Trellis digital health platform, which connects to over 50,000 healthcare providers nationwide, was launched to help women easily access and understand their medical records, along with securing $1.8 million in pre-seed funding.
This digital health platform is designed to empower women with personalized, proactive care. Founded by Estelle Giraud, a former Illumina commercial leader, and CTO Ryan Nabat, the company addresses the fragmented and overwhelming experience many women face in managing their health and their families’ health—especially during pregnancy and postpartum periods
“Trellis Health is tackling the systemic problems in women’s healthcare around pregnancy, postpartum and family health — and the long term role this phase in life has on lifetime health and wellbeing. Despite advancements in medicine and technology, maternal health and postpartum care are underdeveloped in the U.S. Women are left without the tools, support or information they need during some of the most critical and demanding times in their lives,” said CEO Estelle Giraud.
She said that as new mothers normally take charge of the family’s healthcare, this issue is frequently accompanied by a growing burden of caregiving duties.
According to Giraud, a lot of women perform this function, but they are ill-equipped to effectively manage care, in the deeply fragmented healthcare system of today.
She described Trellis’ target customer as “the modern woman navigating stages of health throughout her life, starting with pregnancy and postpartum, and continuing through a lifetime of pivotal health moments.”
According to Giraud, the firm collaborates with physicians and maternity specialists to develop “personalised models and unique-to-you baselines” based on a patient’s medical history to help their health management. She said that users can also get health information through an in-app chat feature with a qualified nurse midwife.
Trellis also uses predictive symptom tracking, generates questions for a patient’s care team ahead of every appointment, and offers an in-app companion to reduce the added mental load of health management, Giraud stated.
In addition to having contracts with various providers who offer specialised services for pregnancy and postpartum care, like lactation consultants and mental health professionals, the organisation also has an internal provider team.
Trellis doesn’t take insurance.
“It is a consumer direct platform with an annual subscription fee designed for wide-spread accessibility, including HSA/FSA payment option. Trellis also has a program built to support those in need of financial assistance with a goal of continuing to work towards improving maternal health outcomes across all populations,” Giraud remarked.
Although she recognised that there are a lot of other pregnancy apps available, she emphasised that Trellis stands out from the competition because practically all of them are geared towards the baby or what equipment to get.
“Unlike other digital health solutions that focus on single stages of life, Trellis Health is creating a comprehensive operating system for women’s lifetime health. The AI-driven platform integrates years of medical history, unifies fragmented health data, and provides continuous, personalized insights and day-by-day support to empower women with proactive and intelligent care,” she explained.
