BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners is a corporate venture capital firm in Illinois that focuses on investing in the healthcare industry. Founded 2008 in Chicago, Illinois, United States, it invests in early stage ventures, late stage ventures, private equity, seed, series B, series A, and series C rounds. Its portfolio companies include emids, Axial Healthcare, Wellframe, Healthify, and Thrive Earlier Detection. As of March 2020, BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners has made 67 investments. Their most recent investment was on March 10, 2020 with emids. BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners has had 11 exits, the most notable of which include Change Healthcare, NaviHealth, and Phreesia. The company has raised four funds, their latest being BLUECROSS BLUESHIELD VENTURE PARTNERS III, LLC. This fund was announced on May 26, 2017 and raised a total of $10M.
Timeline
Funded Companies
A company offering mobile digital identity solutions for businesses.
Healthify is a company founded by Manik Bhat, Eric Allen Conner, Daniel Levenson and Alex Villa.
EveryMove is a Seattle-based company founded by Marcelo Calbucci.
Wellframe is a Boston-based company founded by Archit Bhise, Vinnie Ramesh, Jacob Sattelmair and Trishan Panch.
Higi is a consumer health technology company that helps healthcare organizations reach, identify, connect and engage the populations they care for.
Change Healthcare is a healthcare software service provider including appointment scheduling software.
Patientco gives healthcare providers cloud-based tools to maximize patient payments and improve patient satisfaction.
Solera Health is a Phoenix, Arizona-based company founded by Brenda Schmidt.
Contessa Health is a Nashville, Tennessee-based company.
People
John Banta
Managing DIrector
Further reading
Documentaries, videos and podcasts
Companies
Axial Healthcare
emids
Healthify
Solera Health
Thrive Earlier Detection
Wellframe