Kandu Health

What Kandu Health does

Kandu Health, Inc. is a tech-enabled healthcare services company headquartered in Campbell, California that delivers post-acute care for stroke survivors in the United States. Its core offering is the Kandu Health Program, which combines Principal Illness Navigation (PIN) services, a stroke-specific telehealth mobile app co-designed with survivors, a multidisciplinary licensed clinical team spanning over ten medical disciplines, and a peer-support layer (Kandu Stroke Community with Connect Groups facilitated by trained Ambassadors with lived experience). In December 2024, Kandu merged with Neurolutions, adding the FDA-cleared IpsiHand Brain-Computer Interface system for chronic stroke motor rehabilitation; the first randomized controlled trial of IpsiHand (62 participants) reported a 6-point mean UEFM improvement versus 1.5 for control and a 55.5% clinically meaningful response rate versus 9.6% in control.

Kandu generates revenue by providing post-discharge stroke recovery services to partner hospitals, health systems, and health plan administrators, billing through standard medical codes (Evaluation and Management, Principal Illness Navigation, and specialty codes) under multi-year enterprise contracts. Patient acquisition flows from hospital referral into a virtual E/M visit with a Kandu Stroke Doctor, prescription of PIN services, connection to a Kandu Navigator, and ongoing support through the Kandu App. Documented outcomes include >50% lower inpatient readmissions versus published norms at 30 and 90 days, >80-85% of survivors living independently (mRS 0-2) at 90 days, 97% medication adherence, 100% PCP relationship establishment, and an NPS of +87 to +91 versus the +58 healthcare industry average. Primary customer segments are US healthcare providers seeking to reduce readmissions and improve post-discharge quality metrics, health plans managing the $25B annual first-year post-stroke cost pool, and individual stroke survivors and care partners.

Name

Kandu Health

Legal name

Kandu Health, Inc.

Website

https://kanduhealth.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Kandu Health is a tech-enabled US healthcare services company that delivers post-acute stroke recovery programs through licensed multidisciplinary clinicians, a stroke-specific telehealth app, and the FDA-cleared IpsiHand brain-computer interface, serving hospitals, health plans, and stroke survivors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Post-Acute Stroke Recovery Services

NAICS

Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists (62134), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412), Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists (621340)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-Home Health Care Services (8082)

akta.pro primary industry

Neurology Telemedicine Platforms (HLALAGAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) & Digital Rehabilitation Platforms (HLALABAK), Digital Rehabilitation & Physical Therapy Therapeutics (HLACANAJ), Neurologic Rehabilitation Centers (Stroke/TBI/SCI/MS/Parkinson’s) (HLADAJAH), Neurologic Rehabilitation (Stroke, TBI, Parkinson’s, MS) (HSADAIAC), Stroke & Vascular Neurology (HLAKAIAG)

Keywords

• Stroke recovery services
• Post-acute care
• Telehealth platform
• Brain-computer interface
• Principal illness navigation

Headquarters

HQ city

Campbell

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Healthcare Services - Providers: Kandu provides post-discharge stroke recovery support to hospital partners, including Evaluation and Management (E/M) services, Principal Illness Navigation, and specialty code services. Revenue derived from healthcare services billing for care provided to patients referred by partner hospitals.
2. Healthcare Services - Health Plans: Post-discharge stroke recovery support services billed to health plan administrators. Services aim to reduce readmissions and overall healthcare spend for stroke survivors, creating cost savings that offset program costs.
3. Principal Illness Navigation (PIN): PIN services covered under healthcare billing codes, provided as part of the post-discharge care continuum for stroke survivors.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Kandu Health delivers a comprehensive post-acute stroke recovery program combining Principal Illness Navigation (PIN), a stroke-specific co-designed telehealth app, licensed Kandu Navigators, a multidisciplinary care team spanning over ten medical disciplines, and peer-to-peer community support via Connect Groups. Following the December 2024 merger with Neurolutions, the offering was extended with the FDA-cleared IpsiHand Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) system for chronic stroke rehabilitation. Services are contracted through enterprise partnerships with hospitals, health systems, and health plan administrators, and billed via standard medical codes including E/M and PIN.

Product overview

Kandu Health is a tech-enabled healthcare services company offering a unified stroke recovery platform combining the Kandu Health Program with multiple integrated components: the Kandu App (a stroke-specific telehealth application), Principal Illness Navigation services, licensed Kandu Navigators, a multidisciplinary care team spanning ten+ medical disciplines, and the Kandu Stroke Community for peer support. Following a December 2024 merger with Neurolutions, Kandu Health expanded its portfolio to include the FDA-cleared IpsiHand Brain-Computer Interface system for chronic stroke rehabilitation. The platform aims to reduce hospital readmissions by over 50%, improve quality of life, and achieve >80% independence rates among stroke survivors at 90 days.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Kandu App: Stroke-specific telehealth app co-designed with stroke survivors providing personalized support, resources, and community connection
• IpsiHand
• Kandu Stroke Community

Products and services

• Kandu Health Program Comprehensive post-acute stroke recovery program combining Principal Illness Navigation, the Kandu App, licensed Kandu Navigators, a multidisciplinary care team, and peer-to-peer community support, contracted with hospitals, health systems, and health plans to reduce readmissions and improve outcomes for stroke survivors.
• IpsiHand Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) System FDA-cleared brain-computer interface device that enables chronic stroke survivors to drive motor recovery through brain-controlled device use; validated by a 62-participant RCT showing a 6-point mean UEFM improvement versus 1.5 for control.
• Kandu App Co-designed stroke-specific telehealth mobile app providing an accessible platform where stroke survivors can learn, accomplish recovery goals, connect with their Kandu Navigator, and participate in Connect Groups community support.

Quantifiable outcome

• Lower inpatient readmissions by >50% compared to published norms at 30 and 90 days
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Marshal LinderminorOthers · 12 January 2026Appointed to Board of Directors. Brings strategic expertise to the board as part of growth investment from K2 HealthVentures and Piper Sandler Merchant Banking.
• NeurolutionscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2024Neurolutions merged with Kandu Health to advance WashU-born technologies toward patients. This merger brings the IpsiHand BCI system under Kandu's platform. Neurolutions was one of five WashU Medicine startups acquired or merged with larger companies since December 2024, along with Acera Surgical (acquired by Solventum) and Prognosia (acquired by Lunit).
• Cooper Neurological InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner hospital using Kandu's stroke recovery program. Kandu continues to provide comprehensive care to patients after hospital discharge, serving as important resource during first weeks and months post-discharge. Kandu's focus on the whole person ensures patients are set up for success.
• Christus Spohn Health SystemcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional health system partner using Kandu program for continuity of care. Allows following patients for longer periods to ensure they are seen by primary care and taking proper medication to prevent future strokes and hospitalizations.
• DNV (Det Norske Veritas)minorOthersKandu supports partner hospitals in satisfying and reporting on measures for disease certification by DNV.
• The Joint CommissionminorOthersKandu supports partner hospitals in satisfying and reporting on measures for disease certification by The Joint Commission.
• Washington University in St. LouiscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWashU startup ecosystem connection: Neurolutions (which merged with Kandu) was built on Washington University in St. Louis discoveries. WashU startups attracted record $1.7 billion in private-sector investment over the past year. Kandu Health represents one of five WashU Medicine startups acquired or merged with larger companies since December 2024.

Scale indicators16 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• naviHealth (Optum): naviHealth, owned by Optum, is a leading post-acute care management platform that partners with health plans and health systems to manage transitions of care and reduce readmissions—the closest direct competitor to Kandu's hospital-and-payer post-stroke navigation model.
• Contessa Health (Amedisys): Contessa operates a hospital-at-home and post-acute care-at-home model in partnership with health systems, sharing Kandu's value proposition of enabling earlier, safer discharges and reducing rehospitalizations for complex patient populations.
• Health Recovery Solutions: Health Recovery Solutions provides a digital post-acute care management platform with remote patient monitoring and patient engagement tools for hospitals and home health agencies, competing directly with Kandu's technology-enabled transitions-of-care approach.
• Vivify Health: Vivify Health delivers remote care management and RPM for post-discharge and chronic condition populations to health systems and payers, offering comparable enterprise virtual-care workflows to Kandu's stroke-recovery program.
• WellBe Senior Medical: WellBe provides in-home complex care and post-acute services for frail and elderly patients, including chronic disease management and care coordination, paralleling Kandu's home-based, multidisciplinary support for stroke survivors.

Broad incumbents

• Hinge Health: Hinge Health is a large digital musculoskeletal rehab platform that pairs virtual PT with care navigation and coaches—analogous in business model and tech-enabled rehab orientation, though focused on MSK rather than stroke.
• Omada Health: Omada Health is a virtual-first chronic care platform delivering coaching, connected devices, and care teams to prevent and manage cardiometabolic conditions, sharing Kandu's enterprise payer/provider contracting approach and digital therapeutic positioning.

Emerging players

• Constant Therapy Health: Constant Therapy offers a digital speech, language, and cognitive therapy platform used by stroke and TBI survivors in clinical and home settings, directly overlapping with Kandu's neurologic rehabilitation focus on stroke recovery.
• Synchron: Synchron is a brain-computer interface company developing implantable neuroprosthetic technology with a clinical-stage platform aimed at restoring motor function, directly comparable to Kandu's IpsiHand BCI asset in the neuro-rehabilitation BCI space.
• Saebo: Saebo designs and sells stroke-rehabilitation products and functional orthoses widely used by occupational and physical therapists, making it a relevant adjacent peer serving the same post-stroke recovery customer base as Kandu.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors4 records

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M&A1 record

Investments

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