Zarminali Pediatrics Raises $110M in Series A to Fund Expansion

In December 2024, Healthcare Innovation interviewed Danish Qureshi, CEO of a startup called Zarminali Health that had launched with $40 million in seed funding led by General Catalyst and an ambitious goal of transforming pediatric care nationwide. Now the company, which has established a footprint of 28 clinics across eight states in under two years, has announced a $110 million Series A funding round.

Zarminali said that in 2026, the company plans to open 15 de novo clinics – including several in new markets such as Chicago, Milwaukee and Dallas – and welcome additional established practice groups into its growing network.

The new funding round is led by Healthier Capital, along with participation from existing investor General Catalyst, and new investor K2 HealthVentures.

The new capital will be used to accelerate the rollout of Zarminali's proprietary technology platform, enter new markets and open de novo clinics uniquely designed for pediatric patients and their families, and expand services beyond primary care to include both urgent and specialty care offerings. Zarminali said it would expand its specialty services to include speech therapy, occupational therapy, and behavioral health services across its clinic footprint, as well as urgent care in select locations.

With this latest raise, Zarminali has secured a total of $150 million in funding to date. Additionally, Amir Dan Rubin, CEO & Founding Managing Partner of Healthier Capital and former CEO of Amazon One Medical, will be joining Zarminali's Board of Directors, alongside existing board members Holly Maloney, Managing Director & Head of Health Assurance at General Catalyst; Brandon Kerns, CFO of CareBridge Health and former CFO of Main Street Health and Landmark Health; and Margaret McKenna, former co-CTO of Devoted Health.

In his interview with Healthcare Innovation, Qureshi went into detail about why he set out to create a better pediatric care experience for both clinicians and patients and how he planned to do it:

“The vast majority of pediatric practices today on the independent side are small. They are underfunded by the nature of their size and aren't able to invest in areas like technology or bringing a modern look and feel to the way that care is delivered. But what they do have are dedicated clinicians who believe in what they're doing and want to do better for their patients. 

What we're looking to do is to maintain the core of that and build a stellar national practice group around them that has all the things they dreamed of, but because of their size and scale they have not been able to invest in. 

Today, an outpatient practice group is maybe five pediatricians with one to three locations, and they're primarily focused on non-urgent issues. We will have primary care clinics but also have urgent cares co-located with many of the primary care locations. If you as a family wake up with a child who is sick, you can't wait for an appointment a week later, and going to an adult or general urgent care that isn't going to coordinate and share notes back with your pediatrician just doesn't work. 

Additionally, we will have multi-specialty hubs that are more centrally located within the markets we enter. We want specialists housed within the same practice group, so they are coordinating as teammates. Then we will also have a single, unified brand. So we will operate exclusively as Zarminali across the country, with a modern look and feel, from our digital presence to the physical spaces or clinics that we operate. The final piece is it will all be infused with technology to both improve the family and patient experience as well as the clinician experience, by reducing the burden of administrative tasks and helping to tackle the problem of burnout within the physician base.”