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Kristen Ellefson

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Co-founder & CEO at Nurtur

Austin, Texas, United States

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Kristen: together at University City Science Center
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Kristen: together at Autism Speaks

About

Kristen Ellefson is an Entrepreneur in Residence at KHAI Ventures, a portfolio operations company focused on healthcare AI, where she leads commercialization, go-to-market, and business development across the portfolio. She previously built and scaled sales teams at a private equity-backed healthcare interoperability firm and held a role at a nonprofit overseeing teams across 80 markets. She was also Co-Founder and CEO of nurtur, a company applying AI to maternal healthcare that developed from MIT through Techstars.

Co-founder & CEO at Nurtur

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Dr. Martin Frasch

Experience

  1. KHAI VenturesEntrepreneur in Residencecurrent2026 — present
  2. PercyAdvisor, Commercial Strategy & GTMcurrent2025 — present
  3. nurturCo-Founder, CEO2023 — 2026
  4. University City Science CenterSc Alumni - Capital Readiness Program Cohort 20232023
  5. MIT Sloan School of ManagementSloan Fellows MBA2022 — 2023Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  6. RhapsodySales Director, Manager, Business Development2019 — 2022
  7. Autism SpeaksNational Director, Strategic Partner Engagement2016 — 2019
  8. Autism SpeaksNational Director, Student Initiatives2015 — 2016
  9. Alpha Xi Delta FraternityNational Philanthropy & Community Outreach Manager2012 — 2015
  10. Teach For AmericaTeach For America Corps Member2010 — 2012San Antonio, Texas Metropolitan Area

Skills & more

Marketing StrategyProgram ManagementProject ManagementBusiness StrategyLeadership Development8Interoperability3Public Relations11Social Media14Marketing8Nonprofits7Research3Data Analysis1
+12 moreCorporate DevelopmentInformation TechnologyPolicyBusiness DevelopmentHealthcare Information Technology (HIT)SalesSolution SellingHL7LeadershipPublic SpeakingStrategic PlanningStrategy
  • Series 66 — NASAA
  • Series 7 — FINRA

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Who is Kristen Ellefson?
Kristen Ellefson is an Entrepreneur in Residence at KHAI Ventures, a portfolio operations company focused on healthcare AI, where she leads commercialization, go-to-market, and business development across the portfolio. She previously built and scaled sales teams at a private equity-backed healthcare interoperability firm and held a role at a nonprofit overseeing teams across 80 markets. She was also Co-Founder and CEO of nurtur, a company applying AI to maternal healthcare that developed from MIT through Techstars.
Where does Kristen Ellefson work?
Kristen Ellefson is Co-founder & CEO of Nurtur.
What companies did Kristen Ellefson found?
Kristen Ellefson founded Nurtur.
Where did Kristen Ellefson go to school?
Kristen Ellefson studied at MIT Sloan School of Management (Sloan Fellow, Executive MBA); The University of Texas at Austin (Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Psychology); Harvard Extension School (Graduate Certificate, Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management).

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