# Meru Health funding: rounds and investors

> Meru Health has raised $4.2M across 3 rounds since 2019. Investors include Y Combinator, Freestyle Capital and Lifeline Ventures. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/meru-health (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Who invested in *Meru Health*

3 rounds we have observed, with the 10 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Biotech Healthcare Mental Health

Y Combinator: S18

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$4.2M** raised across 3 rounds since 2019, from 3 sources

- **Latest round:** Venture May 2022
- **Biggest round:** $4.2M Seed · Apr 2019
- **Investors:** 10 (1 led)

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2020 2021 2022

**$4.2M** Seed

**?** Series A

**?** Venture

- **First round:** Seed, $4.2M
- **Biggest round:** $4.2M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 2 years

## The rounds

- **May 2022** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *2 new* *3 returning* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) [Salesforce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salesforce-ventures) [Freestyle Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/freestyle) [Lifeline Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lifeline-ventures) Source recorded
- **May 2020** Series A **Amount undisclosed** *3 new* *2 returning* [Foundry Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/foundry) Lead [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Freestyle Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/freestyle) [Slack](https://millionrounds.com/fund/slack) [Bold Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bold-capital-partners) Reported by Foundry Group SEC filing: $8.1M sold, first sale Mar 2020
- **Apr 2019** Seed **$4.2M** *5 new* [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Freestyle Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/freestyle) [Lifeline Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lifeline-ventures) [IT Farm](https://millionrounds.com/fund/it-farm-corporation) [Bonit Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bonit-capital) Reported by FinSMEs SEC filing: $3.7M sold, first sale Apr 2019

## Founders and team

From Meru Health's own website: 2 founders, 7 on the team.

**Solome Tibebu** Founder and CEO of Behavioral Health Tech

**Riku Lindholm** Co-founder and COO

- **Kristian Ranta** CEO
- **Henri Koponen** CFO
- **Leanne Richter** VP of Clinical Care
- **Carolyn Polakawski** Clinical Manager
- **Karen Tumbleson** Clinical Manager
- **Priyanka Wali** Medical Director
- **Trish Jonker** Clinical Manager

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Seed** 2019 **Series A** 2020 **Venture** 2022 [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) [Freestyle Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/freestyle) [Lifeline Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lifeline-ventures) [Foundry Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/foundry) L [Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) [Salesforce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salesforce-ventures) [Slack](https://millionrounds.com/fund/slack) [Bold Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bold-capital-partners) [IT Farm](https://millionrounds.com/fund/it-farm-corporation) [Bonit Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bonit-capital)

## Everyone who backed them

[Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) Accelerator **3** rounds

[Freestyle Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/freestyle) VC firm **3** rounds

[Lifeline Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lifeline-ventures) VC firm **2** rounds

[Foundry Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/foundry) VC firm **1** round, led 1

[Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) Accelerator **1** round

[Salesforce Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/salesforce-ventures) Corporate VC **1** round

[Slack](https://millionrounds.com/fund/slack) Corporate VC **1** round

[Bold Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bold-capital-partners) VC firm **1** round

[IT Farm](https://millionrounds.com/fund/it-farm-corporation) VC firm **1** round

[Bonit Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bonit-capital) VC firm **1** round

Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=meru-health).

## Also claim to have backed them

These 5 firms list Meru Health as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[CHMG Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/chmg-capital) Angel Per its own site

[Courage Ventures Funds](https://millionrounds.com/fund/courage-ventures-funds) VC firm Per its own site

[Dreamhub Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dreamhub-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[HealthTech Investors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/healthtech-investors) VC firm Per its own site

[Prodeko Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/prodeko-ventures) Micro VC Per its own site

## Quick answers about Meru Health

### Who invested in Meru Health?

Meru Health's investors include Y Combinator, Freestyle Capital, Lifeline Ventures, Foundry Group and Plug and Play, and 5 more on record.

### How much has Meru Health raised?

Meru Health has raised $4.2M across 3 rounds since 2019. 2 rounds did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did Meru Health last raise?

Meru Health's most recent round was a Venture in May 2022.

### What was Meru Health's biggest round?

Meru Health's largest round on record is $4.2M (Seed), in Apr 2019.

### Who backed Meru Health first?

Meru Health's first round on record, in Apr 2019, was backed by Y Combinator, Freestyle Capital and Lifeline Ventures and 2 others.

### What stage is Meru Health at?

Meru Health's latest named round is a Venture, in May 2022.

### Where is Meru Health based?

Meru Health is based in Finland.

### Who led Meru Health's rounds?

Foundry Group led the Series A in 2020.

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