Participated · Series C · Nov 2025

Based in Brentwood, Tennessee, Spiras Health delivers personalized home-based care to people with complex chronic illnesses through a combination of in-person visits, telehealth, care coordination, and support for social determinants of health. Its nurse practitioner–led teams aim to improve health outcomes, reduce avoidable hospitalizations, and enhance quality of life for vulnerable, often underserved, populations. Operating under value-based care contracts, the company partners with health plans and focuses heavily on Duals Special Needs, Medicaid, and Medicare Advantage populations. With the latest financing, Spiras plans to broaden its product offerings and extend its services to additional states, targeting new market entries in Q1 2026. The company recently strengthened its leadership by appointing P. Nelson Le, MD, MBA, as Chief Medical Officer and Braden Manifold as Chief Financial Officer. Although specific revenue or user figures were not disclosed, Spiras previously raised $14 million in a 2021 Series B and continues to draw support from prominent healthcare investors.

Led · Series A · Jan 2024

Nest Collaborative operates a telehealth platform that offers lactation support, delivering acute and preventive care as well as prenatal and postpartum education. The service is available 365 days a year and has delivered over 50,000 consultations to date. Its services are covered by more than 250 insurance plans, minimizing out-of-pocket costs for most national payers. The company also partners with health systems, hospitals, and practice groups to complement care from OB-GYNs, midwives, and pediatricians and to bridge care between providers and families. Nest Collaborative will use the new capital to scale operations, expand into new markets, and continue advancing its offering. The company has raised over $10 million in total funding to date. Nest Collaborative operates a virtual lactation consultation platform connecting mothers with a nationwide network of lactation consultants. Led by CEO Amanda Gorman, the service offers 24/7 virtual consultations and connects moms to a consultant within hours. Services are covered by most national payers, providing mothers a no-cost, insurance-paid experience while Nest handles payment and paperwork on the back end. The company has quickly scaled to serve thousands of moms and babies across the country. Nest plans to use new funding to scale its team, expand breastfeeding support offerings, increase marketing and partnerships, and grow its technological capabilities.

Participated · Series A · Aug 2021

Opya develops early intervention solutions for children with autism, combining clinical treatment with in-home and telehealth therapy. Its integrated, multidisciplinary model connects behavioral, speech, and occupational therapy with family training and in-home programs. The company is led by CEO Alden Romney and was founded by Jonathan Wright; it now has more than 100 employees. Opya intends to use the $15.4M Series A to scale its clinical care, add leadership talent, and accelerate product innovation. As part of the fundraise, Austin Poole of Panoramic Ventures will join Opya’s board alongside existing members including Romney, Wright, Jay Zeidman (Altitude Ventures), and Amol Deshpande (Divergent Investments).

Participated · Series A · Oct 2020

Federation Bio develops microbial therapeutics by combining large numbers of microbial strains into highly diverse consortia, in some cases optimized with genetically engineered bacteria to enhance immune responses. The company’s lead program targets secondary hyperoxaluria, a condition affecting more than 200,000 Americans, with the goal of entering the clinic in 2022. Federation Bio will use the Series A proceeds to build out an in-house development process to enable Phase 1/2 manufacturing and to advance its lead program into the clinic. The company closed a $50M Series A financing to support these plans. Federation Bio was founded by Michael Fischbach, Ph.D., and Dylan Dodd, M.D., Ph.D.; both founders are professors at Stanford University. Leadership changes announced alongside the financing include Emily Drabant Conley, Ph.D., being named CEO, replacing founding CEO Racquel Bracken, and the additions of John Stuelpnagel, D.V.M., and Dr. Conley to the board.

Participated · Equity · Feb 2019

Wurk provides a Human Capital Management platform for cannabis companies to manage payroll, human resources, timekeeping, scheduling and tax compliance. The platform is designed to minimize compliance risks in the cannabis regulatory environment and incorporates expertise and partnerships to provide guidance on 280E tax law, accounting and banking. Wurk says its platform is designed to scale nationally while incorporating the local laws and regulations unique to individual states. The company announced it raised $11M in funding and plans to use the capital to enhance the client experience and expand its cannabis HCM platform. Planned product expansions include the launch of managed services and the implementation of an analytics engine to provide data and benchmarking for the cannabis industry. Leadership is led by founder and CEO Keegan Peterson. Wurk offers software-as-a-service that handles background checks, employee scheduling, benefits, training, payroll, and regulatory reporting specific to cannabis businesses. The company has built relationships with state banks and credit unions and a network of financial-services partners to help clients process payroll in an industry with limited banking access. Wurk’s product addresses an extra layer of compliance imposed by state marijuana divisions in addition to standard Department of Labor rules. The startup graduated from the Canopy accelerator in Boulder and is led by CEO Keegan Peterson. Wurk raised a $1 million seed round and plans to deploy the funding primarily for sales and marketing. The company also intends to engage regulators as legalization debates advance at state and federal levels.