Empathy Health Raises $7.6 Million To Enhance Its Sober Sidekick Relapse Prevention Platform

Empathy Health Technologies, which designed and markets the Sober Sidekick, a peer-support addiction recovery platform, announced it raised $7.6 million to enhance its business. The company intends to use the funding to expand value-based partnerships with payers; grow teams focused on member support, behavioral data science, and care collaboration; and on enhancing the platform’s predictive capabilities. Investments also will support the buildout of operational infrastructure to deliver relapse prevention at scale, across diverse populations and health delivery models.

The round was led by HealthX Ventures. Financial contributions from others, including Nina Capital, Ikigai Healthcare Funds, American . . .