Meet The Youngest Woman Running A Billion-Dollar Startup | Forbes
During her undergraduate years at Yale University, April Koh learned firsthand how frustrating and expensive it can be to find effective help for mental health illnesses. Her best friend and roommate cycled through multiple doctors and medications for an eating disorder, and ultimately needed a leave of absence to secure treatment; Koh, meanwhile, was dealing with her own mental health issues and struggling to find the right course of treatment.
Convinced that there had to be a better way to match patients to the best treatments, Koh teamed up with Adam Chekroud, a Ph.D. candidate at Yale who in 2016 published peer-reviewed research on the ways that machine learning could help match patients to the best care providers for their needs. That same year, Koh and Chekroud founded Spring Health, a platform that would use “precision mental healthcare” to solve the very problem Koh and her best friend had faced.
Five years later, Koh (Spring’s CEO) and Chekroud (Spring’s president) have guided Spring to unicorn status: The company is announcing Thursday that it has secured a $190 million Series C round of funding at a $2 billion valuation. The round was led by health investor Kinnevik; insurer Guardian Life joined as a new investor, while existing investors-including Tiger Global, Rethink Impact and Work-Bench-also participated.
The raise also means that Koh, 29, is now the youngest female CEO of a multibillion-dollar startup. (To achieve this distinction Koh just edges out Shippo CEO Laura Behrens Wu, a Forbes Under 30 alumna, who is six months older.)
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She seems so cool and the fact that her business is for genuine mental health makes her and her company’s success very well deserved 💯
@pppinto97
2 жыл бұрын
Every CEO believes in his / her product. Which is why investors / customers / employees buy them
Just give her applause, fellas. she's making a great achievement isn't it? Go for it April Koh!
Huge W right here for her, the company, and mental health advocates. I look forward to seeing what comes next from them.
The only uniqe thing of this is the marketing they did. People get fooled to fast.
I'm thankful to be a Spring Health provider. We really care💝. April Rocks!
Phenomenal person reading this, surround yourself with people who are better and wealthier! Keeps you humble, teachable, and hungry. You become those with whom you surround yourself with! Birds of a feather flock together! You got this! 🌟 I believe in you! Love - Nat ❤️
as cs student who's been goin thru depression since high school, this caught my attention. look forward to how your startup progresses. Ms. Koh.
Thanks for sharing! ♥️
Wait for me Forbes 😁
Really inspiring! ❤
@asark2474
2 жыл бұрын
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Awesome company and leadership!
Nice humble April Koh
I would rather get a ton of hate by choosing to go forth with my dreams. To me being a troll who has given up on their dreams is most definitely the worst punishment. And there's nothing wrong with choosing to have a mediocre life, but the fact that you wanna bring someone down only proves that you aren't happy with where you are.
She reminds me to much of Elizabeth Holmes 🤔
@justinyoung4444
2 жыл бұрын
Why because she's a woman????
@Aaron565
2 жыл бұрын
shes already been ousted, not a complete fraud but bad service
This screams more of "Yea, Fem Power! See that women can too?" than "Look at this revolutionary new business" Hopefully it's worth the valuation
@haloman1024
2 жыл бұрын
Why do you say that?
@primrosed2338
6 ай бұрын
He doesn't like acknowledging that sexism exist in business.
This is possible the realist youngest female billionaire out there
Fulfilling a need.
Deep voice reminds me of Elizabeth Holmes
👍👍 best girl
Let's hope this isn't another Elizabeth Holmes.
👏👏
I still think of my self to become enterpenur
Humm
What? No Elizabeth Holmes?
Yes girl 🙌 ! You are a queen! 😁
Oh yes! We have amazing mental health treatment options available for free! - Meanwhile the job is the root cause. A self fulfilling prophecy
We will ganna a billners
👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👌👌👌👌
Better be meditation integrated into this
Elizabeth Holmes 2.0
3rd
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