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New York-based is developing a health care technology platform for chronic pain sufferers to manage their treatments.

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The company closed on more than $20 million in seed funding to scale operations for its customized pain treatment plans that are nonaddictive, affordable and delivered to the patient鈥檚 door.

and led the investment and were joined by a group of founders from companies including , , , , and .

Founder and CEO launched the company in 2020, which is his first foray into health care after founding other companies, as well as advising and investing in them for the past 13 years.

鈥淚 had a deeply personal experience with a loved one in chronic pain and spent years navigating the system with them,鈥� Dorfman told 附近上门 News.

Upon describing the situation to his friend , a pain neurologist who became his co-founder, Hascalovici was able to identify the problem and helped keep Dorfman鈥檚 loved one out of pain for five months. When Dorfman asked Hascalovici why it took so long to find the right doctor and treatment, he was surprised to learn the reason.

鈥淭here are only 7,000 doctors in pain management, but 50 million Americans dealing with this, and studies show 2 million new people are added each year,鈥� Dorfman said. 鈥淲e knew we had to do something about it.鈥�

Clearing is essentially taking what Hascalovici does in his practice, moving it online, and adding in affordable physical therapy and compound pharmacy programs, with a goal of reaching those 50 million people who wouldn鈥檛 normally be able to see a pain management doctor, Dorfman said.

The company launched its platform Tuesday, which connects patients with a medical professional who reviews their background, history and symptoms to develop a bespoke treatment plan, with 10,000 on the waitlist.

Dorfman intends to use the new funding for further customer acquisition and product development. While it鈥檚 too early to discuss company growth, he did say that Clearing is working with sports teams and a group of medical professionals.

鈥淲e need to get out there and get Clearing into the hands of patients,鈥� Dorfman added. 鈥淭hese are people who are already trial-and-erroring many different solutions in order to find relief. We are here to provide them with a 鈥榤edical hug,鈥� and a solution that is grounded in science. They tell us how they feel, and we are their Sherpa on the journey to find the solution that works for them.鈥�

Meanwhile, , founder and managing partner of , and Clearing investor, said the company is operating in a new category of health care she called 鈥渃onsumerization of health,鈥� that is about delivering care.

鈥淲e are excited about companies like this, which have a social moral imperative to bring care to patients that don鈥檛 have access,鈥� Melton said in an interview. 鈥淐learing is treating chronic pain with the person, not as a disease, which empowers them to manage their disease so they can go back to life.鈥�

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