Easton Capital Investment Group manages approximately $200 million on behalf of a number of significant institutional investors in its three funds, Easton Capital Partners, L.P., Easton Hunt Capital Partners, L.P. and Easton Hunt New York LP. Easton makes investments ranging in size from $2 million to $7.5 million and has strategic co-investment relationships with many of its institutional investors which allow it to participate in larger initial and follow-on rounds of funding. Easton has offices in New York and Florida.

Easton Capital

New Science Ventures is a venture capital firm that focuses on investments in life sciences and information technology companies. They invest in early and late stage companies taking novel scientific approaches to address significant unmet needs, while creating order-of-magnitude improvements in performances. The company also invests in companies using science-based innovations to address market needs in life sciences such as pharmaceuticals, biologics, medical devices, diagnostics, and IT. The team of the company expertise in strategy and corporate planning, operations and cost management, and leadership development.

New Science Ventures

Shasta Ventures invests in startups in sectors. Their program consists of a proven methodology and a set of comprehensive playbooks that dive deep into the obstacles and challenges of early-stage startups. There is no one-size-fits-all when it comes to early-stage, so this agile program allows founders to tap into the resources they need when they need them.

Shasta Ventures

REV is a global venture capital partnership. They are backed by one of the world's largest content, technology and analytics companies, RELX Group. Their mission is to help build companies that can transform their markets through the application of data, technology and analytics. Since 2000 they have invested over $200m in Big Data, Digital Health, Internet and Enterprise Technology companies. They have been early investors in disruptive category leaders like Palantir, Healthline, Babbel and Netli. Their portfolio of companies is part of a large, extended family of businesses that also includes the entire Reed Elsevier Group. Collaboration is actively encouraged and supported. Their focus is high growth, internet, media & technology businesses based in the US, Europe or Israel. Their typical sectors include: new media, mobile, big data & analytics, healthcare information & software and groundbreaking analytic technologies. They will invest at any stage of a company's development, from early/seed stage to growth capital and whatever their initial capital investment, they remain committed to helping the company achieve market leadership. They are a global investor active in all the major western venture capital hubs - San Francisco, New York, Boston, Los Angeles, Seattle, London, Berlin and Tel Aviv. Their largest portfolio cluster is in California.

TELUS Ventures is the strategic investment arm of TELUS Corporation and one of Canada’s most active and longest-standing corporate venture capital (CVC) funds. Since 2001, TELUS Ventures has invested in and advised more than 85 companies that address some of the biggest opportunities and challenges in digital health, IoT, AgTech, digital security and connected consumer sectors.  TELUS Ventures is on a mission to seamlessly connect millions of people, companies and communities by strategically investing in the most advanced and innovative solutions that deliver value to our business and customers, fuel economic growth and deliver a positive social impact.  We are stage agnostic in our approach, and write cheques anywhere from $500,000 to $15M; We focus on horizon 2 / horizon 3 investment opportunities in early stage companies that are synergistic to TELUS and allow us to expand into new markets beyond the traditional telecommunications sector.  We work with best-in-class partners to source, nurture and scale innovation. Our established partner network includes leading incubator, accelerator and global co-investment partners as well as a global consortium of telecom companies with CVC arms.  TELUS Ventures is actively involved in portfolio companies, working directly with management. Our team members regularly act as board members and board observers, lending leadership and experience to guide their growth and success. We provide access to TELUS’ technologies and broadband networks and opportunities to promote our portfolio companies’ solutions across our ecosystem.

TELUS Ventures

New Leaf Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that invests primarily in healthcare technology. The company typically focuses on later stage biopharmaceutical products, early stage medical devices, and laboratory infrastructure technologies.  The New Leaf Ventures (NLV) team has been built over a decade, originating within Sprout Group, the venture capital affiliate of Credit Suisse First Boston. Sprout Group was formed in 1969 and has historically been one of the leading venture capital firms in the country. The team started to invest in healthcare technology in 1993 and since then, has become a leading venture investor in that sector. In 2005, the entire healthcare technology team of Sprout spun out into NLV.

New Leaf Venture Partners

OrbiMed is a healthcare-dedicated investment firm, with approximately $5 billion in assets under management. OrbiMed's investment advisory business was founded in 1989 with a vision to invest across the spectrum of healthcare companies: from private start-ups to large multinational companies. OrbiMed manages the Caduceus Private Investments series of venture capital funds and a family of public equity investment funds.

OrbiMed

Norwest is a venture capital and growth equity investment firm that specializes in venture and growth equity companies. Since its inception, it has invested in more than 600 companies and partnered with over 140 active companies across our venture and growth equity portfolio. The firm invests in early to late-stage companies across a wide range of sectors with a focus on consumer, enterprise, and healthcare. It offers a deep network of connections, operating experience, and a wide range of impactful services to help CEOs and founders scale their businesses.

Norwest Venture Partners

Invus recognizes that every company is unique and that extraordinary business performance cannot be achieved by following a formulaic approach. Due to their unique structure, they have a great deal of flexibility in the types of companies and situations where they can get involved. They know that real transformation takes time and that it is never a straight line. They fully align their incentives with their partners and have the wherewithal and long-term commitment to see through any bumps along the way. They have been successfully empowering owner-managers since 1985. They have been reinvesting the same pool of money from the same group of European families (through their Artal investment vehicle) since their founding. Today they manage over $4 billion in an evergreen fund and work out of offices in New York, London, Paris and Hong Kong.

Invus

Accolade Partners is a fund of funds organized primarily to invest in a diversified portfolio of top-tier venture capital and growth equity funds. These funds principally invest in technology and healthcare. The firm invests in the United States. Accolade Partners was founded in 2000 and is based in Washington, DC.

Accolade Partners

Black Granite Capital invests in fast growing companies in healthcare and technology.  Black Granite Capital makes growth equity investments in companies with products on the market, rapidly growing revenues, a significant competitive advantage and experienced management teams.

Black Granite Capital

Circuit Health is a global digital health venture fund founded to back the best entrepreneurs using digital technology to improve human health.

Circuit Health

HealthQuest Capital is a growth equity, private equity firm investing in commercial-stage companies across the healthcare industry, including medical devices, biopharma, healthcare services, and healthcare IT

HealthQuest Capital

Founded in 2000, Industry Ventures is an investment firm that focuses on making venture capital investments. The firm makes investments through secondary opportunities, primary fund investments and direct co-investments in venture-backed companies. The firm has $3.5B in AUM and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Industry Ventures

Founded in 1993, Montreux Equity Partners is a private investment firm focused on making growth capital investments in the leading companies of tomorrow. Our portfolio companies address the most compelling domestic and global trends in health. We are currently investing out of our fifth fund.  We focus on commercial stage companies that possess highly differentiated products, technologies, and services. At the time of investment, a company will typically have $5 to $50 million in revenues. Our capital fuels product expansion, new market entry, and strategic acquisitions.

Montreux Equity Partners

Vista Equity Partners is an investment firm that primarily invests in enterprise software that advances the digital economy. The company prefers to invest in software, agriculture, construction, education, energy, financial services, government, healthcare, hospitality, insurance, legal, marketing, media, entertainment, real estate, retail, security, telecom, transportation, and technology-enabled industries.

Vista Equity Partners

TigerConnect

TigerConnect is a provider of clinical communication solutions, TigerConnect helps physicians, nurses, and other staff communicate and collaborate more effectively, accelerating productivity, reducing costs, and improving patient outcomes. Trusted by more than 4,000 healthcare organizations, TigerConnect maintains 99.99% uptime and processes over 10 million messages each day. Its category-leading product innovations and advanced integrations with critical hospital systems deliver high value for hospitals and large health systems. Their commitment to client success is reflected in their broad support organization that works directly with clients at every stage to streamline communication workflows and achieve the highest possible ROI.  The company was incorporated in 2010 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.

TigerConnect is a healthcare technology company that provides a clinical collaboration platform to improve communication and workflows in healthcare organizations. Founded in 2010, TigerConnect offers a suite of cloud-native solutions, including clinical communication, patient engagement, physician scheduling, and alarm management. Its patient engagement functions allow healthcare providers to communicate with patients and their family members via text, call, and video.&nbsp;

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

Telehealth

TigerConnect Acquires Twiage

Samsung Electronics

To deliver an all-in-one, purpose-built healthcare solution for improving the way care teams communicate and coordinate efforts.

TigerConnect is a healthcare technology company that provides a clinical collaboration platform to improve communication and workflows in healthcare organizations. Founded in 2010, TigerConnect offers a suite of cloud-native solutions, including clinical communication, patient engagement, physician scheduling, and alarm management. Its patient engagement functions allow healthcare providers to communicate with patients and their family members via text, call, and video.&nbsp;As of <a href="https://tigerconnect.com/healthcare-organizations/">July 2024</a>, TigerConnect's solutions were used by over 7,000 healthcare organizations and 700,000 care team members. The platform facilitates more than <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/tigerconnect">10 million</a> messages daily. Key features include secure messaging, voice and video calls, nurse call integration, and the ability to receive and respond to alerts from various clinical systems. TigerConnect also offers a physician scheduling solution that allows users to build schedules, distribute call assignments, and swap shifts.TigerConnect's technology is designed to integrate with existing hospital systems and can route alerts and alarms from clinical systems like EHRs, critical labs, and smart beds to the appropriate caregivers in near real time.

Nice healthcare is a virtual and in-home primary care provider that offers a suite of healthcare services to small and medium-sized businesses, including primary care, mental health therapy, and physical therapy. Nice healthcare operates on a fixed monthly fee per member model, allowing employees to access unlimited care without additional out-of-pocket costs. The company provides virtual consultations through its app, as well as in-home visits for physical exams, lab tests, and X-rays.&nbsp;As of <a href="https://www.nice.healthcare/locations">August 2024</a>, Nice Healthcare was operating in 12 states: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin. The company's services covered <a href="https://www.nice.healthcare/the-nicessities/three-categories-of-primary-care#:~:text=Only%204%25%20of%20our%20patients,with%20Nice%20may%20look%20like.">over 95%</a> of issues patients typically discuss with their clinicians, with <a href="https://www.nice.healthcare/the-nicessities/three-categories-of-primary-care#:~:text=Only%204%25%20of%20our%20patients,with%20Nice%20may%20look%20like.">only 4%</a> of patients being referred to external specialists. The company employs nurse practitioners, registered nurses, physician assistants, and medical assistants to deliver care.As of <a href="https://www.nice.healthcare/the-nicessities/three-categories-of-primary-care">August 2024</a>, Nice healthcare offered 35 free labs and physical tests as well as in-home imaging services and prescribed over 550 free medications that could be picked up at over 60,000 pharmacies nationwide or delivered to patients' homes.&nbsp;Key customers and partnershipsIn <a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/getlabs-and-nice-healthcare-partner-to-expand-access-to-virtual-healthcare-services-and-at-home-lab-testing-301813668.html">May 2023</a>, Nice Healthcare announced a partnership with Getlabs, a provider of at-home diagnostic collections. This collaboration aimed to expand access to in-home healthcare services and lab testing, allowing Nice healthcare patients to benefit from a more comprehensive suite of diagnostic tests.

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

Dialogue is a leading virtual care and well-being platform that provides comprehensive health services to organizations and their employees. Founded in 2016, the company offers an integrated health platform that centralizes various health and wellness programs in a single application, accessible <a href="https://www.dialogue.co/en/blog/dialogues-2023-year-in-review#:~:text=Serving%2015%25%20of%20the%20Canadian%20population&amp;text=How%3F,aspects%20of%20their%20well%2Dbeing.">24/7/365</a>. Dialogue's services include primary care, mental health support, employee assistance programs, and wellness initiatives. As of <a href="https://www.dialogue.co/en/blog/dialogues-2023-year-in-review#:~:text=Serving%2015%25%20of%20the%20Canadian%20population&amp;text=How%3F,aspects%20of%20their%20well%2Dbeing.">December 2023</a>, Dialogue's platform was accessible to around 6 million Canadians, representing approximately 15% of the country's population.The company saw significant growth in <a href="https://www.dialogue.co/en/blog/dialogues-2023-year-in-review#:~:text=Serving%2015%25%20of%20the%20Canadian%20population&amp;text=How%3F,aspects%20of%20their%20well%2Dbeing.">December 2023</a>, with a 34% increase in consultations across all aspects of well-being in 2023 compared to the previous year. Mental health consultations, in particular, saw a 67% increase.&nbsp;In <a href="https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/dialogue-enters-into-license-agreement-with-sun-life-u-s--824463104.html">July 2023</a>, Dialogue was acquired by Sun Life for an undisclosed sum, expanding its reach beyond Canada. This expanded service reach was estimated to cover an additional 600,000 members in the US. The acquisition was completed in <a href="https://www.sunlife.com/en/newsroom/news-releases/announcement/sun-life-completes-the-acquisition-of-dialogue-canadas-premier-health-and-wellness-virtual-care-platform/123792/">October 2023</a>, with Dialogue continuing to operate as a standalone entity.Key customers and partnershipsThe company has partnerships with major insurers and benefits providers to offer its services as part of employee benefits packages. Additionally, the company noted that, as of <a href="https://www.dialogue.co/en/pricing">August 2024</a>, it worked with over 50,000 companies across Canada to provide its services to employees.

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.

Companies that use GenAI as a core part of their product offering for Telehealth

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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 TigerConnect, a provider of clinical collaboration platforms for healthcare facilities, has purchased Twiage, a New York-based health tech company specialising in pre-hospital communication and care coordination. The specific terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
 Twiage's key product is a service that enables improved communication workflows between emergency medical services (EMS) and hospital emergency departments. It allows for the sharing of patient information in real-time while patients are still being transported to the hospital.
 With this acquisition, TigerConnect plans to enhance its services by incorporating pre-hospital communication and transfer center workflows, thereby providing an alternative to conventional chat systems that rely on Electronic Health Records (EHR). This addition aims to facilitate faster clinical decision-making and better coordinated care for patients from the point of transit to their arrival at the hospital.
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