Town Hall Ventures

Town Hall Ventures is a New York-based investment firm established in 2018 that focuses on transforming the U.S. healthcare market through technology. The firm specializes in making Series A and Series B investments in healthcare technology companies aimed at improving care delivery and health outcomes for underserved populations. Town Hall Ventures is dedicated to collaborating with innovative entrepreneurs who aspire to effect meaningful change in the healthcare system, ultimately impacting millions of lives. By targeting investments that enhance the quality and affordability of care, the firm seeks to support initiatives that address the needs of vulnerable Americans.

Hui Cheng

Senior Associate

Anna Fagin

Partner

Robert Fuentes

Senior Associate

Meera Mani

Partner & Physician

David Mishkin

Co-Founder and Director

Trevor Price

Senior Advisor

Lauren Robb

Senior Associate

Andrew M. Slavitt

Co-Founder & General Partner

David Whelan

Co-Founder & General Partner

28 past transactions

TwentyEight

Seed Round in 2023
TwentyEight is a women’s health platform focused on enhancing access to reproductive and sexual health services. Founded in 2018 and based in Brooklyn, New York, the company offers online doctor evaluations for birth control prescriptions, alongside quick home delivery services and secure messaging with healthcare professionals. In addition to these services, TwentyEight provides sex education content that has been vetted by medical experts, enabling women to better understand their options in reproductive health. The platform aims to create a convenient and affordable solution for women seeking information and access to birth control and related healthcare services.

Concert Health

Series B in 2022
Concert Health, Inc. is a company based in San Diego, California, that specializes in integrating behavioral health services into medical practices. Founded in 2016, it operates an online platform that connects physicians with therapists and psychiatrists, facilitating the integration of screening, therapy, and psychiatric consultations into healthcare workflows. The company provides a range of services, including remote clinical staffing with behavioral care managers and psychiatric consultants, as well as tools for registry, screening, documentation, and billing support. Concert Health aims to enhance the quality of behavioral healthcare through evidence-based practices while enabling physician practices to capitalize on new reimbursement opportunities, particularly under Medicare's Collaborative Care Management framework.

Eleanor Health

Series C in 2022
Eleanor Health is a provider of rehabilitation services focused on mental health and substance misuse. Founded in 2019, the company offers comprehensive, whole-person care through a network of outpatient clinics, virtual platforms, and community settings, including patients' homes. Eleanor Health emphasizes long-term recovery outcomes and employs a value-based care model. In addition to rehabilitation, the company connects individuals with essential resources such as housing, employment, and peer support, ensuring a holistic approach to recovery. Headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, Eleanor Health aims to improve the lives of those facing addiction and mental health challenges.

Zing Health

Private Equity Round in 2021
Zing Health Holdings, Inc. is a tech-enabled insurance company making Medicare Advantage the best it can be for those 65-and-over. Zing Health has a community-based approach that recognizes the importance of the social determinants of health in keeping individuals and communities healthy. Zing Health aims to return the physician and the member to the center of the health care equation. Members receive individualized assistance to make their transition to Zing Health as easy as possible. Zing Health offers members the ability to personalize their plans, access to facilities designed to help them better meet their healthcare needs and a dedicated care team.

Rise Of Defenders

Seed Round in 2021
Rise of Defenders is a project created by METAHERO S.A.

AllyAlign Health

Venture Round in 2021
AllyAlign Health, Inc. operates a care management company that focuses on the needs of patients with chronic and complex medical conditions. It operates an active care management platform that enables real-time, cross-boundary collaborative care, as well as connects patients with chronic and complex medical conditions to care teams, providers, and home and community based care services. The company’s platform connects patients and care teams to the patient health information, care plans, and benefit information needed to make care decisions, as well as enables users to view, share, create, and update information based on roles and responsibilities. AllyAlign Health, Inc. was founded in 2013 and is based in Glen Allen, Virginia.

Eleanor Health

Series B in 2021
Eleanor Health is a provider of rehabilitation services focused on mental health and substance misuse. Founded in 2019, the company offers comprehensive, whole-person care through a network of outpatient clinics, virtual platforms, and community settings, including patients' homes. Eleanor Health emphasizes long-term recovery outcomes and employs a value-based care model. In addition to rehabilitation, the company connects individuals with essential resources such as housing, employment, and peer support, ensuring a holistic approach to recovery. Headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, Eleanor Health aims to improve the lives of those facing addiction and mental health challenges.

Strive Health

Series B in 2021
Strive Health, LLC, founded in 2018 and headquartered in Denver, Colorado, focuses on providing comprehensive solutions for chronic kidney disease. The company operates dialysis centers and employs a technology-enabled clinical model that enhances patient outcomes and experiences throughout the healthcare journey. Strive Health collaborates with innovative payors and providers to transform kidney care by utilizing predictive analytics and comparative data to identify at-risk patients. Additionally, the company emphasizes early intervention through redesigned primary care practices to treat kidney disease before it necessitates dialysis. By offering education, training, and care management, Strive Health aims to reduce inpatient utilization and promote the adoption of home dialysis, ultimately improving the overall quality of care for patients with chronic kidney disease.

Unite Us

Series C in 2021
Unite Us is a veteran-led technology company that builds coordinated care networks connecting health and social service providers together. The company helps systems and communities efficiently deliver care and services by inter-connecting providers across communities, seamlessly integrating the social determinants of health into patient care. Providers across the continuum and community are able to externally refer and track every patient’s total health journey, while reporting on all tangible outcomes across a full range of services in a centralized, cohesive, and collaborative ecosystem. This social infrastructure helps communities move beyond legacy resource directories, and transform their ability to measure impact, improved health, and outcomes at scale.

Cohort

Series B in 2021
Cohort, Inc. develops software to transform chronic care management and clinical trials. The company’s clinical AI/NLP analyzes EHR, including diagnostics (normal, abnormal, and correlated), medications (labels), and clinical notes (free text) to surface context specific to the patient and condition. Its solution identifies and enrolls eligible patients, auto-generates care-plans, and automates compliance and billing operations. The company is based in New York, New York with an additional office in San Francisco, California.

Plume Clinic

Series A in 2021
Plume is a health tech company for the transgender community. The company focuses on radically increasing access to care, medication, and products for the trans community, supporting a bold, authentic and healthy lifestyle. Its vision is to make gender-affirming care available to anyone until it transforms healthcare for every trans life.

Concert Health

Series A in 2021
Concert Health, Inc. is a company based in San Diego, California, that specializes in integrating behavioral health services into medical practices. Founded in 2016, it operates an online platform that connects physicians with therapists and psychiatrists, facilitating the integration of screening, therapy, and psychiatric consultations into healthcare workflows. The company provides a range of services, including remote clinical staffing with behavioral care managers and psychiatric consultants, as well as tools for registry, screening, documentation, and billing support. Concert Health aims to enhance the quality of behavioral healthcare through evidence-based practices while enabling physician practices to capitalize on new reimbursement opportunities, particularly under Medicare's Collaborative Care Management framework.

Equality Health

Private Equity Round in 2021
Equality Health is a Phoenix-based population health risk management company focused on improving care delivery for underserved populations through culturally-sensitive programs that improve access, quality, and patient trust. Through Equality’s integrated technology and services platform, culturally competent physician network, and cultural care model the company helps managed care plans and health systems improve care for the Hispanic population while simultaneously making the transition to risk-based accountability.

TwentyEight

Seed Round in 2020
TwentyEight is a women’s health platform focused on enhancing access to reproductive and sexual health services. Founded in 2018 and based in Brooklyn, New York, the company offers online doctor evaluations for birth control prescriptions, alongside quick home delivery services and secure messaging with healthcare professionals. In addition to these services, TwentyEight provides sex education content that has been vetted by medical experts, enabling women to better understand their options in reproductive health. The platform aims to create a convenient and affordable solution for women seeking information and access to birth control and related healthcare services.

TwentyEight

Venture Round in 2020
TwentyEight is a women’s health platform focused on enhancing access to reproductive and sexual health services. Founded in 2018 and based in Brooklyn, New York, the company offers online doctor evaluations for birth control prescriptions, alongside quick home delivery services and secure messaging with healthcare professionals. In addition to these services, TwentyEight provides sex education content that has been vetted by medical experts, enabling women to better understand their options in reproductive health. The platform aims to create a convenient and affordable solution for women seeking information and access to birth control and related healthcare services.

Ready

Series C in 2020
Ready Responders was founded in 2016 with the mission of giving patients direct access to healthcare professionals in their homes and giving Responders the opportunity to provide care in their communities. Responders travel to patients’ homes to address their physical, mental, and social health needs, utilizing technology to connect with an advanced medical or behavioral health provider, and connecting them with external resources and relationships for ongoing, sustained support. With Ready Responders, patients now have access to quality whole-person care in their homes, 16 hours a day, 365 days a year, and talented individuals are provided the opportunity to work with a rapidly growing, mission-driven company. They are in-network with most major insurance companies in the markets they serve. Ready Responders is backed by leading venture capital firms, including Google Ventures, Founders Fund, Rise of the Rest, and City Lights Capital.

Cityblock Health

Series B in 2020
Cityblock Health is a healthcare provider focused on delivering primary care, behavioral health, and virtual care services to lower-income communities. Established in 2017 and based in Brooklyn, New York, Cityblock leverages technology to offer personalized, prevention-oriented care for urban residents with complex health needs. The company's platform facilitates access to preventive visits, mental health services, and social support programs. Additionally, Cityblock offers a communication tool called Commons, which enhances information sharing and task management among members and care teams. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Cityblock developed a model to identify individuals at high risk, highlighting its commitment to addressing urgent health challenges. By prioritizing upstream investments in health and social care, Cityblock aims to improve health outcomes while reducing overall costs.

Somatus

Series C in 2020
Somatus is a healthcare company that partners with health plans, health systems, and nephrology, and primary care groups. It provides integrated care for patients with or at risk of developing kidney disease. Somatus' is vertically integrated clinical services and technology delay or prevent disease progression, improve quality and care coordination, and increase the use of home dialysis modalities and rates of kidney transplantation. The company is headquartered in McLean, Virginia, and founded by a team of world-class healthcare operators, successful entrepreneurs, and leading clinicians treating kidney disease.

Ready

Series B in 2020
Ready Responders was founded in 2016 with the mission of giving patients direct access to healthcare professionals in their homes and giving Responders the opportunity to provide care in their communities. Responders travel to patients’ homes to address their physical, mental, and social health needs, utilizing technology to connect with an advanced medical or behavioral health provider, and connecting them with external resources and relationships for ongoing, sustained support. With Ready Responders, patients now have access to quality whole-person care in their homes, 16 hours a day, 365 days a year, and talented individuals are provided the opportunity to work with a rapidly growing, mission-driven company. They are in-network with most major insurance companies in the markets they serve. Ready Responders is backed by leading venture capital firms, including Google Ventures, Founders Fund, Rise of the Rest, and City Lights Capital.

WelbeHealth

Series C in 2020
WelbeHealth is a healthcare organization dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for frail seniors through the PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) model. Founded by experienced physician entrepreneurs, the company provides comprehensive medical and social care, ensuring that participants receive coordinated support that includes medical and dental care, therapy services, transportation, and meal provisions. By focusing on the diverse needs of the elderly population, WelbeHealth aims to help them live longer, healthier, and more independent lives. The leadership team comprises professionals from prominent payer and provider organizations, reflecting a commitment to innovative and compassionate care. Through its holistic approach, WelbeHealth strives to unlock the potential of vulnerable seniors in the community, fostering an environment of empathy and support.

Neuehealth

Series D in 2019
NeueHealth is a health care service platform that focuses on improving patient experiences and outcomes through a combination of technology and local healthcare resources. It operates 61 affiliated primary care clinics that deliver both virtual and in-person clinical care to nearly 75,000 unique patients. NeueHealth is part of Bright Health Group, which also offers Medicare and commercial health plan products to approximately 623,000 consumers across 14 states. The company aims to reduce healthcare costs while enhancing access and quality of care by aligning the interests of consumers, providers, and payers. Founded in 2015 and based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, NeueHealth leverages intelligent technology to connect users with healthcare services and providers effectively.

VillageMD

Series B in 2019
VillageMD is a healthcare management service provider that partners with primary care physicians to enhance clinical outcomes in a rapidly evolving healthcare environment. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, the company offers a comprehensive suite of tools and services, including technology, operations, staffing support, clinical innovation, and analytics. VillageMD aims to help physicians and healthcare organizations transition to a primary care-led, value-based care model. It collaborates with physician groups, independent practice associations, and health systems to improve patient care quality, optimize the patient experience, and reduce costs. The company serves various markets across the United States, including cities like Chicago, Houston, and Indianapolis, positioning itself as a leader in developing a high-performing primary care network.

Eleanor Health

Venture Round in 2019
Eleanor Health is a provider of rehabilitation services focused on mental health and substance misuse. Founded in 2019, the company offers comprehensive, whole-person care through a network of outpatient clinics, virtual platforms, and community settings, including patients' homes. Eleanor Health emphasizes long-term recovery outcomes and employs a value-based care model. In addition to rehabilitation, the company connects individuals with essential resources such as housing, employment, and peer support, ensuring a holistic approach to recovery. Headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, Eleanor Health aims to improve the lives of those facing addiction and mental health challenges.

Cityblock Health

Series B in 2019
Cityblock Health is a healthcare provider focused on delivering primary care, behavioral health, and virtual care services to lower-income communities. Established in 2017 and based in Brooklyn, New York, Cityblock leverages technology to offer personalized, prevention-oriented care for urban residents with complex health needs. The company's platform facilitates access to preventive visits, mental health services, and social support programs. Additionally, Cityblock offers a communication tool called Commons, which enhances information sharing and task management among members and care teams. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Cityblock developed a model to identify individuals at high risk, highlighting its commitment to addressing urgent health challenges. By prioritizing upstream investments in health and social care, Cityblock aims to improve health outcomes while reducing overall costs.

Strive Health

Seed Round in 2019
Strive Health, LLC, founded in 2018 and headquartered in Denver, Colorado, focuses on providing comprehensive solutions for chronic kidney disease. The company operates dialysis centers and employs a technology-enabled clinical model that enhances patient outcomes and experiences throughout the healthcare journey. Strive Health collaborates with innovative payors and providers to transform kidney care by utilizing predictive analytics and comparative data to identify at-risk patients. Additionally, the company emphasizes early intervention through redesigned primary care practices to treat kidney disease before it necessitates dialysis. By offering education, training, and care management, Strive Health aims to reduce inpatient utilization and promote the adoption of home dialysis, ultimately improving the overall quality of care for patients with chronic kidney disease.

Unite Us

Series B in 2019
Unite Us is a veteran-led technology company that builds coordinated care networks connecting health and social service providers together. The company helps systems and communities efficiently deliver care and services by inter-connecting providers across communities, seamlessly integrating the social determinants of health into patient care. Providers across the continuum and community are able to externally refer and track every patient’s total health journey, while reporting on all tangible outcomes across a full range of services in a centralized, cohesive, and collaborative ecosystem. This social infrastructure helps communities move beyond legacy resource directories, and transform their ability to measure impact, improved health, and outcomes at scale.

Neuehealth

Series C in 2018
NeueHealth is a health care service platform that focuses on improving patient experiences and outcomes through a combination of technology and local healthcare resources. It operates 61 affiliated primary care clinics that deliver both virtual and in-person clinical care to nearly 75,000 unique patients. NeueHealth is part of Bright Health Group, which also offers Medicare and commercial health plan products to approximately 623,000 consumers across 14 states. The company aims to reduce healthcare costs while enhancing access and quality of care by aligning the interests of consumers, providers, and payers. Founded in 2015 and based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, NeueHealth leverages intelligent technology to connect users with healthcare services and providers effectively.

WelbeHealth

Series B in 2018
WelbeHealth is a healthcare organization dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for frail seniors through the PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) model. Founded by experienced physician entrepreneurs, the company provides comprehensive medical and social care, ensuring that participants receive coordinated support that includes medical and dental care, therapy services, transportation, and meal provisions. By focusing on the diverse needs of the elderly population, WelbeHealth aims to help them live longer, healthier, and more independent lives. The leadership team comprises professionals from prominent payer and provider organizations, reflecting a commitment to innovative and compassionate care. Through its holistic approach, WelbeHealth strives to unlock the potential of vulnerable seniors in the community, fostering an environment of empathy and support.