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Echo Health Ventures Welcomes Three New Team Members
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The Echo Health Advisors team manages strategic engagement between Echo Health Ventures, its portfolio companies, and members of the Echo Innovation Alliance. Recently, the team welcomed three new members: Maura Little, Bob Dolan and Josiah Hanko.
Genome Medical Announces Acquisition of GeneMatters and Closing of $60 Million Series C Financing
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Echo portfolio company Genome Medical acquires GeneMatters and closes on a $60 million Series C financing.
Echo Health Ventures’ Rob Coppedge Recognized by Global Corporate Venturing’s Powerlist 2021
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Rob Coppedge, CEO of Echo Health Ventures, has been recognized by Global Corporate Venturing’s Powerlist 100 for the second year in a row.
Navigating Health Care Sales Cycles from Three Perspectives: VC, Health Plan, and Startup
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Echo Health Ventures co-hosted a panel during New England Venture Capital Association’s (NEVCA) Health Week to discuss health care sales cycles.
Vori Health Raises Additional Capital from Strategic Partners Intermountain Healthcare, Ascension Ventures, and Echo Health Ventures
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Echo Health Ventures welcomes Vori Health, a first-class medical provider for innovative musculoskeletal care, into its portfolio.
Echo Health Ventures featured in Global Corporate Venturing’s Q1 2021 Health Care Report
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Check out highlights from a new health care report released by Global Corporate Venturing, in partnership with Echo Health Ventures.
Eleanor Health Announces $20 Million Series B Financing to Address the Growing Need for Value-Based Addiction and Mental Health Treatment
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Eleanor Health, part of the Echo Health Ventures portfolio, announced a new round of funding to increase access to whole-person care for people affected by addiction.
Heartbeat Health Raises $20M Series B Funding to Expand Virtual Heart Care
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Heartbeat Health, a healthcare company working to deliver the most effective, efficient, and engaging heart care, has raised $20 million in Series B funding, led by Echo Health Ventures.
Vericred Raises $23M in Oversubscribed Series B Funding Round
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Echo Health Ventures welcomes Vericred, an innovative data services platform, to its portfolio.
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Genome Medical Announces Acquisition of GeneMatters and Closing of $60 Million Series C Financing
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Echo portfolio company Genome Medical acquires GeneMatters and closes on a $60 million Series C financing.
Vori Health Raises Additional Capital from Strategic Partners Intermountain Healthcare, Ascension Ventures, and Echo Health Ventures
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Echo Health Ventures welcomes Vori Health, a first-class medical provider for innovative musculoskeletal care, into its portfolio.
Eleanor Health Announces $20 Million Series B Financing to Address the Growing Need for Value-Based Addiction and Mental Health Treatment
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Eleanor Health, part of the Echo Health Ventures portfolio, announced a new round of funding to increase access to whole-person care for people affected by addiction.
Heartbeat Health Raises $20M Series B Funding to Expand Virtual Heart Care
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Heartbeat Health, a healthcare company working to deliver the most effective, efficient, and engaging heart care, has raised $20 million in Series B funding, led by Echo Health Ventures.
Vericred Raises $23M in Oversubscribed Series B Funding Round
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Echo Health Ventures welcomes Vericred, an innovative data services platform, to its portfolio.
Cityblock Health Raises $192 Million in Series C Extension Funding to Expand Health Care Model to the Millions of Underserved People On Medicaid
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Echo Health Ventures participated in portfolio company Cityblock Health's Series C financing.
Scipher Medicine Announces $82 Million Financing
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Echo Health Ventures welcomes Scipher Medicine, a precision immunology company, to its portfolio.
Strive Health Raises $140 Million Led by Alphabet’s CapitalG to Tackle $410 Billion of Unmanaged Kidney Disease Spend
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Echo Health Ventures participated in portfolio company Strive Health's Series B financing.
DispatchHealth Raises $200 Million in Series D Financing to Build Largest System of In-Home Medical Care
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Echo Health Ventures participated in portfolio company DispatchHealth's Series D financing.
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Echo Health Ventures Welcomes Three New Team Members
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The Echo Health Advisors team manages strategic engagement between Echo Health Ventures, its portfolio companies, and members of the Echo Innovation Alliance. Recently, the team welcomed three new members: Maura Little, Bob Dolan and Josiah Hanko.
Echo Health Ventures’ Rob Coppedge Recognized by Global Corporate Venturing’s Powerlist 2021
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Rob Coppedge, CEO of Echo Health Ventures, has been recognized by Global Corporate Venturing’s Powerlist 100 for the second year in a row.
Navigating Health Care Sales Cycles from Three Perspectives: VC, Health Plan, and Startup
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Echo Health Ventures co-hosted a panel during New England Venture Capital Association’s (NEVCA) Health Week to discuss health care sales cycles.
Echo Health Ventures featured in Global Corporate Venturing’s Q1 2021 Health Care Report
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Check out highlights from a new health care report released by Global Corporate Venturing, in partnership with Echo Health Ventures.
Health Care Data Discipline: Finding Opportunity in the Noise
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For startups, there has never been more opportunity, nor has there been more high-stake complexity in navigating the next phase managing and sharing health care data.
Echo Health Ventures Recognized by Global Corporate Venturing Awards
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For the second year in a row, Dusty Lieb and Kurt Sheline were recognized by Global Corporate Venturing for their excellence and leadership in strategic investing
[VIDEO] Leaders from the Echo Innovation Alliance Share the Value of Strategic Partnerships
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Watch a new video sharing perspectives on collaboration and partnership from the Echo Innovation Alliance.
Investment in 2020: What We Learned
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Echo Health Ventures is focused on investing in companies that personalize health care, supporting individuals and families alike, and has completed significant work relating to these topics.
WATCH: Rob Coppedge on the Promise of Free-Flowing Health Data & Rural Care Delivery at the GeekWire Summit
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At GeekWire’s annual Summit, health care experts explored wrinkles within health care delivery and data management with some of the brightest minds driving the health care sector.
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Echo Innovation Alliance Featured in the Portland Business Journal
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The new Echo Innovation Alliance was featured in the Portland Business Journal.
Echo Health Ventures’ “Banner Year” featured in Portland Business Journal
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2019 catapulted Echo Health Ventures to one of the most active VCs in digital health. Read more from the Portland Business Journal
Health Evolution Summit 2019 Corporate Venture Group Report
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Digital health investment had a record-breaking year in 2018, and 2019 looks to be no different.
Tips for Digital Health Entrepreneurs Featured in Xconomy
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Rob Coppedge, CEO of Echo Health Ventures, and Bryony Winn, Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer of Blue Cross NC, share tips for building partnerships between enterprise health care and startups.
Why Providers and Payers are Moving Into the Investment World
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Jessica Zeaske, partner at Echo Health Ventures, speaks with MedCity News about the growing presence of providers and payers in the investment world.
Women in venture: The case for increasing representation in digital health investing
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When it comes to digital health, investors get a bird’s eye view and play a major role in steering the direction of the industry’s future. That is why many are stressing the importance of a diverse viewpoint for investors in an industry focused on bringing digital tools to the masses.
Gormley’s Take: Medical Investors Zig as Health Law Overhaul Zags
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In an uncertain political environment, medical venture capitalists are interested in technologies that could weather policy shifts, with the assumption that certain trends are here to stay- like efforts to lower costs, put patients in charge of their care, and fight rising drug prices.
Digital Health Is Dead, Says This Health-Tech Investor
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There’s no argument that our health care system demands fixing. However, Digital Health entrepreneurs have learned some expensive lessons in recent years. Given the benefit of these lessons- outlined in this article, with some suggested adjustments for the future- we now need to rededicate ourselves to the fundamentals of building great, lasting companies in our unique industry.
Data-Crunching Technology Spurs Insurance Dollars
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Cambia Health Solutions has launched a pilot program with GNS Healthcare, leveraging the data-analysis capabilities that GNS offers to help in forecasting emerging illnesses and deploying resources. The goal is to better manage chronic diseases and improve the overall health of their members.