Roon raises $15m for doctor-led Q&A platform
Millions of people get their medical information from ‘Dr Google’ or social media. But these platforms are often overwhelming and rife with misinformation. In the case of women’s health, content can be censored too.
Start-up Roon has announced a $15 million Series A funding round to continue its work to democratise medical expertise in the AI era. Roon has created a Q&A-style platform that is trained only on doctor-created clinical information and answers - so people can instantly pull up doctor recommendations, guides, and even videos to quickly navigate healthcare concerns.
The investment was co-led by FirstMark and Forerunner, with continued support from early investors, including TMV and Sequoia Capital.
Founders Vikram Bhaskaran, Arun Ranganathan and Dr Rohan Ramakrishna were inspired by their own personal experiences of caregiving and struggles to find expert information online.
In an announcement online, they wrote:
“Our vision is simple but profound: to make expert medical knowledge accessible, compassionate, and reliable for all.
“In just 18 months, Roon has made a powerful impact: helping caregivers advocate for loved ones, guiding families through serious illnesses, supporting couples navigating IVF, and connecting women with treatments for conditions like PCOS and endometriosis. Time and again, users tell us the same thing—they want Roon to be there for all their health questions.”
How Roon works
Every day, over 1 billion health-related searches happen on Google. Yet, with doctors often limited to 15-minute consultations, the demand for reliable, personalized answers far exceeds what traditional care models can provide.
Roon partners with thousands of leading physicians from over 50 renowned institutions—including Harvard, Stanford, UCSF, Weill Cornell and Columbia—to scale their expertise and reach people far beyond the clinic.
Currently, Roon has built resources to address critical conditions such as ALS, Glioblastoma, Dementia, as well as broader medically-nuanced topics like Fertility & Family Building, and in the next few months, will expand to cover more of women’s health (Endometriosis, PCOS, Menopause, Breast Cancer, Cervical Cancer, Basic Gynecological Health and more), followed by forays into pediatrics, cancer, neurology and metabolic health.
Investors Forerunner wrote in an announcement:
“As AI is poised to reshape every corner of every industry, healthcare clearly stands for reinvention — and scaling the expertise of doctors is a promise that consumers globally are eager to see. Roon the reimagination of access to healthcare information that we all need.”