Adina Safer
InvestorVenture 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.
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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
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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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