Sam de Brouwer
InvestorStrategic Advisor at Claritas Capital · Board director at Scanadu
San Francisco Bay Area
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About
Sam de Brouwer is an entrepreneur and deep tech investor whose career began in the 1990s working on TCP/IP internet infrastructure at Eunet and co-founding the employment website Jobscape, which later merged into Stepstone. She co-founded the AI healthcare company doc.ai in 2016, serving as COO and then CEO until its acquisition by Sharecare, where she is Chief Strategy Officer, and she was part of the founding team of Scanadu (now Healthy.io). She serves as a Senior Advisor to Claritas Athena Ventures.
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AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDigital Health
Board director at Scanadu
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Scanadu's investors · 8
AME Cloud VenturesPalo Alto · $1M – $10M checksClaritas CapitalNashville · $2M – $5M checks · since 2016Fosun InternationalShanghaiiGlobe PartnersSingapore · $600K – $6M checksREDMILESan FranciscoRelay VenturesToronto · $500K – $10M checksTencent HoldingsShenzhen · $3.9M – $400M checksVTF CapitalLas Vegas · $300K – $2M checks
Experience
- XY.AI LabsCo-Founder, Chief Executive Officercurrent2025 — presentCalifornia, United States
- XY.AI LabsBoard Membercurrent2023 — presentCalifornia, United States
- BetterNightBoard Membercurrent2022 — present
- Malibu Urgent CareBoard Membercurrent2024 — presentCalifornia, United States
- SIGNALSVolunteercurrent2016 — presentSanFrancisco
- Claritas CapitalStrategic Advisorcurrent2024 — presentNashville, Tennessee, United States
- TED ConferencesCurator TEDAI San Francisco2023 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
- SharecareChief Strategy Officer -(via acquisition of doc.ai)2021 — 2025Palo Alto, California, United States
- doc.aiCofounder, Chief Executive Officer (acquired by Sharecare)2020 — 2021Palo Alto, California, United States
- doc.aiCofounder, Chief Operating Officer2016 — 2020Palo Alto
- San Francisco Girls ChorusMember Board Of Directors2019 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- Stanford UniversityMMI Rater2018 — 2019United States
- Research to the PeopleMember Of The Board Of Advisors2018 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- Emmaai.com (exit to Lazard)Angel Investor at Emmaai (Acquired by Lazard)2016 — 2019Palo Alto
- SCANADUCofounder / VP Communications at Scanadu ( Acquired by Health io)2012 — 2016Nasa Ames Mountain View
- TEDxBrusselsDirector - TED Ambassador2009 — 2015Brussels
- One Laptop Per Child EuropeAdvocacy Director2010 — 2013
- Starlab Barcelona S.L.Head of GTM HQ in Brussels1996 — 2001
- StepStoneCo Founder at Jobscape ( acquired by Stepstone)1996 — 1998Belgium
Skills & more
Engineering2Artificial Intelligence (AI)2Product Development1Social Media Marketing27Strategic Communications91Public Relations63Social Media85Event Management34Entrepreneurship99Marketing Strategy30Marketing Communications44Start-ups40
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Social NetworkingCorporate CommunicationsBusiness StrategyMedia RelationsOnline MarketingProgram ManagementProject ManagementFundraisingPublic SpeakingStrategyLeadershipManagement- CSX0001: Computer Science 101 — Stanford University
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Betternight
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Colleagues at Claritas Capital
Bob Fisher
Managing Partner at Claritas Capital
Caroline Hipps
Executive Director at Claritas Capital
Dan Schneider
Senior Associate at Claritas Capital
Donna Altshuler
Director at Claritas Capital
Dr. Lisa Piercey
Strategic Advisor at Claritas Capital
Francis Stanley
Principal at Claritas Capital
J. Donald McLemore
General Partner at Claritas Capital
John Chadwick
Founder and Managing Partner at Claritas Capital
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Sam de Brouwer?
- Sam de Brouwer is an entrepreneur and deep tech investor whose career began in the 1990s working on TCP/IP internet infrastructure at Eunet and co-founding the employment website Jobscape, which later merged into Stepstone. She co-founded the AI healthcare company doc.ai in 2016, serving as COO and then CEO until its acquisition by Sharecare, where she is Chief Strategy Officer, and she was part of the founding team of Scanadu (now Healthy.io). She serves as a Senior Advisor to Claritas Athena Ventures.
- Where does Sam de Brouwer work?
- Sam de Brouwer is Strategic Advisor at Claritas Capital and Board director at Scanadu.
- What does Sam de Brouwer invest in?
- Sam de Brouwer invests in AI & Machine Learning, Deep Tech, Digital Health.
- What boards does Sam de Brouwer sit on?
- Sam de Brouwer holds tracked board seats at Betternight.
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