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
- Baszucki GroupImpact Investing Teamcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Reach CapitalAdvisor (Healthcare)current2025 — present
- Headstream InnovationResidency Leadcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- HopelabVenture and Strategy Consultantcurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- The Medicaid SessionsHealth Tech Creator and Producercurrent2023 — present
- LevlAdvisor, Payer Strategy (Medicaid)current2023 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
- WellTheoryStrategic Advisorcurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Redesign HealthAdvisor2023 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- NearWater GrowthSenior Advisor2022 — 2024San Francisco, California, United States
- BluePath HealthStrategy Lead2020 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- ADVI Reimbursement and Health Policy Advisory ServicesFounder & Principal2010 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- UC Berkeley Center for Health TechnologyConsultant2009 — 2011Berkeley, CA
- CVS HealthVP Business Development and Specialty Pharma Relations- TheraCom division2007 — 2010
- CVS HealthVice President, Specialty Pharm Relations2006 — 2008
- CVS HealthVice President, Marketing2004 — 2006
- CVS SpecialtyDirector, Strategy and Development, Specialty Pharmacy Services2002 — 2004
- Consumer Health InteractiveCo-founder and Business Development1999 — 2002San Francisco, CA
- Shattuck Hammond PartnersSenior Associate1995 — 1998New York, NY
- Lehman BrothersAnalyst1990 — 1992
Education
- University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of BusinessMBA/MPH, Health Services Management
- Columbia UniversityBA, Pre-Med and Sociology
- Barnard CollegeBA, Pre-Med and Sociology
- University of California, BerkeleyMBA/MPH
- bethesda chevy chase
Skills & more
Medical Devices9Pharmaceutical Industry9Strategy24Biotechnology10Managed Care12Healthcare Management1Healthcare ReimbursementMedicare/Medicaid reimbursementREMSPersonalized MedicineMergers & Acquisitions1Health Policy5
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Healthcare Information TechnologyBusiness DevelopmentOncologyMarket AccessCross-functional Team LeadershipHealthcareFrom Adina's professional profile.
Colleagues at Reach Capital
Amanda Maestri
Head of Investor Relations at Reach Capital
Arjun Singh
Advisor at Reach Capital
Caoimhe MacRunnels
Principal at Reach Capital
Chian Gong
Partner at Reach Capital
David Landman
Advisor at Reach Capital
Dehong Huang
Assistant Controller at Reach Capital
Dr. Hannah Galvin
Advisor at Reach Capital
Dr. Maisha Gray-Diggs
Advisor at Reach Capital
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Adina Safer work?
- Adina Safer is Healthcare Advisor at Reach Capital.
- What does Adina Safer invest in?
- Adina Safer invests in Digital Health, Healthtech.
Same school
Also attended University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business581
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Also attended Columbia University688
Ben HorowitzCo-founder & General Partner at Andreessen HorowitzDoug LeonePartner at Sequoia Capital; former Global Managing PartnerChris DixonFounder & Managing Partner of a16z crypto at Andreessen HorowitzKai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIGabriella GiglioHR & Executive Talent at General CatalystScott BillerInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)
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Also attended Barnard College36
Yusill ScribnerInvestments at Impact America FundMadeline MinshewInvestor at True VenturesEmily MoskowitzEntrepreneur in Residence at Storm VenturesBeth SeidenbergFounding Managing Director at Westlake Village BioPartnersJessica PouleurPartner at Openspace VenturesHayley SteinChief Compliance Officer at Magnetar AI Ventures
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Also attended University of California, Berkeley1,342
Byron DeeterPartner at Bessemer Venture PartnersTrevor OelschigInvestment Team at General CatalystBrendan Bulik-SullivanInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Glen AndersonPartner at Monta Vista CapitalAnthony LinHead of Intel Capital, Corporate Vice President at Intel CapitalScott ShawChief of Staff at Intel Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at Redesign Health30
Hemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystKunal 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 VenturesNick GreenfieldAdvisor, Consumer & D2C at Verissimo Ventures
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Also worked at CVS Specialty1
Also worked at Lehman Brothers242
Scott MaxwellInvestor at OpenView Venture PartnersDana SettleCo-Founder & Managing Partner at GreycroftHemal PatelManaging Director at Marlin Equity PartnersYusuf ÖzdalgaPartner, Head of U.K. & Europe at QED InvestorsSaar GurGeneral Partner at CRV (Charles River Ventures)Pam TholenHead of Investor Relations at Paradigm
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