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We’re thrilled to welcome Caroline Glen as our Director of Investor Relations! Caroline will lead our efforts to deepen relationships with existing investors and engage with new ones as we continue to scale the firm. She brings exceptional experience from RA Capital, Bain Capital, and Cambridge Associates — and a strong passion for healthcare that aligns with our mission to transform the business of healthcare. With this exciting addition, Jessica Radford will focus her efforts in her role as Director of Strategic Engagement on leading engagement with our nearly three dozen strategic LPs, who touch ~25% of all U.S. healthcare spend annually and have generated nearly $1B in revenue for our portfolio companies. Please join us in giving Caroline a warm Flare Capital welcome! 📰 Read the full announcement here: https://lnkd.in/eaMDMGKC

Flare Scholar Spotlight #86: Ordy Gnewou, Strategy & Investment, Cox Enterprises   Ordy started her career in academia where she worked to earn a PhD in Chemistry from Emory University. She later transitioned to management consulting at Bain & Company, where she advised clients across a range of industries on strategy and transformation projects. Today, Ordy works on the Strategy and Investment team at Cox Enterprises, where she develops investment themes, evaluates new opportunities, and leads core components of the company's enterprise strategic initiatives.   🏥 What is one area of healthcare you are excited about?   "I’m particularly excited about the shift toward value-based care. It fundamentally realigns incentives around patient health and cost efficiency, creating opportunities to improve outcomes, enhance patient experience, and lower the total cost of care."   🌟 What is one fun fact about yourself?   "I'm passionate about yoga and have recently completed my Yoga Teacher Training."

The New Guard: How World-Class Operators are Building Winning Healthcare AI Products The next generation of healthcare AI is being built by world-class operators who know that success takes more than just great technology — it takes deep domain expertise, thoughtful design, and operational excellence. At Flare Capital Partners, we are excited to highlight how visionary founders and builders are reshaping the future of healthcare AI in out latest post. From leveraging clinical data to driving real patient impact, these innovators are setting the new standard. Jonathon George sat down with expert healthcare AI founder and operators from across the Flare Capital network to get the latest on what it takes to build winning AI products and where the industry is headed. Thank you to our expert operators for sharing their insights! 💫 David Sontag, Co-Founder & CEO, Layer Health 💫Suchi Saria, Founder & CEO, Bayesian Health 💫Barry Stein, MD, MBA, FSIR, FACR, RPVI, VP, Chief Clinical Innovation Officer and Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Hartford HealthCare 💫Justin Norden, MD, MBA, MPhil, Co-Founder & CEO, Qualified Health 💫Svetlana Bender Ph.D., VP, AI & Behavioral Science, GuideWell 📰 Check out the full article here: https://lnkd.in/d8ZhGDg7

Flare Scholar Spotlight #85: Tej Mehta, MBA Candidate, MIT Sloan School of Management '25.    Tej is an MBA student at MIT and was most recently a founding member of Multiverse’s US business, a startup scaling apprenticeships, where he helped grow revenues from $0 to $XXM. Before that, he was a strategy consultant at Deloitte. Tej also previously co-founded Main Street Relief, a nonprofit that supported small businesses during the pandemic.    🏥 What is one area of healthcare you are excited about?    "Inspired by my sister, I'm building a startup simplifying care navigation for people with developmental disabilities and caregivers."    🌟 What is one fun fact about yourself?    "Despite my many injuries, I love to try thrill-seeking sports including skydiving, white water rafting, and downhill mountain biking." 

What does it take to fix the broken prior authorization process and scale a category-defining company? Cohere Health CEO, Siva Namasivayam, and Board Chair, Dr. Gary Gottlieb, sit down with Flare Capital’s Michael A. Greeley to explore the company’s journey — from early insight to Series C. We cover the founding co-creation story, defining the “clinical intelligence” category, achieving product-market fit, scaling the leadership team, how AI is delivering ROI in utilization management, and more. We take you inside the board room and dial you into the early customer calls to unpack the real-time decisions and inflection points for how Cohere Health scaled from seed to growth through all the headwinds, tailwinds, and chaotic market dynamics we find ourselves in today. Watch or listen to the full interview via the links in the comments!

Flare Scholar Spotlight #84: Neel Vallurupalli, MD Candidate, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, '25.    Neel Vallurupalli is a final-year medical student and incoming orthopedic surgery resident at NYU Langone. His experience spans health policy, innovation, and impact investing, with roles at CMS, The Vistria Group, and Penn’s Leonard Davis Institute. He co-founded NYU Advance and publishes on surgical innovation in peer-reviewed journals.    🏥 What is one area of healthcare you are excited about?    "I'm passionate about surgical innovation and perioperative transformation to improve patient experience and healthcare outcomes."    🌟 What is one fun fact about yourself?    "I enjoy exploring NYC's food scene, cycling, and relaxing by the water." 

Flare Scholar Spotlight #83: Justin Aguado, Senior Manager, CVS Health Ventures.   Justin holds 10+ years of experience in the healthcare industry focusing on Finance strategy, Finance processes, and management consulting. Justin works at CVS Health Ventures, responsible for managing operational processes. He focuses on financial reporting, portfolio financial modeling, and capital deployment for investments. He holds two degrees from UConn; an MBA and a Bachelor’s in Economics.    🏥 What is one area of healthcare you are excited about?    "The utilization of AI in healthcare to enhance efficiency with applications such as early disease detection and streamlining administrative tasks."    🌟 What is one fun fact about yourself?    "Being the most energetic uncle for my two nieces and nephew." 

New speakers added! Happening live tomorrow: Flare Capital Expert Roundtable - Surviving Digital Health: Scaling Durable Tech-Enabled Service Companies. 📆 🌟 Register Here: https://lnkd.in/eWHAWnBR 🌟 The digital health sector has experienced significant growth in the last decade, fueled by a surge in funding and the emergence of innovative, tech-enabled care delivery models. However, after years of growth, the digital health sector is undergoing a fundamental reset. This moment is a stark reminder that topline growth isn’t enough — building a durable business now requires margin discipline, operational rigor, and a clear path to real-world outcomes. We'll hear from a range of perspectives — 3X seasoned founder, first-time early-stage founders, a leading growth exec, and a collection of investors who've been around the block in this sector — on a list of questions top of mind for us all: 1️⃣ Lessons learned in the last 5 years in tech-enabled service investing 2️⃣ KPIs investors are looking for in this class of business 3️⃣ Telling the AI story as a non-AI native company 4️⃣ Opportunities for exits / liquidity in today's clime - Do Hinge Health & Omada Health save the category? And more! ✨ Tom X Lee, Founder & CEO, Galileo ✨ Brooke Boyarsky Pratt, Co-Founder & CEO, knownwell ✨ Ben Robbins, General Partner, GV (Google Ventures) ✨ Sam Holliday, Co-Founder & CEO, Oshi Health ✨ Tamara Jurgenson, Chief Growth Officer & Advisor; formerly Oak Street Health, part of CVS Health ✨ Amir Dan Rubin, CEO & Founding Managing Partner, Healthier Capital ✨ Vineeta Agarwala, MD PhD, General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz

Congratulations to the Vita Health team as they join forces with Valera Health to continue their important mission to provide life-saving mental health support to the highest-need populations! This partnership marks an incredible step forward in expanding access to timely, effective mental health care. We have been grateful to partner and support this important mission and are excited to see the impact the combined company will have to improve the lives of populations struggling with behavioral health challenges and suicidality Read the full story in the link in Vita Health's post below!

“There’s so much impact in women’s health — but don’t forget about the smart business opportunity.” - Margaret Malone, Flare Capital Partners Margaret Malone sat down with Marissa Plescia for the MedCity News FemFwd podcast to break down what’s driving momentum in the women’s health sector and where investors should be paying attention. We are proud to partner with companies transforming women's health: Visana Health, Elektra Health, Cayaba Care, knownwell, and Frame. 🎙️Key takeaways from the episode below: 1️⃣ Record-breaking investment growth: $2.5B invested in femhealth in 2024, nearly double the year prior, with total women’s health-related funding hitting $10.5B. 2️⃣ Where health systems, payers, and employers are leaning in: GLPs disrupting traditional revenue streams, a push for stickier patient relationships, and increased ROI focus from employers. 3️⃣ Hot areas attracting capital: Maternity, fertility, and menopause are heating up. AI is unlocking major opportunities, especially in financial navigation and access. 4️⃣ Underserved, high-potential segments: Whole-person care, cardiovascular health in women, and weight-inclusive models are ripe for innovation. 5️⃣ VC pitch advice: Lead with data. Quantify the business opportunity. Show how your solution drives economic value, not just impact. 6️⃣ Founder-market fit matters: We at Flare Capital look for clinical rigor, business model innovation, and teams purpose-built for the mission. A big thank you to Marissa for including Margaret and Flare Capital in this recent episode! 🎥 Watch the full interview here: https://lnkd.in/gs9SiKsu