{"id":209802,"date":"2026-03-28T18:08:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T18:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/209802\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T18:08:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T18:08:18","slug":"tom-brady-backed-emed-rides-glp-1-success-to-a-200m-series-a-at-a-2b-valuation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/209802\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Brady-backed eMed rides GLP-1 success to a $200M Series A at a $2B valuation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Miami-based eMed<\/a>, a digital health company that manages\u00a0GLP-1\u00a0weight-loss programs for employers, \u00a0just announced it has raised $200 million in Series A funding at a valuation of over $2 billion.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The round brings together lead investor AON Consulting and NFL legend\u00a0Tom Brady, who was also named eMed\u2019s Chief Wellness Officer. eMed CEO Linda Yaccarino, who was named to eMed\u2019s top post<\/a> last August, participated in the round, too. Paragon Biosciences CEO Jeff Aronin, Joe Lonsdale of 8VC and a Palantir co-founder, and Chicago Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts, among others, also invested.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe eMed\u2019s empathic agentic AI platform, combined with the strength of its people and partners, represents a true winning formula. That conviction is why I\u2019ve chosen to invest both my time as Founding Chief Wellness Officer and my capital in the company,\u201d said Brady, in a statement.<\/p>\n

eMed was founded in 2020, and at first sold at-home Covid-19 tests and other medications before pivoting \u00a0to \u00a0weight loss. Today, eMed provides GLP-1 medications and chronic weight management care programs related to obesity and type 2 diabetes. The company partners with employers and government payers to manage clinically supervised GLP-1 usage, a class of obesity and diabetes drugs whose cost \u200bhas limited broader insurance coverage.<\/p>\n

Indeed, GLP-1\u00a0medications are the most requested workplace benefit, yet only one in five companies provide the benefit. eMed says it has achieved more than 90% member adherence, more than double the industry norm, and employees are seeing average weight loss of 21 pounds, the company reports.<\/p>\n

eMed is on a mission to be the go-to employer platform for population health at scale. To that end, proceeds from the new financing will be used to further advance eMed\u2019s agentic AI platform, which helps deliver continuous, personalized care. The funding round will also support and finance a new healthcare payment model designed to help employers bend the healthcare cost curve, the company said in its press release.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe raise \u200bconfirms \u2060eMed momentum and establishes us as the definitive company for population health and helping employers break the runaway health care costs and break \u2060their cost \u200bcurve,\u201d Yaccarino said in an interview on FOX Business Network\u2019s Mornings With Maria.<\/a><\/p>\n

As for what\u2019s next, Yaccarino told Axios<\/a> that eMed plans to \u201clook across the peptide ecosystem\u201d or additional therapies and that the new capital should help it \u201cexpand globally.\u201d<\/p>\n

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