Suncoast Ventures
Venture capitalActively deployingWalnut Creek · Pre-Seed–Series A · 13 people tracked
Investment thesis
Suncoast identifies structural healthcare costs that mainstream venture capital overlooks, creating outsized investment opportunities. The firm backs healthcare founders solving practical problems affecting the current generation rather than pursuing distant moonshots. Suncoast brings relationships, networks, and systems to help healthcare companies scale faster through institutional relationships and sector-specific infrastructure.
Source: firm website, verified Jul 21, 2026.
Team · 13 people
from the firm's websiteFounder and General Partner at Suncoast Ventures, focused on backing healthcare companies solving present-day problems affecting the current generation.
Medtech industry veteran with three decades of experience, founder and CEO of Xinetix specializing in device, regulatory, and IP diligence.
Medicaid and CalAIM authority, founder of Hickman Strategies, and technical assistance provider for the Camden Coalition.
Co-founder and Managing Partner of EXECullence with over 30 years of healthcare and IT leadership experience.
Physician-founder who built Bright.md, a platform increasing physician efficiency tenfold, and sold it to Evernorth.
Founder of Care.com, which completed an IPO in 2014 and was sold to IAC for $500 million; now co-founder and CEO of Ohai.ai.
Leads operations and brand functions and oversees Gateway, Suncoast's annual healthcare-innovation summit.
Doctor of Nursing Practice and Family Nurse Practitioner with over 20 years of clinical bedside experience providing clinical perspective on women's health and care delivery.
Operator with cross-sector experience in health, wellness, and consumer segments, previously with Anthem's portfolio innovation team.
Two-time healthcare CEO who grew MediSpend's value by over 300% and currently serves as CEO of Clutch Healthcare.
Health economics outcomes research specialist and USC PharmD/MS candidate with four peer-reviewed publications in market-access diligence.
Health economist specializing in health economics outcomes research, capital allocation, and capital-efficient unit economics.
Former Accenture Global Managing Director of Health and McKinsey partner with deep payer-strategy expertise.
What they invest in
from 1 of 4 portfolio companiesMental Health ×1Social ×1Wellness & Fitness ×1
HQs:United States×2
Investments · 4 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathEliminating blind spots in high-risk maternal care
Sober Side Kick is a 24/7 peer support platform for people in recovery from substance use, providing anonymous community access on mobile with algorithmic matching to connect users with peers who understand their experience.
Mental HealthSocialWellness & Fitness
Board seats · per SEC filings · 2
what is this? ⓘ$5M raise · filed Jul 2023 · via Sheila Marcelo
$225K raise · filed Apr 2023 · via Sheila Marcelo
Inferred from directors named on each company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Suncoast Ventures invest at?
- Suncoast Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Suncoast Ventures focus on?
- Suncoast Ventures focuses on Biotech, Digital Health, Healthtech, Medical Devices.
- Where is Suncoast Ventures located?
- Suncoast Ventures is headquartered in Walnut Creek, US.
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