Equitage Ventures — Seed VC Firm ($50K–$250K Checks)
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
Seed
$50K – $250K
20+ companies
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
Dana Sun
Healthcare Investor
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.
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Russell Hirsch, PhD, MD
Partner
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.
Adam Kaplan
Founder and CEO
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.
Danny Daniel Kaplan, MS
Investor
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
Funds
Equitage Ventures Fund II
Equitage Ventures Fund I
Recent Activity
Raised Equitage Ventures Fund II
2021 · fund records
Raised Equitage Ventures Fund I
2019 · fund records
Portfolio Companies (20)
Other
alden
Coordinating and organizing America's fastest growing workforce
august
Leading EHR for Senior Living communities
v2_august
Next-gen Home Health coding & OASIS review
Appoli
Workforce management software for facility-based care
Conduit
Integrated marketplace for home medical equipment
Cosain
Technology and clinical services for chronic care management
ellipsis
Conversational AI agents for care management
givers
Supporting family caregivers through state programs
intelycare
On-demand staffing and workforce management for post-acute care
jukebox
OT-led home modifications and safety interventions at scale
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