Backing the most resilient entrepreneurs
Who are driving innovation in our nation’s most critical healthcare gaps with technology-driven solutions.
aware health
Orthopedic conditions are one of the top medical costs for U.S. employers. Aware was created to help companies significantly cut costs while getting employees back to work faster by successfully triaging, diagnosing, and optimizing care delivery. Aware uses cutting-edge research to inform clinical decisions, resulting in lower utilization rates for the most costly diagnostics and treatments.
Sector
Digital Health
Co-Investors:
Boomerang VC, Bright Ventures, Tidal River Fund,
Date
Q3 2024
Location
San Francisco Bay Area
Theme
Health Access, Musculoskeletal
Next Life Sciences
Next Life Sciences is modernizing reproductive healthcare starting with PlanA™, a non-invasive, pain-free, non-hormonal, permanent and easily reversible male birth control and vasectomy alternative.
Sector
Medtech
Co-Investors:
Particular Ventures, JoyFund, Transform VC, Unpopular Ventures, Startup Health
Date
Q3 2024
Location
Southern California
Theme
Global Health, Health Equity
CRISPR QC
CRISPR QC is the first CRISPR Analytics Platform that can quickly and effectively simulate gene editing under a wide variety of conditions, helping making CRISPR gene editing safe & scaleable. Customers can control and predict how their gene edits will go and what to optimize to get their desired outcomes. This allows for rapid product development and precision in therapy.
Sector
Data, Analytics
Co-Investors:
XCelerant Ventures, Serra Capital, Kereitsu
Date
Q3 2024
Location
San Diego, California
Theme
Global Health, Drug Development
Raydiant oximetry
Raydiant Oximetry is introducing Lumerah™, a safe, noninvasive fetal pulse oximeter that measures fetal oxygen saturation without adversely affecting the labor process. Offering greater accuracy and insight into fetal health so obstetrical providers no longer need to depend solely on the fetal heart rate, allowing them to make better-informed decisions and provide improved patient care.
Sector
Medical Device
Co-Investors:
Cross Border Impact Ventures, Avestria Ventures, RH Capital, Steel Sky Ventures, March of Dimes
Date
Q2 2024
Location
San Francisco Bay Area
Theme
Women’s Health
nicolette
Nicolette's patented technology mines raw NICU patient data from the EHR and transforms it into easy to use tool that gives patients and their families the superpower to self-advocate. Reducing hospital length of stay and readmission rates in the NICU, and turning parents into partners and collaborators in care.
Sector
Digital Health, Medical AI
Co-Investors:
Cedar-Sinai Accelerator, Techstars, Wavemaker360 Health
Date
Q2 2023
Location
Southern California
Theme
Pediatrics
sober sidekick
Sober Sidekick’s patented “empathy algorithm” allows those who are recovering from substance abuse to instantly connect and receive support from others in the sober community and get the support they need when they need it. Instead of sending people to rehab, Sober Sidekick partners with the healthcare payers themselves to help people get - and stay, sober.
Sector
Digital Health
Co-Investors
Nina Capital, American Heart Association
Date
Q2 2024
Location
Bentonville, Arkansas
Themes
Addiction, Data
tenzr health
Tenzr Health increases the effectiveness of physical therapy recovery by gamifying the at-home rehab experience. Improving compliance and outcomes and helping clinics generate additional revenue through Remote Therapeutic Monitoring.
Sector
Digital Health, Medtech
Co-Investors
Mayo Clinic, Particular Ventures, Kereitsu Forum, Health Equity Angels
Date
Q3 2022
Location
Seattle, Washington
thera b Medical
TheraB Medical is developing the SnugLit™ Portable Phototherapy System. SnugLit is the only portable, wearable phototherapy garment for the treatment of jaundice that keeps babies in their mother’s arms, increasing bonding & breastfeeding without interrupting treatment. Developed in collaboration with over 350 nurses, doctors, and parents, SnugLit delivers a better treatment experience for families & a more cost-effective solution for medical providers in the hospital or at home.
Sector
Medtech
Co-Investors
Steel Sky Ventures, SmartGate VC, Health Equity Angels
Date
Q3 2023
Location
New Jersey
Themes
Pediatrics, Global Health
better meal AI
BetterMeal AI is a spearhead in Gut health, Omics, and artificial intelligence that reveals the connection between the gut universe and food to help restore human health. The helps users identify foods that specifically work for your personalized Gut and heal issues like PCOS, Thyroid, Type 2 Diabetes, IBD, Ulcerative Colitis, Crohn's disease, and Celiac. Understanding food at the molecular level, finding unique insights into food’s connection with our bodies. The unexplored depths of Gut health identifies the inflammatory markers earlier, so they can be healed.
Sector
Digital Health, Medical AI
Co-Investors
Sandhill Angels
Date
Q3 2022
Location
San Francisco Bay Area
Themes
Microbiome, Food as Medicine
Talamus Health
In emerging markets, lack of existing infrastructure makes it difficult for patients to access providers and pharmacies. Talamus is a mobile-first, hybrid cloud healthcare data platform that links patients to a comprehensive healthcare services value chain.
Sector
Digital Health, Medical AI
Co-Investors
Google for Startups - Black Founders Fund, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Date
Q3 2022
Location
San Francisco Bay Area
Themes
Global Health, Africa
almon
therapeutics
Dry Age Related Macular Degeneration is a degenerative condition of the retina with no treatment and no cure. The condition is wide spread globally, onset of the condition will eventually cause blindness and 80% of AMD cases are the dry form. Almon Therapeutics has developed a combination therapy which regulates bioenergetic failure within the retina to halt the progression of AMD.
Sector
Therapeutic
Date
Q3 2022
Location
Southern California
Themes
Global Health