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Equitage Ventures — Seed VC Firm ($50K–$250K Checks)

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Equitage Ventures is a Seed venture capital firm investing in Healthcare. The firm typically writes $50K–$250K checks and has 20 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$50K–$250K
Portfolio
20 companies on record
Partners
6 listed
Stage
Seed
Sectors
Healthcare
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-10-27

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed

Check Size

$50K – $250K

Portfolio

20+ companies

Team

6 partners

Investment Thesis

Provides capital, distribution, and strategic guidance to early-stage entrepreneurs addressing the unmet physical, mental, spiritual, and social needs of older adults across the senior care continuum.

How Equitage Ventures invests

Equitage Ventures is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Healthcare.

Equitage Ventures typically writes checks of $50K–$250K per investment. Our records include 2 funds raised by the firm.

Equitage Ventures has backed 20 companies in our records, including alden, august, v2_august.

Partners & Team

DS

Dana Sun

Healthcare Investor

sourcing
diligence
post-investment support

Prior to joining Equitage, Dana was a healthcare investor at OCA Ventures and the Million Lives Fund, where she drove sourcing, diligence, and post-investment support for companies including eBlu Solutions, RhythmScience, HealtheMed, and Sovato. Dana started her career in healthcare management consulting at Accenture. She holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BS in Biomedical Engineering from Duke.

DK

Daniel Kaplan

General Partner

U

Unknown

GP

Older Adults
Senior Care Continuum
RH

Russell Hirsch, PhD, MD

Partner

AgeTech
life science investments

Russell brings 30+ years of venture capital experience to Equitage. He co-founded Generator Ventures, the market's first AgeTech venture capital fund, and Prospect Ventures Funds II and III, managing over $1B in life science investments. He was also a partner at Mayfield's Healthcare Technology group. Russell currently serves on the boards of Vynca Health, Third Eye Health, Post-Acute Analytics, Cosan, and Datma. Russell holds BA and MS degrees from the University of Chicago and MD and PhD degrees from UCSF.

AK

Adam Kaplan

Founder and CEO

senior living operations
development
investment

As Founder and CEO of Solera Senior Living, Adam brings deep industry, operational, and entrepreneurial experience to Equitage. Solera is a senior living operations, development, and investment company with several thousand residents and direct care workers spanning multiple Class A properties. Adam currently serves on the NIC Operator Advisory Board and the Argentum Executive Board and holds a BA from Cornell and an MBA from Northwestern.

DD

Danny Daniel Kaplan, MS

Investor

sourcing
diligence

Danny was previously an investor at Generator Ventures where he led sourcing and diligence. He worked on investments including IntelyCare, Vesta Healthcare, and Vynca Care. Before Generator, he was an early employee at ClearCare, a leading provider of software for home care agencies, and started his career at Deloitte. Danny holds a BA from Dickinson College and MBA and Gerontology degrees from USC.

Industry Focus

Invests In

Healthcare

Funds

Equitage Ventures Fund II

2021
investing

Equitage Ventures Fund I

2019
investing

Recent Activity

Raised Equitage Ventures Fund II

2021 · fund records

Raised Equitage Ventures Fund I

2019 · fund records

Portfolio Companies (20)

Other

AL

alden

Coordinating and organizing America's fastest growing workforce

AU

august

Leading EHR for Senior Living communities

V2

v2_august

Next-gen Home Health coding & OASIS review

AP

Appoli

Workforce management software for facility-based care

CO

Conduit

Integrated marketplace for home medical equipment

CO

Cosain

Technology and clinical services for chronic care management

EL

ellipsis

Conversational AI agents for care management

GI

givers

Supporting family caregivers through state programs

IN

intelycare

On-demand staffing and workforce management for post-acute care

JU

jukebox

OT-led home modifications and safety interventions at scale

How to pitch Equitage Ventures
  • •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Healthcare — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $50K – $250K check.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Dana Sun, Healthcare Investor.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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