We’re on a mission to reverse type 2 diabetes in 100 million people

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A life-changing approach to type 2 diabetes and sustainable weight loss

A different future is possible. One where you reverse your condition, walk further than yesterday, keep up with your grand kids, and get off medications. Whether you live with type 2 diabetes, prediabetes, or want to lose unhealthy weight, we help you on your path to reversal so you can reclaim your future.
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A smarter approach to care can’t wait

Half of U.S. adults live with type 2 diabetes, prediabetes, or obesity. Virta is changing metabolic care to help people regain their health and live the life they deserve.
34M
U.S adults with type 2 diabetes
96M
U.S adults with prediabetes
$404B
Yearly economic burden of type 2 diabetes

Virta stands against

  • Type 2 diabetes as an inevitability.
  • Approaches that only treat symptoms.
  • Taking it on, on your own.
  • Controlling progression.
  • Managing expectations.

Virta stands for

  • Diabetes as a reversible condition.
  • Solutions that address root causes.
  • Having your back, through it all.
  • Transforming potential.
  • Reversing expectations.

Awards

UCSF Digital Health Awards

2022

Fierce Healthcare, Fierce 15

2022

Google Cloud, Customer Award Winner: "Social Impact"

2021

Inc. Best Workplaces

2021

Validation Institute, Health Value Awards: “Diabetes Management”

2020

Rock Health, Top 50 in Digital Health: “Most Committed to Clinical Impact"

2020

CB Insights, Digital Health 150: The Digital Health Startups Redefining The Healthcare Industry

2020

FastCo Most Innovative Companies

2019

Leadership and Founding Team

We’ve assembled a world-class leadership team with deep experience in both technology and healthcare to help us transform our expectations of what metabolic care should be.
Meet our team

Board of Directors

Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP, FRCP

Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP, FRCP

President Emeritus and Senior Fellow at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), and former Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Yvonne Hao

Yvonne Hao

Secretary of Economic Development at State of Massachusettes, and former COO and CFO of PillPack

Bob Kocher, MD

Bob Kocher, MD

Partner at Venrock, Consulting Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, and Senior Fellow and Advisory Board Member at the Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics at USC

Greg Waldorf

Greg Waldorf

Lecturer and Stanford University, and former CEO of Invoice2Go and eHarmony

Siobhan Nolan Mangini

Siobhan Nolan Mangini

President & Chief Financial Officer, NGM Biopharmaceuticals

Sami Inkinen

Sami Inkinen

Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Virta Health