Cerula Care

What Cerula Care does

Cerula Care is a US-based, virtual psycho-oncology company that delivers expert psychosocial support integrated directly into oncology practices and health systems. Its core product is a Collaborative Care Model (CoCM) program that embeds validated distress screening into oncology visits, flags high-need patients automatically, and provides ongoing psychosocial care coordinated with the partner oncology team. The offering is built around proprietary clinical protocols and screening tools architected by co-founder and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Kyle Lavin, a specialty-trained psycho-oncologist, and is supported by an AI-assisted backend that handles session transcription and summarization.

Cerula Care operates a single-product, enterprise GTM: it partners directly with oncology practices and health systems through customized multi-year partnerships, designing each program around the partner's patient population, workflows, and payer mix. Rather than billing payers directly, Cerula Care enables the partner practice to capture reimbursement under CoCM billing codes, with the company handling all clinical care and documentation; patient co-pays are typical of office visits. The company markets primarily through peer-reviewed publications (ASCO 2025, SABCS 2025), conference presence, podcast appearances, and referral-based outreach through oncology care teams.

The company is founder-led, incorporated in Delaware with operational presence in West Hartford, Connecticut, and Raleigh, North Carolina. It has raised approximately $5.6M to date across a $100K One Mind Accelerator grant (March 2024), a $25K Healthworx-led accelerator round (September 2024), and a $5.49M seed round led by Esplanade Ventures (February 2025), with additional CancerX accelerator participation announced in January 2026. Its flagship customer, Virginia Oncology Associates, has enrolled 850+ patients and demonstrated a 62% reduction in depression symptoms and 57% reduction in anxiety within four months of program enrollment.

Name

Cerula Care

Legal name

Cerula Care, Inc.

Website

https://cerulacare.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Cerula Care provides virtual psycho-oncology collaborative care for US oncology practices and health systems, embedding expert psychosocial support and AI-assisted session management into oncology workflows so partner practices can bill Collaborative Care Model codes while improving patient mental health outcomes.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

NAICS

Offices of Physicians (6211), Health Care and Social Assistance (62)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Behavioral Health & Psychiatry Virtual Care (Payer Network) (HLALACAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Hospital-Integrated Cancer Centers (Acute Oncology Programs) (HLAFAAAM)

Keywords

• Psycho-oncology services
• Collaborative care model
• Oncology behavioral health
• Psychosocial support programs
• Cancer mental health

Headquarters

HQ city

Raleigh

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Collaborative Care Model (CoCM) Billing: Cerula Care's program is structured to unlock Collaborative Care Model (CoCM) billing codes for health systems and oncology practices. The practice bills for CoCM codes, generating reimbursement that covers program costs and creates sustainable revenue. Patient co-pays are typical of office visits. The company handles all clinical care and documentation while the partner practice captures the revenue.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Cerula Care delivers a virtual psycho-oncology collaborative care program embedded inside oncology practices and health systems. The four-step model designs a program around each partner's population and payer mix, runs validated distress screening during oncology visits, provides ongoing psychosocial support coordinated with oncology clinicians, and produces outcomes plus CoCM billing reporting. The partner practice bills for Collaborative Care Model codes to cover program costs while Cerula Care's clinical team handles care delivery and documentation.

Product overview

Cerula Care is a single, unified product offering — a psycho-oncology collaborative care program for oncology practices and health systems. The program provides expert psychosocial support integrated directly into oncology teams, featuring a four-step model: Partnership & Setup (program design around patient population, workflows, and payer mix), Screen & Identify (validated distress screening embedded in patient visits), Coordinated Care (ongoing psychosocial support coordinated with oncology clinicians), and Outcomes & Revenue (transparent reporting with CoCM billing for reimbursement). The offering is designed to be profitable for practices through Collaborative Care Model codes while improving patient mental health and oncology treatment outcomes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 62% reduction in depression symptoms within 4 months
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Virginia Oncology AssociatescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Virginia Oncology Associates (VOA) partnered with Cerula Care in January 2024 to integrate behavioral health into cancer care. The collaborative care program has enrolled over 850 patients and demonstrated clinically significant outcomes including 62% reduction in depression symptoms and 57% reduction in anxiety within four months. The partnership includes joint podcast content and represents a flagship reference customer for Cerula Care.
• One Mind AcceleratorminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Cerula Care was selected for the One Mind 2024 accelerator cohort, receiving $100,000 and participating in a program starting March 2024 with in-person and virtual components focused on mental health innovation including AI, biotechnologies, and digital health.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Lyra Health: Lyra Health is a large, well-funded mental health platform primarily serving employers and payers with virtual therapy and coaching. A broad incumbent in virtual behavioral health that could extend into oncology-specific workflows.
• SonderMind: SonderMind is a virtual and in-person behavioral health provider network serving individuals, payers, and providers. Comparable virtual behavioral health delivery and provider-network approach, with broader generalist scope than oncology.
• Talkspace: Talkspace is an established virtual behavioral health platform serving payers, employers, and individuals. A broad incumbent whose scale and payer relationships could pressure niche oncology-specific entrants.

Direct peers

• Quartet Health: Quartet Health is a collaborative care platform that integrates behavioral health into physical health treatment by partnering with providers and payers. Direct comparison to Cerula Care's CoCM-based collaborative care model in oncology.
• Valera Health: Valera Health delivers virtual collaborative behavioral health care integrated with primary care and specialty providers using CoCM. Comparable in virtual delivery and provider-integration motion to Cerula's oncology-anchored approach.
• Concert Health: Concert Health provides Collaborative Care Model (CoCM) behavioral health services embedded in primary care and specialty practices. Closely mirrors Cerula's provider-embedded CoCM delivery model, though with broader specialty focus rather than oncology-only.
• Iris Telehealth: Iris Telehealth provides telepsychiatry and behavioral health staffing for health systems and clinics, including specialty populations. Comparable virtual specialty behavioral health delivery into provider workflows, with overlapping enterprise health system buyer.

Emerging players

• Jasper Health: Jasper Health is a virtual care platform providing psychosocial and navigation support specifically for cancer patients. Most directly comparable oncology-vertical digital health peer, focused on care navigation and emotional support.
• Owl Insights (formerly Lyra's Outcomes Platform) / Meru Health: Meru Health delivers virtual mental health programs for chronic and behavioral health conditions with measured outcomes. Comparable in measured-outcomes-driven virtual behavioral health positioning, though without oncology specialty focus.
• Brave Health: Brave Health provides virtual outpatient behavioral health, including therapy and psychiatry, often partnering with health plans and provider groups. Overlapping virtual behavioral health delivery model and payer/provider partnership motion.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cerula-care

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors9 records

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M&A

Investments

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