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Tonic Health has raised $4.8M across 2 funding rounds.
Key people at Tonic Health.
Tonic Health has raised $4.8M in total across 2 funding rounds.
Tonic Health provides a digital patient data collection and payments platform designed for healthcare organizations. The company offers a comprehensive suite of applications that streamline patient intake, registration, and contactless check-in, extending its capabilities to clinical trials. Its platform serves as a mobile and web-based solution, simplifying the initial medical form-filling process and improving data accuracy for providers.
The company was co-founded in 2010 by Sterling Lanier and Boris Glants, who identified a critical need to modernize patient data capture. Their insight led to the creation of a more efficient and patient-friendly system, moving beyond cumbersome paper forms and introducing an engaging, often gamified, digital approach. Sterling Lanier brought prior entrepreneurial experience, having founded and led Chatter, a market research firm, before co-founding Tonic Health.
Tonic Health’s solutions are adopted by large enterprise health systems and various healthcare providers. The company’s vision centers on optimizing the patient journey and clinical workflows by ensuring seamless and effective data collection. It strives to enhance operational efficiency and foster greater patient engagement within the healthcare ecosystem.
Tonic Health has raised $4.8M in total across 2 funding rounds.
Tonic Health's investors include Pario Ventures, Rianta Capital, Nigel Wray.
Key people at Tonic Health.
Tonic Health has raised $4.8M across 2 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $4.0M Series A in June 2025.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2025 | $4M Series A | — | Pario Ventures, Rianta Capital, Nigel Wray | Announced |
| Apr 1, 2020 | $750K Seed | — | Rianta Capital, Nigel Wray | Announced |
Tonic Health is a UK-based consumer health company founded in 2019 that produces maximum-strength, sugar-free vitamin drinks and gummies designed to boost immune health and general well-being.[1][2][5] It serves busy consumers seeking natural, science-backed supplements to prevent illness, support recovery during colds or flu, and maintain daily vitality, addressing the gap in products that offer more than symptomatic relief by harnessing ingredients like high-dose Vitamin C, D, zinc, ginger, and plant extracts.[1][2] The company has achieved strong growth momentum, reaching profitability in January 2023 with £113k revenue that month, listings in over 4,000 UK retail points (e.g., Tesco, Sainsbury's, Holland & Barrett), outselling competitors like Centrum in some ranges, a social media community of 300,000+ followers generating 70 million views, and a planned US retail launch in 1600+ stores.[2]
Tonic Health was founded in 2019 by Sunna van Kampen, who developed the idea while working in corporate finance and frequently battling 3-4 colds per winter that disrupted his busy schedule.[1] Frustrated by market solutions focused only on symptom relief rather than immune support, Sunna self-experimented with natural ingredients like ginger, zinc, Vitamin C, and D, successfully shortening cold durations and frequency.[1] This entrepreneurial spark, honed from early experiences, led him to create Tonic Health as a natural, study-backed vitamin drink to empower immune systems and promote productive lives.[1][6] Early traction built through direct-to-consumer sales, retail expansion, and social media, culminating in profitability by 2023 and over £1m raised from investors including a former Unilever president and New Look founder.[2]
(Note: References to a separate "Tonic" B Corp digital consulting firm or Luma-acquired "Tonic Health" appear unrelated based on distinct missions, locations, and products.[4][7])
Tonic Health rides the wave of personalized wellness and preventive health, fueled by post-pandemic demand for immune-boosting, natural alternatives amid rising chronic illness and skepticism of processed foods/additives.[2][3][5] Timing aligns with consumer shifts toward transparent, high-efficacy supplements, amplified by social media's role in health education—evident in their 7M monthly views driving organic growth.[2] Market forces like retail digitization (Amazon/D2C) and global expansion (UK-to-US) favor scalable CPG brands, while their community-building influences the ecosystem by normalizing science-first nutrition over hype, inspiring similar "movement" brands in food & beverage.[2][3]
Tonic Health is poised for hypergrowth, hiring a Head of Growth to own P&L, scale performance marketing, and expand channels toward tens of millions in revenue as the UK's fastest-growing vitamin brand.[3] Trends like AI-driven personalization, influencer ecosystems, and global wellness markets (e.g., US launch) will accelerate their trajectory, potentially establishing them as a generational player if they sustain community loyalty and innovation.[2][3] Their influence may evolve from niche immune disruptor to broad-spectrum health leader, empowering more productive lives in a health-conscious world—echoing Sunna's initial fight against unnecessary downtime.[1]
