About

Klara was founded in 2013 with a mission to transform healthcare communication, so every patient can receive great care. Klara makes it easy for healthcare providers to securely communicate with their patients and with each other, without worrying about HIPAA compliance or losing track of patient information. Healthcare providers across more than 40 specialties use Klara to provide a delightful patient experience, while streamlining their own administrative workflows and saving hours per day. Klara has been proven to increase patient satisfaction, and reduce time spent on administrative work. And patients love it, too the average practice sees a patient adoption rate of more than 80%, which is approximately 3x the adoption rates of patient portals and emails. Klara, which was founded by Simon Bolz and Simon Lorenz, is backed by investors such as Firstmark Capital, Lerer Hippeau, Flatiron Health founders Zac Weinberg and Nat Turner, Clover Health founder Vivek Garipalli, InVision founder Clark Valberg, former Hubspot CRO Mark Roberge, and former Marketo Chief Growth Officer Jill Rowley, among others. It was named the winner of Silicon Valleys Health 2.0 Award, as well as one of the Best Entrepreneurial Companies in America by Entrepreneur Magazine. It has offices in New York (HQ) and Berlin. For more information, visit www.klara.com.

Focus

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

Klara provides a messaging platform that allows patients to directly communicate with doctors/clinicians. The communications can be carried out both internally or with a patient either in-person or via a phone.

COMMENT

The company's plan is to incorporate complementary services, like payments and scheduling services, as well as insurance carriers and pharmacies. (Aug. 2018)