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Adina Safer

Investor

Venture and Strategy Consultant at Hopelab · Healthcare Advisor at Reach Capital

San Francisco, California, United States

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About

Adina Safer is a healthcare strategist with over two decades of experience spanning consulting and investment banking. She founded an early internet health company that was later acquired by CVS, where she spent nearly a decade building and scaling CVS Health's specialty pharmacy. More recently she has worked with numerous digital health startups and joined Reach Capital as a healthcare advisor.

Invests in

Digital HealthHealthtech

Experience

  1. Baszucki GroupImpact Investing Teamcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Reach CapitalAdvisor (Healthcare)current2025 — present
  3. Headstream InnovationResidency Leadcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  4. HopelabVenture and Strategy Consultantcurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  5. The Medicaid SessionsHealth Tech Creator and Producercurrent2023 — present
  6. LevlAdvisor, Payer Strategy (Medicaid)current2023 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
  7. WellTheoryStrategic Advisorcurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  8. Redesign HealthAdvisor2023 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
  9. NearWater GrowthSenior Advisor2022 — 2024San Francisco, California, United States
  10. BluePath HealthStrategy Lead2020 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
  11. ADVI Reimbursement and Health Policy Advisory ServicesFounder & Principal2010 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  12. UC Berkeley Center for Health TechnologyConsultant2009 — 2011Berkeley, CA
  13. CVS HealthVP Business Development and Specialty Pharma Relations- TheraCom division2007 — 2010
  14. CVS HealthVice President, Specialty Pharm Relations2006 — 2008
  15. CVS HealthVice President, Marketing2004 — 2006
  16. CVS SpecialtyDirector, Strategy and Development, Specialty Pharmacy Services2002 — 2004
  17. Consumer Health InteractiveCo-founder and Business Development1999 — 2002San Francisco, CA
  18. Shattuck Hammond PartnersSenior Associate1995 — 1998New York, NY
  19. Lehman BrothersAnalyst1990 — 1992

Skills & more

Medical Devices9Pharmaceutical Industry9Strategy24Biotechnology10Managed Care12Healthcare Management1Healthcare ReimbursementMedicare/Medicaid reimbursementREMSPersonalized MedicineMergers & Acquisitions1Health Policy5
+6 moreHealthcare Information TechnologyBusiness DevelopmentOncologyMarket AccessCross-functional Team LeadershipHealthcare

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Colleagues at Hopelab

Amy Green
Head of Research at Hopelab

Frequently asked questions

Who is Adina Safer?
Adina Safer is a healthcare strategist with over two decades of experience spanning consulting and investment banking. She founded an early internet health company that was later acquired by CVS, where she spent nearly a decade building and scaling CVS Health's specialty pharmacy. More recently she has worked with numerous digital health startups and joined Reach Capital as a healthcare advisor.
Where does Adina Safer work?
Adina Safer is Venture and Strategy Consultant at Hopelab.
What does Adina Safer invest in?
Adina Safer invests in Digital Health, Healthtech.
Where did Adina Safer go to school?
Adina Safer studied at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business (MBA/MPH, Health Services Management); Columbia University (BA, Pre-Med and Sociology); Barnard College (BA, Pre-Med and Sociology).

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Also attended Columbia University1,123

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Also attended Barnard College58

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Also attended University of California, Berkeley2,000

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Shared employers

Also worked at Redesign Health44

Tiffany YuPrincipal at 7wire VenturesTara SullivanPrincipal at Flare Capital PartnersKunal SethyEntrepreneur in Residence, Sparrow Healthcare at Red Cell IncubationAron SzantoHead of Technology at Asymmetric Capital PartnersWilson MaVice President at Endeavour CapitalDavid RustAdvisor, Executive Coach at Verissimo Ventures

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Also worked at CVS Specialty2

Trip HoferVenture Partner at .406 VenturesErica PlybeahFounder at Medhaul

Also worked at Lehman Brothers397

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