Athelas
Athelas provides AI-powered revenue cycle management and electronic health record software for healthcare providers, serving over 500,000 users. The 329-person company has raised $150M, most recently a Series C in early 2022.
The growth story
Athelas grew from 244 to 329 employees between 2023 and 2026, raising $150M along the way, most recently a Series C in January 2022.
About
Athelas sells software that automates billing, records, and administrative tasks for medical practices. Its platform aims to reduce paperwork burdens and improve financial operations for healthcare providers.
The company reached its Series C round just six years after founding, with backing from investors including Elad Gil and Fifty Years. While current headcount growth data is unavailable, its 329 employees suggest steady scaling since the 2022 funding.
Founders and leadership
Sales is Athelas' largest department with 77 employees, indicating a product-led growth strategy. The company shows typical startup tenure patterns with a median employee stay of 2 years.
The Athelas org chart
Tanay Tandon (Co-founder & CEO) leads 58 mapped leaders with 6 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Sales 87 (-25% YoY), Operations 55 (-11% YoY), Engineering 38 (+3% YoY), Business Development 32 (0% YoY), Healthcare Services 28 (+4% YoY), Information Technology 15 (-12% YoY).
Talent flow
Athelas recruits heavily from healthcare tech peers like Commure and R1 RCM, with some crossover from gig economy companies like Uber. Alumni frequently move to other healthtech startups including Prompt Health and Enzo Health.
Most common previous employers of Athelas staff: Commure (20), Uber (7), Deloitte (5), Spin (4), Vivint (4), R1 RCM (4). Former Athelas employees most often moved to Commure (15), Prompt Health (6), Enzo Health (4), Assort Health (4), DoorDash (4), Kipu Health (4).
Alumni worth knowing
The Athelas mafia
Athelas alumni have founded at least 19 companies, including Assort Health (234 staff) and DOSS (177 staff), showing strong entrepreneurial spillover from the healthcare IT specialization.
19Jeffery L., was Head of Product Engineering until 2023Wiley Jones, was Head of Product until 2022Zach Newman, was Head of Sales until 2023Pita Navarro, was Head of Clinical Research & Operations until 2020Nikhil Basu Trivedi, was Series Seed Investor until 2020
Kartikye Mittal, was Software Engineer until 2021
Ishan Sharma, was Business Operations until 2022
Taylor Stoker, was Head of Sales Strategy until 2023
Pransu Dash, was Software Engineering until 2023
Sumit M., was Head of RCM until 2022
Muhammad Khalifa Abdullahi, was Software Engineer until 2023
Corey Pearson, was Strategic Partnerships, Team Lead until 2025
Hazim Amir, was Hardware Engineering Contract until 2018
Sri Kanipakala, was Lead Engineer - Scribe until 2024
Manuella Widjaja, was Clinical Operations Lead until 2021
Alana Cholasinski, was Strategic Partnerships until 2025
Vikas Velagapudi, was Software Engineer until 2020Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 79% direct, 11% search, 2% social, 6% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Athelas: Leadership (111), Microsoft Office (97), SQL (87), Microsoft Excel (86), Customer Service (85), Communication (81), Python (Programming Language) (71), Sales (68).
Where the team actually sits
Athelas people are concentrated in California, United States (56), Utah, United States (30), San Francisco Bay Area (21), Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area (10).
Search footprint
Athelas attracts about 1,719 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $4K a month if bought through ads. It gained 515 ranking keywords and lost 385 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 3.40 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.40 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.10 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.00 / 5
Frequently asked
Athelas has 329 employees as of September 2026.
Athelas has raised $150M in total, most recently a Series C round in January 2022.
Athelas was founded in 2016 by Deepika Bodapati, Tanay Tandon.
Tanay Tandon (Co-founder & CEO) sits at the top of Athelas's reporting structure, with 6 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Athelas staff are Commure (20 people), Uber (7 people), Deloitte (5 people).
Former Athelas employees most often move to Commure (15), Prompt Health (6), Enzo Health (4).
At least 19 companies have a founder who previously worked at Athelas, including Assort Health, DOSS, Blossom.
Athelas attracts about 1,719 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $4K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Athelas staff are Leadership, Microsoft Office, SQL, Microsoft Excel, Customer Service.
Athelas staff are concentrated in California, United States (56), Utah, United States (30), San Francisco Bay Area (21).
Athelas has about 87 people in Sales, down 25% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Athelas has about 55 people in Operations, down 11% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 234 current and 255 former Athelas profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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