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

Managing Partner

Andrew Schwab

Managing Partner

Past deals in North Carolina

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.
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