{"version":1,"type":"story","url":"https://digestai.news/story/vera-health-raises-28-5m-series-a-led-by-threshold-ventures","json":"https://digestai.news/story/vera-health-raises-28-5m-series-a-led-by-threshold-ventures.json","markdown":"https://digestai.news/story/vera-health-raises-28-5m-series-a-led-by-threshold-ventures.md","slug":"vera-health-raises-28-5m-series-a-led-by-threshold-ventures","headline":"Vera Health raises $28.5M Series A led by Threshold Ventures","summary":"vera health secured $28.5 million in series a funding to expand its evidence‑driven medical search platform. the round was led by threshold ventures and included optum ventures, mantis vc, sv angel, y combinator and gradient, the latter two tripling down.\n\nthe platform scans more than 60 million peer‑reviewed publications, clinical guidelines, consensus statements and drug labels. it is used by over 800,000 clinicians in 190 countries, up from a few thousand a year ago, and has been the most downloaded clinical app in the world each month since june.\n\nexisting investors y combinator and gradient tripled down, while the company plans to use the capital for evidence infrastructure, international expansion, partnerships and hiring. the move comes amid growing competition from established reference tools and AI‑native solutions.","keyPoints":["vera health raised $28.5m series a led by threshold ventures","platform scans over 60m peer‑reviewed publications and serves 800k clinicians in 190 countries","y combinator and gradient tripled down in the round"],"whyItMatters":"ai‑driven medical search shortens the 17‑year gap between research and clinical practice, offering clinicians rapid, evidence‑based decision support.","category":{"slug":"business","name":"Business & Funding","url":"https://digestai.news/category/business"},"entities":{"companies":["vera health","threshold ventures","optum ventures","mantis vc","sv angel","y combinator"],"models":[],"people":["emily melton","taieb bennani"]},"firstPublishedAt":"2026-10-27T13:00:00Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-27T13:00:00Z","sourceCount":1,"hasPrimarySource":false,"sources":[{"outlet":"fiercehealthcare.com","title":"AI-powered medical search engine Vera Health, which says it is used by 800,000+ clinicians in 190 countries, raised a $28.5M Series A led by Threshold Ventures","url":"https://fiercehealthcare.com/finance/vera-health-secures-285m-series-ai-driven-clinical-search-engine","publishedAt":"2026-10-27T13:00:00Z","type":"press","primary":false,"lead":true}],"sourceNotes":null,"discussions":[],"thread":null,"cite":{"text":"Digest AI, \"Vera Health raises $28.5M Series A led by Threshold Ventures\", 27 October 2026, https://digestai.news/story/vera-health-raises-28-5m-series-a-led-by-threshold-ventures","publisher":"Digest AI","title":"Vera Health raises $28.5M Series A led by Threshold Ventures","datePublished":"2026-10-27T13:00:00Z","url":"https://digestai.news/story/vera-health-raises-28-5m-series-a-led-by-threshold-ventures"},"generatedBy":"Written by Digest AI's editorial model from the linked sources; the sources are the record.","license":"Headlines, digests and key points are written by Digest AI and may be quoted with a link to the story page. Linked articles belong to their publishers. Terms: https://digestai.news/terms#reuse"}