Excelerate Health Ventures

Excelerate Health Ventures, established in 2013 and based in Durham, North Carolina, is a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investments in healthcare technology and software sectors. The firm focuses on healthcare SaaS and tech-enabled healthcare services with a B2B model, aiming to accelerate the adoption and revenues of its portfolio companies' products and services. Excelerate leverages its network of strategic investors from pharma, providers, payers, and other partners to facilitate growth and market access for its portfolio companies.

Gary Abrahams

Venture Partner

Bobby Bahram

Founder and Managing Partner

Andrew Schwab

Managing Partner

30 past transactions

BEKHealth

Venture Round in 2025
BEKhealth specializes in clinical research software that enhances the efficiency of clinical trials and observational studies. The company utilizes an AI-powered platform for chart abstraction and patient matching, which enables organizations to gain deeper insights into their patient populations. By extracting structured and unstructured data from electronic medical records, BEKhealth's technology captures three times more trial criteria, thereby facilitating faster feasibility assessments, optimizing site selection, and identifying clinically qualified participants more effectively. This approach not only accelerates timelines but also aims to increase the number of protocol-eligible candidates significantly, leading to enhanced enrollment processes and reduced costs for clients.

Korio

Series A in 2024
Korio is a compliance-centric platform that specializes in randomization and trial supply management within the clinical research sector. By integrating advanced IRT design intelligence, Korio addresses operational inefficiencies and enhances user experiences, alleviating the burdens of manual processes. The platform features a role-based interface that encompasses functionalities for randomization, trial supply management, and data management, ensuring efficient workflows. Additionally, it provides direct access to the leadership team, allowing users to operate with confidence and streamline their processes effectively.

S2N Health

Seed Round in 2024
S2N Health is a consulting firm that specializes in providing strategy consulting services and SaaS solutions tailored for the medical technology sector. Established in 2011, the company has worked with over 160 organizations, ranging from startups to large multinational firms, offering insights and analytics that inform critical product, commercial, and business decisions. S2N Health supports clients across various stages, including product development, market entry, sales acceleration, and strategic partnerships. A key offering is RepSignal, an AI-driven SaaS solution launched in 2022, which provides medtech commercial teams with on-demand customer insights and intelligence, allowing them to effectively target and engage clinical customers. The firm aims to facilitate the growth and success of medical technology innovators by leveraging a network of experts in regulatory, reimbursement, and other relevant disciplines.

Korio

Venture Round in 2023
Korio is a compliance-centric platform that specializes in randomization and trial supply management within the clinical research sector. By integrating advanced IRT design intelligence, Korio addresses operational inefficiencies and enhances user experiences, alleviating the burdens of manual processes. The platform features a role-based interface that encompasses functionalities for randomization, trial supply management, and data management, ensuring efficient workflows. Additionally, it provides direct access to the leadership team, allowing users to operate with confidence and streamline their processes effectively.

Atalan

Seed Round in 2023
Atalan is a Boston-based company founded in 2021 that specializes in clinician wellness risk management software. The company's platform utilizes machine learning and labor economics to predict and prevent clinician burnout and turnover within the healthcare system. By providing actionable insights, Atalan enables healthcare organizations to make informed decisions regarding clinician wellness, ultimately helping to improve provider efficiencies and financial outcomes.

Censinet

Venture Round in 2023
Censinet, Inc. is a healthcare-focused SaaS company that offers a cloud-based platform for managing third-party risk assessments. Founded in 2017 and based in Winchester, Massachusetts, Censinet connects healthcare providers with their vendors, streamlining the process of assessing and managing risks in real time. The platform eliminates the need for inefficient spreadsheets and manual workflows by automating risk assessments and providing continuous insights into vendor profiles. This approach enables healthcare organizations to identify and address potential threats within their vendor ecosystem effectively, enhancing overall cybersecurity and operational efficiency.

Doctivity Health

Venture Round in 2022
Doctivity Health is a developer of a healthcare data analytics platform that aims to enhance the operating performance of healthcare providers. By offering cloud-based software as a service (SaaS), the company integrates real-time financial and operational information with comprehensive all-payer claims data. This enables healthcare organizations to gain actionable insights that identify market opportunities and streamline their processes. The platform eliminates the necessity for multiple products, thereby facilitating better business development planning, improving financial performance, increasing operational volume, and driving new revenue streams for its clients.

Huma.AI

Series A in 2022
Huma.AI, Inc. is a technology company based in Palo Alto, California, that focuses on developing a knowledge automation platform designed to enhance efficiency in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries. Founded in 2016, the company addresses the challenges posed by disparate systems and the vast amounts of unstructured data that complicate decision-making. By serving as a connector between data silos, Huma.AI enables users to access insights and actionable information through natural language queries. The platform is capable of extracting valuable insights from various document formats, allowing companies, scientists, and clinicians to make informed decisions quickly and effectively. Through this innovative approach, Huma.AI aims to streamline healthcare processes and improve overall operational efficiency.

Ride Health

Series A in 2021
Ride Health LLC is a New York-based company that offers a software-as-a-service platform designed to improve patient access to medical appointments by managing transportation logistics. Founded in 2016, the platform enables healthcare providers to schedule, request, and pay for rides on behalf of patients, addressing transportation barriers that can hinder access to care. It allows coordinators to arrange rides in advance or on-demand, provides real-time updates and reminders to patients, and offers insights into transportation costs and usage. By partnering with healthcare organizations and transportation providers, Ride Health enhances enterprise transportation programs and supports at-risk populations, ensuring that patient needs and preferences are prioritized. This approach aims to improve efficiencies, reduce costs, and ultimately foster better healthcare outcomes.

BEKHealth

Seed Round in 2021
BEKhealth specializes in clinical research software that enhances the efficiency of clinical trials and observational studies. The company utilizes an AI-powered platform for chart abstraction and patient matching, which enables organizations to gain deeper insights into their patient populations. By extracting structured and unstructured data from electronic medical records, BEKhealth's technology captures three times more trial criteria, thereby facilitating faster feasibility assessments, optimizing site selection, and identifying clinically qualified participants more effectively. This approach not only accelerates timelines but also aims to increase the number of protocol-eligible candidates significantly, leading to enhanced enrollment processes and reduced costs for clients.

Jumo Health

Venture Round in 2020
Jumo Health is a company that creates age-appropriate and culturally sensitive educational resources for patients and caregivers throughout their medical journeys. Founded in 2009 and based in New York, the company collaborates with healthcare providers, manufacturers, and advocacy groups to deliver these resources at critical moments, such as diagnosis, treatment, or during clinical trials. Jumo Health employs various engaging formats, including comic books, animations, and virtual reality experiences, to simplify complex medical topics and ensure that patients and caregivers can easily comprehend essential information. By using familiar mediums, the company aims to enhance understanding and support individuals in navigating their healthcare experiences effectively.

OrbitalRx

Debt Financing in 2020
OrbitalRx, Inc. specializes in developing an integrated platform aimed at addressing drug shortages in healthcare settings. The company's solution consolidates essential drug information, clinical evidence, and comparative efficacy data with hospital-specific drug inventory, purchase history, and utilization metrics. This allows hospital providers, pharmacists, and pharmacy technicians to proactively manage and mitigate the impact of drug shortages. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Clemmons, North Carolina, with additional offices in Winston-Salem and Raleigh, OrbitalRx focuses on enhancing hospital pharmacy workflows. Its software enables healthcare professionals to visualize, optimize, and customize their pharmacy automation systems, streamlining processes and improving efficiency while navigating the complexities of medication shortages.

Elligo Health Research

Series C in 2019
Elligo Health Research, Inc. is a healthcare organization focused on improving the clinical research landscape by bringing research directly to healthcare clinics. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, the company utilizes advanced healthcare informatics and electronic health records to enhance patient and physician participation in clinical trials. By enabling physicians to conduct trials within their practices, Elligo eliminates common barriers related to patient enrollment and study delays, while providing essential infrastructure and support. This approach not only accelerates the development of new pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device products but also ensures that patients benefit from access to cutting-edge therapies without the logistical challenges of traditional trials. Elligo's model empowers physicians and offers patients the opportunity to contribute to clinical research, ultimately fostering advancements in healthcare for future generations.

Censinet

Series A in 2019
Censinet, Inc. is a healthcare-focused SaaS company that offers a cloud-based platform for managing third-party risk assessments. Founded in 2017 and based in Winchester, Massachusetts, Censinet connects healthcare providers with their vendors, streamlining the process of assessing and managing risks in real time. The platform eliminates the need for inefficient spreadsheets and manual workflows by automating risk assessments and providing continuous insights into vendor profiles. This approach enables healthcare organizations to identify and address potential threats within their vendor ecosystem effectively, enhancing overall cybersecurity and operational efficiency.

Diameter Health

Series A in 2019
Diameter Health, Inc. develops innovative software solutions aimed at enhancing data interoperability for healthcare organizations. The company's flagship product, Fusion, facilitates intelligent data exchange by normalizing and cleansing information from certified electronic health records (EHRs), thereby transforming it into clinically relevant data for point-of-care use and analytics. In addition to Fusion, Diameter Health offers various tools, including Data Dashboard, which provides instant data quality ratings and metrics for clinical document accuracy; Quality, which supports certified quality reporting of e-measures; and Payer Edition, designed for generating standard supplemental reporting data. Other offerings include Subscribe, which allows for automatic updates for specific patient populations, and a scalable Hosted Solution. Diameter Health serves a diverse clientele, including government agencies, health information exchanges, payers, healthcare IT vendors, life insurers, and health systems. Founded in 2013, the company operates from its offices in Farmington, Connecticut, and Wellesley, Massachusetts.

OrbitalRx

Seed Round in 2018
OrbitalRx, Inc. specializes in developing an integrated platform aimed at addressing drug shortages in healthcare settings. The company's solution consolidates essential drug information, clinical evidence, and comparative efficacy data with hospital-specific drug inventory, purchase history, and utilization metrics. This allows hospital providers, pharmacists, and pharmacy technicians to proactively manage and mitigate the impact of drug shortages. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Clemmons, North Carolina, with additional offices in Winston-Salem and Raleigh, OrbitalRx focuses on enhancing hospital pharmacy workflows. Its software enables healthcare professionals to visualize, optimize, and customize their pharmacy automation systems, streamlining processes and improving efficiency while navigating the complexities of medication shortages.

Health Decisions

Venture Round in 2018
Health Decisions, Inc. is a full-service clinical research organization based in Durham, North Carolina, that specializes in clinical studies related to women's health and diagnostics across various therapeutic areas. Founded in 1989, the company has conducted over 100 trials focusing primarily on women's health issues such as contraception and postmenopausal symptoms. In recent years, Health Decisions has expanded its expertise to include diagnostics studies, notably a significant PMA study for high-risk HPV types related to cervical cancer. The company offers a comprehensive suite of services including project management, medical writing, data management, biostatistics, regulatory compliance, and strategic consulting. By providing tailored solutions to its partners, Health Decisions aims to facilitate the rapid and efficient development of women's health products and diagnostic tests, helping clients achieve their business objectives with minimal risk.

Jumo Health

Venture Round in 2018
Jumo Health is a company that creates age-appropriate and culturally sensitive educational resources for patients and caregivers throughout their medical journeys. Founded in 2009 and based in New York, the company collaborates with healthcare providers, manufacturers, and advocacy groups to deliver these resources at critical moments, such as diagnosis, treatment, or during clinical trials. Jumo Health employs various engaging formats, including comic books, animations, and virtual reality experiences, to simplify complex medical topics and ensure that patients and caregivers can easily comprehend essential information. By using familiar mediums, the company aims to enhance understanding and support individuals in navigating their healthcare experiences effectively.

Elligo Health Research

Series B in 2018
Elligo Health Research, Inc. is a healthcare organization focused on improving the clinical research landscape by bringing research directly to healthcare clinics. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, the company utilizes advanced healthcare informatics and electronic health records to enhance patient and physician participation in clinical trials. By enabling physicians to conduct trials within their practices, Elligo eliminates common barriers related to patient enrollment and study delays, while providing essential infrastructure and support. This approach not only accelerates the development of new pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device products but also ensures that patients benefit from access to cutting-edge therapies without the logistical challenges of traditional trials. Elligo's model empowers physicians and offers patients the opportunity to contribute to clinical research, ultimately fostering advancements in healthcare for future generations.

Nursegrid

Venture Round in 2018
NurseGrid, founded by nurses and technology entrepreneurs, develops integrated staffing and communication tools specifically designed for nursing departments. The company offers two primary products: NurseGrid Mobile and NurseGrid Manager. NurseGrid Mobile enables nurses and healthcare workers to effectively manage their complex schedules, connect with colleagues, and enhance their work-life balance, with over 300,000 downloads and a 5-star average rating on the App Store. NurseGrid Manager streamlines team communication, staffing, and schedule management for nursing departments, ultimately increasing staff satisfaction and productivity. This tool complements existing scheduling systems, such as Kronos and McKesson, by bridging gaps between schedule creation and timekeeping. By focusing on simplifying staffing processes, NurseGrid aims to improve employee retention and job satisfaction within healthcare facilities.

Censinet

Seed Round in 2017
Censinet, Inc. is a healthcare-focused SaaS company that offers a cloud-based platform for managing third-party risk assessments. Founded in 2017 and based in Winchester, Massachusetts, Censinet connects healthcare providers with their vendors, streamlining the process of assessing and managing risks in real time. The platform eliminates the need for inefficient spreadsheets and manual workflows by automating risk assessments and providing continuous insights into vendor profiles. This approach enables healthcare organizations to identify and address potential threats within their vendor ecosystem effectively, enhancing overall cybersecurity and operational efficiency.

Bivarus

Series B in 2017
Bivarus, Inc. is a Durham, North Carolina-based company that specializes in developing a cloud-based analytics platform aimed at enhancing the patient experience in healthcare settings. Founded in 2010, Bivarus emerged from academic research that established patient experience as a key factor in determining health outcomes. The platform provides healthcare leaders with real-time, actionable insights into factors affecting patient experience, provider performance, and overall service operations. By utilizing a sophisticated sampling algorithm, Bivarus delivers targeted measures to patients, enabling organizations to identify root causes of service issues and track quality improvement initiatives effectively. Additionally, Bivarus is recognized as a CMS-approved CAHPS® partner, offering comprehensive services that include measuring employee perceptions of organizational effectiveness and engagement. As a subsidiary of Press Ganey Holdings, Inc., Bivarus continues to play a pivotal role in transforming how healthcare organizations understand and enhance the patient experience.

Oculus Health

Series A in 2017
Oculus Health, Inc. operates a chronic care management platform that connects healthcare providers with patients and caregivers. Founded in 2014 and based in Irving, Texas, the company offers a range of services including access to personalized care plans, online and phone support from medical assistants, and real-time health data monitoring. Its platform integrates information from various healthcare sources, such as hospitals and laboratories, to facilitate seamless communication among care teams. Oculus Health also provides tools for remote monitoring, health record management, and patient engagement, aimed at improving patient outcomes and care adherence. By empowering individuals to manage their health proactively, the company seeks to enhance the overall experience of both patients and healthcare providers in a rapidly evolving healthcare landscape.

Bivarus

Series A in 2016
Bivarus, Inc. is a Durham, North Carolina-based company that specializes in developing a cloud-based analytics platform aimed at enhancing the patient experience in healthcare settings. Founded in 2010, Bivarus emerged from academic research that established patient experience as a key factor in determining health outcomes. The platform provides healthcare leaders with real-time, actionable insights into factors affecting patient experience, provider performance, and overall service operations. By utilizing a sophisticated sampling algorithm, Bivarus delivers targeted measures to patients, enabling organizations to identify root causes of service issues and track quality improvement initiatives effectively. Additionally, Bivarus is recognized as a CMS-approved CAHPS® partner, offering comprehensive services that include measuring employee perceptions of organizational effectiveness and engagement. As a subsidiary of Press Ganey Holdings, Inc., Bivarus continues to play a pivotal role in transforming how healthcare organizations understand and enhance the patient experience.

Nursegrid

Venture Round in 2016
NurseGrid, founded by nurses and technology entrepreneurs, develops integrated staffing and communication tools specifically designed for nursing departments. The company offers two primary products: NurseGrid Mobile and NurseGrid Manager. NurseGrid Mobile enables nurses and healthcare workers to effectively manage their complex schedules, connect with colleagues, and enhance their work-life balance, with over 300,000 downloads and a 5-star average rating on the App Store. NurseGrid Manager streamlines team communication, staffing, and schedule management for nursing departments, ultimately increasing staff satisfaction and productivity. This tool complements existing scheduling systems, such as Kronos and McKesson, by bridging gaps between schedule creation and timekeeping. By focusing on simplifying staffing processes, NurseGrid aims to improve employee retention and job satisfaction within healthcare facilities.

Diameter Health

Series A in 2016
Diameter Health, Inc. develops innovative software solutions aimed at enhancing data interoperability for healthcare organizations. The company's flagship product, Fusion, facilitates intelligent data exchange by normalizing and cleansing information from certified electronic health records (EHRs), thereby transforming it into clinically relevant data for point-of-care use and analytics. In addition to Fusion, Diameter Health offers various tools, including Data Dashboard, which provides instant data quality ratings and metrics for clinical document accuracy; Quality, which supports certified quality reporting of e-measures; and Payer Edition, designed for generating standard supplemental reporting data. Other offerings include Subscribe, which allows for automatic updates for specific patient populations, and a scalable Hosted Solution. Diameter Health serves a diverse clientele, including government agencies, health information exchanges, payers, healthcare IT vendors, life insurers, and health systems. Founded in 2013, the company operates from its offices in Farmington, Connecticut, and Wellesley, Massachusetts.

Careport

Venture Round in 2015
CarePort Health, LLC specializes in care coordination software, facilitating patient transitions between acute and post-acute care settings. Its primary offerings include CarePort Guide for post-acute provider selection, CarePort Connect for real-time data management, and CarePort Insight for outcome evaluation and provider performance metrics. Additionally, it provides solutions like CarePort Transition and CarePort care and referral management to streamline post-acute referrals. CarePort serves health systems, accountable care organizations, and acute and post-acute care providers, helping them manage patient care across different settings. The company, based in Boston, Massachusetts, operates as a subsidiary of Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc.

USARAD

Venture Round in 2015
USARAD Holdings, Inc., established in 2008 and headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is a radiologist-run and operated full-service subspecialty radiology and teleradiology company. It provides a range of radiology services, including daytime and nighttime tele radiology solutions, subspecialty consultations, and management services, to over 500 medical facilities across all 50 U.S. states and 15 countries. USARAD's mission is to deliver cost-effective, timely, and medically accurate advanced teleradiology services to hospitals and outpatient care settings, utilizing a radiology marketplace platform staffed by over 300 board-certified radiologists.

Bivarus

Series A in 2015
Bivarus, Inc. is a Durham, North Carolina-based company that specializes in developing a cloud-based analytics platform aimed at enhancing the patient experience in healthcare settings. Founded in 2010, Bivarus emerged from academic research that established patient experience as a key factor in determining health outcomes. The platform provides healthcare leaders with real-time, actionable insights into factors affecting patient experience, provider performance, and overall service operations. By utilizing a sophisticated sampling algorithm, Bivarus delivers targeted measures to patients, enabling organizations to identify root causes of service issues and track quality improvement initiatives effectively. Additionally, Bivarus is recognized as a CMS-approved CAHPS® partner, offering comprehensive services that include measuring employee perceptions of organizational effectiveness and engagement. As a subsidiary of Press Ganey Holdings, Inc., Bivarus continues to play a pivotal role in transforming how healthcare organizations understand and enhance the patient experience.

Jumo Health

Series B in 2014
Jumo Health is a company that creates age-appropriate and culturally sensitive educational resources for patients and caregivers throughout their medical journeys. Founded in 2009 and based in New York, the company collaborates with healthcare providers, manufacturers, and advocacy groups to deliver these resources at critical moments, such as diagnosis, treatment, or during clinical trials. Jumo Health employs various engaging formats, including comic books, animations, and virtual reality experiences, to simplify complex medical topics and ensure that patients and caregivers can easily comprehend essential information. By using familiar mediums, the company aims to enhance understanding and support individuals in navigating their healthcare experiences effectively.
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