The 7wire Ventures’ vision is to use the power of mobility, connected devices, the cloud, and sophisticated analytics to further advance industries like healthcare and education. We like to make a difference in things that matter.  The firm was founded on the concept of disrupting the status quo—supporting new ideas, technologies, approaches, and business models for solving society’s most important problems.  7wire Ventures provides funding and operating guidance to companies that challenge the “way things are done.” Through the creation of new businesses, investments in early and growth stage companies, and by complementing funds with insight and experience, we have a track record of transforming great ideas into world-class companies.

7wire Ventures

Founded in 1996, FCA Venture Partners has a long history of investing in successful healthcare entrepreneurs. The firm is passionate about building sustainable businesses and providing strategic value to their portfolio companies. FCA invests $3-6M in fast growing healthcare companies making processes in the industry faster, better, and cheaper while improving the quality of care and the patient experience. With its location in Nashville, roots with Clayton Associates and the McWhorter Family, and deep involvement in the growth of the U.S. healthcare community, FCA Venture Partners is poised to take advantage of disruptive opportunities that help move healthcare forward.

FCA Venture Partners

Lifeforce Capital invests in digital health companies enabling new care delivery models or more efficient therapeutic development. Lifeforce Capital is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Lifeforce Capital

NFP Ventures' mission is to find, fund and work successfully with visionary entrepreneurs, applying NFP’s expertise to facilitate long-term success. Typically, the firm targets companies seeking Seed to Series B investments that can benefit from NFP's distribution, human capital and other unique assets to accelerate their growth.

NFP Ventures

Leaps by Bayer invests in paradigm-shifting advances in the life sciences and specializes in the fields of biotechnology, agriculture, and scientific breakthrough. The firm's approach is making significant and sustained investments in disruptive biotechnologies that could have the greatest impact on humanity. It was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Leverkusen, Nordrhein-Westfalen.

Leaps by Bayer

We invest in the dreamers, the thinkers, and the doers who have the ambition and persistence to change the world with their innovative tech. We will be your partner and champion throughout your journey.  Big Pi is a venture capital fund, investing in founders working on proprietary technologies that help solve big problems. We are excited by teams building solutions based on advances in computer science, artificial intelligence, life sciences and climate technologies. Some of our portfolio companies are already transforming their respective industries. We’ve been where you are at. Some of our team members have built very successful businesses  of their own (and failed multiple times as well). To really help you reach the promise land, it takes more than just investing money.   We have just launched our second fund and are ready to invest in the most exciting businesses of the future.

Big Pi Ventures

Intermountain Ventures is the strategic investment arm of Intermountain Healthcare. It focuses on new ventures, strategic investing, and strategic partnerships. It partners with early- and growth-stage companies, corporations, venture capital/private equity firms, technology organizations, and mission-based organizations that are leading the charge to improve health. It was founded in 2019 and is based in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Intermountain Ventures

Human Capital is a venture firm for builders. We believe ambitious builders turn great ideas into great companies. We invest in founders, teams, and startups that share this mindset. In the last 6 years, that mantra has led us to invest in 15 companies before they became unicorns, including Snowflake, Anduril, Livongo, and Brex (where we wrote the first check). We have over $1.3B in total capital committed and we've built a community of over 5,000 incredible, driven, ambitious builders.

Human Capital

SemperVirens is an early-stage ecosystem fund investing in workforce technology, healthcare technology, and financial technology companies looking to solve employer needs. Its team members bring deep industry experience, relationships, and insights.

SemperVirens Venture Capital

Elements Health Ventures is a venture capital firm.

Elements Health Ventures

Mercato Partners is a minority growth investor. It seeks high-growth technology and consumer companies with $7 - $50M in annual revenues. These companies are no longer trying to simply prove if a product can work (venture), but are rather raising capital to accelerate marketing and sales efforts (growth).  Mercato traditionally writes $7 - $20M initial checks into companies with a predictable use of proceeds, an experienced management team, and healthy margins.  Mercato focuses its sourcing efforts on Southern California, Utah, Colorado, Idaho, Texas, and the Midwest.

Mercato Partners

Health Catalyst Capital Management is a venture capital fund investing in high growth US- based Healthcare IT businesses focused in a few key themes, each with potential to achieve $1 billion enterprise value in new or disrupted markets globally.

Health Catalyst Capital

Distributed Ventures invests in entrepreneurs as they transform the future of risk across FinTech, InsurTech, Digital Health & Benefits. As former founders, investors, and operators, we provide deep subject matter and early-stage operational expertise to help companies find success from day one.

Distributed Ventures

Cylinder

Founded in 2021 and offered as an employer benefit, Cylinder (formerly Vivante Health) delivers personalized, clinician-backed care to those suffering from digestive issues through its virtual health platform. Cylinder’s tech-forward, human-first program connects members to the right level of support at the right time through an easy interface, bringing the healthcare ecosystem together to align around member needs. Cylinder’s dedicated care teams help members proactively address their gut health from every angle – decreasing costs, reducing absenteeism, and improving their quality of life, at scale. Cylinder’s vision is to create a world where people receive convenient, personalized, and affordable access to the quality digestive healthcare they need to improve their overall health. Learn more at cylinderhealth.com.

Cylinder (formerly known as Vivante Health) is a chronic care management platform focused on offering an end-to-end virtual care solution to manage digestive health and gut-related diseases. It uses a patient-centric approach, whereby members have around-the-clock access to nurses, dietitians, and health coaches via its GIThrive digestive health program. GIThrive was built on its clinically validated tech that delivers longitudinal data (collected sequentially from an individual over a period of time) to support targeted nutrition counseling. Cylinder also offers GutCheck, a microbiome test, and GIMate, a connected clinical-grade breath testing device that measures hydrogen concentration in the breath. The company’s unique offering includes the use of its breath testing device to help treat individuals who experience discomfort or illness from gastrointestinal issues, unlike most other chronic management programs.

Membership-based, non-insurance healthcare companies helping maintain a steady state of well being.

Preventive Healthcare

Cylinder Tackles Digestive Health Costs at National Healthcare Forum

Virgin Pulse

Personify Health expanded the list of Vivante Health's solutions that were available via its platform

Managing employee health-related benefits

Health Benefits Platforms

Enterprise platforms that allow employers to directly manage and customize employee benefit plans. These platforms enable enterprises to present employees with multiple health benefits options across health plans and negotiate terms with third-party health administrator services and insurance providers

Personify Health began offering the services of Vivante Health via its platform

Cylinder (formerly known as Vivante Health) is a chronic care management platform focused on offering an end-to-end virtual care solution to manage digestive health and gut-related diseases. It uses a patient-centric approach, whereby members have around-the-clock access to nurses, dietitians, and health coaches via its GIThrive digestive health program. GIThrive was built on its clinically validated tech that delivers longitudinal data (collected sequentially from an individual over a period of time) to support targeted nutrition counseling. Cylinder also offers GutCheck, a microbiome test, and GIMate, a connected clinical-grade breath testing device that measures hydrogen concentration in the breath. The company’s unique offering includes the use of its breath testing device to help treat individuals who experience discomfort or illness from gastrointestinal issues, unlike most other chronic management programs.&nbsp;Key customers and partnershipsIts B2B2C client base, consisting of Fortune 500 employers and insurance providers, grew 5x YoY in 2021. Key clients include US Foods, Bucknell University, and Marpai as well as employer healthcare solutions such as Virgin Pulse and Accolade. As of March 2022, the company’s services were available to 500,000 covered lives.In November 2023, the company entered a national distribution agreement with health insurance company <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/23411">UnitedHealthcare</a> to gain access to large self-funded employers to offer its GIThrive digital digestive health solution.Funding and financialsThe company raised USD 31 million in a <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/22063">Series B </a>funding round in September 2023, led by Mercato Partners. The funds were used to support Cylinder’s technology upgrades to predict and manage gastrointestinal (GI) conditions.

Cylinder (formerly known as Vivante Health) is a chronic care management platform focused on offering an end-to-end virtual care solution to manage digestive health and gut-related diseases. It uses a patient-centric approach, whereby members have around-the-clock access to nurses, dietitians, and health coaches via its GIThrive digestive health program. GIThrive was built on its clinically validated tech that delivers longitudinal data (collected sequentially from an individual over a period of time) to support targeted nutrition counseling. Cylinder also offers GutCheck, a microbiome test, and GIMate, a connected clinical-grade breath testing device that measures hydrogen concentration in the breath. The company’s unique offering includes the use of its breath testing device to help treat individuals who experience discomfort or illness from gastrointestinal issues, unlike most other chronic management programs.Key customers and partnershipsIts B2B2C client base, consisting of Fortune 500 employers and insurance providers, grew 5x YoY in 2021. Key clients include US Foods, Bucknell University, and Marpai as well as employer healthcare solutions such as Virgin Pulse and Accolade. As of March 2022, the company’s services were available to 500,000 covered lives.In November 2023, the company entered a national distribution agreement with health insurance company <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/23411">UnitedHealthcare</a> to gain access to large self-funded employers to offer its GIThrive digital digestive health solution.Funding and financialsThe company raised USD 31 million in a <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/22063">Series B </a>funding round in September 2023, led by Mercato Partners. The funds were used to support Cylinder’s technology upgrades to predict and manage gastrointestinal (GI) conditions.

Cardiomo Care is developing noninvasive wearable devices to alert users and caretakers when there are abnormalities in the heartbeat. The company’s AI engine, trained on existing and growing data sets, can predict potential heart issues up to two hours before they occur, enabling early detection and intervention for arrhythmias and other cardiovascular diseases (CVDs).The company's product, CardiomoPatch, is a waterproof, wearable patch capable of long-term wear with a 10-day battery life. The patch monitors a patient's cardiac data, including ECG outputs, breathing, and skin temperature, and transmits the data via a mobile app for analysis by Cardiomo's AI engine.&nbsp;As of May 2024, the company is yet to commercialize its product and has over 1,600 pre-orders.

Cardiomo Care

Omada is a prevention-focused digital therapeutics startup that helps members achieve health goals through lifestyle changes. It offers four evidence-based, virtual prevention programs for managing hypertension, musculoskeletal (MSK) issues, prediabetes, and diabetes.Omada offers real-time data tracking through connected devices (such as wireless scales, blood pressure, and glucose monitors) and access to personalized coaching sessions via a mobile app as part of its prevention program. It also provides an online community of peers with similar health conditions to discuss challenges and provide support. In May 2021, Omada became the first fully-virtual healthcare provider to earn the National Committee for Quality Assurance’s Population Health Program Accreditation for its type 2 diabetes and type 2 diabetes + hypertension programs.Unlike its peers, Omada operates a performance-based business model where it charges clients an enrollment fee based on the number of users and a performance fee based on how much weight their employees lose. In May 2020, the company acquired virtual physical therapy startup Physera.Key customers and partnershipsAs of May 2024, Omada had more than 1 million members from more than 1,900 enterprise clients across all 50 US states. Its B2B employer and health plan client base include key clients such as American Eagle, Kaiser Permanente, Costco Wholesale, 3M, and Marvin. Additionally, the company has partnered with health systems and hospitals such as Intermountain Healthcare to provide its preventive programs as a covered benefit.In <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/15587">January 2023</a>, the company partnered with health service company Castell (a subsidiary of Intermountain Healthcare) to provide its diabetes programs to members from Intermountain Healthcare’s primary care providers in its Utah Medical Group. Further in <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/25245">January 2024</a>, the company partnered with Amazon to expand access to its cardiometabolic program.

Omada Health

VillageMD provides primary care services for patients. It also provides tools, technology, and staffing support needed for physicians to deliver high-quality services. VillageMD’s service delivery methods include traditional freestanding clinics, Village Medical at Walgreens co-located clinics, as well as at-home and around-the-clock virtual visits. It also leverages a team-based approach to care where physicians lead nurse practitioners, pharmacists, mental health specialists, and dietitians to offer a holistic care program. The technology of VillageMD includes docOS, an operating system that enables better patient care by connecting various clinical source systems with ongoing patient-generated data coupled with an AI engine to continuously analyze messages to enable patient self-care.The company made several acquisitions to expand its footprint: 1) <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/14347">Summit Health</a> for USD 8.9 billion in November 2022, 2) Healthy Interactions, an interactive patient education platform, in February 2022, and 3) <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/16968">Starling Physicians</a>, a primary care and specialty care provider, in March 2023.Key customers and partnershipsIn June 2020, VillageMD and Walgreens Boots Alliance announced a collaborative effort to open at least 600 Village Medical centers at Walgreens across more than 30 US markets by 2025. Walgreens invested USD 5.2 billion in VillageMD (from the previously announced USD 1.0 billion), raising its ownership stake to 63% (from 30%).However, as of May 2024, Walgreens had plans to close 160 VillageMD clinics as part of a cost-cutting plan.

VillageMD

Cityblock Health is a value-based healthcare provider focused on delivering comprehensive care to underserved communities, primarily Medicaid and lower-income Medicare beneficiaries. The company combines primary care, behavioral health, and social services to address the complex physical, mental, and social needs of its members.Cityblock's model involves partnering with local community-based organizations and deploying multidisciplinary care teams that include doctors, nurses, behavioral health specialists, and community health workers. These teams provide personalized care through 24/7 access to multi-modal care delivery, including in-home visits, telehealth, and community health hubs.The services of Cityblock are available to members at no additional cost if they are covered by an eligible health plan.Key Customers and PartnershipsAs of May 2024, the company’s services were available in seven states across the US and served over 100,000 members.In May 2024, it partnered with <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/29647">Sunshine Health</a> to expand to Florida, and, in <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/13270">September 2022</a>, it partnered with MDwise to expand into Indiana. Prior to that, the company had partnered with insurance providers such as ConnectiCare (Connecticut), Tufts Health Plan (Massachusetts), Emblem Health (New York), Healthy Blue (North Carolina), Molina Healthcare (Ohio) and CareFirst (Washington DC).Funding and FinancialsCityblock is a spin-off of Sidewalk Labs, an Alphabet company that incubates and invests in tech companies and products to improve urban infrastructure. It completed a USD 400 million Series D funding round led by Softbank in <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/5326">September 2021</a>, valuing the company at USD 5.7 billion. The funds were used to expand its services.

Cityblock Health

Everside Health (formerly Paladina Health) offers preventative care for chronic conditions and primary, mental and occupational healthcare treatments for acute conditions. Patients benefit from around-the-clock access to care, same-day or next-day appointments for in-person, and virtual care visits with zero copays.Everside aims to generate around 17% healthcare cost savings in three years and 31% in five years for its corporate members by leveraging a data-driven approach to care coordination.The company leverages data from past medical records, predictive analytics, and AI in the delivery of preventative care services.Founded in 2010 under the name Paladina Health, the company was rebranded in November 2020 as Everside Health following a merger between three primary care groups (Paladina, Activate Healthcare, and Healthstat). Furthermore, in February 2024, Everside Health merged with primary care provider Marathon Health to form a combined entity that would operate as Marathon Health, and, as of May 2024, the integration was ongoing.Key customers and partnershipPost-merger with Marathon Health, the combined entity would serve 2.5 million patients through over 680 clinics across 41 states.Funding and financialsThe company received its most recent investment in July 2022, amounting to USD 164 million in growth equity funding. The round was led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA). The funds were allocated toward growing its market presence and exploring opportunities for M&amp;A as well as to enhance and improve its product features. Additionally, the firm planned to expand its coverage of specialty care services aimed at individuals, employers, and union organizations.

Everside Health

Platforms offer a subscription-based or B2B-sponsored, evidence-based program for managing a specific long-term health condition.

DPCs offer value-based primary and preventive care services addressing whole-person (social, mental, physical) needs for a fixed monthly or annual fee paid by either the patient, insurance provider, or employer.

Companies offer B2B and D2C evidence-based treatments delivered via software programs to prevent and manage a variety of chronic conditions.

Tools that collect and analyze real-time patient data that supports healthcare providers with clinical decisions,  improves patient outcomes, and reduces medical errors.

Companies offer independent physician practices and hospitals with the tools (patient engagement, care coordination, administrative services) to help manage and improve clinical health outcomes of a defined group of individuals or large populations.

Platforms are used to track and gather patient health-related information via either a connected device or at-home test kits to detect the early onset of disease and identify any abnormalities in readings—but do not include a treatment plan.

To gather large amounts of real-time data for chronic care management, DTx, and patient monitoring

XR used by some startups for chronic pain management

Offers digital means of providing direct primary care, passive remote monitoring, chronic care management, etc.

AI/ML is used in predictive analytics, diagnostics tools, and population management

Offers tailored preventive interventions and treatments to the specific needs and characteristics of each individual

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The chronic management care company, Vivante Health, has signed a national distribution agreement with health insurance giant, UnitedHealthcare (UHC). Through this deal, Vivante Health will be able to provide its digital digestive health solution, GIThrive, to large self-funded employers. Additionally, GIThrive will be the first digestive health solution available on the UHC Hub. GIThrive uses virtual tools like food tracking, educational content, and direct support from dietitians to offer personalized care and help enhance users' digestive health.

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