# Firsthand Health

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/firsthand-health

- Industry: Travel & Leisure
- Headquarters: Brandon, US
- Website: www.firsthandcares.com/
- Total disclosed funding: $28M
- Latest round: Series B (Jan 26, 2023)
- Investors on record: 1

## About

FirstHand Health, Inc. is a US-based healthcare services company focused on supporting individuals living with serious mental illness and other complex physical and behavioral health challenges. Founded in 2021 by Samir Malik and Ananth Lalithakumar, the company is headquartered in Brandon, Florida. FirstHand’s care model is built around the value of lived experience, employing trained peer-support specialists who can develop trusted relationships with individuals who may otherwise struggle to engage with traditional healthcare systems.The company provides peer support, care coordination and benefits-navigation services. Its team helps individuals connect with medical and behavioral healthcare providers, understand available benefits, complete necessary paperwork and access community resources such as housing, food, clothing, transportation and other forms of social support. By meeting people in their homes and communities, FirstHand seeks to overcome common barriers to care, including distrust of healthcare institutions, fragmented services and the difficulty of navigating complex health and social-service systems.FirstHand primarily works with healthcare payers and managed-care organizations, with a particular focus on Medicaid populations, where the need and cost associated with serious mental illness can be significant. Its model uses trained professionals with personal experience of mental illness or substance-use challenges to establish trust and encourage sustained participation in healthcare. The company also provides care and benefits coordination, allowing its members to receive support for medical, behavioral and social needs through a more integrated approach.In July 2026, FirstHand raised USD 10 million as part of a planned USD 32 million equity offering. The identity of the participating investor or investors and the formal round classification were not disclosed in the SEC-based reporting. The financing represented the company’s latest funding transaction and brought its publicly reported total capital raised to approximately USD 52.9 million across three rounds.

## Funding rounds

- Series B, Jan 26, 2023, $28M — GV

## Investors

- GV (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/gv) — Series B