Cover Meet Emil Eriksen, the founder transforming Philippine healthcare through &you’s AI-powered telehealth platform and patient-focused approach (Photo: Courtesy of &you)
Meet Emil Eriksen, the founder transforming Philippine healthcare through &you’s AI-powered telehealth platform and patient-focused approach (Photo: Courtesy of &you)
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At the intersection of technology, discretion and accessibility, this founder is building a telehealth platform that promises to transform Filipino healthcare from the ground up
On any given evening, Emil Eriksen sits before three monitors in a modest Fort Bonifacio office, Slack notifications pinging in the background. No entourage, no corner office, just the glow of screens and a company being built in real time. This is &you, his telehealth platform, and its creation is emblematic of the new generation of Filipino founders: operators who measure success in execution, not optics.
Eriksen’s days begin before dawn, a meticulously engineered routine of meditation and cold exposure designed to sustain focus through twelve-hour stretches. It is the same discipline he applies to &you’s operations. “Others raise funds to survive. We raise funds to accelerate,” he explains. This acceleration is apparent. Within six months, &you secured over USD $1 million in funding at an eight-figure valuation, projecting profitability within weeks.
The roster of backers reads like a blueprint of both influence and expertise: Nicolas Aboitiz; Lui Clavano; Roland Ros and Rexy Dorado of Kumu; actress and mental health advocate Kylie Verzosa; growth-architect Jordan Glickman; Harvard-trained physician Quincy Raya; and investor and Gen.T Leader of Tomorrow Rafa Rodrigo. The round also drew the participation of Silicon Valley operator Jeremy Cai, a Thiel Fellow, underscoring the platform’s international credibility.
On the institutional front, the funding round was led by Fluent Ventures, a US-based firm with a track record of backing seven companies that later became unicorns. Early investor Everywhere Ventures, also based in New York, returned to increase its stake, signalling strong confidence in both the founder and the platform. Meanwhile, Gennecs Pharmaceuticals joined as a strategic partner, providing &you with a comprehensive operational advantage across the entire pharmaceutical lifecycle—from development to commercialisation—an edge that few digital health companies can claim.
But Eriksen’s focus has always been more than financial milestones. Raised in a family rooted in the medicine field, he observed firsthand the gaps in traditional healthcare. “Walking into a traditional clinic can feel like stepping into a time machine,” he says. “The technology exists to make healthcare convenient, accessible, and dignified. Filipinos deserve that. They deserve world-class health-tech.”
Half of Filipino families face financial strain accessing care, and for many, the clinics closest to them are unreachable. Conditions carrying social stigma—sexual health, hair loss, weight management—are often untreated until too late. The result is a vast, unregulated market for medicines sourced from unsafe channels. &you tackles this gap directly: fully online consultations, licensed physicians, same-day discreet deliveries, and a digital-first approach designed to normalise care.
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Above Mental health advocate Kylie Verzosa at a shoot for &you (Photo: Courtesy of &you)
Mental health advocate Kylie Verzosa at a shoot for &you (Photo: Courtesy of &you)
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Above An &you container, designed for discreet, same-day healthcare at home (Photo: Courtesy of &you)
Above Collaboration and expertise converge in the team behind the platform (Photo: Courtesy of &you)
An &you container, designed for discreet, same-day healthcare at home (Photo: Courtesy of &you)
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Beyond convenience, Eriksen envisions systemic change. &you is developing an AI-driven telehealth engine designed to alter not just how patients consult, but how they are treated. With three major product launches planned over the coming months, the platform is moving faster than most incumbents can respond.
Yet Eriksen is insistent this is a team endeavour. A high-school dropout who began coding and launching ventures as a teenager, he works alongside his staff twelve-hour days, six days a week. Their model of execution contrasts sharply with traditional operators reliant on presentations, networking, or external validation. Success is measured in patient outcomes, efficiency, and the quiet accumulation of capability.
&you is part of a broader shift in Philippine entrepreneurship—a new generation of builders, unafraid to move silently, focused on substance over style. Emil Eriksen and his team are executing a vision that, when it becomes fully visible, could transform not just healthcare, but expectations of what local startups can achieve.
To learn more, head to andyou.ph or follow @andyou.ph on Instagram.
Syrah is Tatler Philippines’ Power & Purpose editor, where she spotlights extraordinary journeys shaping the Philippines and Asia. She covers business, innovation, impact, and culture—chasing the people, ideas and forces shaping how we live and think today.
