Dr. Muthu Alagappan, CEO and Founder of Counsel, speaks to Pear VC about the new modern solution for access to care.

Counsel Health, a health care virtual communications startup, raised an $11 million seed to expand into more states, CEO Muthu Alagappan tells Axios exclusively.

Counsel Health announces $11M in Seed funding led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) Bio + Health, with participation from Asymmetric Capital Partners, Floodgate Fund and Pear VC. The funding will support Counsel's national expansion and coverage extension to millions more members.

As primary care physicians, we see a scene play out almost daily. A patient is sitting in front of us, explaining her symptoms: She could have difficulty breathing, stress at home, fatigue. We know there is nothing more important than being fully present.

In this episode we talk with Rishi Khakhkhar MD, MBA who is a practicing emergency medicine physician and the founding medical director at Counsel Health, an AI-enabled medical practice that specializes in messaging-based care. This is an amazing conversation and quite possibly the best episode yet!

Today, excited to get to know Dr. Muthu Alagappan, CEO and Founder of Counsel, the modern solution for access to care. Before founding Counsel, Muthu was the CMO of Notable Health for almost 4 years and was an Attending Physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and UCSF Medical Center. He graduated with his MD from Stanford Medicine and (fun fact!) was also the Student Commencement Speaker for his graduating class.