The Unicorn; Proteus Digital Health; 独角兽企业; 118/174

The Unicorn; Proteus Digital Health; 独角兽企业; 118/174


118.Proteus Digital Health

Company Information

Valuation $1.1 billion
Sector Health
Headquarters Redwood City, Calif.
Founded 2001
CEO Andrew Thompson

Proteus Digital Health, Inc. engages in developing and commercializing digital health products in the United States. It develops digital health products that collect and aggregate various behavioral, physiologic, and therapeutic metrics, such as medication adherence, heart rate, sleep patterns, physical activity, and stress levels—into personal management tools delivered to the mobile devices of consumers. The company’s products include digital medicines; Helius, a healthshare solution that keeps families in tune with those who need care; and wearable sensor-based tools. Proteus Digital Health, Inc. has a strategic collaboration with Lloydspharmacy. The company was formerly known as Proteus Biomedical, Inc. and changed its name to Proteus Digital Health, Inc. on July 5, 2012. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Redwood City, California.

Andrew Thompson

Co-Founder, CEO

Andrew Thompson is co-founder, president and chief executive officer of Proteus Digital Health. His vision for Digital Medicine is focused on expanding global access to care, dramatically increasing the value delivered by drugs and creating a sustainable model for innovation that leverages the cell phone in everyone’s pocket.

Andrew serves on the World Economic Forum Technology Pioneers selection committee and he is also a Co-Founder and Board member of Summit Schools, a leading Charter High School organization with a unique digital platform.  Andrew is active in digital humanities innovation with Stanford University and Cambridge University and a Co-Founder of Parker Library Online – the leading destination for digital medieval studies.

He holds masters degrees in Engineering (Cambridge), Education (Stanford) and Business (Stanford GSB) and has a successful 25 year track record starting and building technology based healthcare companies in Silicon Valley.

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