Kanurra, a New York-based pharmacy benefit manager, has raised $6.5 million in seed funding from Necessary Ventures, Asylum Ventures, Daybreak Ventures, Virtue VC, Ford Street Ventures and Browder Capital. The financing was announced by the company on September 29, 2026.
Founded in 2026 by Semih Gultekin, Kanurra provides pharmacy benefit management services for self-funded and level-funded employers, with a focus on small and mid-sized businesses.
The company operates a pass-through pricing model under which it charges employers a flat per-employee-per-month administrative fee. Kanurra says it does not add spread or markup to prescription claims and credits 100% of manufacturer rebates it receives back to the health plan. Employers can also review claims, rebates, fees and pharmacy costs at the line-item level.
Kanurra plans to use the funding to expand the number of covered members and develop the infrastructure required to serve employers, benefit-plan partners and enrollees.
The company is headquartered in New York, while its services are designed primarily for employers operating self-funded or level-funded health plans in the United States.
