Optum Ventures

Optum Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2017, located in Boston, Massachusetts, with an additional office in London. It focuses on investing in healthcare and digital health companies, primarily targeting Series A and B funding rounds. The firm seeks to partner with exceptional teams that leverage data-driven technologies and services to disrupt traditional healthcare models. By investing in innovative companies with transformative visions, Optum Ventures aims to improve healthcare accessibility and quality. Portfolio companies benefit from Optum's extensive data resources and industry expertise, which facilitate connections with key healthcare players, helping to accelerate growth and drive meaningful change in the sector.

Kaylan Alderson

Partner and Head of Partnerships Team

Vijay Barathan

Partner

Tom Capon

Principal

Richie Chaikof

Principal

Nicole Chen

Principal and Chief of Staff

Mike Cunningham

Partner

Benjamin Freeberg

Vice President

Joe Gentile

Vice President

Courtney Good

Associate

Mazen Hammad

Vice President

Austin Martin

Vice President

George Pantazopoulos

Principal

Stephen Renfro

Partner and Chief Operations Officer

Jon Sklaroff

Principal

Laura Veroneau

Managing Partner

Past deals in Hospital

Medallion

Series C in 2022
Medalion helps hospitals to empower their practice for market expansion while maintaining compliance.

Loop

Series B in 2022
Loop Health is a healthcare provider based in Pune, India, founded in 2018. The company offers a range of services including acute and urgent care, chronic condition management, women's health, health coaching, and preventive care. Loop Health aims to simplify the healthcare experience by connecting patients with family physicians, specialists, and hospitals, facilitating access to major medical treatments. Their team of Loop Coordinators assists patients in finding appropriate doctors, comparing treatment costs, obtaining second opinions, and managing admission procedures, thereby alleviating the stress associated with healthcare decisions. Additionally, Loop Health features a virtual medical practice that supports employees and their families, allowing them to consult with healthcare experts and medical advisors without delay, ultimately promoting better health management and cost-effectiveness.

Somatus

Series E in 2022
Somatus is a healthcare company that partners with health plans, health systems, and nephrology, and primary care groups. It provides integrated care for patients with or at risk of developing kidney disease. Somatus' is vertically integrated clinical services and technology delay or prevent disease progression, improve quality and care coordination, and increase the use of home dialysis modalities and rates of kidney transplantation. The company is headquartered in McLean, Virginia, and founded by a team of world-class healthcare operators, successful entrepreneurs, and leading clinicians treating kidney disease.

Medallion

Series B in 2021
Medalion helps hospitals to empower their practice for market expansion while maintaining compliance.

Medallion

Series A in 2021
Medalion helps hospitals to empower their practice for market expansion while maintaining compliance.

Main Street Health

Series A in 2021
Main Street Health is a value-based healthcare provider dedicated solely to rural America. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.

PatientsLikeMe

Venture Round in 2021
PatientsLikeMe, Inc. operates a healthcare data-sharing platform that allows patients to share their symptoms, treatments, and health experiences with a broad audience, including caregivers, researchers, and pharmaceutical companies. This platform aims to enhance the understanding of various health conditions, such as cancer, mental health issues, and chronic diseases, ultimately contributing to the development of new treatments. With over 600,000 members, PatientsLikeMe serves as a trusted source for real-world disease information and has published more than 100 research studies, demonstrating its commitment to integrating patient voices into research and public policy. The company collaborates with major pharmaceutical firms and government organizations to advance health management and outcomes. Founded in 2004 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, PatientsLikeMe is a subsidiary of United Healthcare Services, Inc.

DispatchHealth

Series C in 2020
DispatchHealth Management, LLC is a provider of on-demand mobile and virtual healthcare services based in Denver, Colorado. Founded in 2013, the company offers a wide range of services including acute injury and illness evaluations, laceration repair, splinting of injured extremities, treatment for nosebleeds, placement of Foley and G-tubes, medication administration, laboratory testing, and coordination with primary care physicians and home health agencies. By delivering care in the comfort of patients' homes, DispatchHealth aims to reduce unnecessary emergency room visits and hospitalizations, improve clinical outcomes, and lower overall healthcare costs. The organization focuses on creating an integrated and convenient healthcare solution that enhances the capabilities of patients' care teams and ensures high-quality care.

Somatus

Series C in 2020
Somatus is a healthcare company that partners with health plans, health systems, and nephrology, and primary care groups. It provides integrated care for patients with or at risk of developing kidney disease. Somatus' is vertically integrated clinical services and technology delay or prevent disease progression, improve quality and care coordination, and increase the use of home dialysis modalities and rates of kidney transplantation. The company is headquartered in McLean, Virginia, and founded by a team of world-class healthcare operators, successful entrepreneurs, and leading clinicians treating kidney disease.

Contessa

Series D in 2019
Contessa Health, Inc., based in Nashville, Tennessee, specializes in home hospitalization programs designed to enhance patient care while managing episodic risk. The company is recognized as a pioneer in Home Recovery Care, a risk-based model that integrates essential components of inpatient hospital care within patients' homes. Contessa employs a proprietary health informatics platform to support this model, ensuring that care is safe, affordable, and effective in improving patient outcomes. Additionally, Contessa offers solutions such as ContessaCare, which empowers healthcare providers to deliver hospital-level care at home, and ContradoClaim, a claims analytics tool that assists partners in managing prospective payments. The company also provides bundled payment managed services, enabling health plans and systems to optimize their care delivery without the need for hospital admissions. Contessa Health was founded in 2015 and continues to lead innovations in home-based healthcare.
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