Theia
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
Theia was a São Paulo-based maternal-health startup founded by Stanford MBA graduates Flavia Deutsch (CEO) and Paula Crespi (COO). It built a parental support platform giving parents access — via chats or video calls — to obstetric nurses, gynecologists, pelvic physiotherapists, pediatricians, psychologists and other professionals. By 2022 it had consulted over 1,000 pregnant women, claiming to have cut the C-section rate among its patients to 65% in a country where 80%+ of births are via C-section. Consultations cost patients 200-400 reais ($42.50-$85). It raised $1.7M early from Kaszek Ventures and Maya Capital, then a $6.4M seed round in April 2022 from 8VC, Canaan and Kaszek.
02 / FAILURE REASONS
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03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- Early raise
Theia raises R$7 million (~$1.7M) from Kaszek Ventures and Maya Capital to develop its parental support platform, then scheduled to go live in 2020.
- $6.4M seed round
Theia closes a $6.4M seed round from 8VC, Canaan and Kaszek Ventures, having consulted over 1,000 pregnant women.
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
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Overall assessment: Not completed
05 / CAUSAL CHAIN / AFTERMATH
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