Buoy Health
Boston, US · Founded 2014 · Delaware corporation · 27 employees on LinkedIn · 7 known investors
Buoy Health offers an AI-based symptom checker that asks users questions to help identify possible health issues and guides them toward appropriate care, products, or providers. It also publishes health content reviewed by clinicians such as doctors, nurses, and therapists.
Also known as Buoy
Founders & leadership
Buoy Health was founded in 2014 by Andrew Le and Andrew Le, MD.
Investors · 7
Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements$66.7M disclosed across 5 rounds · 2014–2020
▶$37.5MraisedNov 2020 · 5 investors · OtherRule 506(b)
- Slawek KiernerDirector
- Craig CiminiDirector
- Andrew LeExecutive Officer, Director
- Adam LathramDirector
- Laura VeroneauDirector
- Carl ByersDirector
- John ConnorsDirector
- William HambrechtDirector
- Offering amount
- $37.5M
- Amount sold
- $37.5M
- First sale
- Oct 2020
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$20MraisedOct 2019 · 8 investors · Other Health CareRule 506(b)
- Slawek KiernerDirector
- William HambrechtDirector
- John ConnorsDirector
- Carl ByersDirector
- Laura VeroneauDirector
- Andrew LeExecutive Officer, Director
- Adam LathramExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $22.7M
- Amount sold
- $20M
- First sale
- Jul 2019
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$6.7MraisedAug 2017 · 12 investors · Other Health CareRule 506(b)
- Adam LathramExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
- Carl ByersDirector
- Nathanael Yu RenDirector, Promoter
- Jose Eduardo ReyesDirector, Promoter
- A.G. BreitensteinDirector
- Andrew LeExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
- Offering amount
- $6.7M
- Amount sold
- $6.7M
- Minimum investment
- $25K
- First sale
- Jul 2017
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2014
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$2.5MraisedDec 2015 · 19 investors · Other Health CareRule 506(b)
- Adam LathramExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
- Jose Eduardo ReyesDirector
- Andrew LeExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
- Nathanael Yu RenDirector
- Offering amount
- $2.9M
- Amount sold
- $2.5M
- Minimum investment
- $25K
- First sale
- Dec 2015
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2014
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$50KraisedJul 2014 · 1 investors · Other Health CareRule 506(b)
- Andrew LeExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
- Adam LathramExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
- Nathanael Yu RenDirector
- Jose Eduardo ReyesDirector
- Offering amount
- $1.5M
- Amount sold
- $50K
- Minimum investment
- $25K
- First sale
- Jun 2014
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2014
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Buoy Health operates a consumer-facing digital health service centered on an artificial-intelligence symptom checker. Users describe what feels wrong through a chat interface, and the system asks follow-up questions to narrow down the possible explanations for their situation based on their answers, with the stated aim of helping them decide what to do next rather than leaving them to guess.
Alongside the interactive tool, the company publishes a library of health articles covering common complaints such as lower-left abdominal pain, headaches, painful urination, rashes and symptoms that may or may not indicate a sexually transmitted disease. It also produces reviews and "Top 10" style lists intended to help users select a product, service or doctor after the symptom assessment. The site additionally surfaces an offer for prescription refills for a year at $10 per month.
Founding story
According to the company, Buoy Health was founded on the premise that looking for health information online should not be scary or misleading.
Business model
Buoy Health provides its symptom-assessment tool and health content free to consumers, and directs users toward products, services and providers through reviews and ranked recommendation lists; a prescription refill subscription offer priced at $10 per month is promoted on the site.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market
Market position
The company positions itself against generic online health searching, which it characterizes as frightening and misleading, by combining an adaptive AI questioning flow with content it says is expert-reviewed, clear and actionable rather than vague or alarmist, and supported by clinical research.
Technology
The core product is an artificial-intelligence question-and-answer engine that adapts follow-up questions to a user's responses in order to narrow down what may be causing their symptoms, delivered through a chat interface. Editorial content and the underlying technology are described as reviewed and edited by doctors, clinicians, nurses and therapists, and backed by clinical research.
Go-to-market
Direct-to-consumer via the company's website, with search-oriented health articles on common symptoms and conditions serving as an entry point to the AI chat tool and to reviews and recommendation lists.
Consumers seeking to interpret symptoms and determine what kind of care to pursue, including people researching health issues online before contacting a provider.
Compiled by commissioned research from 1 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Founder mafia
3 people who came through Buoy Health went on to found or lead other companies.
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Competitors · 2
by search overlap
Companies competing with Buoy Health for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.
Legal entities · 1
corporate structureIn the news
▸Research sources · 1
primary sources listed
- Buoy Healthbuoyhealth.com · web
1 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Buoy Health do?
- Buoy Health runs an AI symptom checker that helps consumers interpret symptoms and choose appropriate care.
- Who founded Buoy Health?
- Buoy Health was founded by Andrew Le, Andrew Le, MD in 2014.
- Who are Buoy Health's investors?
- Buoy Health's investors include Evolution VC Partners, F-Prime Capital, Torch Capital, FundRx, Humana, Optum Ventures, WR Hambrecht.
- How much funding has Buoy Health raised?
- Buoy Health has disclosed $66.7M raised across 5 rounds.
- Where is Buoy Health headquartered?
- Buoy Health is headquartered in Boston, US.