Ferry Health Steams Out of Stealth With $9M Seed to Tackle the Appointment Hunt

The AI assistant targets the universal headache of finding a provider and booking an appointment, with backing from a16z, Index Ventures, SV Angel and others.

Ferry Health has emerged from stealth with $9M in seed funding, introducing an AI personal assistant that handles healthcare tasks for patients. The company is starting with one of healthcare's universal frustrations: finding a medical provider and getting an appointment. The San Francisco-based startup announced the round on September 17.

The seed round is backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Index Ventures, Avid Ventures, Layout Ventures, SV Angel, Box Group, and Asymmetric Capital. Angel investors include Jay Desai and the founders of Grow Therapy, Hex, and Chapter.

Ferry Health's assistant focuses on the front end of the patient journey, taking on the search for a provider and the process of booking an appointment. The assistant is designed to handle healthcare tasks for patients, with the first use case centered on provider discovery and scheduling. The company describes finding a provider and getting an appointment as a universal frustration, a problem it is addressing with its newly launched product. The public debut pairs the product with the $9M seed round.

The company's initial offering is an AI personal assistant for patients, and the investor list spans multiple venture funds as well as individual angels.