HC9 Ventures
Venture capitalActively deployingHavertown · Seed–Series A · 8 people tracked
Also known as CR VENTURES MANAGEMENT, LLC
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Investment thesis
HC9 focuses on Seed and Series A investments in healthcare, believing outsized returns are generated at earlier stages. The firm draws on the collective industry experience of its team and limited partners to provide portfolio companies with critical insights, relationships, and operational expertise. It emphasizes hands-on support to help emerging healthcare companies refine product-market fit and execute effective go-to-market strategies, aiming to create meaningful inflection points in their growth trajectories.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 15, 2026.
Team · 8 people
from the firm's website & public directories
Founder mafia
2 people who came through HC9 Ventures went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 13 of 15 portfolio companiesHealthtech ×12Digital Health ×9Mental Health ×3AI & Machine Learning ×2Enterprise Software ×2Impact & Social Good ×2SaaS ×2EdTech ×1
HQs:United States×10
Investments · 15 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 42024 · 12022 · 42020 · 110 dated
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))inPatrick J. Kennedy(Co-Founder)Dr. Dylan Ross(Chief Clinical & Strategy Officer)Steve Sanders(Chief Technology Officer)in
Co-investorsFrist Cressey VenturesEmerson Collective Investing
Reema Health provides a personalized, community-based care model that connects people to health care and social support services in their local communities.
Digital HealthHealthtechImpact & Social GoodMental HealthMinneapolis, US
Justin Ley(CEO)inMatt(Chief Product Officer)
BoardMatthew Swanson(Director)Ellen Herlacher(Director)inAmon Anderson(Director)
Board seatHelen Ciesielski· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsDigitalis VenturesGROOVE CAPITALHeadwater VenturesLRVHealthMaC Venture CapitalMatchstick Ventures+2 more
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RightSite Health provides emergency medical services (EMS) support by connecting emergency room doctors with EMS crews to assess and redirect low-acuity patients, and deploys patient navigators to address underlying clinical and social needs that drive unnecessary emergency calls.
Digital HealthHealthtechSaaSSan Antonio, US
Matthew Sedgwick(Executive Officer)inMichael Boxer(Executive Officer, Director)inJames M.O. Rubin(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardGary Swart(Director)
Board seatRichard Lungen· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsArtis VenturesVirtue Ventures
Alacura is a specialty benefit manager that oversees clinical and logistical coordination of medical transportation for hospitals, health plans, and patients.
Digital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechLogistics & Supply Chain
Co-investorsWP Global Partners
Circadian Health provides virtual access to cardiology, pulmonology, endocrinology, and sleep specialist care supported by home monitoring and diagnostic tools.
Digital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesSaaS
Gregg Kimmer(Chief Executive Officer)Chad Evans(Chief Operating Officer)inMike Kruckenberg(Chief Technology Officer)inSandeep Palakodetl(Chief Medical Officer)
Forge Health provides outpatient mental health and substance use disorder treatment through a multidisciplinary team of clinicians and addiction recovery specialists.
Digital HealthHealthtechMental Health
Rondi Rabuse(Chief Executive Officer)inGuy Maytal(Chief Medical Officer)in
Co-investorsMontage Ventures
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Gather Health provides primary care services with integrated social and home-based support for older adults in underserved communities.
Digital HealthHealthtech
Co-investorsHeadwater VenturesKhosla VenturesMaverick Ventures
Laguna Health provides a conversational AI platform for healthcare care teams and care managers that reduces administrative work by automating post-call documentation, surfacing real-time conversation insights, and offering dynamic care pathways.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechSan Francisco, US
Yoni Leonid Shtein(Co-founder)inYael(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsArkin CapitalLionBirdSemperVirens Venture CapitalPitango
Optura helps enterprise healthcare organizations identify and implement AI initiatives with measurable returns on investment.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechFranklin, US
Andy Fanning(Co-Founder, CEO)inMichael Hollis(Co-Founder, President)in
Co-investorsSalesforce VenturesEcho Health VenturesMatrixSusa Ventures
PayGround operates a digital healthcare payments platform that lets patients view, schedule, track, and pay bills from multiple medical providers through a single app and dashboard.
Chandler, US
Andrew Mercer(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsFCA Venture PartnersIA Capital GroupLewis & Clark VenturesRally Ventures Management, LlcTriventuresPlug and Play Ventures+1 more
Slice of Healthcare produces media and content focused on the healthcare industry, featuring interviews and coverage involving health systems, payers, pharmaceutical companies, and investors.
Digital HealthHealthtechMedia & Entertainment
Wild Blackberry Studio is a small, senior-led branding and design studio offering brand strategy, design, and content strategy services.
HealthtechImpact & Social GoodMarketing Tech
Barbara Grundy
XP Health is a digital-first vision benefits platform selling full-replacement vision programs to US employers and insurance carriers.
Antonio Moraes(Founder)inJames Wong(Founder)in
Co-investorsAmerican Family VenturesCameron VenturesCanvas VenturesCore Venture CapitalInformed Ventures Advisors, LlcManchesterStory Group, LLC+10 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
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.
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesOptura · letsdatascience.com · May 21, 2026
RightSite · jaxtoday.org · May 7, 2026
Reema · tcbmag.com · Dec 5, 2025
Payground · businesswire.com · Sep 8, 2025
Alacura · endpoints.news · Sep 4, 2025
Gather Health · homehealthcarenews.com · Jul 9, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has HC9 Ventures made?
- HC9 Ventures has 15 tracked investments, including 4 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does HC9 Ventures invest at?
- HC9 Ventures invests at the Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does HC9 Ventures focus on?
- HC9 Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Digital Health, Healthtech, Mental Health.
- Where is HC9 Ventures located?
- HC9 Ventures is headquartered in Havertown, US.
- Does HC9 Ventures lead rounds?
- HC9 Ventures has led 6 of the 8 rounds where its role is on record.
- Who does HC9 Ventures co-invest with?
- HC9 Ventures most often shares deals with Headwater Ventures, SemperVirens Venture Capital, Khosla Ventures, among 28 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the team#473 - Richard Lungen, Co-Founder/General Partner, HC9 Ventures & Ken Goulet, Pres. of KRG Advisors
Slice of Healthcare Network · Richard Lungen
Co-investors · 48
SemperVirens is an ecosystem-driven venture capital firm that supports startups building AI solutions for complex markets such as healthcare, financial services, and the future of work, providing connections and hands-on support to help them scale.
Susa Ventures operates two early-stage technology funds that invest in companies leveraging data, network effects, and economies of scale.
Echo Health Ventures is a strategic venture capital and growth equity investor that partners with health care companies to help build and scale their innovations nationally.
Triventures is a global venture capital fund with roots in healthcare that invests in early-stage companies across multiple industries, focusing on bio-convergence and data-driven technologies.
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Founders Fund is a venture capital firm that backs technology companies building transformative products.
Greylock Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with founders building companies from inception. Its partners make only one or two new investments per year to focus deeply on each partnership.
Long Journey Ventures is an early-stage venture firm that backs unconventional, 'magically weird' founders and ideas, positioning itself as a hands-on, community-oriented partner to its companies.
Founder Collective is a seed and pre-seed stage venture capital firm that invests across sectors, describing itself as sector agnostic and anti-thematic.
Uncork Capital (formerly SoftTech VC) is a seed-stage venture firm that invests early in founders, with a focus on AI-native companies building leverage and scale.
SV Angel is a firm that has backed startup founders since the 1990s, leveraging a large network of founders, industry leaders, and regulators to support portfolio companies.
▶36 more co-investors
Bain Capital VenturesMenlo VenturesCoatue ManagementKrakenSound VenturesIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)DST GlobalStreamlined VenturesQuiet CapitalBling CapitalGreycroftUpHonest CapitalOak HC/FTForerunner VenturesFifth WallPICUS CAPITALMaveronLowercase CapitalSocial LeverageDCM VenturesTSVCAngelPadFuture Perfect Ventures305 VenturesFusionThink+ Ventures Management, LlcPossible VenturesEuclid Venture PartnersAmity VenturesWestCapPitbull Ventures10x GenomicsActivant CapitalTeam IgniteDNA CapitalCanyon Creek Capital
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