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Position 29

Candid Health

Automates medical billing and insurance claims for healthcare providers

Pace
3:30/kmSprint5.5
Distance
Distance Half.
Open ops roles
4
Last week
#23
Move
▼ 6
Peak
#23
Weeks in the 100
2
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Rank and score over time
Board rank
#13#25#37#23Oct 18#27Oct 25
Pace score
02465.5Oct 185.5Oct 25

One point per Sunday re-rank, tracking since Oct 18. The lines fill in week by week.

Candid Health runs in the Sprint lane (3:30/km): 29 of 89. Further right = more momentum. No competitors on the board yet, so it runs alone.

Also competes with: Waystar, R1 RCM, AKASA, Collectly, Athenahealth

Revenue estimate
ARR growing 190% YoY (absolute ARR not disclosed)company-stated · as of Jul 2026 finance.yahoo.com ↗
Total raised
~$220M (Denver Business Journal via NEWSx)see rounds ↓
Headcount
200+ FTEs (70+ in engineering)as of Jul 2026 linkedin.com ↗
Founded
2019
HQ
San Francisco, CA

Leadership

The problem

Providers lose revenue to denied claims and slow, manual billing

What they do

Automates medical billing and insurance claims for healthcare providers

Traction ARR +190% YoY; ~$7B claims/yr for 200+ healthcare orgs

Hiring trend

Open roles
35
Ops roles
4
Headcount
~226

~226 staff (Tracxn); open roles 36

Hiring in

  • San Francisco
  • New York
  • Denver
  • Remote (US)

Funding

Last round
$120M
Stage
Series D
Date
Jul 2026

Led by Sixth Street Growth

Distance

Half · edge: hard to leave

Becomes customers' billing system of record, but Waystar is far bigger: $1.1B revenue, ~30,000 clients.

Sources: Sixth Street: Candid Health Series D ↗ · Waystar: Q4 and FY2025 results (Feb 2026) ↗

Last checked Oct 25, 2026

News timeline

  1. Sep 2026Signs 14,000 sq ft Denver (RiNo) office lease after Series D newsx.io ↗
  2. Aug 2026Partners with Flatiron Health to bring its RCM to oncology practices candidhealth.com ↗
  3. Jul 2026Raises $120M Series D led by Sixth Street Growth, tripling valuation fortune.com ↗
  4. Feb 2025Raises $52.5M Series C led by Oak HC/FT candidhealth.com ↗

Funding historyTotal raised ~$220M (Denver Business Journal via NEWSx)

  1. Jul 2026Series D$120Mat ~3x Series C valuation (undisclosed)Led by Sixth Street Growth fortune.com ↗
  2. Feb 2025Series C$52.5MLed by Oak HC/FT candidhealth.com ↗
  3. Sep 2024Series B$29Mplatform.tracxn.com ↗
  4. Mar 2020SeedLed by Y Combinator platform.tracxn.com ↗

Profile facts checked Oct 19, 2026. Every fact links to its public source.

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