What You Should Know:
– Neura Health, a virtual neurology clinic raises $11.4M in Series A funding round, bringing the company’s total funding to $22M led by the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women Venture Fund, marking the fund’s first-ever investment.
– The funding will be used to advance Neura’s mission of making high-quality neurological care accessible to all, accelerating growth with payers and health systems, and expanding into new condition areas.
Addressing an Urgent Neurological Access Gap
The U.S. faces an urgent unmet need for neurological support. With 145 million Americans living with a neurological condition, the average wait time for an appointment with a neurologist is at least 4–6 months due to a nationwide provider shortage.
Neura is closing this access gap with a first-of-its-kind, comprehensive platform that supports the full spectrum of neurology conditions, including eight major categories: headache and migraine, epilepsy, chronic pain, concussion, stroke recovery, and dementia. The company recently expanded into memory care to address the accelerating “silver tsunami” of aging Americans, noting there is only one cognitive neurologist for every one million dementia patients.
The Comprehensive, High-Touch Care Model
Neura’s care model delivers accessible, comprehensive neurological care built for both high-quality outcomes and high-touch support. Patients benefit from:
- Fast Access: Appointments are available within seven days, eliminating months-long wait times.
- Expert Providers: Board-certified neurologists, available nationwide via video visits and online messaging.
- Integrated Technology: The platform uses AI-powered tools to reduce administrative burden and enhance efficiency, with integrated symptom tracking and real-time summaries sent to providers.
- Holistic Support: Personalized education and dedicated care coaching offer between-visit support for lifestyle improvements, including sleep, diet, and stress management.
This approach is already driving measurable results. Neura is the first virtual neurology solution to publish clinical outcomes in a peer-reviewed journal. The model has been shown to deliver a 73% reduction in ER and urgent care visits and a 66% increase in patients’ global impression of improvement.
Recent Traction
Behind its current operations—which include serving over 43,000 patients and being in-network with more than 40 health plans—Neura is building one of the largest real-world evidence datasets in neurology. This dataset is centralizing outcomes, symptoms, and treatment data that have long been siloed, and is poised to advance the company’s long-term vision of finding life-changing medical solutions by learning from the experience of every neurology patient.
“After struggling to find and manage care for my own chronic nerve pain, I saw firsthand the gaps in care that prevent millions of people like me from finding relief and recovery from chronic neurological conditions,” said Elizabeth Burstein, CEO and Co-Founder of Neura Health. “We’ve built Neura Health to bring the highest quality neurological care directly to patients across the country, providing them with empathy, hand-holding, and support as they navigate their care journeys. Neura’s Series A will help the company
advance its mission of making high-quality neurological care accessible to all, accelerating growth with payers and health systems, expanding into new condition areas, and continuing to deliver compassionate, expert support at every step of the patient journey.”
