What stage does WELL Ventures invest at?

WELL Ventures invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth stages.

Where is WELL Ventures located?

WELL Ventures is headquartered in Vancouver, CA.

WELL Ventures

Corporate VC

Vancouver · Seed–Growth · 16 people tracked

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Investment thesis

WELL Ventures invests in exceptional teams driving innovation in digital health. As the venture arm of WELL Health Technologies, it focuses on the health and wellness sector, prioritizing strong management teams and the innovative application of technology to achieve better health outcomes. The firm looks for companies that can leverage the size and scale of WELL's healthcare practitioner network as well as its own solutions and technologies, with a particular emphasis on supporting and modernizing the healthcare ecosystem in Canada and globally.

Invests inAI & Machine Learning Biotech Digital Health FemTech Healthtech Medical Devices Mental Health Wellness & FitnessCanadaGlobalNorth AmericaUnited StatesVancouver

Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.

Stage

Seed–Growth

Vancouver, BC, CA

Instruments

Equity

Founded

2021

Tracked investments

Team · 16 people

from the firm's website & public directories

Hamed Shahbazi· Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, WELL Health Technologies Corp.

Technology operator with 20+ years of experience; founded TIO Networks (later acquired by PayPal for CAD$304M) and has completed 40+ M&A transactions as an operator and board member.

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Amir Javidan· Chief Operating Officer, WELL Health Technologies Corp.

Technology and operations executive with 15+ years of experience and two exits; former COO of TIO Networks and helped scale Avigilon from stealth to a public company.

Arjun Kumar· Chief Information Officer, WELL Health Technologies Corp.

WELL's CIO and leader of the WELL EMR Group; co-founded and led KAI Innovations, with a background as a cardiac and ultrasound technician.

John Kim· Multi board director· Toronto

Toronto-based businessman and institutional investor with 20+ years of experience, active as an advisor and angel investor sitting on multiple public and private company boards.

Ken Cawkell· Managing Partner, Cawkell Brodie LLP

Managing partner of Vancouver law firm Cawkell Brodie LLP and a long-time biotech investor and advisor; founder and CEO of Neurodyn Life Sciences and co-founder of Alpha Cognition.

Pardeep Sangha· VP Corporate Strategy & Investor Relations, WELL Health Technologies Corp.

Joined WELL in 2019 after a career as a top-ranked Canadian technology analyst; brings venture capital experience from Ventures West Capital and Angad Capital and founded a cloud computing startup.

Paulo Gomes· Managing Director, DoctorCare· Canada

Leader of WELL's Billing and Backoffice unit; founded DoctorCare in 2011, a Canadian 'Billing as a Service' provider later acquired by WELL. Holds HBA and MBA from Western.

Sara Bond· SVP of Product Development, WELL Health Technologies Corp.

Product and operations leader with 10+ years of experience; co-founder and former COO of KAI Innovations, with expertise in clinical workflows and clinic relationship management.

Shane Sabatino· Chief People Officer, WELL Health Technologies Corp.

WELL's Chief People Officer; previously President of TELUS Employer Solutions and SVP of Human Resources at The Brick, with nearly a decade in HR at TELUS.

Shervin Bakhtiari· General Manager, WELL Digital Health Apps

Business and technology commercialization executive with 20+ years across startups and Fortune 500 companies in Canada and Silicon Valley, including roles at Cisco, Avaya and Dialogic.

Tara McCarville· Principal Consultant, Brighton Group Health

Principal of Brighton Group, a health industries consultancy; former National Health Industries Leader at PwC Canada and practice leader at TELUS Health, and a director of healthtech firms ALAViDA and Starling Minds.

Thomas Liston· VP Corporate Development, CubicFarm Systems Corp.

Former top-ranked technology research analyst and managing partner at Difference Capital Financial, providing growth capital to late-stage private companies in tech, media and healthcare.

Ammar Shah· VP of Corporate Development & Strategy, WELL Health Technologies Corp.

VP of M&A at WELL, joining in 2020; previously a research analyst at Eight Capital and worked at National Bank Financial and Cidel. CFA Charterholder.

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Brian Levinkind· SVP of Corporate Development, WELL Health Technologies Corp.

Senior VP of Corporate Development at WELL and its former CFO; a CPA with 20+ years of experience in financings, M&A and tax, previously an equity partner at Grant Thornton and with roles at HSBC and KPMG.

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Erik Danudjaja· Senior Associate, Corporate Development & Strategy, WELL Health Technologies Corp.

Associate on WELL's corporate development team since 2021; previously an investment analyst at Burgundy Asset Management covering US small and mid-cap equities.

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Nicholas Sharma· Senior Analyst, Corporate Development & Strategy, WELL Health Technologies Corp.

Analyst on WELL's corporate development team since 2021, supporting its venture investment program; previously an investment banking associate at CCC Investment Banking. CFA Charterholder.

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What they invest in

from 12 of 21 portfolio companies

Digital Health ×9Healthtech ×7AI & Machine Learning ×3Wellness & Fitness ×3Biotech ×2Mental Health ×2SaaS ×2Consumer ×1

HQs:Canada×6United States×2

Investments · 21 tracked

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By year:2022 · 1 2021 · 1 2018 · 1 2016 · 14 dated

ChromaDexNASDAQ: NAGESep 2022SEC filingmedium confidence

BiotechIrvine, US

Tom Varvaro(CFO)Troy Rhonemus(COO)Reid Dabney(Director)Frank Jaksch(President and CEO)Jeff 10005 Muirlands Blvd., Suite G Baxter(Director)Steven Block(Director)

Board seatHamed Shahbazi· per SEC Form D · $3.1M raise · filed Oct 2022

Aequus PharmaceuticalsJan 2016SEC filingmedium confidence

BiotechVancouver

Fotios Plakogiannis(Director)Jason Flowerday(Director)Anne Stevens(Executive Officer, Director)Doug Janzen(Executive Officer, Director)Donald McAfee(Executive Officer)Christina Yip(Executive Officer)

Board seatHamed Shahbazi· per SEC Form D · $628.8K raise · filed Jan 2016

BBTV HoldingsAug 2021SEC filingmedium confidence

Vancouver

SHAHRZAD RAFATI(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)BEN GROOT(Executive Officer)MARCEL REICHART(Director)RYAN HOLMES(Director)LEWIS BALL(Executive Officer)MICHELE ROMANOV(Director)

Board seatHamed Shahbazi· per SEC Form D · $399.4K raise · filed Sep 2021

Bright

B2B provider of a virtual amenities wellness program for on-site and remote teams focused on preventative health.

Cherry Healthcherry.health

Circle Medicalcirclemedical.comin 𝕏Jul 2018

Circle Medical provides telehealth services specializing in ADHD diagnosis and treatment for adults through remote video consultations with healthcare providers.

Digital HealthHealthtechMental HealthWellness & FitnessSan Francisco, US

JS Boulanger(Founder/CTO)inBrent LaRue(Founder/VP Product & Patient Experience)inGeorge Favvas(Executive Officer, Director)

clinicserverlogo-01newswire.cain 𝕏

Criibcutchoosebright.com

Bright Breaks offers a workplace wellness platform providing short (7-minute) live and on-demand sessions—including meditation, yoga, stretching, strength training, and cooking workshops—that are auto-scheduled into employees' Outlook or Google calendars.

Future of WorkHR TechWellness & Fitness

Focus Mental Wellness

Virtual online therapy clinic offering secure video, phone and text therapy; WELL is a majority stakeholder.

Focusmwfocusmw.comin

WELL Mental Health & Wellness offers virtual and in-person therapy along with structured issue-based programs, matching clients to registered therapists.

Digital HealthMental HealthWellness & Fitness

INSIGinsig.ca

Insig builds an AI-driven questionnaire and virtual care platform that automates medical documentation, patient history collection, and administrative tasks for clinics and healthcare providers.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech

Orxorx.ai

ORX offers a Knowledge Base Intelligence (KBI) platform that ingests unstructured data such as transcripts, documents, and images and restructures it into AI-ready, SOP-aligned content to power AI copilots and chatbots in CCaaS, CRM, and EHR systems.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthSaaS

ORX Surgical

AI and data analytics platform integrating clinical, supply chain, revenue cycle and vendor data to boost operating room revenue and prevent revenue leakage.

Phelixphelix.aiin 𝕏

Phelix AI is an AI automation platform for healthcare providers and clinics that handles administrative workflows such as fax triaging, phone answering, scheduling, referrals, prior authorization, intake, charting, and follow-ups.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech

Phelix AI

Pillwaypillway.com𝕏

Pillway is a registered Canadian online pharmacy offering free prescription delivery, pharmacist access, and health care support to patients.

ConsumerDigital HealthE-commerceHealthtech

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Tap Medical

Digital patient engagement and telenavigation tools across Canada, selected to help power Quebec's HUB online booking system.

Tapmedicaltapmedical.cain 𝕏

Tap Medical is an online platform that lets patients find and book medical appointments, including walk-in visits, family doctor consultations, virtual doctor or nurse practitioner visits, and specialist care such as radiology and cardiology.

Digital HealthHealthtechMarketplacesMontreal, CA

Twig Fertilitytwigfertility.comin

Twig Fertility is a Canadian fertility clinic offering IVF, IUI, egg and sperm freezing, donor care, genetic counselling, and inclusive family-building services, with on-site embryology labs using time-lapse imaging and AI-assisted embryo evaluation.

Digital HealthFemTechHealthtechToronto, CA

Rhonda Zwingerman(Chief Medical Officer)

WELLwell.companyin 𝕏

WELL Health Technologies provides healthcare technology solutions and services to support Canadian public healthcare systems and providers.

Digital HealthHealthtechSaaSVancouver, CA

Hamed Shahbazi(Founder, Chairman & CEO)in

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 · 1

IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolio

ChromaDexNASDAQ: NAGE

Frequently asked questions

What stage does WELL Ventures invest at?: WELL Ventures invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth stages.
What sectors does WELL Ventures focus on?: WELL Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Digital Health, FemTech, Healthtech, Medical Devices, Mental Health, Wellness & Fitness.
Where is WELL Ventures located?: WELL Ventures is headquartered in Vancouver, CA.

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