As Life Expectancy Stalls, NiaHealth Adds $5.75M in Funding to Lead Canada's Proactive Health Movement
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Led by Golden Ventures, the funding accelerates the rollout of NiaHealth's Platform 2.0 and cements its role as the category-defining leader in Canada's proactive health revolution.
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TORONTO — NiaHealth, the fast-growing health tech startup pioneering proactive care in Canada, today announced the close of its $5.75 million seed round, led by Golden Ventures, with participation from notable investors including Kyle Braatz (CEO, Fullscript), Satish Kanwar & Arati Sharma (Good Future / ex-Shopify), Jonathan Ehrlich (Roar Ventures), Zach Coelius (Coelius Capital), The51 women-focused venture fund, Jason Smith (CEO, Klue), Kathy Butler (CIBC), and returning investors Boris Wertz (Version One Ventures), ScaleGood Fund, Garage Capital and Ivan Yuen (Co-Founder, Wattpad). This builds on a $2.5M pre-seed raise in 2024, bringing total funding to over $8.25 million to date.
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Since emerging from stealth earlier this year, NiaHealth has seen over 12,000 Canadians join its waitlist, is on track to cross 300K+ biomarker tests by end of year, and has quickly grown users 30% month-over-month, driven largely by referrals. Partnerships with the University of Alberta and high-growth companies like Ada are helping expand both its scientific research and corporate employer benefits program.
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The raise comes at a critical inflection point: Canadian life expectancy has been stagnant for six years, chronic illness is on the rise, and nearly 6.5 million Canadians lack access to a nurse practitioner or family doctor. At the same time, fitness wearables and health trackers are generating more data than ever, yet health outcomes aren't improving. NiaHealth bridges that gap by giving Canadians access to the tools, technology, advanced clinical-grade healthspan testing, and one on one human clinician guidance to take action before symptoms strike.
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From Tester to Investor
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Matt Golden, Partner at Golden Ventures and lead investor in NiaHealth, began his relationship with the company not just as a financial backer but as a member.
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'I was always healthy, but NiaHealth helped me highlight unknown health risks—as a result, I worked with the NiaHealth clinician team to make lifestyle interventions that ended up reducing my risk of diabetes by more than half upon retesting. The data was powerful, but it was the human clinical guidance that made it sustainable. That's when I knew: this isn't just another health startup. It's a movement that should benefit all Canadians and Golden Ventures needs to be a part of it.'
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'We're building the most advanced, accessible, and evidence-based Longevity-as-a-Service platform in Canada,' said Sameer Dhar, Co-Founder & CEO of NiaHealth. 'We plan for everything else in life, mortgages, careers, retirement, yet most of us are flying blind when it comes to our long-term health. At NiaHealth, we believe Canadians should have the tools and clinical support to take control of their health. The earlier you know, the more you can do.'
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From Proactive Annual Check-Ups to Continuous, Data-Driven Care
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Over 90% of NiaHealth members discover an undiagnosed issue or risk, and more importantly, start doing something about it. With Platform 2.0 launching this summer, NiaHealth becomes the most powerful integrated proactive health platform in Canada by combining an expanding set of test data to unlock advanced personalized insights:
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Integration with popular wearables like Oura Ring, Garmin, Apple Watch, and Fitbit for 365-days-a-year insights to understand the relationship between behaviours and a member's unique biomarkers;
Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) to track how food impacts your health real-time via bluetooth;
Expansion from 50 to 100+ biomarkers offered in testing to get even more precision insights;
And commitment to having the widest range of proactive tests in Canada, adding Toxic Heavy Metals, Omega's, Advanced Thyroid tests to roll out in coming weeks.
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'For too long, healthcare has been about reacting to illness. And far too many Canadians are living with preventable chronic conditions, impacting not just their health, but also placing strain on our public healthcare system,' said Sameer Dhar, CEO and Co-Founder of NiaHealth. 'But the good news is, with the help of modern longevity science and the latest technology, we can take real steps toward longer, healthier lives. Canadians deserve a roadmap, not just a diagnosis. We're here to help people not just add years to life, but energy to those years.'
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What's Next: Scaling Reach, Sharpening Precision
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Steered by co-founders Sameer Dhar (CEO), Tanya ter Keurs (Clinical Director), Mike Goss (COO), and Saif Uddin Mahmud (CTO), the funding will fuel the continued rollout of the NiaHealth Platform 2.0, continued product R&D into predictive features, and investment in developing human-first, AI-supported clinician support tools, and continued user expansion across Canada.
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'NiaHealth changed my life, plain and simple,' remarks Richard Balan, one of NiaHealth's first members. 'As a 6-foot-tall man in my 50s, I didn't realize that decades of small, unhealthy habits had left me at significant risk for heart attack, stroke, and chronic aches and pains. The wake-up call came when I saw my results in late 2023. With the support of a 1:1 clinician, I was inspired to make key lifestyle changes, and ended up losing 40 pounds in just 12 months. My retest in 2024, along with the full suite of tests NiaHealth offers, showed I had completely turned my health around. I feel energized and renewed.'
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NiaHealth is Canada's first end-to-end proactive health platform, combining advanced biomarker testing, fitness wearables integration, and personalized clinical consultation to help Canadians optimize their health decades in advance. HSA-eligible and currently available in Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Prince Edward Island. Learn more at www.niahealth.co.
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