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AmplifyMD

Los Gatos, US · Founded 2019 · 65 employees on LinkedIn · 8 known investors

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AmplifyMD offers a virtual care platform with EHR integrations, automation, embedded AI tools, and a network of remote specialists that lets hospitals and health systems expand physician capacity and add specialty services. Founded in 2019, it serves hospitals and health systems aiming to deliver timely specialty care across multiple sites.

Also known as AmplifyMD

Founders & leadership

AmplifyMD was founded in 2019 by Anand Nathan and Meena Mallipeddi.

ANAnand Nathan
MMMeena Mallipeddi
Meena MallipeddiFounderShe serves on the American Telemedicine Association Leadership Council and speaks on virtual care and physician workforce strategy.
MMMohan Mallipeddi, MD
Mohan Mallipeddi, MDChief Medical Officer
NPNijay Patel
Nijay PatelCTO
KBKurt Blasena
Kurt BlasenaChief Commercial OfficerKurt Blasena has over 20 years in healthcare technology, holding prior roles including Chief Revenue Officer at Viz.ai and Chief Commercial Officer at Digital Diagnostics, where he oversaw commercial strategy for AI diagnostic products. He is now Chief Commercial Officer at AmplifyMD.

Board

SK
Stephen K. KlaskoBoard of Directors

Investors · 8

Also in the syndicate · 2

GreylockMemorial Hermann

Funding

SEC filings, press & company announcements

$20M disclosed across 1 of 7 rounds · 2021–2025

Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.

Company profile

researched Aug 2026

AmplifyMD was co-founded by Meena Mallipeddi (CEO) and Anand Nathan (Chief Product Officer). Multiple AmplifyMD press releases (via PR Newswire) and the company's own 2022 funding announcement state the company was founded/launched in 2019, with its first pilot program going live in November 2019 at DeSoto Memorial Hospital in Arcadia, Florida — a small rural hospital, consistent with AmplifyMD's stated mission of bringing specialist access to facilities that otherwise lack it. Notably, Crunchbase's data on co-founder Anand Nathan lists his tenure as Co-Founder & CPO 'since July 2018,' which suggests the company may have been informally started or incorporated in 2018 before its public 2019 pilot launch; this is a minor discrepancy worth flagging rather than a confirmed fact. The company's registered legal name is listed on Crunchbase as 'T SQRD, Inc.' (Anand Nathan is separately listed as founder of an entity called 'T SQRD' from 2021, so there is some ambiguity about whether 'T SQRD, Inc.' is simply AmplifyMD's legal/incorporated name or a related entity — this was not independently verified via a state corporate registry and should be treated as medium-confidence).

AmplifyMD is headquartered in Los Gatos, California. Meena Mallipeddi holds an education background from Stanford University per Crunchbase (specific prior work history not independently confirmed via multiple sources). Anand Nathan holds a B.S.E. in Electrical and Biomedical Engineering and a B.S. in Economics from Duke University (1998-2002) and previously worked as Senior Director of Corporate Development and Strategy at LinkedIn before co-founding AmplifyMD.

Funding history: AmplifyMD's first public funding disclosure came March 28, 2022, when the company announced it had raised a combined $23 million across a Seed round (co-led by Forerunner Ventures and Greylock) and a Series A round (led by F-Prime Capital, with partner Carl Byers quoted). At that time the company operated across 20+ hospitals. The company then raised a $20 million Series B, announced September 24, 2025, led by Forerunner Ventures (Managing Partner Eurie Kim), with participation from existing investors F-Prime and Greylock plus new investors Tau Ventures and strategic investor Memorial Hermann Health System (EVP & Chief Strategy Officer Feby Abraham quoted). Combined, these disclosed rounds total approximately $43 million in known funding; AmplifyMD has not disclosed a current valuation. No standalone seed-round announcement predating March 2022 was found, suggesting the seed and Series A were disclosed together retroactively/simultaneously.

Business model

B2B SaaS plus managed clinical services sold to hospitals and health systems: AmplifyMD licenses an EHR-integrated virtual care software platform and, where needed, supplies a nationwide network of board-certified specialist physicians to deliver remote consults under the hospital's or a partner medical group's clinical umbrella.

Subscription/platform licensing fees from hospitals and health systems, combined with fees tied to clinical staffing/coverage services (per-program or per-encounter arrangements) for specialist coverage delivered through AmplifyMD's physician network.

▸Full profile — profile (continued), go-to-market, ownership

Profile (continued)

Leadership expanded significantly through 2025-2026: Nijay Patel serves as CTO (previously in a product role at health-data interoperability company Redox). Kurt Blasena joined as Chief Commercial Officer in April 2026, bringing over 20 years of health-tech go-to-market experience, most recently as Chief Commercial Officer at Digital Diagnostics and before that as Chief Revenue Officer at Viz.ai (2020-2024) during its rapid growth phase; he holds a degree from University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. In January 2026, AmplifyMD announced governance additions: Dr. Stephen K. Klasko (former President & CEO of Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, now Executive in Residence at General Catalyst) joined the Board of Directors, and Dr. Rod Hochman (CEO Emeritus of Providence health system and former Chair of the American Hospital Association) joined as a Strategic Advisor (not board).

Commercially, AmplifyMD has grown from ~150 acute care telemedicine programs (mid-2024) to 300+ programs (September 2025) to 400+ clinical programs nationwide (April 2026), covering 15+ medical specialties and reportedly supporting tens of thousands of virtual encounters monthly. A notable partnership was announced July 29, 2024 with Sound Physicians, a large multispecialty medical group (400+ hospitals, 4,000+ clinicians across 45+ states), which selected AmplifyMD to power its TeleHospitalist programs. Memorial Hermann Health System is both a strategic investor (Series B) and an implied platform customer/partner. The company has also received significant industry recognition: SOC 2 Type 2 compliance (March 2023), Fast Company 'Next Big Things in Tech' 2023 winner, MedTech Breakthrough 'Virtual Care Innovation Award' (2024) and 'Best Overall Telemedicine Platform' in both 2025 and 2026 (10th annual awards, second consecutive year), Digital Health Hub 'Rising Star' Health Equity award (October 2024), a KLAS Research A+ rating across all categories in its Emerging Company Spotlight report (April 2025), and recognition as a KLAS 2025 Top 20 Emerging Solution — the only company to be a leading emerging solution in three of four KLAS Quadruple Aim categories (October 2025).

On competitive positioning, Crunchbase lists Caregility, TytoCare, and eVisit as comparable/competitor telemedicine platforms; the broader competitive set for hospital-based specialist telehealth access also plausibly includes companies like Access TeleCare and SOC Telemed (now part of Access TeleCare), though these were not independently confirmed via a cited source for this profile and are therefore omitted from the structured competitors list. AmplifyMD's core differentiation, per company and investor messaging, is deep EHR integration plus AI-driven workflow orchestration (case activation, specialist assignment, documentation, and billing) layered on top of either a client's own physician staff or AmplifyMD's specialist network — positioned as a 'clinical operating system' for hospital specialty care rather than a point-solution video visit tool.

Go-to-market

Hospitals and health systems (particularly rural and community hospitals lacking on-site specialty coverage), multispecialty medical groups (e.g., Sound Physicians) that deliver hospitalist/specialist services on behalf of hospitals, and large health system strategic partners (e.g., Memorial Hermann Health System).

Ownership

private

Compiled by commissioned research from 28 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
Acute care telemedicine programsJul 2024150 programs
Clinical programs servedApr 2026400 programs
Customer repurchase intentApr 2025100%
Employee countAug 202611-50 employees
Hospitals onboardedJan 202120 hospitals (20+)
Hospitals served at time of 2022 fundingMar 2022$20
Increase in TeleHospitalist cross-cover consults per shiftSep 20252 x
Medical specialties coveredSep 202515 specialties
Medical specialties covered by clinical networkSep 202515 specialties (15+)
Outpatient specialty care wait timesSep 2025Cut from months to days
Programs poweredSep 2025300 programs
Reduction in 30-day readmissions at hospitals using platformJan 202120-30%
Reduction in length of staySep 2025Half day to a full day per patient
Reduction in patient transfers at hospitals using platformJan 202160-80%
Reduction in TeleStroke operational costsSep 202552%
Total funding raisedSep 2025$43M

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.

Related companies · 5

Companies working in the same space as AmplifyMD.

Customers & partners

Named customers · 3

DeSoto Memorial HospitalMemorial Hermann Health SystemSound Physicians

Relationships the company or its partners disclosed publicly — case studies, joint announcements, press.

Timeline · 21

launches, deals, and filings
May 2026
Best Overall Telemedicine Platform (2nd consecutive year)

AmplifyMD won 'Best Overall Telemedicine Platform' for the second consecutive year in the 10th Annual MedTech Breakthrough Awards, selected from over 5,000 nominations.

Apr 2026
Kurt Blasena named Chief Commercial Officer

AmplifyMD named health-tech veteran Kurt Blasena (former Viz.ai CRO) as Chief Commercial Officer.

Jan 2026
Board and advisory appointments

AmplifyMD named Dr. Stephen K. Klasko to its Board of Directors and Dr. Rod Hochman as a Strategic Advisor.

Oct 2025
KLAS 2025 Top 20 Emerging Solution

KLAS Research recognized AmplifyMD as a 2025 Top 20 Emerging Solution, the only company leading in three of four Quadruple Aim categories.

Oct 2025
Recognized by KLAS Research

KLAS Research named AmplifyMD in a recognition announced from Los Gatos, CA on October 22, 2025.

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Sep 2025
$20M Series B funding announced

AmplifyMD raised a $20 million Series B led by Forerunner Ventures, with participation from F-Prime, Greylock, Tau Ventures, and strategic investor Memorial Hermann Health System.

Sep 2025
AmplifyMD raises $20M Series B led by Forerunner Ventures

AmplifyMD announced a $20 million Series B led by Forerunner Ventures with participation from F-Prime, Greylock, Tau Ventures and strategic partner Memorial Hermann Health System, to fund AI and clinical workflow development and health system partnerships. Total funding reported at $43 million.

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Apr 2025
KLAS Emerging Company Spotlight A+ rating

AmplifyMD earned an A+ rating across all categories in the KLAS Emerging Company Spotlight report.

Jan 2025
Health equity honor from Digital Health Hub Foundation

AmplifyMD was honored by the Digital Health Hub Foundation for health equity.

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Jan 2025
Named "Best Overall Telemedicine Platform" for second consecutive year

AmplifyMD was named "Best Overall Telemedicine Platform" in the 10th annual MedTech Breakthrough Awards, its second consecutive win.

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Jan 2025
Former Jefferson Health and Providence CEOs join AmplifyMD

Former CEOs of Jefferson Health and Providence joined AmplifyMD to support modernization of specialty care.

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Jan 2025
Kurt Blasena named Chief Commercial Officer

AmplifyMD appointed Kurt Blasena, previously an executive at Viz.ai and Digital Diagnostics, as Chief Commercial Officer.

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Jan 2025
Sound Physicians selects AmplifyMD

Sound Physicians, a multispecialty medical group operating in over 45 states, selected AmplifyMD.

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Oct 2024
Digital Health Hub Rising Star Award

AmplifyMD won the 2024 Digital Health Hub Rising Star Health Equity Award at the HLTH conference.

Jul 2024
Sound Physicians partnership announced

Multispecialty medical group Sound Physicians selected AmplifyMD to support its TeleHospitalist programs.

May 2024
MedTech Breakthrough Virtual Care Innovation Award

AmplifyMD won the Virtual Care Innovation Award in the 8th Annual MedTech Breakthrough Awards.

Nov 2023
Fast Company Next Big Things in Tech winner

AmplifyMD named a winner in Fast Company's Next Big Things in Tech 2023 awards.

Mar 2023
SOC 2 Type 2 compliance achieved

AmplifyMD completed a SOC 2 Type 2 audit covering security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy.

Mar 2022
$23M Seed + Series A funding announced

AmplifyMD announced $23 million in combined Seed (co-led by Forerunner Ventures and Greylock) and Series A (led by F-Prime Capital) funding to expand its hospital network and technology platform.

Jan 2021
Forerunner announces Seed investment and F-Prime-led Series A

Forerunner Ventures announced it led AmplifyMD's Seed round alongside Greylock, with F-Prime Capital joining as lead of the Series A.

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Nov 2019
First pilot program launched

AmplifyMD launched its first pilot program at DeSoto Memorial Hospital in Arcadia, Florida.

Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.

In the news

▸Research sources · 28

primary sources listed

28 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.

Frequently asked questions

What does AmplifyMD do?
AI-enabled multispecialty virtual care platform connecting hospitals with specialist physicians
Who founded AmplifyMD?
AmplifyMD was founded by Anand Nathan, Meena Mallipeddi in 2019.
Who are AmplifyMD's investors?
AmplifyMD's investors include F-Prime Capital, Forerunner Ventures, Greylock Partners, Tau Ventures, TAU Ventures, Memorial Hermann Health System.
How much funding has AmplifyMD raised?
AmplifyMD has disclosed $20M raised across 1 of its 7 known rounds.
Where is AmplifyMD headquartered?
AmplifyMD is headquartered in Los Gatos, US.