build-a-Bear for EMR' SDK — infrastructure for digital health apps instead of another point solution.
Product & use cases
FHIR-native multi-tenant health record infrastructure plus developer tools so startups embed unified patient context without rebuilding interoperability pipes.
- Digital health apps pulling consolidated patient history
- EHR integrations surfacing external records at point of care
- Care coordination across provider networks
Key facts
- Founded 2020 by Jonathan Bush
- Series A (Jun 2021): $34M led by a16z (TechCrunch)
- Mar 2023: $40M financing; Elation Health partnership
- ~$74M total raised; 270M+ patient network cited
Funding history (newest first)
Growth
2023-03 $40MSource: Read source · zushealth.com
Series A
2021-06 $34MSource: Read source · techcrunch.com
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Competitive landscape
Edge: Founder credibility from athenahealth plus pre-built ZAP identity matching and FHIR aggregation layer for builders.
Interoperability middleware is crowded post-21st Century Cures, but Zus targets builders who need a shared record backend. Moat depends on data source breadth and embedding in digital health workflows versus one-off record requests.
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Health Gorilla direct
Health data network APIs for providers and apps.
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Particle Health direct
Record retrieval APIs for digital health.
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Epic Cosmos / EHR-native networks incumbent
Incumbent EHR data sharing; slower for startups.
Notable stories
- TechCrunch described Zus as a 'fancy Google Doc for healthcare' at launch with Firefly Health, Cityblock, and Oak Street among early partners.
- Bush launched Zus after his MDP program at athenahealth to enable builders without rebuilding EMR infrastructure.
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