M7 Health Raises $10M to Rebuild Nurse Scheduling from the Inside Out
M7 Health provides a platform that optimizes nurse scheduling and staffing by aligning shifts with individual preferences and professional goals.
M7 Health is on a mission to fix one of the most overlooked yet essential problems in hospital operations: nurse scheduling. Co-founded by Ilana Borkenstein, a former registered nurse at Memorial Sloan Kettering, and her Harvard Business School classmate Eric Gruskin, the company has just raised a $10 million Series A round led by Threshold Ventures. First Round Capital, Lakehouse Ventures, and 25m Health also participated.
“We built M7 by nurses, for nurses,” said Borkenstein, who named the company after the bone marrow transplant unit—M7—where she worked during her clinical years. “We know that staffing isn’t just a math problem. If you miss the human element: preferences, burnout, retention–you’ll never solve it.”
From Spreadsheets to Seamless Scheduling
The M7 platform helps hospitals align clinical realities with individual nurse preferences to build fair, personalized, and efficient schedules. Its AI tools allow nurse leaders to collect and quantify staff input, automate shift filling, and balance skill sets, certifications, and union requirements—all while reducing overtime, agency costs, and time spent on manual scheduling.
Nurses using M7 report improved work-life balance and greater transparency. Hospital systems see results, too: a 50% reduction in scheduling time, a 40%+ drop in overtime, and the elimination of contract labor in some settings. The company’s footprint now includes more than 13,000 healthcare professionals across 60 hospitals, with agreements to double that reach by year’s end.
A Frontline-Informed, Nurse-Led Vision
M7’s approach reflects Borkenstein’s firsthand view of the problem: “Even in one of the best hospitals in the country, I saw my assistant nurse manager juggling spreadsheets, sticky notes, and phone calls every shift just to make the schedule work,” she said. “I wondered—if we can help cure cancer, why can’t we fix this?”
That question became the foundation for M7’s platform, which not only eases administrative burden but also identifies nurses at high risk of churn, enabling proactive support. The platform’s “house view” gives administrators a centralized, real-time picture of staffing across multiple units or hospitals.
Redesigning the Workforce for a New Era
COVID accelerated a structural shift in the nursing workforce—bringing in more per diem, travel, and gig-based nurses alongside full- and part-time staff. M7 is purpose-built to navigate that complexity.
“We’re the technological olive branch between the workforce and administrators,” Borkenstein explained. “If we can align their incentives with transparency and smarter tools, we can build a more sustainable, effective system.”
With burnout, turnover, and labor costs still climbing across healthcare, M7 Health is taking aim at a vital piece of the puzzle—and building from the ground up with nurses at the center.
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