Equip Health is a technology company.
Equip Health has raised $71.0M across 2 funding rounds.
Equip Health has raised $71.0M in total across 2 funding rounds.
Equip Health has raised $71.0M in total across 2 funding rounds.
Equip Health's investors include Ascend Ventures, Eunoia Capital Partners, Telescope Partners, Trucks Venture Capital, F-Prime Capital Partners, Optum Ventures.
Equip Health is a virtual healthcare company providing evidence-based treatment for eating disorders, serving children, teens, adults, and families across all 50 U.S. states and Washington, D.C.[1][2][3] It offers outpatient programs using multidisciplinary teams—including therapists, physicians, dietitians, peer mentors, and family mentors—delivering live video therapy, nutritional counseling, medical monitoring, and modalities like Family-Based Treatment (FBT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).[1][2][3] The platform addresses barriers to care by operating fully online, partnering with major insurers, and achieving strong outcomes: 82% of patients/families recommend it, 75% requiring weight restoration reach targets within one year, and 38% see symptom reduction in eight weeks.[3]
Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Carlsbad, California, Equip solves the problem of limited access to effective eating disorder treatment, which affects diagnoses like anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder (BED), avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID), and OSFED, often co-occurring with anxiety, depression, or OCD.[1][2][3] With $156.3 million raised (including a $46.6 million equity round in 2025 and $35 million in 2024), it demonstrates robust growth momentum amid rising mental health demand.[6]
Equip was co-founded in 2019 by Kristina Saffran (CEO), who drew from her personal recovery from anorexia and prior work co-founding Project Heal—a nonprofit breaking barriers to eating disorder treatment—and Erin Parks, Ph.D. (Chief Clinical Officer), a clinical psychologist with over 15 years specializing in evidence-based eating disorder treatments.[3][4] Saffran, a Forbes 30 Under 30 and Inc. Female Founders 100 honoree, identified gaps in traditional mental health care that prioritizes "feel-good" over proven methods, leading to a fully virtual model for nationwide accessibility.[3]
Early traction came from its evidence-based approach, lived-experience integration, and virtual scalability, earning TIME's most influential companies of 2023 recognition and awards from LinkedIn and Lattice.[1][2] Pivotal moments include insurer partnerships, celebrity backing like Kerry Washington's 2025 investment and advisory role, and recent funding to fuel expansion.[6]
Equip rides the digital mental health wave, capitalizing on telehealth's post-pandemic boom and growing awareness of eating disorders (affecting millions, often underserved).[1][2][3] Timing aligns with insurer shifts toward virtual care for cost-effective, high-outcome treatments amid clinician shortages—its model scales without physical infrastructure.[6] Market forces like rising demand for specialized behavioral health (e.g., ARFID, adult programs) and tech integrations (e.g., outcome tech, remote monitoring) favor it, positioning Equip as a leader among peers like Cerebral or Lyra.[7]
It influences the ecosystem by proving virtual, family-centric models work, pushing insurers/competitors toward evidence-based standards and inspiring health tech blending lived experience with data-driven care.[1][3][6]
Equip's trajectory points to aggressive scaling: more insurer partnerships, team growth, and platform enhancements to serve surging demand, building on $156M funding and Kerry Washington's endorsement.[6] Trends like AI-driven personalization, expanded adult/ARFID programs, and mental health parity laws will propel it, potentially dominating virtual eating disorder care. Its influence may evolve by setting benchmarks for outcome transparency, drawing more investors and acquisitions in digital health. From bridging personal recovery stories to national access, Equip exemplifies tech humanizing critical care.
Equip Health has raised $71.0M across 2 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $58.0M Series B in January 2022.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 2022 | $58.0M Series B | Ascend Ventures, Eunoia Capital Partners, Telescope Partners, Trucks Venture Capital | |
| Feb 1, 2021 | $13.0M Series A | F-Prime Capital Partners, Optum Ventures |