DreamIt Health

DreamIt Health, established in 2008, is a Philadelphia-based venture capital firm and accelerator focused on early-stage healthcare and technology startups. It invests in digital health, medical devices, and diagnostics, with a preference for companies that have revenue or are ready to scale. DreamIt Health provides selected startups with seed funding, mentorship, office space, and access to potential investors and partners through its intense 3-6 month program. Since its inception, DreamIt Health has supported over 120 companies, including several successful exits and acquisitions.

Andrew Ackerman

Venture Partner

Karen Griffith Gryga

Co-Founder

Drew Hunt

Director - Securetech

Elliot Levy

Senior Associate, Healthtech

Elliot Menschik

Co-Founder

Mehlam Shakir

Partner - Securetech

Mel Shakir

Partner - Securetech

Steven Welch

Co-Founder and Board Member

Past deals in PaaS

Nirmata

Venture Round in 2025
Nirmata, Inc. is a technology company based in San Jose, California, that develops and operates a platform designed to assist organizations in delivering and managing cloud-native applications. Its offerings include Kubernetes-as-a-Service, which automates operations, application modernization for containerization, and multi-cloud cluster management that enhances the portability of application stacks across various cloud providers. Nirmata is also the creator and core maintainer of Kyverno, a widely adopted policy engine for Kubernetes, with significant usage across regulated industries such as banking, healthcare, and life sciences. The company focuses on providing unified governance, security, and compliance solutions for cloud-native infrastructure, leveraging policy as code to address security concerns and facilitate real-time management of configurations. With a strong emphasis on enterprise observability and integration, Nirmata serves a diverse clientele, including many Fortune 2000 companies, and has positioned itself as a leader in the automation of open-source and cloud-native technologies since its incorporation in 2013.

Nirmata

Seed Round in 2023
Nirmata, Inc. is a technology company based in San Jose, California, that develops and operates a platform designed to assist organizations in delivering and managing cloud-native applications. Its offerings include Kubernetes-as-a-Service, which automates operations, application modernization for containerization, and multi-cloud cluster management that enhances the portability of application stacks across various cloud providers. Nirmata is also the creator and core maintainer of Kyverno, a widely adopted policy engine for Kubernetes, with significant usage across regulated industries such as banking, healthcare, and life sciences. The company focuses on providing unified governance, security, and compliance solutions for cloud-native infrastructure, leveraging policy as code to address security concerns and facilitate real-time management of configurations. With a strong emphasis on enterprise observability and integration, Nirmata serves a diverse clientele, including many Fortune 2000 companies, and has positioned itself as a leader in the automation of open-source and cloud-native technologies since its incorporation in 2013.

Lessoncast

Seed Round in 2016
Lessoncast operates a technology-supported professional learning platform designed to enhance teacher development in K-12 schools and districts. With an annual expenditure of $8 billion on teacher professional development, Lessoncast addresses the evolving needs of educators, including principals, district administrators, and consultants. The platform offers targeted professional development modules and a reflective process that allows teachers to document their learning through video clips and insights into their teaching practices. By focusing on the requirements of both teachers and their coaches, Lessoncast positions these coaches as key facilitators and advocates for the platform within their schools and districts. The company has been bootstrapped and funded through non-dilutive means, and it recently generated $32,000 in revenue, with plans to leverage new investment to significantly boost sales.
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