California Health Care Foundation — Seed VC Firm
California Health Care Foundation is a Seed venture capital firm based in Oakland, California investing in Healthcare. The firm has 38 portfolio companies in our records.
- Portfolio
- 38 companies on record
- Partners
- 11 listed
- AUM
- $500M
- Stage
- Seed
- Sectors
- Healthcare
- HQ
- Oakland, California
- Check size
- Not in our records
Seed
$500M
38+ companies
11 partners
Investment Thesis
Philanthropic investor and ecosystem backer focused on improving California healthcare through better systems, access, and care delivery. While not a classic VC, it is relevant for health infrastructure and policy-adjacent innovation.
How California Health Care Foundation invests
California Health Care Foundation is a vc firm based in Oakland, California. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Healthcare.
California Health Care Foundation manages approximately $500M in assets. Our records include 6 funds raised by the firm.
California Health Care Foundation has backed 38 companies in our records, including Readily, Careforce, Qualified Health.
Partners & Team
Lauren Vandam
Grants Manager
Lauren Lee
Grants Manager
Unknown
Program Lead
Industry Focus
Invests In
Funds
Fund VI
Fund V
Fund IV
Fund III
Fund II
Fund I
Recent Activity
Raised Fund VI ($350M)
2021 · fund records
Raised Fund V ($300M)
2016 · fund records
Raised Fund IV ($250M)
2011 · fund records
Raised Fund III ($200M)
2006 · fund records
Raised Fund II ($150M)
2001 · fund records
Raised Fund I ($100M)
1996 · fund records
Portfolio Companies (38)
Other
Readily
Careforce
Qualified Health
Penguin AI
Abridge
Wider Circle
Mahmee
Sanarai
Care Academy
Spect
- •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Healthcare — the sectors they actively back.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Louise Chu, Director.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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