Develop Health, a platform integrated with electronic health records that focuses on benefits verification and prior authorization approval, has raised $14.3 million in Series A funding. This round was led by Wing Venture Capital with support from Afore Capital, J Ventures, and South Park Commons, bringing the company’s total funding to $17.6 million.
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The platform uses over a dozen specialized large language model systems, making it the first medication access system built entirely around generative AI. It integrates smoothly into virtual care workflows by instantly verifying insurance coverage, generating and submitting accurate prior authorization requests, continuously tracking their status, and sending structured updates back to the provider’s system—all without manual effort from healthcare teams.
Founded by Mel van Londen and Benjamin Easton, Develop Health aims to address the growing administrative challenges that delay patients’ access to medications. Both founders have experience with healthcare startups like Canvas Medical and Rupa Health, where they witnessed how poor communication and inaccurate data between providers and payers often result in treatment delays, revenue loss, and negative patient outcomes.
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Mel van Londen, co-founder and CEO of Develop Health, said, “We believe providers should be able to make care decisions with full visibility into a patient’s plan, because a prescription that isn’t affordable or accessible is no prescription at all. We’re building healthcare’s agentic clearinghouse, starting with medication access and designing infrastructure that meets both payers and providers where they are.”
With the new funding, Develop Health plans to expand beyond its current focus on digital health companies managing pharmacy benefits, including treatments for GLP-1, addiction, neurology, dermatology, and psychiatry, into the wider medical benefits market. The company will enhance its integrations with electronic health records and pharmacy benefit managers to better connect prescribing and coverage. It also aims to extend its services to traditional healthcare providers outside of digital health.
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