BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners

BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners (BCBSVP), established in 2008 and based in Chicago, Illinois, is a corporate venture fund program supported by twenty-nine Blue Cross Blue Shield entities, which have collectively committed over $500 million across three investment funds. BCBSVP focuses on early-stage healthcare investments that align with the strategic interests of Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans. The program aims to identify and support promising emerging companies that can drive innovation within the healthcare sector. By partnering with these companies, BCBSVP provides its portfolio access to resources that facilitate the scaling of innovative solutions. Sandbox Industries serves as the exclusive provider of investment management services for BCBSVP, ensuring a targeted approach to investment in the healthcare industry.

John Banta

Executive Director and Managing Director of the Fund’s General Partner

Laura Chmar

VP of Sandbox Industries.

Anna Haghgooie

Managing Director

Mike Suiters

VP of Sandbox Industries

Dipa Talati

Managing Director

Past deals in Tennessee

Wayspring

Series D in 2021
Wayspring, formerly known as Axial Healthcare, Inc., is a Nashville-based company that develops a cloud-based clinical decision support platform aimed at managing the cost and quality of patient care, particularly in the realm of substance use disorders (SUD). The platform connects patients, healthcare providers, and health plans, offering individualized solutions that span the entire spectrum of substance use, from risk assessment to recovery. It includes features such as predictive analytics and a decision-support system that provides insights into pain management and opioid-related risks. The technology facilitates data-driven decision-making at the point of care, equipping healthcare professionals with essential tools and information to identify at-risk patients and ensure continuity of care. Through its interactive platform, Wayspring aims to improve healthcare outcomes by mending fragmented care systems and supporting patients on their recovery journey.

emids

Private Equity Round in 2020
eMids Technologies Inc. provides healthcare technology expertise and consulting services and solutions that serve payer and provider organizations. It offers services in the areas of digital transformation, product engineering, healthcare applications, and data and analytics; and consulting services in the areas of eMeasures, IT service management, IT strategy, member and patient engagement, payer-provider collaboration, and population health and care management. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in Franklin, Tennessee.

Wayspring

Series C in 2020
Wayspring, formerly known as Axial Healthcare, Inc., is a Nashville-based company that develops a cloud-based clinical decision support platform aimed at managing the cost and quality of patient care, particularly in the realm of substance use disorders (SUD). The platform connects patients, healthcare providers, and health plans, offering individualized solutions that span the entire spectrum of substance use, from risk assessment to recovery. It includes features such as predictive analytics and a decision-support system that provides insights into pain management and opioid-related risks. The technology facilitates data-driven decision-making at the point of care, equipping healthcare professionals with essential tools and information to identify at-risk patients and ensure continuity of care. Through its interactive platform, Wayspring aims to improve healthcare outcomes by mending fragmented care systems and supporting patients on their recovery journey.

Contessa

Series D in 2019
Contessa is a Nashville-based company that specializes in Home Recovery Care, a model that provides hospital-level care to patients in their homes. Founded in 2015, Contessa aims to improve patient outcomes while reducing costs for health systems and health plans. The company's proprietary health informatics platform supports its services, which include home hospitalization programs and bundled payment managed services. ContessaCare enables healthcare providers to administer inpatient care without the need for hospital admission, enhancing the patient experience. Additionally, the company offers ContradoClaim, a claims analytics solution that facilitates prospective payment administration. Through its innovative approach, Contessa is leading the way in transforming care delivery in the healthcare sector.

Wayspring

Series B in 2016
Wayspring, formerly known as Axial Healthcare, Inc., is a Nashville-based company that develops a cloud-based clinical decision support platform aimed at managing the cost and quality of patient care, particularly in the realm of substance use disorders (SUD). The platform connects patients, healthcare providers, and health plans, offering individualized solutions that span the entire spectrum of substance use, from risk assessment to recovery. It includes features such as predictive analytics and a decision-support system that provides insights into pain management and opioid-related risks. The technology facilitates data-driven decision-making at the point of care, equipping healthcare professionals with essential tools and information to identify at-risk patients and ensure continuity of care. Through its interactive platform, Wayspring aims to improve healthcare outcomes by mending fragmented care systems and supporting patients on their recovery journey.

Contessa

Series B in 2016
Contessa is a Nashville-based company that specializes in Home Recovery Care, a model that provides hospital-level care to patients in their homes. Founded in 2015, Contessa aims to improve patient outcomes while reducing costs for health systems and health plans. The company's proprietary health informatics platform supports its services, which include home hospitalization programs and bundled payment managed services. ContessaCare enables healthcare providers to administer inpatient care without the need for hospital admission, enhancing the patient experience. Additionally, the company offers ContradoClaim, a claims analytics solution that facilitates prospective payment administration. Through its innovative approach, Contessa is leading the way in transforming care delivery in the healthcare sector.

Contessa

Series A in 2015
Contessa is a Nashville-based company that specializes in Home Recovery Care, a model that provides hospital-level care to patients in their homes. Founded in 2015, Contessa aims to improve patient outcomes while reducing costs for health systems and health plans. The company's proprietary health informatics platform supports its services, which include home hospitalization programs and bundled payment managed services. ContessaCare enables healthcare providers to administer inpatient care without the need for hospital admission, enhancing the patient experience. Additionally, the company offers ContradoClaim, a claims analytics solution that facilitates prospective payment administration. Through its innovative approach, Contessa is leading the way in transforming care delivery in the healthcare sector.

Wayspring

Series A in 2015
Wayspring, formerly known as Axial Healthcare, Inc., is a Nashville-based company that develops a cloud-based clinical decision support platform aimed at managing the cost and quality of patient care, particularly in the realm of substance use disorders (SUD). The platform connects patients, healthcare providers, and health plans, offering individualized solutions that span the entire spectrum of substance use, from risk assessment to recovery. It includes features such as predictive analytics and a decision-support system that provides insights into pain management and opioid-related risks. The technology facilitates data-driven decision-making at the point of care, equipping healthcare professionals with essential tools and information to identify at-risk patients and ensure continuity of care. Through its interactive platform, Wayspring aims to improve healthcare outcomes by mending fragmented care systems and supporting patients on their recovery journey.

Wayspring

Series A in 2014
Wayspring, formerly known as Axial Healthcare, Inc., is a Nashville-based company that develops a cloud-based clinical decision support platform aimed at managing the cost and quality of patient care, particularly in the realm of substance use disorders (SUD). The platform connects patients, healthcare providers, and health plans, offering individualized solutions that span the entire spectrum of substance use, from risk assessment to recovery. It includes features such as predictive analytics and a decision-support system that provides insights into pain management and opioid-related risks. The technology facilitates data-driven decision-making at the point of care, equipping healthcare professionals with essential tools and information to identify at-risk patients and ensure continuity of care. Through its interactive platform, Wayspring aims to improve healthcare outcomes by mending fragmented care systems and supporting patients on their recovery journey.

Aspire Health

Series B in 2014
Aspire Health is a new healthcare company that specializes in providing an extra layer of support to patients facing a serious illness. The company's clinicians are experts in providing patients with relief from the symptoms, pain, and stress of a serious illness, helping patients and caregivers navigate the healthcare system; guiding patients and caregivers through difficult and complex treatment choices, and providing emotional and spiritual support to patients and their families. The company's practice in each market provides disease management and care coordination across many settings including outpatient clinics, patients’ homes, and assisted living centers. It was established in 2012 and is based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States.

Remedify

Seed Round in 2013
Remedify is a database and iPad app that helps technicians correctly clean and sterilize reusable surgical instruments. Remedify is cloud-based software that takes the guesswork out of sterile processing at hospitals and surgery centers.

Clarus Care

Seed Round in 2013
Clarus Care is the developer of enhanced physician /patient after-hour communication tools. Clarus develops Clarus OnCall, a platform that securely documents details of a patient’s after-hours emergency and transcribes the message directly to a physician’s smartphone, tablet or email. Physicians minimize time spent relaying information to third parties, and engages, privately and securely, directly with the patient. Clarus solutions reduce risk, improve revenue, and minimize third-party errors while providing better communication and better care. Clarus OnCall, and future Clarus products, will continue to provide better communication, better communication, better privacy, and better workflow. Through the process of streamlining after-hours call management, physician practices can focus on what they do best – caring for patients.

Wayspring

Seed Round in 2013
Wayspring, formerly known as Axial Healthcare, Inc., is a Nashville-based company that develops a cloud-based clinical decision support platform aimed at managing the cost and quality of patient care, particularly in the realm of substance use disorders (SUD). The platform connects patients, healthcare providers, and health plans, offering individualized solutions that span the entire spectrum of substance use, from risk assessment to recovery. It includes features such as predictive analytics and a decision-support system that provides insights into pain management and opioid-related risks. The technology facilitates data-driven decision-making at the point of care, equipping healthcare professionals with essential tools and information to identify at-risk patients and ensure continuity of care. Through its interactive platform, Wayspring aims to improve healthcare outcomes by mending fragmented care systems and supporting patients on their recovery journey.

PRSM Healthcare

Seed Round in 2013
PRSM Healthcare LLC provides patient relationship solutions and management. The company offers self-service patient engagement platforms, which are focused on engaging and delivering follow-up patients for scheduling. Its portfolio includes PRSM Care, a seamless solution for managing the patient follow-up, cancellation, and no-show needs. The company’s flexible platform also supports the acquisition of new patients; and used as a part of targeted relationship campaigns to focus on specific patient groups. PRSM Healthcare LLC was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Brentwood, Tennessee.

Clariture

Seed Round in 2013
Clariture is a developer of a cloud-based healthcare marketing platform that focuses on helping healthcare providers engage with potential patients through digital, social, and mobile channels. The platform enables hospitals, health systems, and outpatient providers to execute and optimize marketing campaigns by analyzing consumer behaviors, interests, and demographics. This data-driven approach allows healthcare organizations to enhance patient acquisition and retention while effectively measuring the return on investment of their marketing efforts. By providing insights into patient behaviors, Clariture aims to maximize patient conversion rates, ultimately improving the effectiveness of healthcare marketing strategies.

InVivoLink

Venture Round in 2013
InVivoLink’s mission is to transform the clinical experience by uniting surgeons, hospitals, manufacturers and therapists with a solution to optimize patient care. To streamline care management for providers and patients, InVivoLink created a platform that accomplishes three things: - A comprehensive implant registry that tracks outcomes data - Enterprise analytics that provides outcomes and costs visualization - An interface that empowers patients to take charge of their own recovery. Without burdening staff or patients, InVivoLink enables care teams to collaborate efficiently and improve overall quality while lowering costs. Founded in 2009, InVivoLink has pioneered an evidence-based technology that promotes clinical excellence in orthopedic and spine programs.

Change Healthcare

Series D in 2013
Change Healthcare is a catalyst for your value-based healthcare system. They are a healthcare technology company that offers software, analytics, network solutions, and technology-enabled services to help create a stronger, more collaborative healthcare system. They help deliver measurable value not only at the point of care, but also before, after, and in between care episodes. It was founded in 2005 and is based in Nashville, Tennessee.

naviHealth

Venture Round in 2013
naviHealth, Inc. specializes in managing post-acute healthcare services in the United States. The company partners with health plans, hospitals, and post-acute care providers to oversee care transitions and optimize clinical and financial outcomes across the healthcare continuum. It develops post-acute care management software and utilizes evidence-based protocols to create customized patient-centric care plans. naviHealth provides clinical support services, analytics, and decision support tools designed to enhance care coordination, minimize hospital readmissions, and improve patient satisfaction. By leveraging proprietary technology and strategic insights, the company aims to streamline workflows and strengthen relationships within the care network. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee, naviHealth operates additional offices in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and functions as a subsidiary of OptumHealth, Inc.

naviHealth

Venture Round in 2013
naviHealth, Inc. specializes in managing post-acute healthcare services in the United States. The company partners with health plans, hospitals, and post-acute care providers to oversee care transitions and optimize clinical and financial outcomes across the healthcare continuum. It develops post-acute care management software and utilizes evidence-based protocols to create customized patient-centric care plans. naviHealth provides clinical support services, analytics, and decision support tools designed to enhance care coordination, minimize hospital readmissions, and improve patient satisfaction. By leveraging proprietary technology and strategic insights, the company aims to streamline workflows and strengthen relationships within the care network. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee, naviHealth operates additional offices in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and functions as a subsidiary of OptumHealth, Inc.

InVivoLink

Series B in 2012
InVivoLink’s mission is to transform the clinical experience by uniting surgeons, hospitals, manufacturers and therapists with a solution to optimize patient care. To streamline care management for providers and patients, InVivoLink created a platform that accomplishes three things: - A comprehensive implant registry that tracks outcomes data - Enterprise analytics that provides outcomes and costs visualization - An interface that empowers patients to take charge of their own recovery. Without burdening staff or patients, InVivoLink enables care teams to collaborate efficiently and improve overall quality while lowering costs. Founded in 2009, InVivoLink has pioneered an evidence-based technology that promotes clinical excellence in orthopedic and spine programs.

Change Healthcare

Series C in 2012
Change Healthcare is a catalyst for your value-based healthcare system. They are a healthcare technology company that offers software, analytics, network solutions, and technology-enabled services to help create a stronger, more collaborative healthcare system. They help deliver measurable value not only at the point of care, but also before, after, and in between care episodes. It was founded in 2005 and is based in Nashville, Tennessee.