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Tellescope

Techstars '20

Marlton, US · Founded 2020 · 15 employees on LinkedIn · 1 known investors

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Tellescope provides a unified platform for digital health companies to manage patient communications, appointments, and care team operations. The platform includes patient portals, workflow automation, telehealth capabilities, and integrations with existing EHR systems.

Also known as Immuto, Inc.

Founders & leadership

Tellescope was founded in 2020 by Derek Strauss and Sebastian Coates.

DSDerek Strauss
Derek StraussCo-Founder, COODerek Strauss is co-founder and COO of Tellescope, a healthcare communications platform that enables digital health companies to manage patient interactions and care operations.
SCSebastian Coates
Sebastian CoatesCEO / Co-founderSebastian Coates is the founder of Tellescope, a platform for digital health companies to manage patient communications, appointments, and care team operations.

Investors · 1

Techstarslisted by TechstarsBoulder · $220K

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Company profile

researched Sep 2026

Tellescope sells an all-in-one patient management platform for digital-first healthcare organizations. The product consolidates patient communication channels — HIPAA-compliant email, SMS, in-app chat, voice calling and video visits — into a single shared inbox with a timeline view of communications, form responses, notes and profile data, so care teams have full context for each interaction. Alongside communications, it offers customizable intake forms, patient self-scheduling, task management and assignment, file sharing, and a patient relationship management (CRM) layer for tracking outreach, onboarding and ongoing touchpoints across the patient journey.

Additional modules include a white-labeled patient portal for messaging, booking, forms and video visits; a drag-and-drop, no-code workflow builder that automates appointment lifecycle events, reminders, check-ins, outreach and task routing; and a white-label telemedicine offering. The platform is described as API-first, with developer tools and off-the-shelf integrations to customers' existing EHRs and other operational tools. Tellescope states that it is HIPAA compliant and holds AICPA SOC 2 certification, and that implementation typically takes four to six weeks. A mobile companion app that mirrors part of the web application is published on Google Play under the developer name Immuto, Inc.

Founding story

The founders went through the Techstars and UnitedHealthcare accelerator at the end of 2020 and interviewed hundreds of care team members and founders at digital health companies before building the product, concluding that existing options — repurposed sales CRMs, in-house builds and enterprise tools — left digital health teams with fragmented patient communication channels. Prior to Tellescope, the founders worked at companies including Apple, Vertex Pharmaceuticals and Ernst & Young.

Business model

Tellescope licenses its platform as software to digital health organizations. The company states it charges a small implementation fee and prices based on the number of users or patients, with some additional pass-through usage costs.

Subscription/seat- or patient-based software pricing, plus an implementation fee and pass-through usage costs for communication services.

Traction

The company reports over 150 digital health companies as customers and cites platform outcomes of a 25% increase in patient engagement and an 85% reduction in manual tasks. A customer testimonial from the COO of Flourish Collective, Inc. describes scaling 4x yearly, from one state and a dozen providers to hundreds of providers across multiple states. The Android companion app shows 50+ downloads.

Latest developments

The mobile companion app on Google Play was updated in March 2026 with minor bug fixes and additional display data, and the company continues publishing resource articles on patient engagement, scheduling software and starting a mental health business through September 2026.

▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history

Market position

Positions itself as purpose-built infrastructure for healthtech rather than a generic CRM or enterprise tool, contrasting its offering with repurposed sales CRMs, in-house builds and enterprise systems designed for large organizations. The company states that more than 150 digital health companies use the platform.

Consolidation of communications, intake, scheduling, CRM and telehealth in one HIPAA-compliant system; no-code automation that reduces or removes the need for dedicated engineering resources; white-labeled patient portal and telemedicine under the customer's brand; API-first architecture with EHR integrations; the company claims customers save roughly six months of product development time versus building in-house.

Technology

A cloud-based, HIPAA-compliant platform combining omnichannel patient messaging (email, SMS, chat, voice, video), forms and intake, scheduling, task management, file sharing and CRM records. A no-code drag-and-drop workflow builder lets non-technical staff configure automations for reminders, intake, follow-ups and task routing. The system is API-first, with developer resources for extending the platform and off-the-shelf EHR and third-party tool integrations. Security and compliance posture includes HIPAA and AICPA SOC 2.

Go-to-market

Direct sales led by demo requests from the company website, supported by segment-specific landing pages for startups and scaling digital health companies, published customer case studies, and a content/resources blog. Positioning emphasizes replacing multiple point vendors and reducing in-house engineering work, with launch timelines measured in weeks.

Digital health companies and virtual-care providers, ranging from early-stage clinics and startups launching a first telehealth offering to fast-growing multi-state organizations. Named or referenced users include Octave, Fella Health, Anise Health, The EDS Clinic and Flourish Collective, Inc., spanning direct-to-consumer telemedicine, virtual care and value-based care models.

Geography

United States. Locations associated with the company include Marlton/Evesham Township, New Jersey; Jersey City, New Jersey; and Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Google Play developer address is 344 Grove St, Jersey City, NJ 07302.

History

Tellescope participated in the 2020 Techstars/UnitedHealthcare accelerator and publicly introduced its product in a February 2022 blog post. The platform has since expanded from HIPAA-compliant email, SMS and chat with care journeys and analytics into a broader suite covering intake, scheduling, CRM, telehealth, white-labeled patient portals and no-code workflow automation, along with a mobile companion app.

Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
Android app downloadsMar 202650 downloads
EmployeesJan 20241 - 10 employees
HeadcountAug 202615
Increase in patient engagementJan 202625%
Reduction in manual tasksJan 202685%
Typical implementation timeJan 20264-6 weeks

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

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Timeline · 3

launches, deals, and filings
Mar 2026
Tellescope mobile companion app update

The Tellescope Android app, which brings functionality from the web application to mobile devices, was updated with minor bug fixes and additional display data.

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Feb 2022
Introducing Tellescope

Company blog post introducing the platform, which provides a single place to manage HIPAA-compliant email, SMS and in-app chat, customizable care journeys, engagement analytics and developer resources for integrating with existing systems.

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Jan 2020
Participated in Techstars and UnitedHealthcare accelerator

Tellescope's founders went through the Techstars/UnitedHealthcare accelerator at the end of 2020, where the company conducted hundreds of interviews with digital health care team members and founders.

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

▸Research sources · 8

primary sources listed

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

Frequently asked questions

What does Tellescope do?
Tellescope is a HIPAA-compliant patient relationship management and communications platform for digital health companies.
Who founded Tellescope?
Tellescope was founded by Derek Strauss, Sebastian Coates in 2020.
Who are Tellescope's investors?
Tellescope's investors include Techstars.
Where is Tellescope headquartered?
Tellescope is headquartered in Marlton, US.