2022 Fire Awards, Rising Founders: Joe Cardosi, Free Market Health

In the past year at health tech company Free Market Health, Joe Cardosi has tripled headcount to 40, grown the Strip District-based startup’s payer client base and raised $13.5 million in Series A funding. Born and raised in Pittsburgh, he founded the company in 2019 after a 15-year career in specialty pharmacy. Cardosi is preparing Free Market Health for even more milestones as it looks to broaden its online marketplace. The company’s platform is designed to ease pain points for all who interact with the specialty pharmacy supply chain. Customers can range from patients to insurers to the pharmacies themselves.

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