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Why Echo invested in Sempre Health
We’re proud to support Sempre Health to advance its mission of reducing medication costs and improving member adherence for patients with chronic disease.

Sempre Health secures $20 million in funding from Cencora Ventures, Echo Health Ventures, and others
Sempre Health, the leading solution for behavior-based healthcare pricing, today announced $20M in additional funding from three new investors, including Cencora Ventures and Echo Health Ventures. Existing investors including the Blue Venture Fund, UPMC Enterprises and Industry Ventures also participated.

Echo CEO Rob Coppedge named to GCV Powerlist for fourth consecutive year
Congratulations to Echo CEO Rob Coppedge for being named to the Global Corporate Venturing Powerlist for the fourth year in a row.

What our Alliance members say about their experience with Echo
What makes Echo Health Ventures different from other corporate venture partners is that we invest under a dual mandate to drive both strategic impact and financial returns.

Strive Health raises $166 Million in Series C funding from NEA, CVS Health Ventures and others
Additional investments from all previous strategic investors – CapitalG (Alphabet), Echo Health Ventures, Town Hall Ventures, Ascension Ventures and Redpoint – completed the round.

How does Echo help its partner companies?
At Echo, we partner with innovative companies working to transform the health care industry and help them build relationships to deliver sustainable, impactful market solutions.

Autism provider Cortica secures $75M funding round, acquires 2 companies
Cortica has secured $75 million of investment and acquired two companies, expanding its footprint across the U.S.

Embold Health and SurgeryPlus partner to deliver market-leading quality experience
The new solution builds on the best parts of both SurgeryPlus and Embold Health’s work — identifying top-performing individual surgeons and physicians across the United States — to offer a tiered network that ensures their members access to high-quality care in their local markets.

Global Corporate Venturing honors Echo’s Kurt Sheline and Omair Ahmed
Global Corporate Venturing this week honored two members of the Echo Health Ventures Strategic Investment team: Echo Partner Kurt Sheline and Echo Principal Omair Ahmed.

JPM 2023: Back to basics
At the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference earlier this month, the discussion from Echo Health Ventures focused on the basics of diligence, investments, and ROI payback

Heartbeat Health CEO Jeff Wessler says telemedicine can improve access to cardiac care
Telemedicine can improve access to heart care, said Jeff Wessler, MD, Founder and CEO of Heartbeat Health, on a new podcast with Oliver Wyman’s Ann Kaplan.

Medix Infusion secures $35 million in Series B led by Echo Health Ventures
Medix Infusion, which creates access to infusion therapy for patients in rural, suburban and other underserved markets, has closed a $35 million Series B funding round led by Echo Health Ventures.