VITL Raises $7.5M Series A Led by SignalFire to Build the Operating System for Cash-Pay Healthcare

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 26, 2026--

VITL, the operating system for cash-pay health, announced the close of its $7.5 million Series A funding round led by SignalFire - accelerating expansion of VITL's pharmacy network, product development, and team. SignalFire identified VITL through its data-driven sourcing platform and reached out directly - no pitch deck, no outbound fundraising required.

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VITL addresses a critical infrastructure gap in the rapidly growing $100 billion cash-pay healthcare market. The physicians driving this market - med spas, hormone clinics, longevity practices, concierge medicine, direct primary care - are prescribing treatments that are genuinely 10 years ahead of the traditional system. But the tools available to them were purpose-built for legacy sick care: insurance-based, reactive, designed for a world of PBMs, retail chains, and formulary lookups.

Cash-pay preventative health doesn't work that way. Because no one ever built infrastructure for this market, these clinics are manually managing the entire pharmacy experience themselves - credentialing with five to seven pharmacies individually, tracking whether a prescription was filled, following up on whether it shipped, hunting inventory by phone when a compound goes out of stock. The cost: the average clinic loses over $100,000 a year in productivity and inefficiency. Physicians are spending two full workdays a month on pharmacy operations instead of patients.

“We're not building another healthcare tool. We're building infrastructure that eliminates the need for most of them”, said Charlie Jordan, Founder and CEO of VITL. “E-prescribing was the first and most obvious source of drag we eliminated. But it's not the last.”

VITL's platform provides a single login that replaces multiple pharmacy portals, enables real-time price comparison across verified 503A & 503B compounding pharmacies nationwide, allows ordering from multiple pharmacies in a single transaction, and gives patients real-time tracking from prescription to doorstep. The result: physicians reclaim valuable clinical time while patients gain transparency and convenience.

Since launching in late 2024, VITL has demonstrated exceptional traction:

"Cash-pay healthcare represents one of the fastest-growing segments of the U.S. healthcare market, yet it's running on infrastructure designed decades ago," said Chris Scoggins, General Partner at SignalFire. "VITL is bringing modern marketplace dynamics and consumer-grade user experience to an industry desperately in need of innovation. Charlie and his team have built exactly what physicians have been asking for."

Three forces make this moment inevitable. Patients are leaving the traditional system - direct primary care, concierge medicine, and cash-pay clinics are growing at double digits as consumers vote with their wallets for transparency, access, and choice. The regulatory landscape is accelerating demand - FDA enforcement is professionalizing the compounding pharmacy industry, and recent developments including the Novo Nordisk/Hims & Hers deal have reshaped GLP-1 distribution overnight. And every major e-prescribing platform on the market today was purpose-built for insurance-based, reactive medicine - you can't retrofit sick care plumbing for a preventative health economy. You have to build new infrastructure from scratch.

The funding will be used to expand VITL's network of verified pharmacy partners, develop clinical program management and subscription workflow tools, invest in interoperability that connects VITL to the broader healthcare ecosystem, and scale the team at the company's Nashville headquarters.

VITL serves cash-pay medical practices including med spas, hormone clinics, peptide clinics, anti-aging centers, weight loss clinics, functional medicine practices, and concierge medicine providers. The platform connects these practices with verified 503A & 503B compounding pharmacies that meet stringent quality and compliance standards.

"We're not building another healthcare tool," Jordan added. "We're building infrastructure that eliminates the need for most of them. Every workflow, every manual step, every phone call, every redundant credential - if it creates drag for a cash-pay clinic and it isn't treating a patient, we want to remove it."

About VITL

VITL is a Nashville-based healthtech company building the operating system for cash-pay health. Through its open marketplace, VITL connects clinics with verified 503A & 503B compounding pharmacies nationwide, enabling real-time price comparison, multi-pharmacy ordering, and patient tracking from prescription to doorstep - all through a single, elegant interface. Founded in 2024, VITL serves over 630 clinics and 1,000+ prescribers across the United States. Learn more at vitlrx.com.

About SignalFire

SignalFire is the first AI-native VC firm built like a technology company to better serve the needs of founders as they build and scale their startups. With approximately $3B in assets under management, SignalFire invests in applied AI companies from pre-seed to Series B in key sectors, including Health & PharmaTech, cybersecurity, infrastructure, consumer, and other enterprise verticals.

The firm's Beacon AI platform tracks over 650M employees and 80M organizations, giving the firm an unmatched data advantage in identifying and supporting world-class startups. Its sector-focused investors, XIRs from leading Health & PharmaTech unicorns, and a dedicated team of seasoned operators drive SignalFire at startup speed. They provide support across a company's full lifecycle through data and resources tailored by growth stage, plus a diverse ecosystem of partners and customers. Notable investments include Grow Therapy, Ro, EvenUp, Frame.io, Superhuman, and Stampli.

Learn more at www.signalfire.com.

VITL liberates cash pay healthcare from legacy technology

WASHINGTON (AP) — It was only a matter of time before Washington Nationals outfielder James Wood hit a grand slam.

But an inside-the-park shot, like the one Wood smashed in Tuesday’s 9-6 victory over the New York Mets?

“I didn’t think it would be like this,” Wood said. “That was a fun way to get it.”

Down 5-0, the Nationals loaded the bases with two outs in the second inning against Mets starter Nolan McLean. Wood hit a first-pitch sweeper to the opposite field, where it glanced off the leaping Nick Morabito’s arm and bounded into center.

“When I saw that, I kind of just knew it was a full-on sprint home,” the 23-year-old Wood said of his 53rd career home run. “That’s probably why my eyes got big.”

Center fielder Tyrone Taylor braced himself before running into the wall before looking at Morabito, who pointed to the carom before giving chase himself.

“He lost track of the baseball,” Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said. “He went after and then he didn’t know where the ball was. That’s a tough break there.”

Wood scampered around the bases in 15.15 seconds and slid headfirst across the plate well ahead of the throw for his first career grand slam and 13th homer of the season.

It was the ninth inside-the-park grand slam in the majors since 1994. The previous one was hit by Toronto’s Raimel Tapia on July 22, 2022.

“When they get over the fence, obviously I think James enjoys that more so he doesn’t have to run as hard or as far,” first-year Nationals manager Blake Butera said. “But that was pretty cool. I think everyone was pretty fired up, talking some smack that he can’t hit it over the fence.”

The Nationals have two inside-the-park grand slams since the franchise moved to Washington in 2005. Michael A. Taylor hit the other Sept. 8, 2017, at home against Philadelphia.

Three of the four inside-the-park grand slams this century were hit at Nationals Park. Philadelphia’s Aaron Altherr connected for one at Washington on Sept. 25, 2015.

Now, Wood has joined that small club.

“It’s probably the biggest smile I’ve seen on his face since I’ve gotten to know him,” Butera said.

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Washington Nationals' Drew Millas, right, celebrates as the Nationals' James Wood slides into home on a inside the park grand slam home run during the second inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets, Tuesday, May 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

New York Mets third baseman Brett Baty (7) watches Washington Nationals' James Wood head home on a inside-the-park grand slam during the second inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, May 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Washington Nationals' Drew Millas, right, celebrates as the Nationals' James Wood slides into home on a inside the park grand slam home run during the second inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets, Tuesday, May 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Washington Nationals' James Wood hits an inside the park grand slam home run during the second inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets, Tuesday, May 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Washington Nationals' James Wood slides into home as New York Mets catcher Luis Torrens waits for the throw on an inside the park gland slam home run during the second inning of a baseball game Tuesday, May 19, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)