Define Ventures

Define Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in San Francisco that concentrates on digital health and healthcare technology. Founded in 2019, the firm invests in startups developing digital health solutions and related healthcare tech, aiming to accelerate product development and market adoption. It partners with founders who bring specialized digital health expertise to redefine healthcare, providing support to help early-stage companies scale and navigate regulatory and market challenges.

Kristi Ebong

Investor

Chuka Esiobu

Investor

Garrett Howard

Senior Associate and Investor

Lynne Chou O’Keefe

Managing Partner

Chirag Shah

Partner

Hong Truong

Principal

Frank Williams

Venture Partner

Past deals in Health Insurance

Marit Health

Seed Round in 2025
Marit Health is a digital platform designed to empower clinicians in their career progression. It facilitates anonymous, verified salary sharing among healthcare professionals, providing detailed insights into compensation by specialty and location. This includes data on salaries, bonuses, benefits, and shifts, enabling clinicians to make more informed career decisions.

Soda Health

Series B in 2024
Founded in 2021, Soda Health is a Chicago-based healthcare technology company committed to reducing health disparities by addressing social determinants of health. It operates a platform that delivers personalized benefits, providing real-time access to essential services such as healthy food, over-the-counter medications, and transportation.

9amHealth

Series A in 2024
9amHealth is a healthcare service provider that aims to deliver comprehensive medical support for chronic conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia. The company offers personalized care plans, prescription medication, at-home lab tests, and unlimited virtual visits, ensuring that patients have direct access to affordable and compassionate care. By redesigning all care elements into a single digital service, 9amHealth caters to the modern realities of patients' lives, making healthcare always available and convenient, even for those without insurance. Its focus on chronic conditions highlights its commitment to improving the health and well-being of customers in the United States.

Cohere Health

Series C in 2024
Founded in 2019 and based in Boston, Cohere Health is a healthcare technology company dedicated to enhancing efficiency and effectiveness within the healthcare system. It achieves this by leveraging technology to simplify processes, improve communication among stakeholders, and ultimately optimize patient outcomes.

UpStream Care

Series B in 2022
UpStream Care is a primary care services and technology company providing physicians with support and systems. It allows physicians to focus on what they and their patients value the most. Their intelligent technology platform, which integrates with all physician EMRs and provides an elegant workflow for all care coordination activities, augments this in-person clinical support.

Folx Health

Series B in 2022
Folx Health is a Boston-based telehealth platform founded in 2020, specializing in digital healthcare services tailored for the LGBTQIA+ community. It offers access to queer and trans clinicians, focusing on gender-affirming hormone therapy, sexual health, and family creation services.

Soda Health

Series A in 2022
Founded in 2021, Soda Health is a Chicago-based healthcare technology company committed to reducing health disparities by addressing social determinants of health. It operates a platform that delivers personalized benefits, providing real-time access to essential services such as healthy food, over-the-counter medications, and transportation.

Concert Health

Series B in 2022
Founded in 2016, Concert Health operates an online platform that connects patients with therapists and psychiatrists through their primary care providers. The company offers remote clinical staffing, screening tools, implementation guidance, documentation support, and evidence-based care integration to facilitate behavioral health services within medical practices.

9amHealth

Series A in 2022
9amHealth is a healthcare service provider that aims to deliver comprehensive medical support for chronic conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia. The company offers personalized care plans, prescription medication, at-home lab tests, and unlimited virtual visits, ensuring that patients have direct access to affordable and compassionate care. By redesigning all care elements into a single digital service, 9amHealth caters to the modern realities of patients' lives, making healthcare always available and convenient, even for those without insurance. Its focus on chronic conditions highlights its commitment to improving the health and well-being of customers in the United States.

Story Health

Series A in 2022
Story Health Corporation is a healthcare technology company founded in 2020 and based in Saratoga, California. The company develops intelligent embedded virtualized clinical care software tools designed to assist healthcare specialists, including neurologists and primary care physicians, in understanding medical situations and making informed clinical decisions. Story Health's platform utilizes data from high-frequency sources to enhance therapy management through virtual protocols and adaptive machine learning. By focusing on patient-centered design, Story Health aims to bridge the gap between clinical evidence and real-world patient experiences, enabling clinicians to effectively address the physiological effects of disease and therapy.

MedArrive

Series A in 2021
MedArrive operates a SaaS platform that connects healthcare providers with patients in their homes. Its technology integrates clinical data into electronic medical records, facilitates communication, and manages billing. By utilizing an underutilized workforce of EMS professionals, MedArrive improves patient outcomes, fosters self-advocacy, reduces costs for payers and providers, and increases access to quality healthcare.

Centivo

Venture Round in 2021
Centivo Corporation is a health insurance provider that specializes in offering innovative health plans for self-funded employers, employees, and clinicians. Established in 2016 and headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, with additional offices in New York and Buffalo, Centivo serves as an alternative to traditional insurance carriers and third-party administrators. The company integrates technology, network management, claims processing, and customer support to effectively administer health benefits. Centivo emphasizes collaboration between employees and their primary care teams to coordinate healthcare needs, encouraging members to engage in high-value care through personalized matching tools and a user-friendly app. By focusing on controlling costs and improving navigation through the healthcare system, Centivo positions itself as a dedicated partner to employers, ensuring accountability and minimizing waste in healthcare spending.

9amHealth

Seed Round in 2021
9amHealth is a healthcare service provider that aims to deliver comprehensive medical support for chronic conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia. The company offers personalized care plans, prescription medication, at-home lab tests, and unlimited virtual visits, ensuring that patients have direct access to affordable and compassionate care. By redesigning all care elements into a single digital service, 9amHealth caters to the modern realities of patients' lives, making healthcare always available and convenient, even for those without insurance. Its focus on chronic conditions highlights its commitment to improving the health and well-being of customers in the United States.

Soda Health

Seed Round in 2021
Founded in 2021, Soda Health is a Chicago-based healthcare technology company committed to reducing health disparities by addressing social determinants of health. It operates a platform that delivers personalized benefits, providing real-time access to essential services such as healthy food, over-the-counter medications, and transportation.

Cohere Health

Series B in 2021
Founded in 2019 and based in Boston, Cohere Health is a healthcare technology company dedicated to enhancing efficiency and effectiveness within the healthcare system. It achieves this by leveraging technology to simplify processes, improve communication among stakeholders, and ultimately optimize patient outcomes.

Folx Health

Series A in 2021
Folx Health is a Boston-based telehealth platform founded in 2020, specializing in digital healthcare services tailored for the LGBTQIA+ community. It offers access to queer and trans clinicians, focusing on gender-affirming hormone therapy, sexual health, and family creation services.

Story Health

Seed Round in 2020
Story Health Corporation is a healthcare technology company founded in 2020 and based in Saratoga, California. The company develops intelligent embedded virtualized clinical care software tools designed to assist healthcare specialists, including neurologists and primary care physicians, in understanding medical situations and making informed clinical decisions. Story Health's platform utilizes data from high-frequency sources to enhance therapy management through virtual protocols and adaptive machine learning. By focusing on patient-centered design, Story Health aims to bridge the gap between clinical evidence and real-world patient experiences, enabling clinicians to effectively address the physiological effects of disease and therapy.

Centivo

Series B in 2020
Centivo Corporation is a health insurance provider that specializes in offering innovative health plans for self-funded employers, employees, and clinicians. Established in 2016 and headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, with additional offices in New York and Buffalo, Centivo serves as an alternative to traditional insurance carriers and third-party administrators. The company integrates technology, network management, claims processing, and customer support to effectively administer health benefits. Centivo emphasizes collaboration between employees and their primary care teams to coordinate healthcare needs, encouraging members to engage in high-value care through personalized matching tools and a user-friendly app. By focusing on controlling costs and improving navigation through the healthcare system, Centivo positions itself as a dedicated partner to employers, ensuring accountability and minimizing waste in healthcare spending.

MedArrive

Seed Round in 2020
MedArrive operates a SaaS platform that connects healthcare providers with patients in their homes. Its technology integrates clinical data into electronic medical records, facilitates communication, and manages billing. By utilizing an underutilized workforce of EMS professionals, MedArrive improves patient outcomes, fosters self-advocacy, reduces costs for payers and providers, and increases access to quality healthcare.

Cohere Health

Series A in 2020
Founded in 2019 and based in Boston, Cohere Health is a healthcare technology company dedicated to enhancing efficiency and effectiveness within the healthcare system. It achieves this by leveraging technology to simplify processes, improve communication among stakeholders, and ultimately optimize patient outcomes.

Folx Health

Venture Round in 2020
Folx Health is a Boston-based telehealth platform founded in 2020, specializing in digital healthcare services tailored for the LGBTQIA+ community. It offers access to queer and trans clinicians, focusing on gender-affirming hormone therapy, sexual health, and family creation services.

Verana Health

Series D in 2020
Verana Health, Inc. is a digital health company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in transforming healthcare data into actionable insights. Founded in 2008 and formerly known as Digisight Technologies, the company connects healthcare providers with patients through innovative solutions. Its flagship product, SightBook, is a mobile application that enables users to test their vision and share results with their physicians in real-time, facilitating timely appointments and treatments. Verana Health manages data from over 20,000 healthcare providers and 70 electronic health record systems, leveraging its AI-enhanced platform, VeraQ™, to create a robust healthcare data ecosystem. By utilizing advanced analytics on curated datasets, Verana Health supports life sciences partners in improving clinical research and enhancing patient care outcomes.

Cohere Health

Founded in 2019 and based in Boston, Cohere Health is a healthcare technology company dedicated to enhancing efficiency and effectiveness within the healthcare system. It achieves this by leveraging technology to simplify processes, improve communication among stakeholders, and ultimately optimize patient outcomes.
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