The trigger · Funding · Yesterday
Closed a $42M Series B led by Cresthaven Growth Partners to expand into three new states and scale the platform to 400 hospital customers.
Source: Company press release, October 19, 2026
Why it fits your Business DNA
A funded healthcare platform that just committed publicly to tripling its customer base will hit infrastructure, compliance and on call limits inside two quarters. Meridian's HIPAA ready managed cloud and 24x7 operations is the exact capacity gap this round is meant to close.
The executive · validated
Daniel Okafor
Vice President, Infrastructure and Platform Engineering
2 years 4 months in role
Mobile+1 (919) 555-0147validated
Owns cloud, reliability and security engineering. Reports to the CTO. Posted twice in the last month about on call load and SOC 2 Type II.
Day 1Congrats on the Series B, Daniel
Daniel,
Congratulations on the $42M round. Tripling to 400 hospital customers in three new states is a serious commitment, and it is the kind that usually lands on the infrastructure team first.
Meridian runs managed cloud operations and security for healthcare platforms at exactly this stage. We take the 24x7 operations, the HIPAA controls and the audit evidence off your engineers so they can ship the roadmap the round was raised for.
Worth a 20 minute conversation about what the next two quarters look like on your side?
Jordan Ellis
Meridian Cloud Services
Day 3The quiet cost of 400 hospitals
Daniel,
One thing we see every time a platform scales from a hundred customers to several hundred: the on call rotation that worked at 150 engineers' worth of load breaks at 400 hospitals, because every new customer brings its own integration, its own uptime expectations and its own security questionnaire.
We built our operations model for that curve. Happy to show you what the first 90 days usually look like.
Jordan
Day 6SOC 2 Type II before the next board meeting
Daniel,
You mentioned SOC 2 Type II on LinkedIn last month. Most of the platforms we work with needed it inside a year of their B because the hospital procurement teams asked for it.
Meridian's managed environment ships with the controls and the evidence collection already in place, which turns a nine month project into a review.
If that is on your list, I can walk you through how two of our healthcare clients did it. 20 minutes, your calendar.
Jordan
Day 9A number, not a pitch
Daniel,
Quick one. For a platform at your size we typically take over cloud operations, security monitoring and compliance evidence for less than the fully loaded cost of one senior SRE, and we are live in about five weeks.
If the math is interesting, I will send the one page scope. If not, no follow up from me.
Jordan
Day 13Three new states, three new data residency questions
Daniel,
Expanding into three states usually means at least one hospital system asking where the data lives and who can touch it. We handle region design, access controls and the paperwork that comes with it as part of managed operations.
If you would rather talk through it than read about it, here is my calendar: [link]
Jordan
Day 18Closing the loop
Daniel,
I will stop here. If the infrastructure side of the Series B plan ever needs more hands than hires, Meridian is a call away, and I will keep an eye on how the rollout goes.
Congratulations again on the round.
Jordan Ellis
Meridian Cloud Services
Connection request
Daniel, congratulations on the Series B. I work with healthcare platform infrastructure teams at Meridian and would like to follow how the 400 hospital rollout goes. Jordan
Message 1 (after connect)
Thanks for connecting, Daniel. Your post on on call load stuck with me. We run 24x7 cloud operations for healthcare platforms so the engineers stop carrying the pager. If the next two quarters look heavy on your side, happy to share how two similar teams handled the scale up.
Message 2
Daniel, one data point: both healthcare clients we onboarded after their B had SOC 2 Type II done inside a quarter because the evidence collection was already built into the managed environment. If that is on your list for the hospital procurement teams, worth 20 minutes.
Message 3 (last)
Last note from me, Daniel. If infrastructure ever becomes the thing slowing the rollout down, Meridian can take operations, security and compliance off the team in about five weeks. Rooting for the expansion either way.
Opener (live answer)
Daniel, Jordan Ellis with Meridian Cloud Services. I know I am catching you cold, so I will be quick. I saw the Series B announcement yesterday and the plan to reach 400 hospitals. We run managed cloud operations and security for healthcare platforms going through exactly that scale up. Is infrastructure capacity part of how you are thinking about the next two quarters, or is it already handled?
Voicemail
Daniel, Jordan Ellis at Meridian Cloud Services. Congratulations on the Series B. We run 24x7 cloud operations, security and HIPAA compliance evidence for healthcare platforms scaling past a few hundred customers, and I wanted to see whether that is useful as you move toward 400 hospitals. I will send a short email with the detail. My number is 919 555 0190. Thanks, Daniel.
Gatekeeper path
Hi, this is Jordan Ellis from Meridian Cloud Services for Daniel Okafor. It is about the infrastructure plan behind the Series B expansion. If he is heads down, could you let me know the best window to reach him, or whether someone on his team owns cloud operations? (If routed to voicemail, use the voicemail script.)
Live conversation guide
1. Confirm the trigger: how much of the 400 hospital plan lands on infrastructure this year?
2. Current state: who carries on call today, and how many engineers are on the rotation?
3. Compliance: has SOC 2 Type II or state data residency come up in hospital procurement yet?
4. Cost frame: what does a senior SRE hire cost you fully loaded, and how long to fill?
5. Close: offer a 30 minute scoping call with a Meridian solutions lead this week, and send the one page scope the same day.
“We just raised, we are hiring our own SREs.”
Handle itGood, you should. Hiring takes four to six months per senior SRE and the rollout starts now. We cover operations while you hire, then stay on the night and weekend coverage nobody wants, so your hires build instead of babysit.
“Our platform is in the cloud already, it runs fine.”
Handle itIt runs fine at today's load. The question is what breaks at 400 hospitals, each with its own integration and uptime demands. We take the operations and security layer so the team you have can focus on the product.
“HIPAA and SOC 2 are handled by our compliance person.”
Handle itPolicies, yes. Evidence collection across a growing cloud estate is where it gets heavy. Our managed environment produces the evidence continuously, which is why our clients finish Type II in a quarter instead of a year.
“We cannot hand security to a third party.”
Handle itYou keep ownership and every control stays in your account. We operate under your policies, with your approval on changes, and you can see everything we do. Most CISOs we work with find the visibility improves.
“Now is not a good time, we are mid expansion.”
Handle itThat is exactly when the infrastructure team is most stretched. The scoping call is 30 minutes, and we are live in about five weeks, which is before the first new state goes live.
“Send me something and I will look.”
Handle itI will send the one page scope today. Can we put 20 minutes on the calendar for next week so I can answer the questions it raises, rather than leaving it in the inbox?