Huntington Avenue Ventures
116 Huntington Avenue 15th Floor, Boston, MA, 02116, United States
Overview
Huntington Avenue Ventures is a fund empowering early-stage Northeastern University-affiliated ventures. We take a proactive approach that leverages NU's entrepreneurial ecosystem and the immense alumni network. At HAV, we partner with companies led by NU professors, alumni, and students building unique and defensible businesses that can gain traction by utilizing our vast network.
- Total investments
- 1
- Lead investments
- 0
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
- 0
Sector focus
- Venture Capital
Investment portfolio
- Lynx
Participated · Series A · Mar 2022
Lynx offers an API-first fintech platform for healthcare payments and administration that lets partners embed CDH accounts, SKU-restricted Medicare Advantage payment cards, and custom OTC storefronts into websites and apps. The platform is designed for customization and scalability, can be fully embedded via API, and supports customizable front-end experiences and mobile applications for marquee clients including large health plans, financial institutions, and benefits administrators. Led by CEO Matthew Renfro, the company says partners can build and launch solutions in as little as 10 weeks. Lynx plans to use the new capital to expand innovation in Medicare Advantage supplemental benefits, Medicaid value-added benefits, ICHRA, enhance consumer-directed health (CDH) account administration and compliance, and develop API-driven products to streamline consumer experience and operations. Financially, Lynx closed a $27M Series A, bringing total funding to $44M. The company is based in Boston, MA. Lynx provides an API-connected platform for healthcare payments, banking, and e-commerce that lets enterprises embed customizable, integrated health-fintech solutions. Its customers include health plans, health systems, payroll providers, benefit administrators, and digital health companies. The platform offers real-time processing and data analytics, security and regulatory infrastructure, and dedicated customer support. Lynx’s team works closely with clients to tailor solutions to their customer bases. The company emerged from stealth alongside its fundraising announcement. Co-founders Matt Renfro (CEO) and Ken Abel (CIO) lead product and engineering efforts.
Team
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