Elaborate is a technology company.
Elaborate has raised $10.0M across 2 funding rounds.
Elaborate has raised $10.0M in total across 2 funding rounds.
Elaborate has raised $10.0M in total across 2 funding rounds.
Elaborate's investors include 7wire Ventures, American Express Ventures, Arkitekt Ventures, B Capital Group, Blockchain Capital, Blockchain Founders Fund, bloom venture partners, Cedar Capital Group, Chemistry VC, Citi Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Ali Tamaseb.
Elaborate is a New York-based digital health company founded in 2021 (formerly Drip Drop Health) that builds clinical protocol infrastructure to automate patient interactions and reduce administrative burdens on healthcare providers.[1][2][4] Its core product, Notate, embeds directly into electronic medical records (EMRs) like Epic, Athena, Allscripts, NextGen, ECW, and DrChrono, using a proprietary clinical insights engine to analyze patient data, generate personalized lab result summaries, enable one-click refills, and provide advanced message classification and triaging.[1][2][4] Elaborate serves healthcare providers and health systems, solving inbox overload—often called "pajama time"—by delivering doctor-vetted, protocol-based patient guidance across 30+ ambulatory specialties, validated through millions of real interactions; it has raised $10M in funding and reports $5.3M in revenue with early growth momentum among thousands of daily users.[2][4]
Elaborate emerged in 2021 from the need to streamline doctor-patient communication amid rising administrative loads in healthcare, building on its prior identity as Drip Drop Health.[1][2] The founder and CEO, with a background at Parsley Health, Oscar, Oliver Wyman, and the U.S. Department of Defense, drove the vision for software that integrates with EMRs to automate tasks like sharing patient-friendly lab results and next steps.[1][3] Early traction came via participation in accelerators like StartUp Health, where it demoed as a tool for automating clinical admin and lab result delivery, contributing to over $800M raised collectively by alumni; this pivoted into a broader inbox management platform now trusted by leading health systems.[1]
Elaborate stands out in digital health through clinician-centric automation:
Competitors like Abridge (AI note-taking) or Abstractive Health (record summarization) focus on documentation, while Elaborate emphasizes proactive patient messaging and inbox relief.[1]
Elaborate rides the AI-driven digital health wave, targeting clinician burnout amid surging patient portal messages post-COVID, where inbox overload consumes up to 2 hours daily per doctor.[4] Timing aligns with EMR adoption (e.g., Epic's dominance) and regulatory pushes for value-based care, enabling scalable protocol automation that health systems favor for retention and efficiency.[1][4] Market forces like labor shortages and AI maturity favor it, as rules-based protocols offer explainable, low-risk alternatives to pure generative AI; Elaborate influences the ecosystem by normalizing EMR-embedded tools, accelerating admin relief for 90% of U.S. ambulatory care.[1][2]
Elaborate is poised for expansion by deepening EMR integrations and scaling analytics for enterprise health systems, potentially hitting multi-million ARR as adoption grows beyond early users.[2][4] Trends like AI protocol refinement and payer incentives for efficiency will propel it, evolving from lab-focused origins to full inbox infrastructure amid $10M-funded momentum. Watch for partnerships with top EMRs to amplify its role in taming healthcare's communication chaos, delivering the relief that lets doctors focus on care.
Elaborate has raised $10.0M across 2 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $7.0M Seed in January 2023.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 2023 | $7.0M Seed | 7wire Ventures, American Express Ventures, Arkitekt Ventures, B Capital Group, Blockchain Capital, Blockchain Founders Fund, bloom venture partners, Cedar Capital Group, Chemistry VC, Citi Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Ali Tamaseb, Founder Collective, General Catalyst, Frederique Dame, Hoxton Ventures, Ingeborg Investments, Lux Capital, Maveron, Max Ventures, McCarthy Capital, OMERS Ventures, Red Swan Ventures, Shima Capital, Stellar Capital, SuperAngel.Fund, Tapas Capital, The Food Loft, Tiffany, Town Hall Ventures, Trust Ventures, Tusk Venture Partners, XFactor Ventures, Alison Pincus, Balaji Srinivasan, Bobby Lo, Brian Sugar, Henry Davis, Jason Starr, Jon Stein, Lev Ekster, Nik Sharma, Pierre Lavaux, Ron Suber, Steve Aoki, Trevor Wright | |
| Mar 1, 2021 | $3.0M Seed | Founder Collective, Hoxton Ventures, Stellar Capital |