Launchpad Digital Health

Launchpad Digital Health is a venture capital firm based in Emeryville, California, specializing in early-stage investments in the digital health sector. The firm partners with innovative entrepreneurs to develop companies focused on enhancing patient care, reducing healthcare costs, and improving convenience for patients. Launchpad Digital Health provides substantial financial support, offering investments of up to $1 million in seed rounds and $2 to $3 million in Series A and B rounds. The firm seeks to back businesses that prioritize healthy living, patient compliance, remote diagnostics, electronic health records, data analytics, and support for independent living. With over two decades of experience in funding and managing various healthcare and technology ventures, the founders of Launchpad Digital Health bring extensive expertise to their investments in the healthcare industry.

Kara Stone

Associate

Fred Toney

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

38 past transactions

BreezoMeter

Series C in 2021
BreezoMeter Ltd. is a prominent provider of real-time air quality and health recommendation applications, catering to both consumers and businesses in the United States and Israel. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Haifa, Israel, with an office in the U.S., BreezoMeter specializes in delivering street-level air quality data through a suite of APIs that includes information on air pollution, pollen, and active fires. The company employs a unique multi-data layer approach, integrating information from governmental sensors, satellites, and weather patterns to achieve a high level of accuracy in air quality measurements, with a resolution as precise as 0.003 miles. This capability allows BreezoMeter to provide personalized health solutions for a diverse range of users, including children, health-sensitive individuals, and athletes. The company's innovative platform has garnered partnerships with leading brands across various sectors, enhancing their products and services with valuable air quality insights.

Harmonize

Series A in 2021
Harmonize offers a remote care platform that simplifies technology implementation and clinical triage. It focuses on improving remote care for patients in need, many of whom are unfamiliar with technology and suffer from multiple comorbidities. The patient interface gathers both high-tech and high-touch inputs, while its medical platform guides staff through triage and intervention routing at scale. The Harmonize platform reduces potential overhead by more than 90% while increasing patient engagement. It includes patient adherence rate, information triage workload reduction, and healthcare utilization cost reduction.

Patient Premier

Seed Round in 2020
Patient Premier, Inc is a medical software-as-a-service provider based in Baltimore, Maryland, that specializes in developing a mobile platform designed to monitor and document adherence and efficacy in pain management. The company's flagship product, Pain Scored, allows patients to track their pain, disease, and overall well-being, providing valuable insights to healthcare professionals and partners. The platform facilitates the remote collection of self-reported assessments between patient visits, enabling providers to review reports and coordinate care effectively. Additionally, Patient Premier's solution allows healthcare providers to document and bill for the time spent on the platform and care coordination every 30 days, thereby enhancing proactive management of health and chronic diseases. Incorporated in 2017, Patient Premier serves individuals, healthcare providers, health systems, and health insurers, aiming to empower patients with crucial health information and data.

Anagram

Series A in 2020
Anagram Inc. develops a software platform designed to streamline the complexities of health insurance for healthcare professionals and patients. The company's online insurance assistant enables users to manage healthcare plans across various networks by providing information on out-of-network benefits and facilitating claim submissions. Anagram's platform also supports healthcare providers in checking patient eligibility, calculating out-of-pocket costs, and processing payments, thus enhancing the efficiency of insurance billing automation. This allows practitioners to leverage insurance benefits while navigating the limitations of in-network requirements, potentially enabling them to operate as cash-pay practices. Founded in 2015 and based in Santa Monica, California, Anagram was previously known as Glass Health, Inc. before rebranding in February 2020.

Smileyscope

Venture Round in 2020
Smileyscope Pty Ltd develops virtual reality (VR) headset to entertain and distract children from painful procedures like needles. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Melbourne, Australia.

Limelight Health

Series C in 2019
Limelight Health, Inc. develops a cloud-based quoting, underwriting, and proposal platform tailored for the employee benefits industry. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with additional offices in Redding, California, and Des Moines, Iowa, the company offers a range of configurable microservices designed to streamline various business functions, including quoting, rating, proposal generation, and renewals. Its platform enhances the user experience for health insurance carriers, general agents, and brokers by automating manual workflows and facilitating plan distribution. The integrated API allows for seamless connectivity with other systems, promoting efficiency in operations and supporting brand reinforcement. As of August 2020, Limelight Health operates as a subsidiary of FINEOS Corporation Holdings plc.

MyLife

Seed Round in 2018
Stop, Breathe & Think's mission is to inspire the world to practice mental wellness every day. Their app is a free mindfulness, meditation and compassion-building tool that is simple, fun and easy to use. Check in to how you are thinking and feeling, and select emotions that guide you to recommended meditations.

CircleOf, Inc.

Seed Round in 2018
CircleOf creates tools which connect people who care with people in need. Use CircleOf to instantly form teams with your family, friends, colleagues or communities to privately share information, provide assistance, and volunteer your knowledge and time. CircleOf is both a resource and powerful, social communication tool -- allowing anyone at anytime to create a connected community of care. CircleOf helps companies support their employees and fosters engagement. CircleOf is a powerful partner in the management of healthcare costs, targeting benefits and information, increasing awareness and productivity, reducing absenteeism, and attracting and retaining the best people. Easily measure the health of your organization with CircleOf.

Anagram

Funding Round in 2018
Anagram Inc. develops a software platform designed to streamline the complexities of health insurance for healthcare professionals and patients. The company's online insurance assistant enables users to manage healthcare plans across various networks by providing information on out-of-network benefits and facilitating claim submissions. Anagram's platform also supports healthcare providers in checking patient eligibility, calculating out-of-pocket costs, and processing payments, thus enhancing the efficiency of insurance billing automation. This allows practitioners to leverage insurance benefits while navigating the limitations of in-network requirements, potentially enabling them to operate as cash-pay practices. Founded in 2015 and based in Santa Monica, California, Anagram was previously known as Glass Health, Inc. before rebranding in February 2020.

Agathos

Venture Round in 2018
Agathos, Inc. is a healthcare technology company based in San Francisco, California, established in 2015. The company has developed an on-demand platform aimed at enhancing the delivery of care by providing physicians with real-time, individualized feedback and actionable insights. This platform focuses on optimizing hospital resources and reducing patient length of stay by engaging physicians with key clinical metrics. Utilizing a "weighted attribution" methodology, Agathos facilitates shared case ownership and collaborative patient care. The platform also leverages mobile analytics to identify practice patterns and inform physicians through clinically credible benchmarks, ultimately aiming to drive better healthcare outcomes and reduce unnecessary variations in care.

Thrivors

Seed Round in 2018
Thrivors is a digital health platform focused on supporting cancer patients by providing oncology pharmaceutical manufacturers, specialty pharmacy distributors, and payers with at-home behavioral insights related to cancer drug therapy. The platform offers personalized virtual coaching and comprehensive care for cancer survivors, addressing key areas such as exercise, nutrition, mindfulness, and community engagement. By utilizing research-based tools, Thrivors enables healthcare providers to assist cancer patients in maintaining their health and improving adherence to prescribed medications and lifestyle changes. This holistic approach aims to enhance patient outcomes by understanding and addressing barriers to compliance, ultimately empowering cancer patients to live longer, healthier lives.

Hint Health

Series A in 2018
Hint Health Inc. develops a membership management platform for direct care providers. Its platform comprises tools that streamline membership administration and billing for providers and their patient, employer, and health plan clients. The company's offers plans such as essentials, plus, pro, and enterprise. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Go2Practice

Seed Round in 2018
Go2Practice is a fitness technology platform that serves as a comprehensive search engine for fitness options across the United States. Founded by Joanna Stahl, who has two decades of experience in the fitness industry, the platform addresses the growing demand for diverse fitness experiences by allowing users to search and book from a wide array of gyms and studios. Go2Practice provides a user-friendly, free resource where facilities can showcase their pricing, class schedules, and policies. With a continuously expanding database of over 100,000 listings, the platform aims to meet the on-demand fitness needs of enthusiasts by enabling them to access various gym amenities at their convenience. As more facilities take control of their listings and new options emerge, Go2Practice is positioned to evolve alongside the fitness industry, enhancing accessibility for users nationwide.

Elemeno Health

Seed Round in 2017
Elemeno Health, Inc. develops and offers mobile software for hospitals to eliminate medical errors. It provides a checklist tool for frontline healthcare teams in hospitals and medical centers. Elemeno Health, Inc. is based in the United States.

Agathos

Seed Round in 2017
Agathos, Inc. is a healthcare technology company based in San Francisco, California, established in 2015. The company has developed an on-demand platform aimed at enhancing the delivery of care by providing physicians with real-time, individualized feedback and actionable insights. This platform focuses on optimizing hospital resources and reducing patient length of stay by engaging physicians with key clinical metrics. Utilizing a "weighted attribution" methodology, Agathos facilitates shared case ownership and collaborative patient care. The platform also leverages mobile analytics to identify practice patterns and inform physicians through clinically credible benchmarks, ultimately aiming to drive better healthcare outcomes and reduce unnecessary variations in care.

Addicaid

Seed Round in 2017
Addicaid is a new approach to improving behavioral health outcomes, including aftercare, friends and family guidance, and utilization management. It is digital addiction wellness platform for individuals with substance/process disorders, friends/family coping with loved ones in care, a dashboard for treatment centers and insurance companies to facilitate care delivery in an organized, intelligent, cost-effective manner.

Omnicure

Seed Round in 2017
Omnicure Inc. is a telemedicine service provider focused on delivering critical care to patients in intensive care units across medical facilities. Established in 2016 and based in Ladue, Missouri, the company offers a mobile platform that connects ICU teams with remote critical care physicians, facilitating immediate care for critically ill patients anytime and anywhere. This innovative and scalable solution enhances the efficiency and productivity of healthcare providers, allowing them to manage patient care effectively from smartphones or workstations. Omnicure's approach not only streamlines ICU workflows but also provides significant cost savings for hospitals, making it an appealing option within the spectrum of inpatient care.

Amicomed

Seed Round in 2017
Amicomed Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that develops a cloud-based platform designed for blood pressure (BP) management. Established in 2016, the platform provides users with tools for remote monitoring and personalized lifestyle interventions, addressing various conditions that require BP control, such as hypertension and heart failure. Amicomed offers a digital application that analyzes BP trends and delivers tailored lifestyle advice, education, and self-management resources to individuals. For healthcare providers, the platform supplies data analysis and lifestyle change tools to enhance patient care. The service employs proprietary algorithms to automate the process, ensuring users receive actionable feedback based on their BP data. Clinical studies have indicated that the platform can lead to significant reductions in mean systolic BP, which can decrease mortality rates and yield substantial healthcare savings.

Happy Couple

Seed Round in 2017
Happy Couple is the only app that helps couples build happy, healthy relationships using gamified interactions and proprietary AI to promote positive communication and deeper understanding. Expert content and adaptive algorithms lead couples on an engaging journey that offers unique insights while building confident relationships that keep getting better.

WellStart Health, Inc.

Seed Round in 2017
WellStart Health, a medical company, is transforming healthcare by addressing the root causes of chronic disease through evidence-based lifestyle change, delivered through telemedicine. It is an intensive lifestyle change program led by highly-qualified physicians, dietitians, and health coaches. The goal of the 12-week program is to support participants with chronic conditions, or those at high risk, to slow down and reverse their illnesses by empowering them with the knowledge and practical skills to take control of their own health.

Tueo Health

Seed Round in 2017
The name Tueo ("too-ee-oh") comes from a Latin word meaning to observe, care for, and maintain. Tueo Health is creating a solution that puts this meaning to work in asthma management. The solution delivers accurate, objective indicators of asthma control together with clinical insight and understanding of what patients and their families need to achieve the best control and outcomes.

MyLife

Seed Round in 2017
Stop, Breathe & Think's mission is to inspire the world to practice mental wellness every day. Their app is a free mindfulness, meditation and compassion-building tool that is simple, fun and easy to use. Check in to how you are thinking and feeling, and select emotions that guide you to recommended meditations.

LifeDojo

Series A in 2017
LifeDojo Inc. specializes in online behavior change and wellness programs aimed at fostering health behavior change among employees. Founded in 2013 and based in San Francisco, the company allows employees to create personalized health programs, leading to significant engagement outcomes. Notably, 45% of participants develop lasting health habits that persist for over six months. LifeDojo has demonstrated a substantial return on investment, achieving a 4.4x ROI in a $31 billion industry characterized by challenges in long-term behavior change. As a subsidiary of Ontrak, Inc., LifeDojo has gained the trust of some of the world's largest companies, helping them reduce healthcare costs, enhance productivity, and cultivate a genuine culture of health within their organizations.

BreezoMeter

Series A in 2016
BreezoMeter Ltd. is a prominent provider of real-time air quality and health recommendation applications, catering to both consumers and businesses in the United States and Israel. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Haifa, Israel, with an office in the U.S., BreezoMeter specializes in delivering street-level air quality data through a suite of APIs that includes information on air pollution, pollen, and active fires. The company employs a unique multi-data layer approach, integrating information from governmental sensors, satellites, and weather patterns to achieve a high level of accuracy in air quality measurements, with a resolution as precise as 0.003 miles. This capability allows BreezoMeter to provide personalized health solutions for a diverse range of users, including children, health-sensitive individuals, and athletes. The company's innovative platform has garnered partnerships with leading brands across various sectors, enhancing their products and services with valuable air quality insights.

QueueDr

Series A in 2016
Backed by top digital health investors and some amazing customers, QueueDr is taking healthcare software by storm. QueueDr was created out of necessity for doctors and patients. Their great worry was the quality of products in healthcare. So many depend on outdated, poorly designed, unintituive software to take care of them. They want to change the view in the doctor's office with simplicity and enjoyable user experiences. No more software that looks like it was designed in 80s and requires months of training.

Sober Grid

Seed Round in 2016
Sober Grid, Inc., based in Boston, Massachusetts, operates a sober social network designed to assist individuals in recovery from substance use disorders. Launched in 2015, the application is accessible on both Apple and Android devices and has been utilized over 20 million times across more than 170 countries. Developed in collaboration with researchers from Harvard Medical School and the University of Pennsylvania, the app employs a community-based approach to chronic disease management, specifically targeting various chemical dependencies, including alcohol and opioid use disorders. Sober Grid features tools such as a GPS locator, direct messaging, and a newsfeed, along with certified coaching that is available 24/7. The app promotes user engagement through daily quests and rewards for sobriety achievements, which have been linked to lower relapse rates. By leveraging predictive analytics and the support of both AI and human connections, Sober Grid aims to enhance health outcomes for its users by reducing the risk of relapse and fostering a supportive community for those in recovery.

Hint Health

Seed Round in 2016
Hint Health Inc. develops a membership management platform for direct care providers. Its platform comprises tools that streamline membership administration and billing for providers and their patient, employer, and health plan clients. The company's offers plans such as essentials, plus, pro, and enterprise. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Moving Analytics

Pre Seed Round in 2016
Moving Analytics. is a tele-health company dedicated to helping people thrive after heart disease. Our flagship product is Movn a virtual cardiac rehabilitation program that leverages evidence based guidelines, behavioral science, remote monitoring and personalized coaching to help patients recover to full health after a cardiac event. Movn is currently used by the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Highmark Health Plan, Kaiser Permanente Northwest and many more health systems across the US.

Decisive Health

Venture Round in 2016
Decisive Health Systems, Inc. provides a patient engagement platform. It offers Decisive Health that combines patient lifestyle (quality-of-life) preferences with medical information based on clinical evidence. The company’s Decisive Health educates patients about recommended treatment options, predicts patient treatment preferences, and qualifies patients for procedures sooner. Decisive Health Systems, Inc. was incorporated in 2014 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Lab Sensor Solutions

Seed Round in 2016
Lab Sensor Solutions provides a full-stack real-time 'mobile sensor as a service' solution for the $8B Healthcare Cold Chain Logistics (HCCL) industry. LSS tracks materials in transit between laboratories, doctors offices, hospitals and pharmaceutical companies, giving customers a view into location and temperature over time. The system allows for configuration of alerts and remediation notifications so personnel know when critical environmental factors, like temperature, near or exceed required thresholds. Lab Sensor Solutions increases patient safety while helping customers reduce liability, meet regulatory requirements, and save money.

WellBrain

Seed Round in 2016
WellBrain Inc. is a Pleasant Hill, California-based company that offers a digital behavioral health platform designed to assess and treat patients with chronic pain, depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and other mental health disorders. Founded in 2015 by a team of experts from prestigious institutions, including Harvard and Stanford, WellBrain provides a scientifically validated mindfulness platform that is prescribed by healthcare professionals. This platform utilizes proprietary artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies to deliver personalized cognitive assessments and mindfulness treatment programs, helping patients achieve greater focus, calm, and clarity. By addressing both mental health and chronic pain management, WellBrain aims to prevent painkiller addiction and improve patient outcomes through data-driven insights that inform healthcare providers' decisions.

Limelight Health

Series A in 2015
Limelight Health, Inc. develops a cloud-based quoting, underwriting, and proposal platform tailored for the employee benefits industry. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with additional offices in Redding, California, and Des Moines, Iowa, the company offers a range of configurable microservices designed to streamline various business functions, including quoting, rating, proposal generation, and renewals. Its platform enhances the user experience for health insurance carriers, general agents, and brokers by automating manual workflows and facilitating plan distribution. The integrated API allows for seamless connectivity with other systems, promoting efficiency in operations and supporting brand reinforcement. As of August 2020, Limelight Health operates as a subsidiary of FINEOS Corporation Holdings plc.

BreezoMeter

Seed Round in 2015
BreezoMeter Ltd. is a prominent provider of real-time air quality and health recommendation applications, catering to both consumers and businesses in the United States and Israel. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Haifa, Israel, with an office in the U.S., BreezoMeter specializes in delivering street-level air quality data through a suite of APIs that includes information on air pollution, pollen, and active fires. The company employs a unique multi-data layer approach, integrating information from governmental sensors, satellites, and weather patterns to achieve a high level of accuracy in air quality measurements, with a resolution as precise as 0.003 miles. This capability allows BreezoMeter to provide personalized health solutions for a diverse range of users, including children, health-sensitive individuals, and athletes. The company's innovative platform has garnered partnerships with leading brands across various sectors, enhancing their products and services with valuable air quality insights.

Sensely

Series A in 2015
Sensely is a developer of avatar and chatbot-based platform designed to assist insurance plan members and patients. The company's platform leverages conversational interfaces and provides virtual assistant solutions to insurance companies, pharmaceutical clients, and hospital systems worldwide, enabling enterprises to converse with their members in an entirely new way, combining the empathy of human conversation with the efficiency and scalability of the technology.

LifeDojo

Seed Round in 2015
LifeDojo Inc. specializes in online behavior change and wellness programs aimed at fostering health behavior change among employees. Founded in 2013 and based in San Francisco, the company allows employees to create personalized health programs, leading to significant engagement outcomes. Notably, 45% of participants develop lasting health habits that persist for over six months. LifeDojo has demonstrated a substantial return on investment, achieving a 4.4x ROI in a $31 billion industry characterized by challenges in long-term behavior change. As a subsidiary of Ontrak, Inc., LifeDojo has gained the trust of some of the world's largest companies, helping them reduce healthcare costs, enhance productivity, and cultivate a genuine culture of health within their organizations.

InsightRx

Seed Round in 2015
InsightRX is a software platform that incorporates the principles of quantitative pharmacology and machine learning to provide an individualized understanding of a patient’s response to treatment. It delivers its technology in the form of easy-to-use clinical decision support tools at the point-of-care to help guide treatment decision-making. The platform guides treatment decisions at both the individual level and the population level. InsightRX controls clinically validated pharmacokinetic models, patient physiology, pharmacogenomics, drug concentrations, and biomarkers to optimize dosing. It combines real-time patient data and machine learning to understand individual patient pharmacology and inform dose optimization. The platform also leverages disease-based pharmacodynamics models to inform treatment decision making. InsightRX was launched in 2015 by Ron Keizer, Sirj Goswami, and Ranvir Mangat. It is operated from San Francisco, California.

Limelight Health

Venture Round in 2014
Limelight Health, Inc. develops a cloud-based quoting, underwriting, and proposal platform tailored for the employee benefits industry. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with additional offices in Redding, California, and Des Moines, Iowa, the company offers a range of configurable microservices designed to streamline various business functions, including quoting, rating, proposal generation, and renewals. Its platform enhances the user experience for health insurance carriers, general agents, and brokers by automating manual workflows and facilitating plan distribution. The integrated API allows for seamless connectivity with other systems, promoting efficiency in operations and supporting brand reinforcement. As of August 2020, Limelight Health operates as a subsidiary of FINEOS Corporation Holdings plc.

Addapp

Seed Round in 2014
Addapp is a mobile application that translates its users’ health apps and activity tracker data into actionable recommendations. The application provides its users with insights into their well-being and helps them improve factors like sleep, nutrition, fitness, and mood. Addapp was launched in 2014 and is based in San Francisco, California.
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