Thrive Therapies Raises $7.7 Million to Scale Healthcare for Children with Disabilities Inside Schools
Business Wire•22/10/2026•11:00 ET
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Key Highlights
- ➤Thrive Therapies raises $7.7 million in funding led by LiveOak Ventures
- ➤Thrive serves students with disabilities across more than 200 schools in six states
- ➤Thrive Clinical has documented more than 18,000 therapy sessions
- ➤More than 85 percent of students met their annual IEP goals
- ➤46 percent met goals and no longer required services, versus near 8 percent nationally
Expert Statements
Dr. Kristin McGraner, Founder and CEO of Thrive Therapies
“I've been on every side of this. I ran a school system that paid for these services, I spent years researching whether they worked, and I was a child whose disability was identified late”
Dr. Kristin McGraner, Founder and CEO of Thrive Therapies
“The constant was that nobody could tell us precisely what a child needed, early enough to matter. That's what we built Thrive to fix.”
Krishna Srinivasan, Board member and founding partner, LiveOak Ventures
“Dr. Kristin McGraner and the team at Thrive bring a rare combination of education and clinical leadership and proprietary technology to serve both children and the schools that support them”
Krishna Srinivasan, Board member and founding partner, LiveOak Ventures
“Thrive has already shown strong traction across multiple regions, and it signals a massive shift in how special education services are delivered, measured and paid for.”
Thrive Therapies Raises $7.7 Million to Scale Healthcare for Children with Disabilities Inside Schools
Round led by LiveOak Ventures backs former Vanderbilt researcher Dr. Kristin McGraner's outcomes-first model, as districts nationwide face a shortage of therapists and a rising number of students with disabilities who need them
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