Harbor Health acquires Seattle dementia care startup Rippl

Rippl, a Seattle-based software startup that built a dementia care platform, has been acquired by Harbor Health, an Austin-based healthcare company. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Founded in 2021, Rippl provides specialized dementia care and support — including personalized care plans, medication assessments, and 24/7 access to care navigators and licensed clinicians — with the goal of improving outcomes for patients and caregivers. It aims to help seniors living with dementia stay at home and reduce emergency room visits. The company serves multiple states and works in coordination with partners such as the Alzheimer’s Association.

Rippl’s platform will be integrated into Harbor Health’s broader healthcare services for chronic conditions. Harbor Health, founded in 2022, pairs healthcare with insurance plans designed to better align benefits and clinical guidance. It raised $130 million in September.

“We couldn’t be more excited to begin an entirely new chapter of growth and development as we join the Harbor team with an ambition to set the standard for smarter, more effective and lower cost dementia care,” Kris Engskov, Rippl’s co-founder and CEO, wrote in a LinkedIn post.

Engskov previously led Bellevue, Wash.-based Aegis Living as president and is a former longtime exec at Starbucks. Other Rippl co-founders include Inca Coman, a venture partner at ARCH Venture Partners, and Robert Nelsen, managing director at ARCH.

Rippl raised a $23 million investment round in 2024 and a separate $32 million round in 2022. In a press release announcing the acquisition, Rippl said its investors are “making a new commitment to the combined company.” Its existing backers include Kin Ventures, ARCH Venture Partners, General Catalyst, GV (Google Ventures), F-Prime Capital, JSL Health, and Mass General Brigham Ventures.

Under the acquisition, Rippl’s services will continue to be available to people receiving care through Harbor Health and affiliated clinics.