Jan 21, 2021

I was first introduced to Andrew Dudum , the CEO of Hims & Hers, in 2016 by Atomic’s Chester Ng . I was instantly impressed by Andrew’s energy, charisma and unbounded ambition. A year later Medha Agarwal , Ryan Sarver and I were sitting in Andrew’s office diving deeper into the vision for Hims & Hers and hearing about the initial success of the launch just weeks earlier. The three of us walked away extremely excited by Andrew’s passion for broadly redefining healthcare and knew we had to move fast. The very next day the entire Redpoint partnership cleared our calendars and went to the Atomic office in the Presidio to meet with the Hims & Hers team. At the end of the meeting, we asked for a few minutes to discuss the investment — all of us were truly inspired by what the team was building and knew we needed to be part of the Hims & Hers journey. After Andrew came back into the conference room we shared with him our enthusiasm for the team, the vision and the market opportunity. We surprised him with a manilla envelope inside of which was a signed, peach color (the Hims & Hers brand color) term sheet in the signature Hims & Hers font. The smile on his face suggested we hit upon a core emotion and connected with his appreciation of design. That was the start of our journey together. Hims & Hers was just an eight-person team at that point, treating hundreds of patients per day. Since then, the team has scaled to enabling over two million medical visits while continuing to innovate and expand the product portfolio. In just this past year alone, Hims & Hers has added everything from mental health services to primary care to access to one of the first, at-home saliva based tests for Covid authorized by the FDA under an emergency use authorization. Today is an exciting day as Hims & Hers becomes a public company. It still feels like the early days. We’re excited to continue on this journey and see the impact Hims & Hers will continue to have on redefining health and wellness as a public company. Stay tuned!