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OSF Ventures

Corporate VC

Peoria · Seed–Series A · 19 people tracked

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Investment thesis

OSF Ventures invests as part of an investment syndicate in companies at post-seed stages that align with OSF HealthCare's key objectives and innovation strategy. It focuses on healthcare solutions that improve patient outcomes, enhance patient experience and reduce the cost of care, and it prioritizes companies interested in collaborating with OSF HealthCare's clinicians and other professionals. Beyond capital, the firm positions its investment as a partnership, offering access to its innovation teams and clinical subject matter experts to help portfolio companies test and refine concepts, speed adoption and scale their impact.

Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.

Stage
Seed–Series A
HQ
Peoria, Illinois, US
Leads rounds
Follows
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2016
AUM
$250M
Tracked investments
40

Team · 19 people

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Ben Spektor· Director, Venture Investmentsin

Serves as a Director of Venture Investments at OSF Ventures.

Liridon Rrushaj· Director, Venture Investments

Director of Venture Investments at OSF Ventures; holds an MBA.

Becky Buchen· Senior Vice President, Innovation and Transformationin
Chris Franciskovich· Vice President, Advanced Analyticsin
Elizabeth Eaker· Project Assistant

Serves as a Project Assistant at OSF Ventures.

Jeremy Snell· Venture Analystin

Venture Analyst at OSF Ventures; holds a PhD.

John Vozenilek· Vice President, Chief Medical Officer, Innovation and Digital Health
Juli Plack· Vice President, Data and Analytics Servicesin
Kelly George· Vice President, Performance Improvement
Kip McCoy· Vice President, OSF Innovation Studiosin
Mark Hohulin· Senior Vice President, Healthcare Analytics
Noël Adams· Vice President, Academic Collaborations and Simulation Operationsin
Roopa Foulger· Vice President, Digital Innovation Development

What they invest in

from 33 of 40 portfolio companies

Healthtech ×30Digital Health ×22AI & Machine Learning ×13Medical Devices ×12Biotech ×6SaaS ×6Deep Tech ×4Data & Infrastructure ×2

HQs:United States×28

Who they back

founder profiles across 19 portfolio companies
47%
solo founders
9 of 19 mapped founding teams
17%
repeat founders
of 12 founders with career history

Founding team size:solo founder×92 founders×63 founders×14+ founders×3

Where their founders studiedfrom 10 founders with education data

Tel Aviv University ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 12 founders with career history

Genentech ×2Stanford University ×2

Investments · 40 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2024 · 22022 · 12018 · 12017 · 12015 · 12014 · 17 dated

Health Catalysthealthcatalyst.comin𝕏NASDAQ: HCAT

Health Catalyst provides a data platform, analytics applications, and AI-powered insights that help healthcare organizations improve clinical, financial, and operational performance.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDigital Health

Co-investorsDecheng CapitalEPIC VENTURESFifty YearsKaiser Permanente VenturesNorwest Venture PartnersTenaya Capital+1 more

410 Medical410medical.comin𝕏

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)

BoardJEFF TERRELL(Director)inSTANLEY D. LYNALL(Director)FRED GOLDWATER(Director)inMAYANK TANEJA(Director)in

Co-investorsBallad VenturesCU Healthcare Innovation FundDuke Capital PartnersWolfpack Investor NetworkBios PartnersHatteras Venture Partners

Arrayarraybc.comin

Array Behavioral Care is a virtual psychiatry and therapy practice that delivers integrated behavioral health services from hospitals to homes.

Digital HealthHealthtechMental Health

Co-investorsCVS Health VenturesFrist Cressey VenturesHLM Venture PartnersHypothesisNew Stack VenturesHyde Park Angels+1 more

Ascensionventuresascensionventures.org

Ascension Ventures is a healthcare venture capital fund and innovation catalyst managing over $1 billion in capital that invests in emerging healthcare innovators and technologies.

HealthtechSector Agnostic

Co-investorsBroadview Ventures

AVIAaviahealth.comin

AVIA operates a network and advisory platform for health systems, providing benchmarking, market intelligence, and peer collaboration to support their digital transformation and AI adoption.

Digital HealthHealthtechSaaS

Linda Finkelin

Co-investors7wire VenturesFirst Trust Capital Partners

BrightWateracquired by Merit Medical Systems

Provides treatment of biliary and urinary blockages, eliminating a second invasive procedure; acquired by Merit Medical Systems in June 2019.

Calacalahealth.comin𝕏

Cala Health develops non-invasive prescription therapies for movement disorders, starting with a treatment for hand tremor and essential tremor.

Deep TechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesSilicon Valley, US

Kate Rosenbluth, PhD(President & Chief Innovation Officer)Kate Rosenbluth(Founder)inDeanna Harshbarger(Chief Executive Officer)

Co-investorsAscension VenturesGlobal BrainGV (Google Ventures)Lightstone VenturesTriventuresAME Cloud Ventures+1 more

Cancer IQ

Precision cancer prevention platform that stratifies patient risk and enables earlier detection through risk scoring and monitoring.

Chicago, US

Olufeyikemi Olopade Ayodele(Executive Officer, Director)Haibo Lu(Executive Officer, Director)Christopher Bun(Executive Officer)Jordan Dolin(Director)Evan Wood(Director)Olufunmilayo Olapade(Director)

Co-investorsHealthX VenturesMerck Global Health Innovation Fund

CancerIQcanceriq.comin𝕏

CancerIQ is a healthcare software platform that helps hospitals and providers run cancer risk-assessment and precision prevention programs by gathering patient data, triaging patients into risk tiers using guidelines like NCCN and Tyrer-Cuzick, and managing genetic counseling, testing, and ongoing care.

Digital HealthHealthtechSaaS

Feyi Ayodele(Founder)in

Co-investors2Flo VenturesCleveland AvenueHealthX VenturesMcKesson VenturesImpact Engine

Cardiosensecardiosense.comin𝕏Nov 2022

Cardiosense develops wearable sensing hardware and deep-learning algorithms that convert physiological signals into clinical insights for cardiovascular disease detection and management.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesChicago, US

Omer Inan(Co-founder, Chief Scientific Officer)Andrew Carek(Co-founder, Chief Technical Officer)Amit Gupta(Co-founder, Advisor)inMozziyar Etemadi(Co-founder, Head of AI)Omer Inan, PhD(Co-founder, Chief Scientific Officer)inAndrew Carek, PhD(Co-founder, Chief Technical Officer)in

Co-investorsBayMed Venture PartnersBroadview VenturesCross-Border Impact VenturesLaerdal Million Lives FundPortal InnovationsHatteras Venture Partners

Current Healthcurrenthealth.comin𝕏acquired by Best Buy

Current Health builds FDA-cleared clinical technology and infrastructure that enables acute and complex care—including advanced therapies like CAR-T, bispecifics, and cell and gene therapies—to be delivered safely in ambulatory and home settings.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesEdinburgh, US

Christopher McGhee(Founder)in

Co-investorsLRVHealthMMC Ventures

Digital Diagnosticsdigitaldiagnostics.comin

Digital Diagnostics is a healthcare technology company that builds AI systems to diagnose disease by analyzing medical images.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechMedical Devices

John Bertrandin

Co-investors8VCAlpha EdisonOptum VenturesKinderhook

DotCom Therapydotcomtherapy.comin𝕏

HealthtechSpringfield, US

Rachel Robinson(Executive Officer, Director)Sanaz Cordes(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardMark Bakken(Director)inColleen Kraft(Director)

Co-investorsNew Capital PartnersHealthX Ventures

Endotronixendotronix.comin𝕏Mar 2014

Endotronix develops the Cordella PA Sensor and Heart Failure System, an FDA-approved implantable pulmonary artery pressure sensor and remote monitoring platform for managing patients with NYHA class III heart failure.

Digital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesWoodridge, US

Harry Rowland(Executive Officer, Director)Anthony I Nunez(Executive Officer, Director)Anthony A. Nunez(Executive Officer, Director)Anthony Nunez(Founder)in

BoardJonathan Jonas(Director)Raymond S. Barrett, Jr.(Director)

Co-investorsBioventures InvestorsJumpstart VenturesLumira VenturesSeroba Life SciencesSV Health Investors

Epitelepitel.com

Epitel is a digital health company that builds REMI, a wearable, wireless cloud-based EEG monitoring system with AI-based seizure event detection for use in healthcare and ambulatory settings.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesSalt Lake City, US

Mark Lehmkuhle(CTO, Founder)Steve Pacelli(CEO)

Co-investorsAngel Physicians FundGenoa VenturesMedMountain VenturesWavemaker Three-Sixty Health

Euphrates Vasculareuphratesvascular.comAug 2018

BiotechSt. Louis, US

Troy Long(Executive Officer)Jeffrey Blair(Director)Tim Blair(Executive Officer)Eric Moessinger(Director)Robert Mitchell(Director)Thomas Hillman(Director)

Co-investorsMissouri Technology CorporationView VenturesCultivation Capital

Exo Imagingexo.incin𝕏

Exo is a company backed by leading venture capital and corporate investors focused on innovative technologies, with particular emphasis on healthcare, bioelectronic medicines, materials science, and deep technology solutions.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechHealthtechMedical Devices

Yusuf Haque(Founder)in

Co-investorsBold Capital PartnersCreative VenturesPage One VenturesTDK VenturesSquareOne CapitalAction Potential Venture Capital Ltd.+1 more

Gaussacquired by Stryker

Software that digitally augments clinicians to improve diagnostic accuracy; acquired by Stryker in September 2021.

GYANTgyant.comin𝕏

Fabric unifies virtual and in-person care through technology for intake, triage, routing, and treatment, serving healthcare providers and patients.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechSan Francisco, US

Aniq Rahman(Founder & CEO)

Co-investorsGrazia Equity GmbHJoyance PartnersSocial StartsTechstarsWessel ManagementWing

Hellocarehellocare.ai

hellocare.ai is an end-to-end virtual care delivery platform combining software, hardware, and AI to support virtual nursing, virtual sitting, telehealth, and remote patient monitoring.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechClearwater, US

Labinot Bytyqi(Founder)

Co-investorsLRVHealth

Humata Healthhumatahealth.comin𝕏

Humata provides an end-to-end platform to streamline prior authorization processes in healthcare, reducing delays and improving care access for patients.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechMiami, US

Jeremy Friese(Founder, MD)inOscar Callejas(Executive Officer)inMichael Kolb(Executive Officer)inPhilip Fibiger(Executive Officer)in

BoardWord D. Peake(Director)Thomas Hawes(Director)

Co-investors.406 VenturesBlue Venture FundsLRVHealthOptum Ventures

Inflammatixinflammatix.comin𝕏

Inflammatix develops host-response-based molecular diagnostics tests to identify acute infections and sepsis in emergency and critical care settings.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesBurlingame, US

Tim Sweeney(Co-Founder and CEO)inPurvesh Khatri(Co-Founder and Chief Scientist)inJONATHAN ROMANOWSKY(Executive Officer)in

BoardKENNETH BAHK(Director)MICHAEL RUBIN(Director)DAVID PERSING(Director)

Co-investorsKhosla VenturesNorthpond VenturesDFJ

Insight RXinsight-rx.comin𝕏

InsightRX builds precision dosing and clinical decision support software for hospitals, using pharmacokinetic models that are continuously retrained on de-identified patient data aggregated across participating institutions.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Sirj Goswami, PhD(Founder)inSirj Goswami(Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer)RON KEIZER(Director)SRIJIB GOSWAMI(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardASHOK KRISHNAMURTHI(Director)

Co-investorsComet LabsFundersClubGreatPoint VenturesHealthX VenturesWorldQuant VenturesLeawood Venture Capital Llc+1 more

Leavittequityleavittequity.comin

Care Hospice is a regional hospice provider operating 25+ locations across 8 states in the southern and eastern United States, delivering end-of-life care services to patients.

Digital HealthHealthtechImpact & Social Good

Level Exlevel-ex.comAcquired

Creates industry-leading mobile and AR training software and games for physicians.

Co-investorsJAZZ Venture Partners4490 VenturesPritzker Group Venture Capital

NuXcelnuxcel.comOct 2024 · $66M

NuXcel is a global medical device accelerator that founds and incubates bioelectronics and neuromodulation startups addressing large unmet clinical needs, using a lean innovation model.

Deep TechHealthtechMedical Devices

Co-investorsTreo Ventures, LlcAmzak HealthAPERTURE Venture PartnersNorwest Venture PartnersU.S. Venture Partners

Osfhealthcareosfhealthcare.orgin

OSF HealthCare is an integrated health system operating 16 hospitals, urgent care clinics, primary and specialty care facilities, and digital health services across Illinois and Michigan.

Digital HealthHealthtechPeoria, US

Paradigm Diagnostics

BiotechPhoenix, US

Scott Morris(Executive Officer)David Neal(Executive Officer)Grace Colon(Director)David Mallery(Executive Officer, Director)Erin Curley(Director)Carey Ng(Director)

PatientWisdompatientwisdom.cominJul 2017

PatientWisdom provides an EHR-integrated patient experience tool that summarizes patient context, risks, and past experiences (MyView) and collects patient-generated information (MyStory) so care teams can prepare for and personalize visits.

Digital HealthHealthtechSaaSNew Haven, US

Gregory Makoul(Executive Officer, Director)inMatthew Storeygard(Director)Henry Schaffer(Executive Officer)

BoardEric Langshur(Director)

Co-investorsLaunchCapitalA1 Health VenturesOCA Ventures

Photonicarephotoni.carein𝕏

PhotoniCare develops OtoSight, an FDA-cleared optical coherence tomography device for non-invasive assessment and monitoring of middle ear infections in healthcare facilities.

Deep TechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesDurham, US

Ryan Shelton(CEO)Stephen Boppart(CMO)Cary Vance(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardPatrick Zeller(Director)Dale Grogan(Director)inDr. Zishan Haroon(Director)

Co-investorsFirst Leaf CapitalHealthtech CapitalIllinois VenturesMichigan Capital NetworkMichigan RisePlains Ventures+1 more

Piecestechpiecestech.com

Pieces Technologies is a physician-led AI company whose cloud-hosted Pieces Intelligence Platform generates clinical documentation and summaries—such as progress notes, discharge summaries, and care plans—directly within the EHR to assist physicians, nurses, and case managers.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechDallas, US

Rubendran Amarasingham(Executive Officer)Ruben Amarasingham(CEO & Founder)

Renovia

Boston, US

Jim O'Connor(Executive Officer)Eileen Maus(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardTara Butler(Director)Rich Aldrich(Director)inAdam Stone(Director)Dan Levangie(Director)

Co-investorsAscension VenturesLongwood Fund

Respiratory Motionrespiratorymotion.comNov 2015

HealthtechWaltham, US

Jenny Freeman(Executive Officer, Director)inKamen Bliznashki(Executive Officer)Svetlana Panasyuk(Executive Officer)

BoardJaideep Mehta(Director)Peter Aranow(Director)Don Freeman(Director)

Co-investorsBoston Harbor AngelsKeiretsu ForumWalnut Venture Associates

ShiraTronicsshiratronics.cominSep 2024 · $66M

ShiraTronics is a medical device company developing an implantable device to treat chronic migraine disease.

BiotechHardwareHealthtechMedical DevicesBrooklyn Park, US

Robert Binney(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardJoyce Erony(Director)inZack Scott(Director)Brad Vale(Director)inCasey Tansey(Director)Mudit Jain(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsAmzak HealthAPERTURE Venture PartnersBreakout VenturesGlobal BioAccess FundNorwest Venture PartnersSeroba Life Sciences+3 more

SilverCloud Healthsilvercloudhealth.cominacquired by Amwell

SilverCloud by Amwell is a digital mental healthcare platform designed to provide mental health services to a broad audience.

Digital HealthHealthtechMental HealthWellness & Fitness

Co-investorsMemorialCare Innovation FundB Capital GroupB4 CapitalFurthr VC

Socially Determinedsociallydetermined.comin𝕏

Socially Determined provides a HIPAA-compliant platform that analyzes social determinants of health data to help healthcare providers and payers understand and manage health risk.

Data & InfrastructureDigital HealthHealthtechSaaSWashington, US

Ryan Bosch(Executive Officer, Director)inTrenor Williams(Executive Officer, Director)inAnthony Beverina(Director)in

Co-investorsCorewell Health VenturesQuesta CapitalLRVHealthZiegler Link-age Funds

Tailormedtailormed.coin

TailorMed provides a platform that helps patients access, afford, and stay on their prescribed medications by connecting them to financial assistance and support programs.

Digital HealthHealthtechSaaS

Adam Siton(Founder)inIsrael (Srulik) Dvorsky(Founder)in

Co-investorsAccelmed PartnersAllumia VenturesBallad VenturesBridges IsraelSamsung NextSanara Capital+2 more

VIDA

Modernizes lung and respiratory care to improve outcomes and streamline care coordination.

Vida Lungvidalung.aiin𝕏

VIDA provides imaging data collection and AI-powered analysis services to life sciences companies for accelerating drug development and clinical trials.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtech

Susan Wood(Chief Executive Officer)inSandra Stapleton(Chief Operating Officer)Todd Johnson(Chief Technology Officer)Lars Nordenmark(Chief Scientific Officer)Dr. Wood(CEO)Dr. Nordenmark(Chief Scientific Officer)

Co-investorsChartline Capital PartnersDaybreak PartnersInnoventures IowaNext Level Ventures

Exits · 5

IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolio

Health CatalystNASDAQ: HCATBrightWateracq. by Merit Medical SystemsCurrent Healthacq. by Best BuyGaussacq. by StrykerSilverCloud Healthacq. by Amwell

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has OSF Ventures made?
OSF Ventures has 37 tracked investments, 4 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does OSF Ventures invest at?
OSF Ventures invests at the Seed, Series A stages.
What sectors does OSF Ventures focus on?
OSF Ventures focuses on Biotech, Digital Health, Healthtech, Medical Devices.
Where is OSF Ventures located?
OSF Ventures is headquartered in Peoria, US.
Does OSF Ventures lead rounds?
OSF Ventures typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
Who does OSF Ventures co-invest with?
OSF Ventures most often shares deals with HealthX Ventures, LRVHealth, Bold Capital Partners, among 98 tracked co-investors.

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