Frist Cressey Ventures
Venture capitalActively deployingNashville · Seed–Series B · 18 people tracked
Also known as FRIST CRESSEY · FRIST CRESSEY VENTURES MANAGEMENT, LLC · Frist Cressey Ventures QP · Frist Cressey Ventures QP Aggregator
Investment thesis
Frist Cressey Ventures invests in healthcare with the aim of transforming care delivery and improving patient lives. Beyond providing capital, the firm emphasizes strategic support in areas that help companies grow, innovate, and drive systemic change across the healthcare system. It positions itself as a hands-on partner, drawing on deep industry relationships and experience navigating the complex healthcare landscape to help companies build leadership teams and scale into national platforms.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 18 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 45 of 58 portfolio companiesHealthtech ×42Digital Health ×27AI & Machine Learning ×10Mental Health ×6SaaS ×6Enterprise Software ×5Medical Devices ×5Biotech ×3
HQs:United States×40
Investments · showing 57 of 58
founders shown can be your intro pathTeladoc Health operates a virtual care platform connecting patients with care providers for medical care, mental health, and chronic disease management services.
Digital HealthHealthtechMental HealthPurchase, US
Dana Mead(Director)James Outland(Director)Michael King(Executive Officer)Martin Felsenthal(Director)Mark Hirschhorn(Executive Officer)Jason Gorevic(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatWilliam H. Frist· per SEC Form D · $834M raise · filed Jul 2020
Psych Hub is a clinical skill development platform for behavioral health, offering evidence-based, trauma-informed education, portable credentials, and applied-skill practice for mental health clinicians.
Digital HealthEdTechMental Health
Marjorie Morrison(Co-Founder & CEO (LMFT, LPCC))Patrick J. Kennedy(Co-Founder)Dr. Dylan Ross(Chief Clinical & Strategy Officer)Steve Sanders(Chief Technology Officer)
RightMove Health delivers virtual and in-person musculoskeletal (MSK) care through a value-based model, serving health plans, primary care providers, and patients with chronic pain or joint conditions.
Digital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesNashville, US
David King(President & Co-Founder)Joe Leinbach(Chief Executive Officer)
BehaVR develops virtual reality therapeutics that address mental and behavioral health conditions including anxiety, stress, pain management, addiction recovery, and maternal health.
Digital HealthHealthtechMental HealthElizabethtown, US
Aaron Gani(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatWilliam H. Frist· per SEC Form D · $11M raise · filed Jan 2021
HealthtechElizabethtown, US
William Frist(Director)Brooks Newman(Director)Takehiko Nomura(Director)Tamara Elias(Director)Aaron Gani(Chief Executive Officer of BehaVR Holdings, Inc.)
Board seatWilliam Frist· per SEC Form D · $20M raise · filed Dec 2022
Devoted Health offers Medicare Advantage plans and integrated healthcare services for older Americans, including virtual and in-home care, member support guides, and coordination with local providers across 29 states.
HealthtechInsurTechUnited States, US
Todd Park(Executive Officer, Director)Bryan Roberts(Director)Edward Park(Executive Officer, Director)Robert Kocher(Director)William Frist(Director)Kathleen Sebelius(Director)
Board seatWilliam Frist· per SEC Form D
HealthtechCoralville, US
James Folk(Manager, Vice President & Secretary)William Frist(Manager)Howard H Leach(Manager)Stefan Abrams(Manager, Vice Chairman of the Board of Managers & Treasurer)Gary Seamans(Executive Officer, Director)Michael D Abramoff(Manager & President)
Board seatWilliam Frist· per SEC Form D · $32.6M raise · filed Sep 2018
MD Ally partners with public safety agencies and payers to integrate virtual care and telehealth services into 911 and EMS systems, enabling dispatchers to route non-emergent patients to appropriate care resources in real-time.
Digital HealthHealthtechPhiladelphia, US
Kojo Degraft-Hanson(Director)Shanel Fields(Executive Officer, Director)Brett Topche(Director)
Board seatDerek Dedeker· per SEC Form D
HealthtechBrentwood, US
Calvin Magee(Director)Clyde Spencer(Director)Paul Ketchel, III(Executive Officer, Director)William Frist(Director)
Board seatWilliam Harrison Frist, Sr.· per SEC Form D · $4.8M raise · filed Jun 2018
HealthtechBrentwood, US
David Pontius(Director)William Frist, Sr.(Director)Paul John Ketchel III(Executive Officer, Director)Oliver Moses(Director)Clyde Spencer(Executive Officer, Director)Calvin Magee(Director)
Board seatWilliam Frist, Sr.· per SEC Form D · $45K raise · filed Oct 2016
Mindoula is a population health management company that identifies, engages, and supports people with complex behavioral health, medical, and social needs using a technology suite of data science, psychometrics, predictive analytics, and AI combined with virtual and in-person care teams.
Digital HealthHealthtechMental HealthSilver Spring, US
Steven Sidel(Executive Officer, Director)Navid Farzad(Director)Manish Agarwal(Director)Greg Couto(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatNavid Farzad· per SEC Form D
Monogram Health provides comprehensive primary and specialty medical care delivered at patients' homes, managing multiple chronic conditions through coordinated teams of doctors, nurses, and specialists.
Digital HealthHealthtechNashville, US
WILLIAM FRIST(Director)CHRIS CHI(Executive Officer)MICHAEL UCHRIN(Executive Officer, Director)CASPER DE CLERCQ(Director)CHRISTOPHER BOOKER(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatChristopher BookerWilliam Frist· per SEC Form D
HealthtechBrentwood, US
John W. Dant, III(Executive Officer, Director)McArthur VanOsdale(Director)Olver Moses(Director)Juan Vallarino(Executive Officer, Director)Jonathan Davis(Executive Officer)Christopher Burnes(Director)
Board seatBill Frist· per SEC Form D · $16.6M raise · filed Sep 2020
HealthtechFranklin, US
Colleen Hoke(Executive Officer, Director)Navid Farzad(Director)Christopher Booker(Director)Stu Warren(Executive Officer)Bill Taaffe(Director)David Fox(Executive Officer)
Board seatNavid Farzad· per SEC Form D · $6.6M raise · filed Dec 2019
Franklin, US
Board seatChristopher Booker· per SEC Form D · $11M raise · filed Nov 2022
Chicago, US
Board seatNavid Farzad· per SEC Form D · $20M raise · filed Apr 2024
Relode is a healthcare staffing and recruitment company that places healthcare professionals with medical facilities.
HealthtechHR TechMarketplaces
J. Matthew Tant(Director, Promoter)Peter Clare(Executive Officer, Director)Joe L. Christopher, Jr.(Executive Officer)Cabot Hyde(Executive Officer)
BoardWilliam Trapnell(Director)Teresa Creech(Director)
Board seatChristopher Booker· per SEC Form D
HealthtechBrentwood, US
Landon Gibbs(Director)Christopher Booker(Director)Mark Tulloch(Executive Officer, Director)Stuart Jones(Director)Michael Bell(Director)Robert Brown(Executive Officer)
Board seatChristopher Booker· per SEC Form D · $2.5M raise · filed Oct 2020
Frisco, US
Chris Heckler(Executive Officer, Director)Chris Drake(Director)Chuck Lyles(Director)Lester Popiolek(Executive Officer)Christopher Booker(Director)Matt Clark(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatChristopher Booker· per SEC Form D · $700K raise · filed Jan 2018
SportOrtho is an orthopedic urgent care practice offering same-day and walk-in appointments for muscle, bone, and joint pain treatment in Middle Tennessee.
HealthtechMedical DevicesNashville, US
Zachary Hood, MDNicholas Dantzker, MD
Ambience is an AI platform that captures clinical encounters in real time, generates documentation, and suggests coding for healthcare providers across 200+ specialties.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechSan Francisco, US
Vignesh Chandramouli(Director)Michael Ng(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Nikhil Buduma(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
BoardMamoon Hamid(Director)
Aradigm develops financial and delivery infrastructure for cell and gene therapies, partnering with payers, providers, manufacturers, and patients to enable sustainable access to transformative treatments through a pass-through business model.
BiotechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesHayward, US
Virgil D. Thompson(Director)David Bell(Director)John M. Siebert(Director)Frederick Hudson(Director)Igor Gonda(Executive Officer, Director)Nancy E. Pecota(Executive Officer)
HealthtechNashville, US
Richard Bovender(Director)Mike Tudeen(Director)Andrew Lasher(Executive Officer)William Frist(Director)Gene Fleming(Director)Ann Lamont(Director)
Audacious Inquiry provides advisory services, software, and information services for healthcare interoperability and health data exchange, serving federal agencies, state governments, public health departments, hospitals, and payer organizations.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDigital HealthGovTechHealthtech
Bicycle Health provides treatment and support for opioid use disorder (OUD).
Digital HealthHealthtechMental HealthRedwood City, US
Ankit Gupta(Founder)Russ Phillips
BoardEvan Richardson(Director)Kelly Clark(Chief Clinical Advisor)
CareBridge provides 24/7 virtual and in-home healthcare services for individuals in home and community settings, serving health plans and their members.
Digital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtech
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AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech
Betsy Castillo(Head of Clinical Data Abstraction)in
Chamber provides care coordination software for healthcare systems operating under value-based care models, with a specific focus on improving cardiovascular outcomes through better data alignment and team coordination.
Digital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtech
CodaMetrix builds AI-powered automation for medical coding within the healthcare revenue cycle, translating unstructured clinical data into reimbursement codes.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechBoston, US
Akhilesh Samant(Director)Peter Markell(Director)Roger Kitterman(Director)Keith Kerman(Director)Hamid Tabatabaie(Director, Executive Officer, Promoter)Mark Pottle(Executive Officer)
InformedDNA applies genetics expertise and technology to deliver genomics insights and services such as telegenetic counseling for payors, healthcare providers, and patients across the US.
BiotechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical Devices
Main Street Rural Health partners with rural healthcare providers to deliver patient navigation and data management services that support value-based care delivery in underserved communities.
Digital HealthHealthtechImpact & Social Good
Memora Health develops a conversational AI assistant for healthcare that handles routine patient messages and triages complex clinical concerns to care teams.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechSan Francisco, US
Manav Sevak(Founder/CEO)inNisarg Patel(Founder/CPO)inKunaal Naik(Founder/CTO)in
Modicus Prime provides an AI Management System (AIMS) for pharmaceutical companies and contract development and manufacturing organizations (CDMOs) to validate, audit, and govern AI systems across their operations in compliance with FDA and other regulatory requirements.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechSaaSLa Porte, US
Taylor Chartier(Founder & CEO)Davit Vardanyan(Director)
BoardRoger Chen(Director)
One to One Health provides relationship-based primary care through on-site employer clinics and a virtual TextCare service, employing its own clinicians.
Digital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechHR TechChattanooga, US
Paul Dickenson(Chief Financial Officer)Bob Corker(Director)Ketih Helton(Director)Mark Tipps(Director)David Kinzler(Executive Officer, Director)Keith Helton(Founder)
OneOncology invests in and partners with community oncology practices to deliver cancer care, helping them grow, diversify across specialties, and apply data and technology to improve performance.
Digital HealthHealthtechMedical Devices
Jeff Patton(Chief Executive Officer)Natalie Dickson(Board of Managers)
Oshi provides virtual gastrointestinal care delivered by gastroenterologists, dietitians, and gut-brain specialists to patients seeking treatment for GI conditions.
Digital HealthHealthtech
Sam Holliday(CEO)
Chicago, US
Navid Farzad(Director)Sara Vaezy(Director)Justin Dearborn(Executive Officer, Director)Yuanling Yuan(Director)
Qualified Health AI provides AI infrastructure and governance solutions for health systems to deploy generative AI safely and deliver measurable value across clinical, operational, and financial workflows.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechSan Carlos, US
Justin Norden(Founder & CEO)inKedar Mate(Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer)inShantanu PhatakwalainBeau NorgeotinSooah Cho(Director)Mohamad Makhzoumi(Director)
SpectrumAi provides software tools for Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs) and behavior technicians to collect data, manage client sessions, and improve applied behavior analysis (ABA) service delivery.
AI & Machine LearningHealthtechSaaS
Thrive Mobile provides low-cost wireless plans through the federal Lifeline subsidy program, powered by SafetyNet Wireless, targeting low-income consumers with integrated health resources and personal assistant support.
Healthtech
William H. Frist(Director)Vijay Patel(Director)John Anderson(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardNavid Farzad(Director)
Thyme Care develops software to enhance care coordination and outcomes for cancer patients.
Digital HealthHealthtechNashville, US
Robert Green(Executive Officer, Director)Robin Shah(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardBrian Belsky(Director)inElizabeth Canis(Director)inBrenton Fargnoli(Director)inVineeta Agarwala(Director)in
Valify provides purchased services expense management software for health systems, categorizing and cleansing accounts payable spend data to give visibility into purchased services spend and identify savings.
Data & InfrastructureDigital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechSaaS
Les Popiolek(CEO)
Visana is a virtual women's health clinic offering telemedicine consultations with doctors and clinicians to diagnose and treat a range of conditions including menopause, gynecological issues, hormone disorders, and reproductive health across the patient lifecycle.
Digital HealthFemTechHealthtechMinneapolis, US
Joseph M. Connolly(Executive Officer, Director)Shelly Lanning(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardMichael N. Tudeen(Director)Margaret Malone(Director)Olivia Capra(Director)
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.
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Frist Cressey Ventures invest at?
- Frist Cressey Ventures invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B stages.
- What is Frist Cressey Ventures's typical check size?
- Frist Cressey Ventures typically writes checks of $500K – $20M.
- What sectors does Frist Cressey Ventures focus on?
- Frist Cressey Ventures focuses on Digital Health, Enterprise Software, Healthtech, Medical Devices, SaaS.
- Where is Frist Cressey Ventures located?
- Frist Cressey Ventures is headquartered in Nashville, US.
- Does Frist Cressey Ventures lead rounds?
- Yes, Frist Cressey Ventures leads investment rounds.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
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