Vitable LLC, a healthcare startup from Woodlyn, is ready to expand nationally, writes Harold Brubaker for The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Joseph Kitonga, 28, founded Vitable LLC while a student at Penn State.
Vitable began in 2019 by offering virtual primary care service for hourly workers in lower-wage industries, focusing on companies in childcare, senior care, restaurants, and small-scale manufacturing.
The service has now expanded to Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland, Illinois, and Washington, D.C.
More than 400 employers pay $30 to $50 a month to offer a basic health plan to 100,000 employees.
Venture capital firms have invested $25 million in Vitable to help it grow. The company of 60 employees has offices in Woodlyn, Center City and San Francisco.
“We’ve gone slow to get the model right. Now we want to bring the service to all small businesses across the country,” Kitonga said.
Vitable’s plan in Philadelphia included pop-up physician visits to workplaces and home visits, but that service will only be available in certain markets in a national expansion, Kitonga said.
This month, Vitable acquired Liferaft, a service that lets employers reimburse employees for health insurance premiums under plans bought on ACA exchanges.
Find out more about Vitable’s origins and operations in The Philadelphia Inquirer.
