Health tech startup Kouper emerges from stealth with $10M in funding to transform patient care transitions

Kouper has emerged from stealth with $10M to fix one of health care’s most overlooked failures: patient transitions.

Kouper, a new health tech startup focused on making hospital discharges safer and smoother, has officially launched with $10 million in fresh funding. The round was led by General Catalyst, with participation from 25Madison and CVS Health Ventures. The news lands amid rising investor interest in AI-driven health tech.

For decades, the handoff between hospital care and what comes next is one of the most fragile moments in a patient’s journey. It’s also where things often fall apart. Poorly coordinated discharges can lead to confusion, missed follow-ups, and worse outcomes, costing the U.S. over $53 billion annually in avoidable readmissions. Kouper is trying to stop that spiral before it starts.

Kouper Launches with $10M to Fix Health Care’s Most Broken Moment: Hospital Discharges

Founded by CEO Salman Ali (co-founder of GetSnooze) and CTO Ablimit Keskin, PhD (formerly of Komodo Health), Kouper builds software that plugs directly into hospitals and health systems. It tracks patients in real time after they’re discharged—whether from the hospital, ER, or urgent care—using AI to automate scheduling, surface red flags, and keep patients engaged. And it does all of this without adding more work for clinical teams.

With fresh funding, Kouper is scaling its team and deepening its work with early health system partners.

“The journey through the American health care system is fraught with challenges and can be particularly difficult when transitioning from the hospital to the home setting,” said Salman Ali, Co-Founder and CEO of Kouper. “A combination of our team’s lived experience and iteration with our incubation partner 25m Health laid the foundation for Kouper and our absolute focus on creating a personalized transition of care experience for every patient leaving the hospital. Our team and customer base are growing rapidly, and the validation we’ve received from our health system customers has been incredibly encouraging.”

What Kouper is really building is the plumbing for better handoffs in health care. Its platform gives hospitals and care teams a more complete, real-time view of each patient after discharge. Instead of fragmented spreadsheets or disconnected systems, Kouper brings everything into one place so decisions can be made quickly, based on accurate context.

And it doesn’t require big teams or heavy implementation. Hospitals can get started with Kouper in under a month. According to the company, some partners have already seen patient engagement jump by more than 50%, and follow-up appointment rates improve by over 60%.

“Kouper is solving one of the most critical challenges in health care by addressing the failures in care transitions that hurt patients and burden systems. Salman, Ablimit, and the team are building core infrastructure that brings accountability, continuity, and better outcomes. We are proud to support their patient-centered, data-driven approach as they expand to more health systems across the country. This is Health Assurance in action,” said Chris Bischoff, Managing Director and Global Head of Health Assurance at General Catalyst.

“Salman and Ablimit are passionate about simplifying care transitions, and their deep empathy shines through in both the quality of their product and the tens of thousands of patients they’ve helped. With new mandatory episode-based payment models like TEAM emerging, it’s more important than ever for health systems to adopt Kouper’s comprehensive, AI agent-powered transitions of care platform at scale. We’re proud to continue supporting the team as they bring their vision to life,” said Merrill Anovick, General Partner at 25Madison.

Kouper is already working with several leading health systems around the country.

“I first met Salman and his team a couple of years ago while working to launch one of our hospitals in Texas. Since then, they have demonstrated a systems-level approach to building a market-leading transitions-of-care offering. We’ve been excited to expand our partnership with Kouper across several of our hospitals,” said Chris Frost, MD, Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Officer, and Chief Quality Officer at LifePoint.

Courtland Keteyian, MD, MBA, MPH, Interim President/CEO of Mosaic Clinically Integrated Network at Henry Ford Health, added: “As the leader of one of the largest clinically integrated networks in the country, serving over 550,000 aligned lives, I know that transitions of care are critical to our success. We are excited to partner with Kouper to equip our Care Hub teams with cutting-edge analytics and AI-enabled support, empowering our staff to deliver even better care.”

Ascension Saint Thomas is also among the early adopters. “Ascension Saint Thomas is excited to pilot Kouper at our Nashville Midtown site. Kouper’s ability to connect hospitalized and ER patients to timely follow up care is a best practice idea we are pleased to strengthen,” said A. Brian Wilcox, Jr., MD, Chief Clinical Officer.