CU Healthcare Innovation Fund
Corporate VCAurora · Seed–Series A · 6 people tracked
Also known as CU HEALTHCARE INNOVATION MANAGEMENT, LLC
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Investment thesis
The fund invests strategically in healthcare innovation, drawing on the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus ecosystem. It supports portfolio companies in developing, validating, and advancing solutions aimed at improving patient outcomes and optimizing health system operations.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 15, 2026.
Team · 6 people
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What they invest in
from 22 of 39 portfolio companiesHealthtech ×18Digital Health ×13Biotech ×7SaaS ×5AI & Machine Learning ×4Medical Devices ×4FemTech ×2Hardware ×2
HQs:United States×20
Who they back
founder profiles across 10 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×62 founders×4
Where their founders worked beforefrom 10 founders with career history
U.S. Department of State ×2
Investments · 39 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 32023 · 12021 · 37 dated
Q32 Bio is a biotechnology company developing therapies for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, with a scientific focus on the complement system and immune regulation in conditions such as inflammation, autoimmunity and fibrosis.
BiotechHealthtech
Shelia Violette(Founder & Chief Scientific Officer)inMichael Holers(Co-founder)Jodie Morrison(Chief Executive Officer)inLee Kalowski(President & Chief Financial Officer)Maria Marzilli(Chief Business Officer)inDavid Appugliese(Senior Vice President, Head of People)in
Co-investorsAtlas VentureOrbiMedAgent CapitalOUP (Osage University Partners)Sanofi Ventures5AM Ventures+2 more
Babyscripts provides a maternity care platform with remote patient monitoring, risk screening, and care management services for pregnant and postpartum patients.
Digital HealthFemTechHealthtech
Juan Pablo Segura(Founder)inAnish Sebastian(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsMemorialCare Innovation FundPhilips VenturesBuilders + BackersCivilization Ventures Management, LlcIrishAngelsK Street Capital+4 more
410 Medical makes LifeFlow, a hand-operated rapid infuser that lets clinicians quickly deliver blood or fluids to critically ill patients needing volume resuscitation.
HardwareHealthtechMedical DevicesDurham, US
Mark Donald Piehl(Executive Officer, Director)KYLE CHENET(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardJEFF TERRELL(Director)inSTANLEY D. LYNALL(Director)FRED GOLDWATER(Director)inMAYANK TANEJA(Director)in
Co-investorsBallad VenturesDuke Capital PartnersOSF VenturesWolfpack Investor NetworkArboretum VenturesBios Partners+1 more
Co-investorsSWO Angel GroupYork Angel Investors Inc.
AristaMD is a technology-enabled clinical services provider that connects primary care physicians with board-certified specialists through eConsults to improve access to specialty care and reduce costs.
Digital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechSaaSSan Diego, US
Keith Pinter(Chief Executive Officer)inJulia Jezmir(President and Chief Medical Officer)inBrooke LeVasseur(Executive Officer, Director)inDouglas Downs(Executive Officer, Director)Rebecca Cofinas(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardJohn Kuelper(Director)in
Co-investorsAscension Ventures.406 VenturesCobalt VenturesHomebrewMemorialCare Innovation FundOptum Ventures+2 more
Arrive Health provides in-workflow software that gives clinical care teams real-time insurance, medication cost, and coverage data plus automation for prior authorization and patient outreach.
Digital HealthHealthtechSaaS
Co-investorsFirst Trust Capital PartnersJAZZ Venture PartnersUpslope Ventures
Babyscripts offers remote patient monitoring and care management tools for maternal health, serving health systems, private practices, and payers to identify clinical and social risks during pregnancy and postpartum periods.
Digital HealthFemTechHealthtechSaaS
Co-investorsAAF Management Ltd.Ysios CapitalIrishAngels
BioIntelliSense develops scalable physiologic monitoring technology for continuous, proactive patient monitoring aimed at improving clinical outcomes and lowering the cost of care.
Digital HealthHealthtechIoTMedical DevicesGolden, US
James Mault(Executive Officer, Director)inDavid Wang(Executive Officer, Director)inRonald Chwang(Director)Alan Meeker(Director)Larry Leisure(Director)Steve Hess(Director)
Co-investorsBose VenturesFresenius Medical Care VenturesSkyPoint Ventures
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AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechPittsburgh, US
Gilan El Saadawi(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Betsy Castillo(Head of Clinical Data Abstraction)inMichael Finke(Director)Brenton Burns(Director)Scot Stevens(Director)Aaron Brauser(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Co-investorsAsset Management CompanyFrist Cressey VenturesHealthy VenturesKatalyst VenturesKatalyst.VenturesLife Sciences Greenhouse Investments+5 more
Needham, US
Eric Schraufnagel(Founder)inAndrea Valente(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
BoardSteve Lindseth(Director)Bob Conway(Director)
Co-investorsHilltop Venture PartnersJoyance PartnersNelstone VenturesSocial StartsStout Street CapitalBoulder Ventures+1 more
CodaMetrix operates an AI-based contextual coding automation platform that converts clinical data and chargeable activities into billable, clinical, and demographic medical codes for hospitals and health systems.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechBoston, US
Hamid Tabatabaie(Director, Executive Officer, Promoter)inMark Pottle(Executive Officer)inJim Whelan(Mr. Whelan is the Chief Revenue Officer of the Issuer.)inKevin Schmitt(Mr. Schmitt is the Chief Engineering Officer of the Issuer.)inJay Aslam(Mr. Aslam is the Chief Data Science Officer of the Issuer.)Tara Bradley(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsFrist Cressey VenturesMartin VenturesSignalFireTRANSFORMATION CAPITALMass General Brigham Ventures
Foresight Diagnostics develops ultra-sensitive molecular diagnostic tests that combine genomics and bioinformatics to detect minimal residual disease and circulating tumor DNA across multiple cancer types.
BiotechDigital HealthHealthtechBoulder, US
Co-investorsAgent CapitalBoulder VenturesCivilization Ventures Management, LlcForesite Capital
HealthtechLong Island City, US
Mark Mathews(Director)Paul Gilbert(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsInformed Ventures Advisors, LlcCity LightInflect Health
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Icarus Medical builds custom-fit knee, leg, and ankle braces using a proprietary scan-to-fabrication process, including offloading knee braces that reduce weight on the joint to relieve pain from cartilage damage.
HardwareHealthtechMedical Devices
Dave Johnson(CEO & Founder)in
Co-investorsLighthouse Network Ventures Llc
Oui Therapeutics develops prescription digital therapeutics aimed at suicide prevention, including what it describes as the first digital therapeutic for suicide, currently in clinical trials.
BiotechDigital HealthMental HealthNew Haven, US
Co-investorsCVS Health VenturesFlare Capital Partners
Peer Supply offers an end-to-end workflow platform for healthcare supply chain teams to manage backorders, find and approve substitute products, and plan for supply disruptions.
HealthtechLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS
Co-investorsCorewell Health VenturesMartin Ventures
Reimagine Care partners with cancer providers and health systems to deliver virtual oncology care combining AI-powered support, clinical expertise, and digital monitoring to manage symptoms, reduce emergency visits, and improve patient outcomes outside the clinic setting.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechNashville, US
Dan Nardi(Mr. Nardi is the CEO and a director of the Issuer)Keith Figlioli(Director)Feby Abraham(Director)Chris Stenzel(Director)
BoardDouglas French(Director)Harlan Levine(Director)in
Co-investorsMartin VenturesMcKesson VenturesOncology VenturesLRVHealthSante Ventures
STAQ Pharma is an FDA-registered 503B outsourcing facility that compounds and supplies medications to hospitals and healthcare providers across the United States, aiming to address drug shortages.
BiotechHealthtechMedical Devices
Joe Bagan(CEO)inMark Spiecker(President)inJeff Hval(Chief Pharmacist)in
Co-investorsJobsOhio VenturesStout Street Capital
Think Bioscience develops new medicines for diseases with limited treatment options through synthetic biology and computational chemistry.
BiotechDeep Tech
Co-investorsAV8 VenturesBuff Gold VenturesWireframe VenturesAxial VCInnovation Endeavors
uMotif builds an eCOA/ePRO and patient-engagement platform for clinical research, enabling patients to track and report symptoms, outcomes, and other health data for trials.
Digital HealthHealthtechSaaS
Bruce Hellman(Chief Patient Officer and Co-founder)inBen James(Chief Design Officer and Co-founder)in
Co-investorsAlbionVC
Valera Health provides virtual mental health care for adults and children, connecting patients with vetted in-house providers who develop personalized, data-driven treatment plans.
Digital HealthHealthtechMental HealthBrooklyn, US
Dr. Thomas Tsang(Executive Officer, Director)inCraig Albright(Executive Officer, Director)inArick Rynearson(Director)Ofer Sharon(Director)
BoardAdam Fine(Director)inJames Nahirny(Director)
Co-investorsConnecticut InnovationsCorewell Health VenturesFigure 8 InvestmentsGreyMatterMedStartr VenturesWindham Capital Partners+2 more
Verily is a health technology company that develops products and solutions for consumers and healthcare.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechCoppell, US
Brian Otis(Founder)inJessica Mega(Founder)inStephen Gillett(Chairman and CEO)Scott Burke(Chief Technology Officer)inMyoung Cha(Chief Product Officer)inAlix Hart(Chief Marketing Officer)in
Co-investorsAlphabetSilver Lake PartnersTemasek
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
GobiquityAmplifireAurimi TherapeuticsBoco BioClarapathCuredEonGoCheckHummingbird HealthcareJanusJupiterMonterisOncoVerityRivaSensoriumVitriVaxVolnay
Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
Exits · 3
1 IPOs · 2 acquisitions · showing 2Q32 BioNASDAQ: QTTBForesight Diagnosticsacq. by Natera
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies410 Medical · intelligence360.news · Aug 25, 2026
Q32 Bio · stocktitan.net · Aug 5, 2026
Verily · finance.yahoo.com · Mar 26, 2026
VitriVax · trysignalbase.com · Jan 8, 2026
BioIntelliSense · salestools.io · Sep 10, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has CU Healthcare Innovation Fund made?
- CU Healthcare Innovation Fund has 39 tracked investments, 3 of which have exited, including 3 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does CU Healthcare Innovation Fund invest at?
- CU Healthcare Innovation Fund invests at the Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does CU Healthcare Innovation Fund focus on?
- CU Healthcare Innovation Fund focuses on Biotech, Digital Health, Healthtech, Medical Devices.
- Where is CU Healthcare Innovation Fund located?
- CU Healthcare Innovation Fund is headquartered in Aurora, US.
- Who does CU Healthcare Innovation Fund co-invest with?
- CU Healthcare Innovation Fund most often shares deals with Buff Gold Ventures, Martin Ventures, Corewell Health Ventures, among 46 tracked co-investors.
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