Malama Health Raises $9.2M in Seed Funding to Expand Maternal Health Care Coordination Platform
Maternal healthcare in the United States has a strange habit of being both high tech and wildly disconnected. World class hospitals on one side, mothers juggling glucose readings, transportation logistics, benefits paperwork, and late night anxiety on the other. Somewhere in that gap sits Malama Health, a company whose name literally means care. Turns out the name is less branding and more blueprint.
Malama Health just secured $9.2M in seed funding, led by Acumen America with Wisdom Ventures, Capital F, and Coyote Ventures joining the round. The funding stack also includes a $2.3M NIH grant and more than $1M from the State of California. Congratulations to Mika Eddy, Co founder and CEO of Malama Health, Orlando Zongsheng Li, Co founder and CTO of Malama Health, and co founder Daniela Bahamon Arango for turning a lived problem into a scalable solution that is now drawing serious capital and serious attention.
The origin story matters here. During her own pregnancy, Mika Eddy was diagnosed with gestational diabetes at 28 weeks. Suddenly the routine became a maze of glucose monitoring, nutrition tracking, medical appointments, and benefits navigation. Multiply that friction across millions of Medicaid covered pregnancies and you start to see the system problem hiding in plain sight. Malama Health stepped in with a model that blends community based doulas, remote biometric monitoring, and a digital platform designed to keep mothers supported long after the hospital discharge paperwork fades into the background.
The platform connects patients with culturally aligned doula navigators while tracking real time health signals like glucose levels, blood pressure, and weight. The Malama app layers in education, check ins, and benefit navigation that helps patients access programs like WIC, CalFresh, Medi Cal transportation, housing assistance, and other services that quietly shape health outcomes. Data flows into EHR connected systems so clinicians can spot complications earlier instead of reacting after the fact. Care is the mission, but coordination is the secret sauce.
The traction tells its own story. More than 45,000 women across 50 states have used the Malama platform, with reports reaching over 600 clinics and hospitals nationwide. The company is already working with Medicaid plans in California, Texas, and Colorado, positioning itself right at the intersection of maternal health equity and modern care infrastructure.
There is something fitting about a company called Malama building a system designed around care instead of chaos. In a healthcare economy that often rewards complexity, Mika Eddy, Orlando Zongsheng Li, and Daniela Bahamon Arango are betting that clarity, community, and technology working together might be the smarter play. The market for maternal health solutions is massive, but the real signal here is simpler. When care actually feels like care, adoption tends to follow.