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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.

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

Navigating Health Care Sales Cycles from Three Perspectives: VC, Health Plan, and Startup
Echo Health Ventures co-hosted a panel during New England Venture Capital Association’s (NEVCA) Health Week to discuss health care sales cycles.
Our Companies in the News

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.

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.
Echo in the News

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.

Echo’s Maura Little appointed to Washington cancer endowment board
We are happy to announce that Maura Little, Managing Principal at Echo Health Advisors, has been appointed by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee to the board of directors of the Andy Hill Cancer Research Endowment (CARE) Fund.

Portland Business Journal highlights how Echo serves its health plan members
The Portland Business Journal wrote this week about Echo Health Ventures’ unique investment model and how Echo builds and grows its portfolio companies and drives innovative health care solutions for its four member health plans.