# Mark Hyman

> Mark Hyman is a Series A investor at Function Health backing Health Care and Fitness. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Function Health](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/function-health)
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Sep 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drhyman
- Website: https://x.com/drmarkhyman
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drmarkhyman

Mark Hyman is a Series A investor at Function Health focused on Health Care and Fitness. Mark Hyman is based out of Massachusetts and is the Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer of Function Health and also the Scientific and Medical Advisor of Klothea Bio. Mark previously worked at Canyon Ranch as a Co-Medical Director. Mark Hyman attended the University of Ottawa.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 4 | 80% |
| Fitness | 2 | 40% |
| Wellness | 2 | 40% |
| Medical | 1 | 20% |
| Payments | 1 | 20% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 40% |
| Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 20% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 60% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Truemed | TrueMed is a mechanism for payments that enables health + wellness businesses to accept HSA/FSA funds. TrueMed deployments are straightforward (official Shopify payments app/code snippets) and set up in under 30 minutes without requiring any engineering on the part of the business. | $3.5M | Seed | Sep 18, 2023 |  |
| HumanCo | HumanCo is a disruptive mission-driven holding company that focuses on investing in Healthier Living.Despite all the advances in science and modern medicine, this is the first generation in recorded human history that is predicted to live a shorter lifespan than the previous generation. At HumanCo, it hopes to reverse this trend and effectmeaningful change through the companies in which we invest and incubate. | $35M |  | Sep 22, 2021 |  |
| HumanCo | HumanCo is a disruptive mission-driven holding company that focuses on investing in Healthier Living.Despite all the advances in science and modern medicine, this is the first generation in recorded human history that is predicted to live a shorter lifespan than the previous generation. At HumanCo, it hopes to reverse this trend and effectmeaningful change through the companies in which we invest and incubate. | $35M | Convertible Note | Sep 22, 2021 |  |
| Hu Kitchen | A bit groggy, run-down, and over-caffeinated. Even though they were living a “healthy” lifestyle - no junk food, some exercise, and some label reading - they weren’t really thriving. So Jordan, their co-founder and corporate defector (he didn’t come from the food industry, but he’s in deep now), immersed himself in all things food: the gut-brainconnection, systemic inflammation, the impact of certain foods and additives on their health, and where potentially harmful things are hiding in their food supply. |  | Series A | May 15, 2018 |  |
| Parsley Health | Parsley Health is a new kind of healthcare service that integrates technology, nutrition, wellness and prevention into cutting-edge primary care. The company was founded in 2016 by Dr. Robin Berzin, M.D., a Columbia-trained physician, digital health expert and leader in functional medicine. Parsley clinics are currently open in Los Angeles, NewYork City and San Francisco. Learn more at www.parsleyhealth.com | $10M | Series A | Apr 17, 2018 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Jazz Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jazz-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Vista Equity Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vista-equity-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Amplo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amplo) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Balius Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/balius-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bullish](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bullish-co) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Plus Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/plus-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Function Health

VC Fund · Los Angeles, United States

Function Health is a health platform offering lab tests to help individuals monitor their health.

5 contacts available at Function Health.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Daniel Sodickson | Chief Medical Scientist and Co-director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-sodickson-k |
| Jonathan Swerdlin | Co-founder and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jonathan-swerdlin |
| Josh Burns | VP of Finance | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/josh-burns-96db |
| Loren Gould | UK GM | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/loren-gould |
| Mark Hyman | Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-hyman |

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## FAQ

### What does Mark Hyman invest in?

Mark Hyman invests primarily in Health Care, Fitness and Wellness startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Mark Hyman last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Mark Hyman closed in Sep 2023. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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