Martin Ventures

Martin Ventures, established in 2009 and located in Nashville, Tennessee, is a venture capital firm that specializes in providing capital, operational support, and mentorship to entrepreneurs in the healthcare and technology sectors. The firm aims to empower its portfolio companies by enabling their leadership to concentrate on executing their vision and strategy effectively. With a focus on healthcare technology-enabled and software-as-a-service businesses, Martin Ventures strives to help these companies scale and grow into successful, profitable organizations.

Charlie Martin

Founder and Chairman

Tony Simpson

Managing Director and CFO

Adrienne Thompson

Senior Vice President Finance

Past deals in Tennessee

Mployer Advisor

Seed Round in 2021
Operator of an insurance brokerage directory intended to help employers find the best insurance broker for their needs. The company provides actionable data to search, evaluate, and search for insurance brokers in their area and their options for selecting insurance advisors, enabling employers to make informed decisions via transparency in the insurance brokerage industry.

Integrative Health Centers

Seed Round in 2021
Integrative Health Centers, LLC (IHC) addresses the 3 key barriers to quality care (access, coordination and continuity) by providing integrative, comprehensive psychiatry, behavioral health and addiction medicine services. IHC uses a blend of in-person and telemedicine patient encounters through partnerships. By partnering with sites that see the value in integrative care, IHC can supplement patient care in any or all three service lines via a telemedicine platform.

Mployer Advisor

Seed Round in 2020
Operator of an insurance brokerage directory intended to help employers find the best insurance broker for their needs. The company provides actionable data to search, evaluate, and search for insurance brokers in their area and their options for selecting insurance advisors, enabling employers to make informed decisions via transparency in the insurance brokerage industry.

Contessa

Series D in 2019
Contessa Health, Inc., based in Nashville, Tennessee, specializes in home hospitalization programs designed to enhance patient care while managing episodic risk. The company is recognized as a pioneer in Home Recovery Care, a risk-based model that integrates essential components of inpatient hospital care within patients' homes. Contessa employs a proprietary health informatics platform to support this model, ensuring that care is safe, affordable, and effective in improving patient outcomes. Additionally, Contessa offers solutions such as ContessaCare, which empowers healthcare providers to deliver hospital-level care at home, and ContradoClaim, a claims analytics tool that assists partners in managing prospective payments. The company also provides bundled payment managed services, enabling health plans and systems to optimize their care delivery without the need for hospital admissions. Contessa Health was founded in 2015 and continues to lead innovations in home-based healthcare.

Wellvana

Venture Round in 2018
Wellvana is a healthcare company that focuses on creating a clinically integrated network platform designed to facilitate coordination across various levels of care. Founded in 2018, it is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. The company aims to enhance healthcare quality, reduce costs, and improve patient experiences by providing independent medical providers with the infrastructure needed for collaboration. Wellvana offers services that support real-time decision-making and effective patient flow management within the healthcare system. Additionally, it provides direct primary care programs for employers, employees, and their families. The company's framework enables physicians to work together under alternative payment models while achieving financial stability to maintain private practices.

Trilliant Health

Series A in 2018
Trilliant Health, Inc. is an analytics and data science company based in Brentwood, Tennessee, specializing in solutions designed to enhance hospital performance. Founded in 1989, the company integrates healthcare technology, data, and marketing to provide a comprehensive suite of products aimed at improving patient acquisition. Trilliant Health synthesizes all-payer claims, household, and patient-generated data to deliver intelligent insights that assist hospitals in growing their market share. Their offerings include an analytics platform, physician relationship management tools, and consumer acquisition solutions, all aimed at helping healthcare providers find, retain, and manage patient populations effectively.

Hashed Health

Seed Round in 2017
Hashed Health is a healthcare innovation firm based in Nashville, Tennessee, established in 2016. The company specializes in leveraging blockchain and distributed ledger technologies to create solutions for various challenges in the healthcare sector. It offers a range of services, including product management, regulatory guidance, and technology support, aimed at fostering an ecosystem for collaborative enterprises. Hashed Health focuses on building networks that facilitate the secure exchange of clinical, financial, and business data, while also addressing issues such as multi-party business process automation and data custody. By partnering with healthcare and life sciences organizations, the firm aims to develop new business models and drive innovation through collaboration, ultimately enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare delivery.

Contessa

Series A in 2015
Contessa Health, Inc., based in Nashville, Tennessee, specializes in home hospitalization programs designed to enhance patient care while managing episodic risk. The company is recognized as a pioneer in Home Recovery Care, a risk-based model that integrates essential components of inpatient hospital care within patients' homes. Contessa employs a proprietary health informatics platform to support this model, ensuring that care is safe, affordable, and effective in improving patient outcomes. Additionally, Contessa offers solutions such as ContessaCare, which empowers healthcare providers to deliver hospital-level care at home, and ContradoClaim, a claims analytics tool that assists partners in managing prospective payments. The company also provides bundled payment managed services, enabling health plans and systems to optimize their care delivery without the need for hospital admissions. Contessa Health was founded in 2015 and continues to lead innovations in home-based healthcare.

Ludi

Series A in 2014
Ludi, Inc. is a healthcare technology firm based in Nashville, Tennessee, founded in 2012. The company specializes in providing solutions to help hospitals and health systems automate and manage their administrative processes related to physician payments and agreements. Its flagship product, DocTime Log, is an automated mobile solution that allows physicians to easily log their hours, manage monthly activities, and track financial alignment with healthcare organizations. Ludi's platform integrates complex tasks and data into a single financial management system, enabling healthcare providers to audit payments, improve compliance, optimize revenue, and enhance physician satisfaction. In addition to its technology solutions, Ludi offers consulting services to assist organizations in evaluating their processes and building strong relationships with physician partners.

InvisionHeart

Series A in 2014
InvisionHeart draws on the strengths of experienced leadership, robust software and hardware developers and a strong clinical advisory team. The technology was originally developed by a team of physicians and engineers at Vanderbilt University in response to real-world clinical problems. Along with their team of investors, they share a vision for the improved care of heart patients wherever they live and work.

Clariture

Seed Round in 2014
Clariture is a developer of a cloud-based healthcare marketing platform that focuses on helping healthcare providers engage with potential patients through digital, social, and mobile channels. The platform enables hospitals, health systems, and outpatient providers to execute and optimize marketing campaigns by analyzing consumer behaviors, interests, and demographics. This data-driven approach allows healthcare organizations to enhance patient acquisition and retention while effectively measuring the return on investment of their marketing efforts. By providing insights into patient behaviors, Clariture aims to maximize patient conversion rates, ultimately improving the effectiveness of healthcare marketing strategies.

Spendsetter

Series B in 2014
Spendsetter, Inc. is an advocacy marketing platform that enables brands to identify and engage their advocates through targeted campaigns. The platform features a growing database and offers various tools, including incentives, rewards, native applications, and location-based communication. Spendsetter provides a range of advocacy marketing solutions encompassing research, strategy, and management, facilitating direct interactions between advocates and brands across iOS, Android, and web applications. The company serves a diverse clientele, including retail and commerce, organizations, nonprofits, hospitality, travel, entertainment, and employee advocacy sectors. Originally launched as Moontoast in 2007, the company rebranded to Spendsetter in 2014 and is based in Nashville, Tennessee.

Healthcare BlueBook

Venture Round in 2014
Healthcare Blue Book offers a price transparency platform that assists consumers, employers, healthcare providers, and payors in navigating the healthcare system more effectively. By providing information on fair pricing for various healthcare treatments and services, including inpatient, outpatient, diagnostic, and laboratory services, the platform empowers individuals to make informed decisions. Many patients unknowingly pay significantly more than necessary for healthcare due to a lack of price awareness. Healthcare Blue Book aims to rectify this by enabling users to search for and compare prices through its website and a mobile application. Additionally, the platform educates users on how to engage with healthcare providers, ask pertinent questions, and explore treatment options, ultimately fostering confidence in their healthcare choices.

Shareable Ink

Series C in 2013
Shareable Ink Corporation, founded in 2009 and based in Nashville, Tennessee, specializes in clinical documentation solutions for healthcare organizations, including hospitals, surgery centers, and nursing homes. The company offers a configurable and scalable iOS platform that transforms point-of-care clinical documentation into structured data and analytics. Its primary products include Shareable Documents, which automates clinical data collection using Apple’s iPad, and Shareable Integration, which merges the native iOS solution with clients' platforms to enhance clinical documentation functionalities. The technology effectively converts handwritten information from paper forms into digital data suitable for electronic health records and other information systems. Shareable Ink operates as a subsidiary of Strategic Management Consulting, LLC.

Spendsetter

Series B in 2013
Spendsetter, Inc. is an advocacy marketing platform that enables brands to identify and engage their advocates through targeted campaigns. The platform features a growing database and offers various tools, including incentives, rewards, native applications, and location-based communication. Spendsetter provides a range of advocacy marketing solutions encompassing research, strategy, and management, facilitating direct interactions between advocates and brands across iOS, Android, and web applications. The company serves a diverse clientele, including retail and commerce, organizations, nonprofits, hospitality, travel, entertainment, and employee advocacy sectors. Originally launched as Moontoast in 2007, the company rebranded to Spendsetter in 2014 and is based in Nashville, Tennessee.

Spendsetter

Series A in 2012
Spendsetter, Inc. is an advocacy marketing platform that enables brands to identify and engage their advocates through targeted campaigns. The platform features a growing database and offers various tools, including incentives, rewards, native applications, and location-based communication. Spendsetter provides a range of advocacy marketing solutions encompassing research, strategy, and management, facilitating direct interactions between advocates and brands across iOS, Android, and web applications. The company serves a diverse clientele, including retail and commerce, organizations, nonprofits, hospitality, travel, entertainment, and employee advocacy sectors. Originally launched as Moontoast in 2007, the company rebranded to Spendsetter in 2014 and is based in Nashville, Tennessee.
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