Frist Cressey Ventures

Frist Cressey Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, focused on early- and growth-stage investments in healthcare and digital health technologies and services. It seeks opportunities that improve quality of care, system integration, patient outcomes, and population health, partnering with entrepreneurs to accelerate growth and translate viable solutions into practical healthcare improvements. The firm targets technology-enabled healthcare enterprises and service businesses with strong potential to advance care delivery and health outcomes, and it emphasizes value-added collaboration with portfolio companies.

Tommaso Auerbach

Investment Associate

Olivia Capra

Principal

Chloe Coulter

Senior Associate

Navid Farzad

Managing Partner

Matt Schappell

Principal

Mark Tipps JD

Partner and COO

William Trapnell

Senior Associate

Lydia Witty

Investment Associate

Caroline Young

Vice President

51 past transactions

Lynx

Series A in 2025
Lynx is a fintech healthcare company that focuses on integrating financial solutions with healthcare services. Its API-connected platform facilitates healthcare payments, banking, and e-commerce, allowing businesses to offer tailored health-fintech solutions. By bridging the gap between health and finances, Lynx aims to enhance affordability, drive health engagement, and improve financial security for consumers. The company's technology infrastructure empowers partners to provide a seamless consumer experience, ultimately helping healthcare professionals improve patient outcomes and reduce administrative inefficiencies.

Bicycle Health

Venture Round in 2025
Founded in San Francisco in 2017, Bicycle Health is a virtual addiction medicine clinic specializing in treating opioid dependence or use disorder. The company offers accessible, confidential, and evidence-based treatment through its digital health platform, providing personalized medication management, behavioral health support, and peer assistance.

Qualified Health

Seed Round in 2025
Qualified Health is a technology company specializing in generative artificial intelligence (AI) for the healthcare industry. It offers an infrastructure solution that ensures the safe and effective use of AI in medicine. This includes continuous algorithm performance monitoring, active AI governance, and the development of AI agents tailored to healthcare needs. The company partners with leading health systems to revolutionize healthcare in the United States.

Oshi Health

Series C in 2024
Oshi Health is a virtual gastroenterology clinic specializing in diagnosing, treating, and remotely monitoring digestive conditions. Patients work with an integrated team of specialists to determine the root causes of symptoms and develop personalized care plans combining medication, dietary interventions, and gut-brain behavioral therapy.

MD Ally

Series A in 2024
MD Ally develops a telehealth platform that integrates into emergency medical dispatch processes. It connects non-emergency callers to virtual healthcare professionals for triage, follow-up care, and social services, freeing up resources for true emergencies.

Thyme Care

Series C in 2024
Thyme Care is a healthcare company specializing in oncology care management services. It offers an integrated solution for patients and providers, partnering with health plans to deliver comprehensive, personalized support to cancer patients.

Praia Health

Series A in 2024
Praia Health is an innovative digital health company that focuses on enhancing the delivery of personalized health solutions for hospitals and their patients. The company's platform is designed to facilitate the digital transformation of health systems by streamlining and customizing health journeys. It connects patients with appropriate services, products, and resources, thereby creating comprehensive patient profiles that extend beyond traditional clinical records. This approach enables hospitals to sustain stronger relationships with their patients and provide more specialized care throughout their health experiences.

CodaMetrix

Series B in 2024
CodaMetrix develops an AI-powered platform for healthcare revenue cycle management. Its platform uses machine learning, deep learning, and natural language processing to autonomously translate clinical notes into billing and diagnostic codes, reducing human workload while maintaining coding accuracy.

Blackbird Health

Series A in 2024
Blackbird Health is a mental health clinic specializing in supporting children and young adults facing social, developmental, and academic challenges. It offers both in-person and virtual therapy sessions, ensuring accessibility for a wider range of clients. The clinic takes a holistic approach to mental health care, aiming to address the overall well-being of its clients by combining innovative technology and interdisciplinary teams for accurate diagnosis and efficient treatment.

Thyme Care

Series B in 2023
Thyme Care is a healthcare company specializing in oncology care management services. It offers an integrated solution for patients and providers, partnering with health plans to deliver comprehensive, personalized support to cancer patients.

Visana Health

Seed Round in 2023
Visana Health specializes in digital health solutions for women's reproductive wellness. They focus on improving the quality of life for those experiencing severe menstrual pain, particularly endometriosis and pelvic pain. Their platform offers personalized treatment plans and longitudinal care, addressing a wide range of women's health needs, including preventive care, urgent care, gynecology, and chronic conditions like PCOS and menopause.

Axuall

Series B in 2023
Axuall provides a digital platform for verifying identities, credentials, and authenticity across various sectors. It specializes in healthcare workforce intelligence, enabling healthcare systems, staffing firms, and telehealth providers to streamline onboarding processes and gain valuable data insights for network planning and analytics.

DexCare

Series C in 2023
DexCare is a Seattle-based company founded in 2021 that specializes in providing a platform-as-a-service solution for managing health system capacity and demand across various lines of care. The company's platform aims to transform traditional patient-to-provider relationships into scalable digital experiences, thereby increasing revenue from new patients while reducing acquisition costs. By optimizing access to healthcare services, DexCare helps healthcare institutions generate new patients, enhance satisfaction, achieve cost savings, and ensure that patients receive timely and effective care.

Thrive Health Tech

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Thrive Health Tech is a healthcare-focused mobile company that develops a communication platform to close the digital divide and improve healthcare outcomes through sustained member engagement. The platform supports digital health strategies with a vertically integrated wireless service network, mobile devices, and a custom phone operating system, enabling healthcare organizations to reach and engage members efficiently and to drive better patient outcomes.

Memora Health

Venture Round in 2023
Memora Health is a San Francisco-based healthcare technology company that develops an intelligent care enablement platform to automate outpatient communication and digital workflows. The platform helps clinicians focus on top-of-license practice by digitizing and triaging patient-reported concerns and data, enabling proactive two-way communication and support for patients along complex care journeys, and it partners with health systems, health plans, and digital health companies to transform care delivery for care teams and patients.

Oshi Health

Series B in 2023
Oshi Health is a virtual gastroenterology clinic specializing in diagnosing, treating, and remotely monitoring digestive conditions. Patients work with an integrated team of specialists to determine the root causes of symptoms and develop personalized care plans combining medication, dietary interventions, and gut-brain behavioral therapy.

SpectrumAi

Series A in 2023
SpectrumAi is a digital health company focused on enhancing Autism care by increasing access to high-quality Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy for children globally. By collaborating with industry experts in technology and healthcare, as well as clinical leaders, parents, and payers, SpectrumAi aims to modernize the delivery of autism care. The company's innovative healthcare technology offers objective data, meaningful insights, and actionable recommendations, all designed to support patients in achieving optimal outcomes. These outcomes include fostering independent living, building meaningful relationships, pursuing lifelong vocational goals, and promoting self-advocacy. Through its efforts, SpectrumAi seeks to transform the landscape of autism treatment and improve the quality of life for individuals on the spectrum.

CodaMetrix

Series A in 2023
CodaMetrix develops an AI-powered platform for healthcare revenue cycle management. Its platform uses machine learning, deep learning, and natural language processing to autonomously translate clinical notes into billing and diagnostic codes, reducing human workload while maintaining coding accuracy.

Monogram Health

Series C in 2023
Monogram Health provides specialized in-home care services for patients with chronic conditions like kidney disease. Founded in 2019, the company uses evidence-based clinical services and innovative technology to improve patient outcomes and lower healthcare costs. It partners with leading health plans across 34 states.

Hospital for Special Surgery

Series A in 2022
HSS is a academic medical center focused on musculoskeletal health. Because an infection can be a devastating outcome for an orthopedic patient, HSS takes infection control extremely seriously and has one of the lowest infection rates in the country. Hospital for Special Surgery was established in 1863 by Carlos Polit in New York, United States.

Carta Healthcare

Series B in 2022
Carta Healthcare provides a software-as-a-service platform that maps the patient journey through hospitals by integrating data from existing information systems. The platform identifies potential bottlenecks weeks in advance and issues alerts about bed shortages and cancellations. It enables hospitals to personalize care by analyzing past patient journeys and using machine learning to predict what the current patient will need and what to expect during treatment. Its clinical data abstraction capabilities automate extraction and processing to improve efficiency, accuracy, and compliance. The solution supports hospitals and research organizations in optimizing patient care, resource allocation, and operational decisions. Founded in 2016 and based in San Mateo, California, Carta Healthcare focuses on turning disparate clinical data into actionable insights to improve care delivery.

SpectrumAi

Seed Round in 2022
SpectrumAi is a digital health company focused on enhancing Autism care by increasing access to high-quality Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy for children globally. By collaborating with industry experts in technology and healthcare, as well as clinical leaders, parents, and payers, SpectrumAi aims to modernize the delivery of autism care. The company's innovative healthcare technology offers objective data, meaningful insights, and actionable recommendations, all designed to support patients in achieving optimal outcomes. These outcomes include fostering independent living, building meaningful relationships, pursuing lifelong vocational goals, and promoting self-advocacy. Through its efforts, SpectrumAi seeks to transform the landscape of autism treatment and improve the quality of life for individuals on the spectrum.

Hint Health

Series B in 2022
Founded in 2013, Hint Health develops a comprehensive platform for direct care providers. Its tools automate membership management, billing, and offer an integrated electronic medical record system, enabling providers to efficiently deliver patient-centered care while competing directly with insurance-based models.

Bicycle Health

Series B in 2022
Founded in San Francisco in 2017, Bicycle Health is a virtual addiction medicine clinic specializing in treating opioid dependence or use disorder. The company offers accessible, confidential, and evidence-based treatment through its digital health platform, providing personalized medication management, behavioral health support, and peer assistance.

Lynx

Series A in 2022
Lynx is a fintech healthcare company that focuses on integrating financial solutions with healthcare services. Its API-connected platform facilitates healthcare payments, banking, and e-commerce, allowing businesses to offer tailored health-fintech solutions. By bridging the gap between health and finances, Lynx aims to enhance affordability, drive health engagement, and improve financial security for consumers. The company's technology infrastructure empowers partners to provide a seamless consumer experience, ultimately helping healthcare professionals improve patient outcomes and reduce administrative inefficiencies.

Memora Health

Venture Round in 2022
Memora Health is a San Francisco-based healthcare technology company that develops an intelligent care enablement platform to automate outpatient communication and digital workflows. The platform helps clinicians focus on top-of-license practice by digitizing and triaging patient-reported concerns and data, enabling proactive two-way communication and support for patients along complex care journeys, and it partners with health systems, health plans, and digital health companies to transform care delivery for care teams and patients.

DexCare

Series B in 2022
DexCare is a Seattle-based company founded in 2021 that specializes in providing a platform-as-a-service solution for managing health system capacity and demand across various lines of care. The company's platform aims to transform traditional patient-to-provider relationships into scalable digital experiences, thereby increasing revenue from new patients while reducing acquisition costs. By optimizing access to healthcare services, DexCare helps healthcare institutions generate new patients, enhance satisfaction, achieve cost savings, and ensure that patients receive timely and effective care.

Oshi Health

Series A in 2021
Oshi Health is a virtual gastroenterology clinic specializing in diagnosing, treating, and remotely monitoring digestive conditions. Patients work with an integrated team of specialists to determine the root causes of symptoms and develop personalized care plans combining medication, dietary interventions, and gut-brain behavioral therapy.

Thyme Care

Series A in 2021
Thyme Care is a healthcare company specializing in oncology care management services. It offers an integrated solution for patients and providers, partnering with health plans to deliver comprehensive, personalized support to cancer patients.

Monogram Health

Series B in 2021
Monogram Health provides specialized in-home care services for patients with chronic conditions like kidney disease. Founded in 2019, the company uses evidence-based clinical services and innovative technology to improve patient outcomes and lower healthcare costs. It partners with leading health plans across 34 states.

Main Street Health

Series A in 2021
Main Street Health delivers value-based, care-focused healthcare services addressing rural wellness challenges. It uses data-driven solutions to support partner clinics by providing staff, technology, and access to critical access hospitals and community health centers, enabling rural residents to receive high-quality treatment.

Vim

Series B in 2021
Vim Inc., established in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, specializes in a healthcare platform that facilitates online services for patients and healthcare providers. The company's core offerings include online appointment scheduling solutions and referral coordination services, aiming to streamline care delivery between patients and medical professionals. Vim connects health plans, patients, and providers across various sizes and systems, with the mission of enhancing affordable, high-quality healthcare through seamless data connectivity within clinical operations at the point of patient care.

DexCare

Series A in 2021
DexCare is a Seattle-based company founded in 2021 that specializes in providing a platform-as-a-service solution for managing health system capacity and demand across various lines of care. The company's platform aims to transform traditional patient-to-provider relationships into scalable digital experiences, thereby increasing revenue from new patients while reducing acquisition costs. By optimizing access to healthcare services, DexCare helps healthcare institutions generate new patients, enhance satisfaction, achieve cost savings, and ensure that patients receive timely and effective care.

Audacious Inquiry

Venture Round in 2020
Audacious Inquiry, LLC is a healthcare information technology and policy consulting firm established in 2004 and headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. The company specializes in developing innovative solutions that enhance the sharing, management, and protection of health information across the healthcare system. Its product offerings include the Encounter Notification Service, which provides real-time notifications of hospital admissions, discharges, and transfers, as well as master data management tools that facilitate health information exchange. Audacious Inquiry also delivers custom software solutions, web applications, and analytical services tailored to the needs of healthcare policy organizations, health information exchanges, provider organizations, and government entities. By leveraging its expertise in health information policy and technology, Audacious Inquiry aims to improve healthcare delivery and outcomes through strategic planning, system integration, and effective communication strategies.

Ready

Series C in 2020
Ready Responders, Inc. focuses on enhancing community health by providing immediate medical care and support for various health needs. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, the company offers services such as 911 quick responses, telehealth consultations, and patient access to emergency medical professionals. Their responders visit patients at home to address physical, mental, and social health needs, utilizing technology to connect with advanced medical providers. Ready Responders also facilitates connections to external resources for ongoing support and aims to improve patient experiences while reducing overall care costs. The company operates in multiple locations across Louisiana, Nevada, New York City, and the National Capital Region, and is in-network with many major insurance providers.

Klara

Series A in 2020
Klara operates an end-to-end patient engagement platform tailored for healthcare organizations, facilitating efficient communication between practitioners and patients. The platform allows healthcare teams to provide virtual care, collaborate internally, and automate various front-desk tasks, streamlining workflows and enhancing the patient experience throughout the care journey. Used by thousands of healthcare teams across over 40 specialties, Klara aims to improve operational efficiency and support the growth of patient volume while ensuring easy access to practices and centralized management of administrative responsibilities.

Monogram Health

Series A in 2020
Monogram Health provides specialized in-home care services for patients with chronic conditions like kidney disease. Founded in 2019, the company uses evidence-based clinical services and innovative technology to improve patient outcomes and lower healthcare costs. It partners with leading health plans across 34 states.

Ready

Series B in 2020
Ready Responders, Inc. focuses on enhancing community health by providing immediate medical care and support for various health needs. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, the company offers services such as 911 quick responses, telehealth consultations, and patient access to emergency medical professionals. Their responders visit patients at home to address physical, mental, and social health needs, utilizing technology to connect with advanced medical providers. Ready Responders also facilitates connections to external resources for ongoing support and aims to improve patient experiences while reducing overall care costs. The company operates in multiple locations across Louisiana, Nevada, New York City, and the National Capital Region, and is in-network with many major insurance providers.

InformedDNA

Venture Round in 2019
InformedDNA specializes in genetics benefits management services, aiming to enhance healthcare spending and patient care through expert genomic insights. The company provides a robust platform that connects genetic counselors with patients, focusing on policy development, prior authorization for genetic testing, and payment integrity claims edits. InformedDNA offers utilization analytics and lab network strategies, empowering genetics experts to guide both patients and clinicians in effectively utilizing genetic information and novel gene-based treatments. With the largest independent team of board-certified genetics specialists in the United States, the company combines extensive clinical experience with advanced technology to deliver tailored solutions. InformedDNA is committed to optimizing clinical decisions, managing downstream costs, and improving health outcomes, ensuring that patients receive the highest quality of care through informed decision-making.

ObjectiveHealth

Seed Round in 2019
ObjectiveHealth operates an integrated research and technology services platform aimed at enhancing patient outcomes through collaboration with leading physicians. The company focuses on seamlessly incorporating gastroenterology research services into community-based GI practices, thereby supporting patient care and improving practice efficiency. By providing essential research infrastructure, optimal trial selection, study implementation, and management of key research personnel, ObjectiveHealth aims to deliver better health outcomes for patients, particularly those affected by non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. The company utilizes proprietary technology and processes to facilitate the integration of clinical trials into everyday practice, enabling healthcare organizations to establish advanced research programs and gain access to clinical trials within their communities.

CareBridge

Series B in 2019
CareBridge provides technology and services to health plans and state agencies to support individuals receiving home and community-based services. The company offers electronic visit verification, data aggregation, 24/7 clinical support for patients, family members, and paid caregivers, and benefit management to help members access services, equipment, and support needed to live at home and remain independent. It focuses on serving Medicaid beneficiaries or individuals eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid, aiming to enable coordinated care through a value-based approach. Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, CareBridge connects care teams around the clock.

Stratasan

Venture Round in 2019
Stratasan, LLC is a provider of market intelligence specifically designed for hospitals and healthcare systems. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, the company offers a suite of software solutions that transform demographic and market data into actionable insights, facilitating informed decision-making. Its analytical platform includes tools such as Blackbird, a data query engine, and Canvas, a customizable report delivery system that provides financial insights and market projections across various healthcare settings. Stratasan's offerings support strategic planning, marketing, physician relations, and mergers and acquisitions, enabling healthcare organizations to optimize their growth strategies. Founded in 2010 and originally known as Health Data Source LLC, the company rebranded to Stratasan in July 2011.

Monogram Health

Series A in 2019
Monogram Health provides specialized in-home care services for patients with chronic conditions like kidney disease. Founded in 2019, the company uses evidence-based clinical services and innovative technology to improve patient outcomes and lower healthcare costs. It partners with leading health plans across 34 states.

Regroup

Series B in 2018
Regroup is a provider of integrated telepsychiatry services that facilitates remote psychiatric care through live and interactive video conferencing. The company aims to enhance access to mental health care, allowing patients to overcome barriers such as geographical distances, mobility restrictions, and the time and cost associated with in-person visits. Regroup's services prioritize patient privacy by employing end-to-end encryption to ensure the confidentiality of personal health information. By leveraging technology, Regroup addresses the growing need for accessible mental health resources in a convenient and secure manner.

180 Health Partners

Series B in 2018
180 Health Partners, Inc. is a healthcare organization focused on addressing substance use and behavioral health challenges, particularly in pregnant women. Founded in 2016 and based in Franklin, Tennessee, the company offers comprehensive services aimed at supporting expecting mothers struggling with addiction. Through its signature programs, The 180 Way and StrongWell, 180 Health Partners combines personalized interdisciplinary treatment with a relationship-based support ecosystem to facilitate recovery and ensure the delivery of healthy babies. The organization emphasizes multi-modal care coordination, connecting mothers with healthcare providers through various communication channels, including phone, video, text, and email. By enabling access to medical care in home or preferred locations, the company aims to improve health outcomes while also addressing the financial aspects of care.

Relode

Seed Round in 2016
Relode is a company based in Brentwood, Tennessee, operating an online recruitment platform tailored for the healthcare industry. Founded in 2009, Relode connects professionals and recruiters by offering peer-sourced recruitment tools. The platform helps employers identify passive candidates on the internet, bypassing traditional resume databases to intuitively match medical enterprises with relevant healthcare professionals based on specific job requirements.

180 Health Partners

Series A in 2016
180 Health Partners, Inc. is a healthcare organization focused on addressing substance use and behavioral health challenges, particularly in pregnant women. Founded in 2016 and based in Franklin, Tennessee, the company offers comprehensive services aimed at supporting expecting mothers struggling with addiction. Through its signature programs, The 180 Way and StrongWell, 180 Health Partners combines personalized interdisciplinary treatment with a relationship-based support ecosystem to facilitate recovery and ensure the delivery of healthy babies. The organization emphasizes multi-modal care coordination, connecting mothers with healthcare providers through various communication channels, including phone, video, text, and email. By enabling access to medical care in home or preferred locations, the company aims to improve health outcomes while also addressing the financial aspects of care.

Aspire Health

Series D in 2016
Aspire Health operates a network of outpatient palliative care practices, providing relief from symptoms, pain, and stress for patients facing serious illnesses such as cancer or heart failure. They offer home-based and clinic services in Middle Tennessee counties, supporting patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers.

Valify

Series A in 2016
Founded in 2014, Valify is a leading provider of purchased services technology solutions for healthcare organizations. Its web-based platform enables users to identify, benchmark, and track savings across over 1,200 categories, helping to mitigate financial risk and reduce operational costs. Serving over 600 health systems nationwide, Valify has saved its customers over $100 million since inception.

Carta Healthcare

Carta Healthcare provides a software-as-a-service platform that maps the patient journey through hospitals by integrating data from existing information systems. The platform identifies potential bottlenecks weeks in advance and issues alerts about bed shortages and cancellations. It enables hospitals to personalize care by analyzing past patient journeys and using machine learning to predict what the current patient will need and what to expect during treatment. Its clinical data abstraction capabilities automate extraction and processing to improve efficiency, accuracy, and compliance. The solution supports hospitals and research organizations in optimizing patient care, resource allocation, and operational decisions. Founded in 2016 and based in San Mateo, California, Carta Healthcare focuses on turning disparate clinical data into actionable insights to improve care delivery.
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