Carbon Health

Healthtech / urgent & primary care clinicsUSA
New to Unitard
πŸ’€ Dead / Bankrupt
PeakΒ $3.3 BillionToday
~-100%
from peak
  1. πŸ¦„
    Became a unicorn
    2021
  2. πŸ“ˆ
    Peak valuation
    $3.3 Billion ’21
  3. πŸ’”
    Became a Unitard
    Feb 2026
  4. πŸ’Έ
    Last valuation
    Wiped out
Capital raised
$614M
Total raised
$158K/day
Raised per day

Total raised averaged per day over approximately 10.6 years from founding to bankruptcy or shutdown. This is not measured cash burn. Methodology

Funding: Tracxn ($614M over six funding rounds)
Current status
Filed Chapter 11 (Feb 2, 2026); plan confirmed May 29 and effective June 15, 2026, with most ownership passing to a lender group led by Future Solution Investments; still operating clinics

The rise & fall

11 moments Β· 2015–2026

The key moments, with employee sentiment along the way.

2015
Founded in the San Francisco Bay Area
Eren Bali co-founds what becomes a chain of urgent and primary care clinics.
Nov 2020
$100M Series C led by Dragoneer
Carbon Health has 27 clinics in six states as Covid testing demand builds.
Jul 2021
The peak: $350M Series D at $3.3B$3.3B
The round comes as Covid testing and vaccination work lifts sales.
Jun 2022
Lays off 250 employees
STAT reports the cut is about 8% of the workforce.
Jan 2023
CVS Health Ventures puts in $100M
The company calls it an initial close of its Series D; it has more than 125 locations in 13 states.
Nov 2023
Covid revenue at zero; $84M lost in half a year
Healthcare Brew, relaying The Information: more than 500 layoffs, nearly a dozen clinics closed and operations ended in multiple states.
Aug 2024
Eren Bali leaves the CEO post
Chief operating officer Kerem Ozkay takes over on Aug 12.
From the inside Β· Glassdoor reviews, 2024–26
Glassdoor reviews described the retrenchment from inside: more than a dozen employees wrote of repeated layoff rounds, shifting policies and schedules, and thinly staffed clinics where hours were cut on slow days, while many still praised their clinic teams and the pay.
Feb 2 ’26
Files Chapter 11 β€” joins the Unitard Club πŸ’”
Carbon Health and 28 affiliates file in the Southern District of Texas; Future Solution Investments commits up to $19.5M to fund the case.
May 29 ’26
Court approves a lender-backed plan
About $33M of new capital and a $100M debt-for-equity exchange transfer most ownership to a lender group led by Future Solution Investments.
Jun 15 ’26
Plan takes effect; the clinics stay open
By the end of June Carbon Health provides management services to more than 80 clinics across eight states, per Holland & Knight.
$3.3Bof peak value erased Β· 11 years

πŸ’¬ entries paraphrase anonymous, unverified reviews posted publicly on Glassdoor β†—; dated facts carry their source.

How it happened

Carbon Health is a chain of urgent and primary care clinics that Eren Bali co-founded in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2015. Covid testing and vaccination work lifted its sales, and a $350M Series D in July 2021 valued it at $3.3B.

Then the Covid revenue fell to zero: Healthcare Brew, relaying The Information, reported losses of $129M in the first half of 2022 and more than $84M in the first half of 2023, with more than 500 layoffs and nearly a dozen clinics closed.

It filed for Chapter 11 in Texas on February 2, 2026, with 28 affiliates. A plan confirmed that May gave most of the ownership to a lender group led by Future Solution Investments in a $100M debt-for-equity exchange, and the company still operates.

Source: Tracxn and Fierce Healthcare (via SFNet): $350M Series D at $3.3B post-money, July 21, 2021. Company release (Feb 2, 2026): Chapter 11 in S.D. Tex. with 28 affiliates, up to $19.5M DIP from Future Solution Investments (spelled Future Solutions in the company release). Bloomberg Law (May 29, 2026): plan approved, about $33M new capital and a $100M debt-for-equity exchange transferring most ownership to the lender group. Holland & Knight: plan effective June 15, 2026. Tracxn: $614M raised over six rounds.

Founders & leadership

  • Eren Bali
    co-founder & CEO (led at peak; left the post Aug 2024)
  • Tom Berry
    co-founder
    No public profile matched
  • Kerem Ozkay
    CEO (from Aug 2024; at the Chapter 11 filing)

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