aid: comprehend
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/comprehend.png
name: Comprehend
description: >-
  Comprehend Systems, Inc. was a clinical-trials software company that built
  SaaS analytics for the life-sciences industry. Its flagship product,
  Comprehend Clinical, let clinical data managers and executives monitor
  studies and make real-time decisions across multiple source systems without
  moving the underlying data. The company raised a Lightspeed Venture Partners
  Series B in 2014 and was acquired by Saama Technologies in 2019, after which
  the standalone Comprehend product and the comprehend.com domain were retired.
  This API Evangelist profile is a Lightspeed portfolio lead; the company is
  defunct as an independent entity and publishes no live developer portal,
  API, documentation, or SDKs.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/comprehend/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- lightspeed-venture-partners
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: acquired
x-acquired-by: saama
x-acquired-year: 2019
x-former-website: https://comprehend.com
x-api-provider: false
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
tags:
- Company
- Clinical Trials
- Healthcare
- Life Sciences
- Clinical Data Management
- Analytics
- SaaS
- Acquired
apis: []
common:
- type: VentureCapital
  name: Backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners
  url: https://lsvp.com/company/comprehend/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence