mPulse Mobile is a company.
mPulse Mobile has raised $40.0M across 4 funding rounds.
Key people at mPulse Mobile.
mPulse Mobile has raised $40.0M in total across 4 funding rounds.
mPulse Mobile is a Los Angeles-based portfolio company founded in 2014 that builds a conversational AI platform for digital health engagement in healthcare.[1][2][3] It serves health plans (Medicare, Medicaid), health systems, pharmacies, life sciences, and providers by delivering personalized AI-driven communications, streaming health content, analytics, and behavioral science tools to activate consumers, close care gaps, and improve outcomes like engagement and satisfaction.[1][2][4] The company has raised $41.7M in Series D funding, employs around 215 people across offices in El Encino, CA, and Minneapolis, MN, and processes over four billion consumer touchpoints annually with strong growth, including a team doubling since 2020 and robust Q1 2025 performance.[1][2]
mPulse Mobile was launched in 2014 by CEO Chris Nicholson, who left a successful US health and wellness company to start this "triple threat" venture combining SaaS platform expertise, mobile user experience design, and deep healthcare knowledge.[3] The idea emerged from recognizing the need for more relevant, omni-channel intelligent messaging to boost engagement and outcomes in healthcare communications, moving beyond traditional platforms to true partnerships with Fortune 100 health plans and providers.[3] Early traction came from assembling a high-caliber team of PhDs, Yale grads, marketers, and health professionals, quickly proving capabilities through custom solutions that increased relevancy and engagement.[3]
mPulse Mobile rides the wave of AI-driven personalization in digital health, capitalizing on post-pandemic demand for consumer-centric engagement amid rising healthcare costs and chronic disease burdens.[1][2] Timing aligns with advancements in conversational AI and streaming media, enabling scalable outreach to vulnerable populations like Medicare/Medicaid members when traditional methods fall short.[1][5] Favorable market forces include regulatory pushes for value-based care, data analytics proliferation, and health plans' need for incentives/rewards programs; as a Challenger alongside K Health and Ada, it influences the ecosystem by setting benchmarks for HXI, fostering equitable outcomes through 1B+ interactions.[1][2]
mPulse Mobile is poised for accelerated expansion with its HXI platform enhancements and billion-scale data flywheel, potentially capturing more share in a $100B+ digital health market as AI maturity deepens.[1][2] Trends like multimodal AI, personalized streaming education, and predictive analytics for care gaps will propel growth, especially with health systems prioritizing activation tech amid labor shortages. Its influence may evolve from engagement specialist to full-spectrum health activation leader, amplifying impact on outcomes and efficiencies—echoing its founding mission to revolutionize communications for a healthier world.[3][5]
Key people at mPulse Mobile.
mPulse Mobile has raised $40.0M in total across 4 funding rounds.
mPulse Mobile's investors include AIX Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Bonfire Ventures, CVS Health, Flex Capital, Forerunner Ventures, Founders Fund, Krishna Yeshwant, Kleiner Perkins, Optum Ventures, SJF Ventures, Surface Ventures.
mPulse Mobile has raised $40.0M across 4 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $16.0M Series C in August 2020.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2020 | $16.0M Series C | AIX Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Bonfire Ventures, CVS Health, Flex Capital, Forerunner Ventures, Founders Fund, Krishna Yeshwant, Kleiner Perkins, Optum Ventures, SJF Ventures, Surface Ventures, Threshold Ventures, Tiger Global Management, Akhil Paul, Akshay Sriprasad, Austin Walters, Farzad Nazem, Jason Lemkin, Joanne Bradford, Marc Benioff, Omar El-Ayat, Ricardo Marino, Steph Korey, Tracy Young | |
| May 1, 2018 | $11.0M Series B | AIX Ventures, CVS Health, Krishna Yeshwant, Kleiner Perkins, SJF Ventures, Surface Ventures, Akhil Paul, Akshay Sriprasad, Austin Walters, Joanne Bradford, Marc Benioff, Ricardo Marino | |
| Mar 1, 2016 | $3.0M Series A | Bessemer Venture Partners, Bonfire Ventures, Flex Capital, Farzad Nazem, Jason Lemkin, Marc Benioff, Omar El-Ayat, Tracy Young | |
| Jan 1, 2016 | $10.0M Series A | Krishna Yeshwant, Kleiner Perkins |
