Seven Peaks Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund focused on data-driven enterprise software, digital health technologies, ML/AI, IoT, and cloud-based solutions. Seven Peaks Ventures is located in Oregon and was founded by Dino Vendetti in 2013.

Seven Peaks Ventures

Founded in 2007, the Oregon Venture Fund is the largest and most active venture fund focused on supporting startups and growth companies with a presence in Oregon and SW Washington. The fund has invested over $120 million and is backed by the leaders of Oregon’s business, technology, and entrepreneurial communities. Consistently one of the top performing venture funds in North America, OVF invests $15 million annually in the most promising startups and growth companies in Oregon and SW Washington. Over 4,200 jobs have been created by the 75 companies in the portfolio. OVF’s largest investors include the State of Oregon, Oregon Community Foundation, and Meyer Memorial Trust. OVF invests $500K to $3M per round and can allocate up to $10M for each portfolio company. The fund is stage and sector agnostic.

Oregon Venture Fund

The Portland Seed Fund invest in pre-seed and seed-stage companies across the Pacific Northwest. The majority of investments are in Oregon, with 10-20% of investments in other parts of the Northwest. Typical initial investment size of $50,000-$100,000 with participation in multiple follow on rounds. Sector agnostic - the largest sector is B2B software / SaaS with investments in data center infrastructure, AR/VR, health care IT, direct-to-consumer, e-commerce, mobile, cleantech, food, and apparel. 10-20 investments per year. Now investing out of third fund with more than $20 million AUM. Since 20011 PSF has invested $8 million in more than 90 companies who have gone on to raise more than $370 million from other sources.    More than half of PSF companies have a female or person of color on the founding team, and more than a third have a female CEO.

Portland Seed Fund

de Anda is a venture capital firm based in California that invests in seed and early stage ventures.

de Anda Capital

The R-Group

StartX is a 501(c)(3) Stanford-affiliated nonprofit in Silicon Valley that runs one of the world’s top startup accelerator programs. Its mission is to advance the development of the best entrepreneurs through experiential education and peer learning. Since launching in 2010, it has supported more than 450 companies and 1000 entrepreneurs, from early to pre-IPO stage, working across a wide spectrum of industries.    StartX and StartX Med, dedicated to medical and biotechnology innovation, provide founders with access to a powerful network of entrepreneurs, investors, mentors, and industry partners, along with office space and a variety of other resources. Based in Palo Alto, the accelerator also operates StartX-QB3 Labs and the Stanford-StartX Fund. We are funded by Stanford University, Stanford Health Care, Microsoft, Steelcase, Hyundai, Oriza Ventures, Nissan, Panasonic, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Analog Devices, Silicon Valley Bank, Greylock Partners, Sequoia Capital, and many others. For more information, visit startx.com The company is associated investment vehicle, the Stanford-StartX Fund is a partnership between StartX, Stanford University and Stanford Health Care.  It can invest only in StartX companies who raise qualified rounds of venture capital using objective criteria; it is founder opt-in.

StartX (Stanford-StartX Fund)

Otter Rock Capital invests in exciting, fast-growing, early-stage companies.

Otter Rock Capital

Hoist Fund

B Capital Group backs brash entrepreneurs building technology companies. With offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Singapore, B Capital Group focuses on pioneering start-ups that are ready to scale across the global stage. Partnering with Boston Consulting Group, and its incubation arm BCG Digital Ventures, B Capital delivers access to top corporations to match start-ups with the world's most powerful CEOs, platforms, and brands. B Capital Group's unique multinational presence, combined with deep industry expertise, has built a portfolio of B2B and B2B2C startups that are transforming large traditional industries across borders and geographies. It helps startups navigate business challenges, raise capital, and attract talented leadership at key points of their journeys to scale.

B Capital

Pritzker Group Venture Capital helps entrepreneurs build market-leading technology companies at every stage of their growth. Since its founding in 1996, the firm has worked side-by-side with entrepreneurs at more than 100 companies, building partnerships based on trust and integrity. Its proprietary capital structure allows for tremendous flexibility, and our experienced team of investment professionals and entrepreneurs offers companies a vast network of strategic relationships and guidance.  Successful exits in recent years include Fleetmatics (NYSE: FLTX), SinglePlatform (acquired by Constant Contact), Zinch (acquired by Chegg), Playdom (acquired by Disney), LeftHand Networks (acquired by Hewlett-Packard), and TicketsNow (acquired by Ticketmaster).

Pritzker Group Venture Capital

Concord Health Partners is a healthcare-focused investment firm with a strategic model that optimizes the alignment of interests between investors and portfolio companies. Concord is primarily focused on investing in healthcare companies that have the potential to enhance the value of care through products, services, technologies, and solutions that lower costs, improve quality, and/or expand access to care. Concord Health Partners was founded in 2017 by James T. Olsen and Joseph Swedish.

Concord Health Partners

Philips Health Technology Ventures is an investment firm that invests and improves care for aging global populations.

Philips Health Technology Ventures

At UnityPoint Health, they’re committed to investing in ideas and partners that provide an easier, more personal experience for their patients and providers. That’s why they founded their Innovation Venture Fund in 2019, which manages financial and strategic investment opportunities.

UnityPoint Health Ventures

Bright.md

Bright.md is a developer of an AI-powered virtual-care platform designed to modernize direct-to-patient telehealth for healthcare systems. The company partners with premier healthcare organizations to offer SmartExam to more than 10 million patients who are seeking convenient urgent and primary care online, connecting them to their physicians via a home computer or mobile device reducing visits, enabling patients to receive conveniently, high quality, asynchronous, online care from established and trusted health system providers. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Portland, Oregon.

<div>Bright.md is an AI-based physician assistant program and web-based telehealth provider. The company&rsquo;s SmartExam AI-powered physician assistant acts as a virtual front door to triage and direct patients to in-person or video consultations. SmartExam also supports diagnosis by conducting online assessments that are integrated with the electronic health records before a video consultation.&nbsp;</div>

More important now than ever, telehealth will long outlast the pandemic that drove its growth.

Telehealth

98point6 Technologies Announces the Acquisition of Bright.md to Accelerate the Launch of its Asynchronous Care Module

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 Bright.md is an AI-based physician assistant program and web-based telehealth provider. The company&rsquo;s SmartExam AI-powered physician assistant acts as a virtual front door to triage and direct patients to in-person or video consultations. SmartExam also supports diagnosis by conducting online assessments that are integrated with the electronic health records before a video consultation.&nbsp;
 
 
 In addition to SmartExam, Bright.md provides a Covid-19 evaluation and screening tool, Smart Exam URI, to rate patients with common upper respiratory infection symptoms. Bright.md&rsquo;s client base consists of large North American hospitals including Mercy, SCL Health, and Prisma Health.&nbsp;
 
 
 In October 2023, Bright.md was acquired by Evernorth's subsidiary, MDLive, for an undisclosed amount. 
 Post-acquisition, MDLive will incorporate Bright.md&rsquo;s offerings into its virtual care platform. Additionally, MDLive plans to launch an emergency asynchronous option for virtual urgent care beginning in 2024. After this service launches, the company will look to expand these care options to other chronic disease management services and wellness visits over time.
 
 
 
 
 
 Funding and financials
 
 
 In March 2020, Bright.md raised a Series C funding round that brought total funding up to USD 29 million.&nbsp;
 
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 Nice Healthcare is a US based telehealth company with a focus on primary care services to business-to-business (B2B) clients. Once the employer signs its employees with Nice (at a cost of USD 30 to USD 36 per employee per month), employees do not have to incur out of pocket expenses for Nice services and can schedule virtual or home visits within the time frames specified by the company. It connects patients with practitioners through a mobile app over video calls or text messages. Members can also request home visits which will be completed within a few hours, as claimed by the company. As of March 2022, Nice was operating in twelve states, and had over 400 small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
 
 
 In March 2022, the company raised USD 30 million in Series A financing led by DNA Capital which has been earmarked to expand its platform&rsquo;s reach among small and medium businesses. Additionally, the company is hiring three members for its management team to support the continuing growth of the organization.
 
 
 
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Nice Healthcare

Amicomed is a cloud-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform which provides blood pressure monitoring services. It collects blood pressure data of patients from at-home devices, applies algorithms, and assesses the fluctuations in the blood pressure. Physicians can be connected and provided with blood pressure data of their patients in order to facilitate their workload, enabling more personalized management of patients regarding medication and lifestyle indications.Amicomed can also recommend actionable and personalized lifestyle interventions such as daily diet and exercises via virtual coaching.

Amicomed

Winston is a men’s health telemedicine platform that treats common issues impacting men such as sexual problems, hair loss, acne, and cold sores. Winston allows patients to consult doctors, place orders for prescription drugs, and offers free delivery to the homes of patients.The Toronto-based company aims to avoid men deferring doctor visits or withholding sensitive information. The consultation fee is covered by the provincial health plan, but the prescriptions are billed to the customer.

Winston

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 Dialogue partners with employers and health insurers to offer telehealth services to their employees and members. The users have 24/7 access to doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals via audio, video, and chat options for wide arrays of physical and mental health needs, artificial intelligence-enabled (AI-enabled) triage, referrals, and prescription renewals. 
 
 
 The company launched its trademarked Integrated Health Platform in January 2021 to consolidate its virtual care, wellness programs, mental healthcare services, and Employee Assistance Program (EAP) onto a single platform. The company claims to be the only integrated health and wellness B2B platform in Canada. 
 
 
 Key Customers and partnerships
 
 
 Dialogue had direct relationships with over 2,000 customers across Canada and Germany as of December 2020 and served around 50,000 organizations through these partnerships. In addition, the number of members with access to the virtual platform topped 1 million in January 2021. 
 
 
 Fundings and financials
 
 
 As of March 2021, Dialogue was planning to raise CAD 100 million (USD 80 million) from an initial public offering that will be listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol &ldquo;CARE.&rdquo; 
 
 
 In Q2 2023, net losses reduced significantly YoY to CAD 5.8 million (USD 4.3 million) from CAD 8.4 million (USD 6.3 million) in Q2 2022. Top-line revenue met internal expectations, growing 17.2% YoY to CAD 25.5 million (USD 19.0 million), driven by &nbsp;an increase in new members (by 18.6% YoY), 
 an expansion of the attach rate as existing customers added more services, and full-quarter contributions from Tictrac.
 
 Dialogue Health has not provided any forward-looking guidance as the company has entered into an agreement to be 
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 acquired by financial services company Sun Life Financial
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 for a consideration of CAD 365 million (USD 270 million) or CAD 5.15 (USD 3.82) per share. The transaction is expected to close in Q4 2023. Post acquisition, Dialogue will delist from the Toronto Stock Exchange but will continue to operate as a standalone entity under the &ldquo;Sun Life Canada&rdquo; brand from its head office in Qu&eacute;bec. 
 
 
 
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Dialogue

Grin offers telemedicine and remote monitoring services for orthodontic needs such as braces and teeth straightening. Patients can conduct self-scans (using a Grin device made available to patients in collaboration with 3M) which can be connected to their smartphones and share the feed with orthodontists to access dental solutions. The company plans to go to a subscription-based model after the pandemic. The app also encourages patients to have a 40-second check monthly and share the scan with a dentist in order to allow patients to regularly maintain their dental hygiene.Grin is the only Telehealth disruptor covered on the hub that provides virtual orthopaedic consultations.Funding and financialsIn April 2021, the New York-based teledental platform concluded a seed funding of USD 14 million, and the funds will be allocated to develop additional functionalities by building out its technology. The proceeds will also be used to scale up its team, expand its geographic footprint, and add doctors to the company’s orthodontic partner network.

Grin

Real-time collection of patients’ health-related data using any remote patient monitoring device combined with general telemedicine services to reduce readmission rates. 


A platform that facilitates the transmission of patient data to different locations for further evaluation and interpretation by medical specialists. 


A digital platform that offers specialty care services to address the specific needs of a patient or demographic, including consultations where patients are generally reluctant to meet practitioners face-to-face.

Primary care through virtual consultations for general health-related concerns using a digital platform or mobile app. 

Companies developing B2B software solutions for patient engagement, care navigation, practice management, and electronic health records integration to facilitate telehealth services for healthcare providers. 

IoT is used by most telehealth providers to operate virtual services

All telehealth players are involved in digital health via virtual offerings

Industry players offer varying degrees of personalization for each target audience

Some players offer technology and platforms to healthcare providers, converting physical-only services into virtual services

Specific telehealth offerings focus on diversity and inclusion, providing care to LGBTQ+ or BIPOC populations

Generative AI is used to streamline administrative tasks such as clinical note-taking

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Evernorth, the pharmacy care and health benefits arm of Cigna, has acquired Bright.md through its subsidiary, MDLive. MDLive plans to incorporate Bright.md's offerings into its virtual care platform, with an emergency asynchronous option for virtual urgent care launching in 2024. The company also has plans to expand these care options into chronic disease management services and wellness visits. Additionally, MDLive will expand its chronic condition care management services to include health coaching, powered by AI-based digital coaching provider Welldoc. This will allow providers to engage patients and support them in managing lifestyle changes.

Bright.md

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