Curogram closes $1.8M seed round to lead the evolution of two-way messaging for the healthcare industry

Texting, while an “ancient” concept, in the medical field has only been adopted by the dentist community. One startup is about to change that. Enter Curogram, an all-in-one texting and HIPAA-secure patient-centric universal healthcare messaging platform for independent practices, physician groups, and radiologists.

Not only is the platform ERM independent allowing providers to communicate no matter what ERM system they use, but it also puts the knowledge and power in the patient’s hand with its mobile app, allowing them to communicate with multiple providers in one place and managing their own health data in the cloud. With a shift to patient consumerism trending, Curogram is expected to shift how the medical field communicates.

Today, Curogram announced it has closed $1.8M seed round to increase sales and marketing resources. Backers include tech entrepreneur Tien Tzuo and more than 80 medical professionals, including physicians and healthcare executives. The invested capital will enable Curogram to increase sales and marketing resources.

Curogram is a tool for Medical Practice’s Front Office. Curogram is a FREE HIPAA Compliant Communication Platform and Patient Relationship Management system for your Medical Office that brings physicians and patients closer together. Curogram is the fix for our broken medical communication system. You can use Curogram on all your devices at the same time — your messages sync seamlessly across any number of your phones, tablets or computers. Curogram is a physician-centric startup using technology to improve doctor-to-patient and doctor-to-doctor communication, and empower ordinary people to monitor and better understand their own health care—anytime, any place.

Founded in 2016 by Ali Khazaeizadeh M.D. and Shayan Nafisi, the Newport Beach, California-based Curogram is a leading provider of HIPAA compliant texting that helps optimize the front desk of medical offices with smart reminders, 2-way texting, and reputation management. Curogram also features a unique patient-centric mobile patient app and an “all-in-one” universal messaging platform for medical offices that syncs with any EMR in less than 30 min.

“Our company’s brisk growth over the past 18 months signals a significant market demand for healthcare communication technology that solves the existing outdated offerings,” said Shayan Nafisi, Co-Founder of Curogram. “We are extremely excited to have attracted such a large group of strategic investors who deal with healthcare communication challenges daily and truly understand the value Curogram provides. Their support will be instrumental in fulfilling our vision of creating the best healthcare messaging platform on the market.”

Curogram provides the following patient engagement solutions with a patient-centric communication model.

“In my experience, the most successful startups combine industry expertise with a vision that dares to think outside-the-box,” said Tien Tzuo, Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Zuora, Inc. “I’m excited to see what successes are in store for them in 2020.”