Twine Health is a technology company.
Twine Health has raised $2.0M across 1 funding round.
Twine Health has raised $2.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Twine Health has raised $2.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Twine Health's investors include Qiming Venture Partners USA.
Twine Health was a technology company that built a mobile and web platform for patient engagement, health coaching, and chronic disease management, connecting patients with care teams including coaches, clinicians, family, and friends.[1][2][3][5] It served self-insured employers, primary care organizations, and consumers by solving the problem of fragmented care through real-time collaboration, behavior change tools, and AI-driven scalability, achieving outcomes like 91% patients reaching target blood pressure, 95% weekly active users, and 100 NPS scores.[1][3] The company demonstrated strong early growth with $8.3 million in total funding, including a $6.75-6.8 million Series A in 2015 and a $1.5 million Series A1 in 2017, before being acquired by Fitbit in February 2018 and integrated into its Health Solutions division.[1][3][4]
Twine Health was founded in 2014 as a spinout from MIT's Media Lab, drawing on clinical studies into behavior change.[3][5] Co-founders John Moore (CEO, later medical director at Fitbit), Frank Moss, and Scott Gilroy aimed to put patients at the center of their care, enabling ownership of health actions with continuous support from clinicians and loved ones.[3] The idea emerged from research at the Media Lab, leveraging AI for scalable coaching where one coach manages multiple patients, compliant with HIPAA regulations.[3] Early traction included partnerships with health organizations and funding from Khosla Ventures, Provenance Venture Forum, Tower Capital Partners, Qiming Venture Partners, and Neoteny Labs, culminating in the Fitbit acquisition to expand chronic condition management.[3][4]
Twine Health rode the early 2010s wave of digital health innovation, capitalizing on mobile tech, AI, and behavior science to shift from fee-for-service primary care to collaborative, preventive models.[3][4] Timing aligned with rising chronic disease burdens, self-insured employer demands for cost-effective care, and HIPAA-compliant telehealth growth pre-pandemic.[1][3] Market forces like consumer health device adoption (e.g., Fitbit) favored its integration, influencing the ecosystem by pioneering scalable coaching platforms now standard in digital therapeutics and influencing post-acquisition expansions in Fitbit's (now Google's) health offerings.[1][3]
Post-2018 acquisition, Twine Health's technology fueled Fitbit's enterprise health solutions, likely evolving under Google to incorporate wearables data for broader disease management and prevention at scale.[1][3] Trends like AI-personalized care, remote monitoring, and value-based healthcare will shape its legacy, potentially amplifying influence in population health as chronic conditions rise. This patient-empowerment pioneer set the stage for today's integrated digital health ecosystems, transforming fragmented care into collaborative ownership.
Twine Health has raised $2.0M across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $2.0M Series A in May 2017.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2017 | $2.0M Series A | Qiming Venture Partners USA |