Corner Health, a company designed to rebuild the healthcare system by empowering Nurse Practitioners to start and scale their own local primary care practices, announced it has raised $32.5 million in Seed and Series A financing. The Series A was led by Oak HC/FT, with participation from existing investors First Round Capital and Zigg Capital. The investment follows a period of rapid growth for Corner Health, which has established a network of more than 70 provider-owned primary care practices, making it the fastest-growing primary care network in Arizona and Washington and enabling 35,000-plus patient visits over the past year.
The backbone of Corner Health’s model is Cora, an AI-native practice operating system designed to automate the full spectrum of brick-and-mortar primary care operations, including scheduling, patient communication, billing, lab orders, referrals, and prior authorizations. Cora enables 90% of Corner Health clinics to operate with no additional staff, reducing overhead and giving nurse practitioners more time to focus on patient care.
In existing markets, Corner Health is seeing strong adoption, with nearly 90% of patients reporting trusting their provider more than other medical sources and repeat visit rates more than twice the national average. With more time per visit, providers are also taking on a broader scope of care, with over 40% of visits now including routine specialist services such as pap smears, skin procedures, and joint or injury care.
Corner Health plans to use the new funding to expand its team, deepen its technology platform, and launch in additional states. The company was co-founded by Lava Sunder and Anne Gifford and has raised $32.5 million backed by Oak HC/FT, First Round Capital, Homebrew, Zigg Capital, Pathlight Ventures, Wischoff Ventures, and Go Global Ventures. Oak HC/FT, founded in 2014, is a venture and growth equity firm specializing in fintech and healthcare investments, with more than $7 billion in assets under management across 120 portfolio companies.
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“I grew up watching my mom run her own private practice, and I saw firsthand how powerful it is when a clinician owns the relationship with their patient.”
“The tragedy is that the economics of healthcare have made that model increasingly difficult to sustain. Healthcare has spent decades pushing clinicians into larger and larger systems, often at the expense of time with patients. Via Corner Health’s network, the most common word that appears in patient reviews is ‘listen.’ When providers have more time, patients feel heard.”
Lava Sunder, Co-Founder and CEO, Corner Health
“The dominant use of AI in healthcare today is helping clinicians move faster and see more patients. We’re using AI to create the opposite outcome. Our providers can see fewer patients, spend 2-3x more time with each one, and still build thriving independent practices.”
Anne Gifford, Co-Founder and COO, Corner Health
“The primary care shortage isn’t fundamentally a clinician shortage. It’s an infrastructure problem. Corner has built a new operating model that enables highly skilled clinicians to practice independently while delivering a better patient experience. We’re proud to back Lava and Anne as they look to scale the model nationally.”
Vig Chandramouli, Partner, Oak HC/FT
