Biofourmis vs Alan

Alan has a disclosed valuation of $5.8B, while Biofourmis's valuation is not publicly available, making a direct size comparison difficult. Alan employs 500-1000 people.

Alan has raised more in total funding at $750M, compared to Biofourmis's $465M — a gap of $285M. Combined, the two companies have completed 2 known funding rounds.

Alan leads with an Awaira Score of 83/100, while Biofourmis sits at 73/100. That 10-point gap reflects real differences in funding, scale, and traction — it's not a vanity metric.

Biofourmis was founded by Kuldeep Singh in 2015. Alan was founded by Jean-Charles Samuelian in 2016. Visit each company's profile on Awaira for a full founder biography.

Biofourmis: Biofourmis develops AI-powered digital therapeutics and remote patient monitoring technology that combines wearable biosensor data with machine learning models to predict clinical deterioration, monitor chronic disease progression, and support clinical trial digital endpoint measurement. The Singapore company platform processes continuous physiological data streams from patients in hospital-at-home programs, enabling earlier clinical intervention and reducing avoidable readmissions for heart failure, oncology, and post-surgical patients.\n\nThe company raised approximately $445 million including a Series D from investors including SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Openspace Ventures, and Mass General Brigham Ventures. Biofourmis has built partnerships with health systems including Brigham and Women Hospital, Guy Hospital, and several major Asian health systems for remote monitoring program deployment, and has entered into pharmaceutical partnerships for using its digital monitoring platform as a clinical trial measurement tool to capture digital endpoints.\n\nBiofourmis competes in the remote patient monitoring and digital therapeutics market against BioIntelliSense, Current Health, and Validic, as well as the monitoring capabilities of established medical device companies including Philips and Masimo that are adding AI analytics to their remote monitoring platforms. The hospital-at-home model, which uses continuous remote monitoring AI to substitute inpatient hospital stays for selected patient populations, represents a significant healthcare cost reduction opportunity that health systems in the US, UK, and Asia are actively piloting. Alan: Alan is an AI-powered health insurance platform that combines employer group health insurance products with a digital health companion application, using AI to personalise member health recommendations, streamline claims processing, and provide on-demand access to telehealth and mental health resources. The Paris company holds full insurance carrier status in France, Belgium, and Spain, operating as a licensed insurer rather than a distribution intermediary.\n\nThe company raised approximately $220 million including a Series D round from investors including Temasek, Coatue, and Index Ventures, reaching a valuation of approximately $1.4 billion. Alan reports over half a million members across its markets, covering employees at several thousand companies including Stripe, Spendesk, and Vinted, with strong growth in SME employer sales driven by its digital-first enrolment and claims experience. The Alan app provides members with health navigation, symptom checking, and AI-generated health content in addition to insurance card and claims management functionality.\n\nAlan competes in the European digital health insurance market against traditional mutuals including Malakoff Humanis and AG2R La Mondiale, as well as digital health insurers including Henner and Oscar Health in the US context. Its vertical integration as a licensed insurer combined with a technology platform differentiates it from insurtechs that distribute existing insurer products through digital channels, giving Alan full control over the member experience and claims economics. The company is considered one of the most significant French technology companies building in regulated financial services.

Biofourmis got there first, launching in 2015 — that's 1 year of extra runway. Alan didn't arrive until 2016. In AI, that kind of head start means more training data, deeper customer relationships, and a bigger talent moat.

Biofourmis has about 100-500 employees; Alan has about 500-1000. A bigger team usually means more revenue or heavier VC backing, but in AI, small teams can build at massive scale.

Yes — they're direct rivals. Both Biofourmis and Alan compete in AI Healthcare, targeting many of the same buyers. If you're evaluating one, you should be looking at the other.