Archive for September 2018

Julia Cheek is the CEO and Founder of EverlyWell, the next-generation lab testing platform that provides at-home lab testing kits with useful results & insights. With nearly 100,000 customers around the country and 30 test kits, EverlyWell is a market leader in the at-home lab testing space, and is one of the fastest growing consumer…

Kate Ryder is the founder and CEO of Maven, the only virtual clinic dedicated to women’s and family health. Named one of Fast Company’s “10 Most Innovative Healthcare Companies in 2018,” Maven’s leading family benefits platform advances women in the workplace and makes it easier for parents to start and grow a family during a…

Paris Wallace is CEO of Ovia Health, the leading maternity and family benefits solution for employers and health plans. Ovia Health’s benefits help women and parents grow their families and their careers, while reducing healthcare costs, improving clinical outcomes, and helping employers retain and attract talent. Since launching in 2012, Ovia Health has supported over 10…

Ruchita Sinha is Sr. Director of Investments at Sanofi Ventures where she invests in biopharma and digital health opportunities. She led Sanofi’s investments in Inozyme, Omada Health, Evidation Health, Curisium, Click Therapeutics and also manages investments in Science 37 and Common Sensing. Prior to Sanofi, Ruchita was at GE Ventures, where she served as a…

Eddie co-founded Akili Interactive Labs, and as part of PureTech has co-founded two other health-focused start-ups, and helped launch their digital health initiative. He was previously a Kauffman Entrepreneur Fellow, a program sponsored by the Kauffman Foundation of Kansas City, MO, focused on healthcare entrepreneurship. Prior to that, he completed his graduate work at Yale University in…

Sam Baker is the health care editor at Axios, where he also writes Vitals, the morning health care newsletter. He’s been covering the politics and policy of health care in Washington for more than 10 years, through every twist and turn of the Affordable Care Act and more. He’s a Kentucky native and graduated from…

Kent is a seasoned business leader who has delivered breakthrough results in a multitude of consumer finance and payments businesses ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. After co-founding VisitPay in 2010, Kent and his team spent four years of R&D developing an end-to-end platform for managing patient receivables.  Part of that effort included a…

Dan Gebremedhin is a Partner at Flare Capital Partners and serves on the Board of Flare portfolio company Somatus. Prior to joining Flare Capital, Dan served as a Medical Director at the Harvard Pilgrim Health Plan. Dan spent over 8 years as a practicing Internal Medicine Physician at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Instructor in…

Corey is a physician, scientist, entrepreneur, and healthcare investor. Previously, he was an investor with MPM Capital and with RiverVest Venture Partners, where he evaluated new investment opportunities, managed relationships with strategic partners, and oversaw board-level strategy and execution at portfolio companies. Prior to MPM, he was with McKinsey & Company, where he advised pharmaceutical,…