Grand Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Led by partners Tim Streit and McKeel Hagerty, the fund invests in innovative technologies developed by startups located in emerging regions of USA and Canada. Beyond providing capital investments, the Grand Ventures team leverages the talent in their Advisory Board network to help entrepreneurs refine their strategy and focus, promote talent development, and achieve successful exits.

Grand Ventures

Serra Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in technology companies throughout the U.S. and in select international locations. Sectors we focus on include information technology, devices/instrumentation and agricultural technologies.

Serra Ventures

Break Trail Ventures is an early stage venture fund based in Columbus, OH and Boulder, CO.

Break Trail Ventures

Chaifetz Group is a venture capital and private equity firm specializing in early and mid-stage growth companies. Led by entrepreneur and investor Dr. Richard A. Chaifetz, Chaifetz Group has an established track record of building businesses and working with management teams to create lasting value. Chaifetz Group was founded in 2012 and is based in Chicago, I.L.

Chaifetz Group

Vocap partners with today’s disruptive technology companies to provide capital, operating experience, and critical relationships. Our team is comprised of experienced entrepreneurs who can relate to the everyday challenges of building a great company.

Vocap Partners

Impact Engine is a venture capital and private equity investment firm focused on growing companies that generate positive outcomes in education, health, economic empowerment, and environmental sustainability.

Impact Engine

Waterline is a group of longtime healthcare investors who partner with amazing entrepreneurs tackling the healthcare industries toughest problems.  Waterline Ventures invests in the early stage healthcare technology and services companies that are improving the way care is delivered. Increasing costs, inconsistent quality, and inadequate access to healthcare create the need for innovation. Companies that address these issues stand to create tremendous value while improving people's lives across the country and around the world. There is a massive and growing opportunity for technological transformation in healthcare. Their entrepreneurs are leading the change within healthcare.

Waterline Ventures

Aldrich Capital Partners was formed by experienced investors and operators who are successful entrepreneurs in their own right. The firm was started with the philosophy of “being the entrepreneurs behind the entrepreneur”, ….helping private, entrepreneur-run companies attain their growth objectives by tapping into the resources, knowledgebase and network of relationships of the ACP organization, a team that has been responsible for over $1B+ in technology investments over the past decade.  Companies in which the ACP Principals have invested have successfully completed Initial Public Offerings (“IPO”), and we have had numerous investments be successfully acquired by large corporations. We have a successful track record of working with owner-operators and entrepreneurs to build companies for the long-run, and then help them realize their liquidity objectives when they are ready.  ACP's principals are investors and operators, who bring their experience to bear from the strategic investment level down through active support of portfolio companies at the operational and business planning level. ACP's leadership and advisors bring many decades of experience executing transactions in sectors such as business services, software & cloud-services, fintech, healthcare IT and internet.

Aldrich Capital Partners

TimeDoc Health

TimeDoc Health is a Chicago-based healthcare IT and nursing services company that develops solutions to help physicians navigate the changing reimbursement landscape in healthcare.

<div>Chicago-based TimeDoc Health is a telehealth technology service provider operating a Software-as-a-Service model to deliver a virtual patient management and outreach platform that can either integrate to client&rsquo;s Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems or work on its own.</div>

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

Telehealth

TimeDoc Health Appoints Brian Esterly as Chief Executive Officer

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 Chicago-based TimeDoc Health is a telehealth technology service provider operating a Software-as-a-Service model to deliver a virtual patient management and outreach platform that can either integrate to client&rsquo;s Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems or work on its own.
 
 
 The hybrid platform with virtual and in-person care covers services related to care coordination, chronic care management, remote patient monitoring, and behavioral health. The platform can screen patients to find the best fit for the client&rsquo;s treatment options, helps onboard the patients, create a virtual care management plan, and provide templates for caregivers to upload their treatment plans. The platform also supplies care managers to help patients coordinate their care.
 
 
 The company operates on a B2B basis and provides its services mainly to community health centers and medical groups and practices. It is present across 35 states, currently. 
 
 
 In March 2022, the company raised USD 48.5 million in a Series B funding round led by Aldrich Capital Partners. The company has earmarked these funds to hire an additional 350 employees in 2022, including care coordination staff, sales and marketing personnel, and tech developers. The funds were also to be used to improve the platform and expand within the US.
 
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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 
 <a href="https://investors.dialogue.co/English/news/news-details/2023/Dialogue-to-be-Acquired-by-Sun-Life/default.aspx">
 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

TimeDoc Health

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