Tivara Raises $3.6M Seed to Transform Administrative Operations in U.S. Specialty Clinics
YC-backed startup Tivara has raised $3.6 million in a Seed round to accelerate the development of AI agents designed to manage administrative operations in U.S. specialty medical clinics.
The company was founded after a personal experience faced by its CEO, Tej Seelamsetty, who in 2024 spent over an hour on the phone booking an appointment with an orthopedist, followed by a two-week wait for insurance approval to schedule an MRI after dislocating his shoulder. The experience exposed the heavy administrative burden embedded in the healthcare system.
Motivated by this challenge, Seelamsetty cofounded Tivara with Aumesh Misra, aiming to address core operational pain points such as patient phone calls, appointment scheduling, prescription refills, and repetitive paperwork that consume significant clinical staff time.
Tivara targets large specialty medical groups with 20 to 500 physicians, estimating an initial addressable market of approximately 300,000 medical groups in the U.S., representing a market size exceeding $15 billion. The company also plans to expand into larger healthcare systems, tapping into the patient engagement management market, estimated at $32 billion annually.
The company’s first product is an administrative AI agent that handles patient intake and appointment scheduling, fully integrated with electronic health records and clinic management systems. The solution delivers instant response times, unlimited scalability, improved patient access, and reduced time-to-appointment.
Tivara emphasizes that its platform is strictly administrative and non-clinical, allowing healthcare providers to maintain medical decision-making while avoiding regulatory complexity associated with clinical AI tools.
The founding team brings strong technical and operational experience. Seelamsetty previously served as Head of Growth at Fair Square, a technology-enabled Medicare brokerage, while Misra was a Principal Engineer at Compound. Both are alumni of Washington University in St. Louis.
The Seed round attracted leading investors including Mischief VC, backed by Plaid CEO Zach Perret, alongside Day One Ventures, Y Combinator, and healthcare-focused angel investors. Tivara currently employs five full-time team members and plans to use the funding to expand its workforce.
