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Valuation · 2022

$4M

2024 Revenue

$1.2M(Est.)

Funding

$256K

Team

7

Founded

2020

AlzWell Revenue, Valuation & Funding (2024)

AlzWell generated an estimated $1.2M in annual revenue in 2024. Source: GetLatka estimate

AlzWell, operating under the brand febohealth at febohealth.com, is a mobile SaaS application built for chronic condition patients in the United States. The app provides tools including pill reminders, symptom trackers, crowdsourced medication data, and a real-time news feed of condition-specific research translated and curated through a patent-pending algorithm. The company launched on the App Store in June 2021 and had accumulated approximately 14,000 downloads by the time of the February 2022 interview, with no revenue yet generated.

febohealth was founded by Nicholas Focil, who also serves as CEO of FOMAT Medical Research, a clinical research agency that Focil described as generating roughly $8 million to $10 million in annual revenue. FOMAT has functionally served as febohealth's primary backer, investing an estimated $500,000 to $750,000 into the app in exchange for a 5 percent equity stake. In early 2022, febohealth closed its first SAFE round, raising $106,000 at a $4 million valuation and selling 3 percent equity, which the company described as oversubscribed.

Focil holds an 82 percent ownership stake in febohealth and has stated he does not plan to generate revenue from the app for two to three years, targeting a minimum threshold of 100,000 users before monetization. A second SAFE round is planned at a target valuation of $8 million, with 6 percent equity to be sold, bringing total equity sold across both rounds to 9 percent.

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AlzWell Revenue

AlzWell generated an estimated $1.2M in annual revenue in 2024.

febohealth had no revenue at the time of the February 2022 interview. Focil stated plainly that the product is entirely free and that the company does not plan to generate revenue for approximately two to three years.

AlzWell Revenue GrowthReported revenue / ARR over time · latest figure estimated$0$300K$600K$900K$1.2M$1.5M20202021202220232024$0$1M$1.2MSource: GetLatka.com
YearMilestoneSource
2024AlzWell Hit $1.2m revenue in October 2024Estimated
2023AlzWell Hit $1m revenue in December 2023Estimated
2020Launched with $0 revenue

Monetization is contingent on reaching a minimum threshold of 100,000 users. As of the interview, the app had accumulated roughly 14,000 downloads since its App Store launch in June 2021, representing approximately seven months of organic growth. Focil estimated weekly downloads of approximately 200, extrapolating to roughly 800 per month. The company had just activated paid advertising on February 1, 2022, the day before the interview, and expected a meaningful uptick in download volume as a result.

AlzWell Valuation, Funding Rounds

AlzWell reached a $4M valuation in 2022, set during its Pre-Seed round.

AlzWell has raised $256K in total funding across 2 rounds, most recently a $150K Pre-Seed round in 2022.

AlzWell Capital Raised & ValuationCumulative capital raised and post-money valuation by roundCapital raised (cum.)Valuation$0$0$1M$60K$2M$120K$3M$180K$4M$240K$5M$300K202020212022$4MSource: GetLatka.com
YearRoundAmountValuation% SoldSource
2022Funding round$106K--InterviewWatch[1]
2022Pre-Seed$150K$4M4%InterviewWatch[1]

Founder / CEO

Nicholas Focil

CEO

Nicholas Focil is the founder and chairman of febohealth and holds an 82 percent ownership stake in the company. He also serves as CEO of FOMAT Medical Research, a clinical research agency he described as generating approximately $8 million to $10 million in annual revenue as of 2020. Focil noted he is a shareholder but not the sole owner of FOMAT. He holds a biochemistry degree and described febohealth as emerging from his observation of an unmet need among chronic condition patients while running the research agency.

Focil was 35 years old at the time of the February 2022 interview. He described sleeping five to six hours per night and said he leans heavily on his team to manage FOMAT while building febohealth. He noted that instead of taking a bonus from FOMAT, he opted to receive additional shares in febohealth, which is how part of his equity position was structured.

Focil said the lesson he wished he had learned earlier in life was how to raise capital appropriately. Net worth was not discussed in the interview. Any estimate of net worth would require a confirmed valuation and ownership percentage applied together; based on the stated $4 million valuation and 82 percent stake, a rough implied paper value would be approximately $3.28 million, but this is a GetLatka estimate based solely on those two stated figures and should not be treated as a confirmed figure.

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Customers

febohealth had approximately 14,000 downloads as of the February 2022 interview, accumulated entirely through organic growth since the App Store launch in June 2021. Focil estimated weekly downloads of approximately 200 at the time of the interview, extrapolating to roughly 800 downloads per month.

The app is free with no paid tier in place. Pricing was not discussed because the company has not yet begun monetization. Focil stated the company is targeting 100,000 users as the minimum threshold before introducing any revenue model. Customer segmentation by condition type, seats per account, and ARPU were not applicable or discussed given the pre-revenue stage.

AlzWell Business Model

febohealth operates on a free-user-growth model with no current monetization. Focil stated the company plans to begin generating revenue in two to three years, once it reaches a minimum of 100,000 users. The specific monetization mechanism after that threshold was not described in detail during the interview.

The company's cost-per-download benchmark is the national average of $2.80 per app download. Focil noted that prior advertising run through FOMAT had achieved a cost of approximately $1.70 per download, though he acknowledged the sample size was small and that formal paid advertising had only just launched as of February 1, 2022. Gross margin, burn rate, runway, churn, LTV, CAC, and conversion rate were not discussed, as the company has no revenue and had not yet run a meaningful paid acquisition campaign at the time of the interview.

Focil described the strategic rationale for raising outside capital despite having a well-funded parent agency: the SaaS model requires rapid growth and top talent, which he argued demands a different capital structure than the slower-moving clinical research business. The ESOP pool is set at 10 percent of the cap table, reserved for key employees.

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Free users (2022)

14,000

“Nicholas Focil: We're right now about 14,000 downloads and growing. We just opened up the App Store June 2021.”

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AlzWell Employees & Team Size

Focil described having a team he characterized as top-notch, with members who share the company vision and have equity in the business. Specific headcount figures were not provided in the interview. The existence of an ESOP pool of 10 percent of the cap table indicates meaningful planned equity distribution to employees, but the number of current or planned employees was not stated.

AlzWell employs approximately 7 people as of 2026.

AlzWell Team GrowthReported headcount over time02356820202021202220232024007777Source: GetLatka.com
YearMilestoneSource
2024Reached 7 employees (October 2024)Not recorded
2023Reached 7 employees (December 2023)Not recorded

Frequently Asked Questions about AlzWell

What is AlzWell's revenue?

As of 2024, AlzWell generated an estimated $1.2M in annual revenue.

What is AlzWell's valuation?

As of 2022, AlzWell was valued at $4M.

Who founded AlzWell?

AlzWell was founded by Nicholas Focil.

When was AlzWell founded?

AlzWell was founded in 2020.

Who is the CEO of AlzWell?

The CEO of AlzWell is Nicholas Focil.

How much funding does AlzWell have?

AlzWell raised $256K across 2 rounds.

How many employees does AlzWell have?

As of 2024, AlzWell had 7 employees.

Where is AlzWell headquartered?

AlzWell is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Full Interview Transcripts

Why he raised $150k at $4m Pre Seed RoundFeb 2, 2022

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Data and Sources

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