Funding profile · ACA marketplace enrollment technology
HealthSherpa
Two priced rounds totaling $9.37 million, a last valuation set in September 2018, and nothing filed with the SEC. For a company that says it has enrolled more than 10 million people, the capital record is unusually thin.
Data as of September 22, 2026. Company-reported figures are labeled.
Rounds at a glance
| When | Round | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer 2012 | Y Combinator batch | Not disclosed | Y Combinator | YC profile |
| Before 2017 | Seed | Not disclosed | Kapor Capital, Innovation Endeavors, Group 11 named as backers | Secondary source |
| Jan 30, 2017 | Series A | $6.75M at $3.07 per share | Core Innovation Capital, Y Combinator | Forge Global |
| Sep 17, 2018 | Series A-1 | $2.62M at $3.94 per share | Undisclosed | Forge Global |
| Reported total | All rounds | $9.37M (Forge) vs $10M across 3 rounds (Wellfound) | Investor lists differ between sources | Sources differ |
What the filings show
SEC EDGAR · company search and full text search · run Sep 23, 2026
- Company search
- No matching companies for healthsherpa or health sherpa
- Full text search
- One hit for the exact phrase HealthSherpa, in a Benefitfocus 10-K for fiscal 2020
- Form D
- None found by or naming the company
- Reading
- Capital was raised outside Regulation D, or under exemptions that require no Form D notice
Forge Global company profile · share class data · updated Sep 12, 2026
- Series A
- Jan 30, 2017 · $6,750,000 raised · $3.07 per share · 2,200,170 shares outstanding · post-money $44.98M
- Series A-1
- Sep 17, 2018 · $2,620,000 raised · $3.94 per share · 665,129 shares outstanding · post-money $54.27M
- Preferences
- Both series: 1.0x liquidation preference, non-participating, 6.0 percent non-cumulative dividend
- Total funding
- $9.37M
- Investors listed
- Andreessen Horowitz, Brighter Capital, Core Innovation Capital, Correlation Ventures, Founders Fund, GVA Capital, Innovation Endeavors, Kapor Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Valley Capital Partners, Y Combinator
- Basis
- Forge states post-money valuations come from company-submitted certificates of incorporation
Reading the filings
- The last price was set eight years ago.The September 2018 Series A-1 raised $2.62M at $3.94 a share against a $54.27M post-money. Nothing priced has been recorded since. Eight years is a long silence for a company whose claimed enrollment went from about 1.8 million people to more than 10 million over the same period.
- The step up between rounds was modest.Price per share moved from $3.07 to $3.94, up about 28 percent, over roughly 19 months. Post-money moved from $44.98M to $54.27M, up about 21 percent. Those are the marks of a small insider extension, not a competitive round.
- The rounds are tiny relative to the claimed output.$9.37M of equity against a company-stated figure of more than 10 million people enrolled since 2014 is roughly 94 cents of equity per person enrolled. The 2019 explanation fits: the CEO said the company was not looking to raise.
- No Form D is not the same as no money.An issuer that raises under Section 4(a)(2) rather than Regulation D files no Form D at all. So the Forge data, drawn from charter filings rather than SEC notices, is the only structured record of the cap table. Treat the investor list as incomplete.
- Two data providers do not agree.Forge puts total funding at $9.37M across two priced rounds, the last in September 2018. Wellfound reports $10M across three rounds with the most recent raised February 1, 2017, and lists a $7M A, a $3M seed and an undisclosed seed. Both cannot be right. Neither is a filing.
- Revenue, not equity, is the number that matters, and it is not public.The only figure on record is mid seven figures for 2019. ASPE put broker pay at $5 to $30 per member per month in 2026. No later revenue disclosure was found.
Commercial signals
| Signal | Detail | Source type |
|---|---|---|
| Regulatory | Listed by CMS as a web-broker hosting its own approved Enhanced Direct Enrollment platform, list dated Sep 27, 2023. First approved for EDE in December 2018. | Public record |
| Carrier leasing | BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Sanford Health Plan appear on the CMS list with healthsherpa.com subdomains. | Public record |
| New carrier work | A Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan agent enrollment tool powered by HealthSherpa went live in August 2026. | Trade press |
| Volume | Company-stated: more than 10 million enrolled since 2014. Independently, Andrew Sprung put 2024 open enrollment volume at about 7 million, or 52 percent of active HealthCare.gov enrollments. | Company-stated |
| Market direction | 2026 marketplace sign-ups fell more than a million to 23.1 million after enhanced subsidies expired. KFF projects effectuated enrollment down 21.5 percent for 2026. | Independent |
| Regulatory drag | CMS canceled about 315,000 enrollments on Aug 31, 2026 and is adding consumer authorization, identity proofing and SSN requirements to agent-assisted applications. | Public record |
What to watch
- A first Form D, or any disclosed financing, which would be the first priced mark since 2018.
- Secondary market activity on Forge, currently marked limited with no available price.
- Whether the shorter federal open enrollment window for plan year 2027, November 1 to December 15, compresses seasonal revenue.
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Sources
- Public recordSEC EDGAR company search and full text search for HealthSherpa
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Compiled from SEC, CMS and other public records and published reports as of September 22, 2026. No Form D notice was found for this company; figures shown for priced rounds come from a secondary market data provider that cites company-submitted certificates of incorporation, not from SEC filings. Healthcare Venture Capital Fund holds no position in HealthSherpa. This page is not an offer to sell or a recommendation to buy any security.
