We believe entrepreneurship can provoke radical change in the health system for everyone

$740 B

Aging Adult Health

By 2030, every Baby Boomer will be age 65 or older, which means that 1 out of every 5 U.S. citizens will be of retirement age.

92%

of seniors have one or more chronic diseases

*U.S. senior care market size

$752 B

Mental Health Parity

One in 5 American adults currently suffers from a mental condition every year, which has worsened during the Covid pandemic.

60%

adults with mental illness forgo treatment

*Annual U.S. spend across all mental health conditions

$1 T

Prevention & Wellness

America’s broken sick-care system, focused on treating chronic disease, consumes more that 75% of the $3.6T spent yearly on healthcare.

80%

of all health care decisions in U.S. are made by women

*Combined total U.S. prevention & wellness market size

Telescan

We Are Here

Betterleave

Mother Goose

Our venture studio houses innovation resources to quickly advance and de-risk opportunities

Process

Partnerships

Our deep expertise in the human-centered innovation process creates a reproducible foundation for mission-driven innovation that pulls together multi-disciplinary teams around the needs of the people we seek to serve.

We identify strategic partners to de-risk the development of health innovations, as co-owners or service providers, in order to stand up new ventures faster and more cost-effectively.

Operations

Talent

Our entrepreneurial background provides the initial operational leadership and scaffolding to run the venture, including organizational planning, administration, payroll, governance, marketing, schedules, and budgets.

We recruit top talent across many disciplines to stand up the new venture including executive leadership, product design, research & development, marketing and business functions.

Legal

Strategy

We work with various legal advisors to navigate and integrate the formation, branding, contracting, and intellectual property of the new venture’s offer into a cohesive strategy.

We take on the initial development of the business plan for the new venture including planning, strategy, market sizing, revenue and cost modeling, and competitive assessment.

Telescan

CEO: Blanca Lesmes

Sonography services in the cloud

A growth-track opportunity developing a remote tele-sonography technology and service to increase access to maternal health screenings for underserved women. Telescan seeks to address the widespread shortage of trained sonographers by separating the ultrasound machine operator from the expert sonographer across rural and urban communities.

Impact Measure

High-risk cases identified, Backlog cases served, Time to service

Strategic Partner

HCA Healthcare

We Are Here

CEO: Carolyn Treviño Jenkins

Online marketplace for living with cancer

A new venture opportunity developing a multi-sided marketplace to serve the non-clinical needs of cancer survivors. We Are Here is building a smart, data-driven SaaS platform that personalizes a survivor’s cancer journey incorporating their support network to access just-in-time and trusted information, services, and products to address everyday cancer problems.

Impact Measure

Time to service, Overwhelm reduction, Care productivity, Services delivered, Member satisfaction

Strategic Partner

Livestrong Foundation

Betterleave

CEO: Cara McCarty Abbott

Better bereavement care for all

Bereavement care, an early-stage opportunity innovating a new category of care offered by employers. The Betterleave bereavement care employee benefit offering seeks to improve the fragmented and painful experience of employees navigating a personal loss by supporting them to prepare for and navigate loss at every phase. Betterleave collaborates across the healthcare community to improve access, experience, and outcomes, while lowering the total cost of bereavement care for everyone.

Impact Measure

Decreased risk of mental illness following a loss, Improved physical health, Reduced risk of heart disease, Expanded access to cost effective care and services

Strategic Partner

Legacy Community Health Services

Mother Goose

CEO: Ken Levey

Holistic care for pregnancy risk mitigation

A seed opportunity developing a data-driven platform to identify medical risks early, unify communication, and expedite the delivery of evidence-based clinical care management in maternal health. Mother Goose partners with providers and health plans to improve outcomes within obstetric practices while reducing cost, improving quality, and increasing customer satisfaction.

Impact Measure

NICU admissions, ER visits, Preterm birth rates, C-sections

Strategic Partner

In Progress