Partnerships & Venture
Inception Health's venture approach focuses on strategic partnerships that solve healthcare challenges and improve patient care, with investments that follow successful collaborations.
Strategic Partnerships for Healthcare Transformation
At Inception Health, our venture investing strategy is fundamentally different from traditional venture capital. We begin with partnerships focused on solving real healthcare challenges, then selectively invest in companies that demonstrate alignment with our mission and deliver meaningful value to our patients and health system.
Our Partnership-First Approach
Our venture philosophy centers on finding the right partners to help us address critical healthcare challenges:
Problem-Focused Collaboration
We identify specific challenges in care delivery and seek innovative partners with solutions that can make a meaningful impact.
Proof Through Partnership
Before considering investment, we establish working relationships to validate solutions in real clinical and operational environments.
From Partnership to Investment
When partnerships demonstrate strong results and alignment, we may deepen our relationship through strategic investment:
- Evidence-Based Decisions: Investment follows successful implementation and measurable outcomes.
- Strategic Capital: Our investments provide not just funding but access to clinical expertise, implementation support, and healthcare market insights.
- Growth Acceleration: We help portfolio companies refine their solutions and scale within our health system and beyond.
- Ecosystem Development: We connect our portfolio companies with other strategic partners, creating a network of complementary solutions.
This approach ensures that our investments are grounded in practical experience and demonstrated value, rather than speculative potential.
Selected Portfolio
Vale Health is a trusted online marketplace platform that helps consumers and patients find the health and wellness solutions they need from the health care providers they trust.
Backed by leading healthcare organizations nationwide, we're on a mission to empower people to find the best health and wellness solutions to live healthier lives.
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Xealth enables healthcare teams to order digital content and services as easily as they would medications. Their platform allows clinicians to prescribe and monitor digital health tools directly from the EHR, while providing analytics to measure engagement and effectiveness.
Our partnership with Xealth has streamlined the integration of digital health solutions into clinical workflows, enhancing our ability to deliver virtual care and digital therapeutics to patients.
Lena Health is an AI-driven healthcare technology company dedicated to simplifying care coordination and patient engagement for seniors. Leveraging a text-based personal health assistant, Lena Health helps guide patients through concierge care navigation, including discharge follow-up, closing care gaps, and coordinating between patients, providers, and community organizations.
TailorMed's financial navigation platform helps patients and healthcare providers address the financial challenges of care. Their solution identifies patients at risk of financial toxicity and matches them with resources to reduce out-of-pocket costs.
Our partnership with TailorMed has enabled us to connect our patients with financial assistance programs, reducing the financial burden of care and improving access to needed treatments.
Arcascope develops circadian rhythm optimization technology to improve sleep and overall health. Their solutions help shift workers, including healthcare professionals, manage their circadian rhythms to reduce fatigue and improve wellbeing.
Our collaboration with Arcascope has provided valuable tools for our healthcare workforce, particularly those working night shifts and rotating schedules, improving their health and performance.
Layer Health is a healthcare AI company that leverages machine learning and large language models to streamline clinical chart review. Spun out of MIT and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the company’s platform—called Distill—aims to extract insights from unstructured clinical data to enhance clinical documentation management, quality measurement, and revenue cycle management.
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Third Eye Health provides virtual physician services to post-acute and long-term care facilities. Their platform connects on-site care teams with remote physicians for urgent consultations, reducing unnecessary transfers and hospitalizations.
Our partnership with Third Eye Health has extended our clinical expertise to post-acute settings, improving care continuity and reducing readmissions for patients transitioning from hospital to skilled nursing facilities.
Season Health combines nutrition expertise with practical food solutions to address diet-related health conditions. Their platform connects patients with dietitians and provides personalized meal plans, recipes, and food delivery options tailored to specific health needs.
Through our collaboration with Season Health, we've enhanced our ability to address nutrition as a key component of health, particularly for patients with chronic conditions like diabetes, heart disease, and kidney disease.
Homecare Hub is a purpose-driven team with a bold vision to keep people out of large institutional nursing homes by building creative solutions that decrease the cost, and improve the quality and experience of receiving home care services.
Our partnership with HomeCare Hub has improved the transition from hospital to home for our patients, ensuring they receive the right support services to recover safely and avoid readmissions.
Our Investment Approach
Value-Driven Criteria
Beyond Financial Returns
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We're always looking for innovative companies that share our vision for transforming healthcare. If you're developing solutions that address meaningful challenges in healthcare delivery, we'd like to hear from you.