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HumanFirst
Designs clinical trials around digital health tech
- 21-100 employees
- Healthcare
- B2C
- SaaS
- Social Impact
- Wellbeing
- San Francisco, California 94104, US
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Company mission
To accelerate the adoption of evidence-based measures.
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
84% employee growth in 12 months
Otta's take
Xav Kearney
CTO of Otta
Voluntary participation in clinical trials has always been fueled by enthusiasm for scientific contribution, yet it often entails significant inconvenience. Traditionally, participants are required to navigate clinical lab environments, a situation that can be discouraging due to associated discomforts and logistical challenges.
Addressing this issue, HumanFirst streamlines healthcare trials by enabling safe and accurate participation from the comfort of the participants' home. The company achieves this through the development of medically accurate wearable health-tracking hardware, allowing trials to unfold in real time regardless of a participant's location.
While there are other startups also exploring medical-grade health-tracking wearables, their primary focus is often on facilitating communication between patients and doctors. What sets HumanFirst apart is its innovative approach in utilizing such technology to ensure convenient and uncompromising participation in medical trials, integrating with participants' day-to-day routines.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family
- Flexible time off and 11+ company holidays per year
- 401(k) plan with company matching up to 4%
- Paid parental leave for birthing parents (12 weeks); non-birthing parents (8 weeks)
- Fertility and family planning benefits through Carrot ($25,000 lifetime benefit)
- Stipend for your ideal remote / WFH set-up ($1,250 every three years)
- Wellness benefit ($2,000 every two years)
- Annual learning & development stipends ($1,000 per year)
- 20+ leadership coaching sessions per year (2x/ month)
- Company charity matching contributions
Company values
- Human First: We strive to reduce human suffering -- for those who make, use, and are supported by our products. Empathize: take the time to understand and share needs, frustrations, and desires
- Scientific rigor with playful curiosity: We revere the scientific method, and develop novel approaches when existing methods no longer serve the question at hand. Breakthroughs occur when the mind is engaged, open, and curious
- Obligation to speak up: Every member of the team, regardless of rank, is obligated to dissent if s/he disagrees with a prevailing decision and to take the initiative to propose an alternative hypothesis
- Own your craft: Like a first-class craftsman, we never stop learning and improving striving towards mastery
- Both relationships and autonomy matter: We believe in the non-duality of cultivating a strong community while protecting individual liberties
- Every minute counts: Every moment matters when human health is at stake. We act swiftly, resourcefully, and intentionally -- speed is a habit
Funding (2 rounds)
May 2021
$12m
SERIES A
Nov 2019
$2.9m
SEED
$14.9m
Total funding
This company has top investors
Founders
Sofia Warner
(Co-Founder)A graduate of Harvard Medical School, Sofia is an Assistant Medical Director of Population Health at Boston Medical Center, whilst also advising Human First
Andrea Coravos
(Co-Founder & CEO)They graduated in Economics from Duke University and since have gained diverse experience in Software Engineering, as a Business Analyst, and as a Research Collaborator for the Harvard-MIT Center for Regulatory Science
People progressing
Since joining in 2019 they have been promoted 10 times and now serve as the Head of Data Products.
Promoted from Research Associate to Research Lead in 5 months. Promoted again 1 year later to Head of Applied Sciences.