Truepill

Healthtech / digital pharmacyUSA
🀝 Acquired
PeakΒ $1.6 BillionToday
~-67%
from peak
  1. πŸ¦„
    Became a unicorn
    Oct 2021
  2. πŸ“ˆ
    Peak valuation
    $1.6 Billion ’21
  3. πŸ’”
    Became a Unitard
    Aug 2024
  4. πŸ’Έ
    Last valuation
    ~$528M
Current status
Acquired by LetsGetChecked for $525M (Aug 2024)

How it happened

Truepill is a digital pharmacy and healthcare-fulfillment platform powering prescription delivery, telehealth and testing for other brands. A $142M Series D in October 2021 pushed its valuation to $1.6B and unicorn status. As growth funding dried up, Truepill ran four rounds of layoffs in 2022, refocused on its core pharmacy business, raised a $66M insider round in August 2023, then sold to LetsGetChecked for $525M in August 2024 β€” about 67% below peak. Glassdoor reviews corroborate the churn: employees counted those same four rounds, describing a hiring spree that reversed into cuts often made by email and priorities that shifted every few weeks, with some later crediting a new CEO for steadying the business.

Employee accounts paraphrase anonymous, unverified reviews posted publicly on Glassdoor β†—. See our methodology.

Source: Axios; LetsGetChecked acq. $525M (Aug 2024); peak $1.6B (TechCrunch)

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