Alpha Medical

Healthcare services for women

Alpha Medical logo
21-100 employees
  • Healthcare
  • B2C
  • B2B
  • Personal health
  • Marketplace
  • Femtech
University South, Palo Alto, CA

Company mission

Alpha aims to empower women to take control of their personal healthcare by providing patients with access to simple, everyday medical needs in a convenient, affordable, and discreet online process.

Led by a woman

35% employee growth in 12 months

Our take

Alpha Medical is at the apex of two major health trends: the rise of telemedicine, and the rise of capital being invested into health products for women.

The company has built a suite of services from primary & urgent care to dermatology products around a network of 30 staffed primary care providers (PCPs) who treat female patients online, without phone or video calls.

Alpha is keen to expand into even more services. While it started in narrow specialities, the company now handles over 60 conditions and is bringing its services to so-called “primary care deserts”. Its operationally non-intensive and DTC approach would be able to provide care for millions of American women who are currently underserved.

The biggest challenge for Alpha will be continuing its momentum despite a wider return to normal in-person services. However, counting in Alpha’s favour is a newfound acceptance of asynchronous, remote care paired with a tranche of regulatory changes that won’t be reversed.

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Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Benefits

  • Health, dental, and vision (we are switching to a broker this year for the next open enrollment, right now we use Gusto benefits)
  • Competitive salary
  • Free Alpha Membership
  • 10 paid Holidays
  • Being a part of a collaborative team that is actively increasing affordable access to healthcare for all persons and being able to see your impact on patients, immediately
  • Working remotely (Flexible hours all non shift roles)
  • Vacation Paid Time Off
  • 401k
  • Computer
  • Stipend for work from home supplies
  • Sick leave
  • Parental Leave (state specific)
  • Workers Comp
  • The Company provides leaves of absence in various circumstances, such as Bereavement Leave; California Family Rights Act Leave; Civil Service Leave; Crime Victims Leave; Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Leave; Jury Duty Leave; Military Leave; School Visitation Leave; Voting

Funding (2 rounds)

Sep 2021

$24m

SERIES B

Sep 2019

$11m

EARLY VC

Total funding: $35m

Leadership

Gloria Lau

(Co-Founder & CEO)

Worked at Stanford for over a decade holding the position of Consulting Associate Professor in legal informatics and e-rulemaking. Earned a PhD in engineering from the university. Also worked as VP of Data at Timeful which was acquired by Google and in Data Science for LinkedIn.