• Empathy Health Technologies

  Participated · Equity · Dec 2025

  Empathy Health Technologies is the company behind Sober Sidekick, a free mobile application that connects individuals battling substance-use disorders with a 24/7 peer community, daily motivation, professional help and on-demand AA meetings. The app encourages users to both give and receive supportive messages and leverages an “empathy algorithm” that analyzes behavioral and language patterns to predict relapse risk, automatically triggering outreach when danger signs surface. Sober Sidekick has been downloaded nearly 1.1 million times, serves more than 145,000 monthly active users and has facilitated over 2 million peer interactions; an independent analysis found that five interactions on the platform correlate with a 68 % lower likelihood of relapse. While anyone can download the app for free, the company also signs value-based contracts with commercial and public payers. Revenue details were not disclosed, but Empathy Health intends to build a continuous-care infrastructure that shifts reimbursement from crisis response to relapse prevention. With its newest capital, the firm plans to deepen payer partnerships, enhance its predictive technology, and expand member-support operations, including data-science capacity and care-navigation infrastructure. Founded by CEO Chris Thompson, who drew on his own recovery experience, the company ultimately aims to redefine success in substance-use care by measuring sustained relapse prevention rather than episodic treatment.

• Switchboard Health

  Participated · Seed · May 2024

  Switchboard Health is a Boise, ID-based creator of a high-value specialty care network and software platform that helps providers, health plans, and employers identify high-value specialty care services. Its platform lets health plans deploy a single system to improve member satisfaction, reduce costs, and provide timely access to care. The software incorporates evidence-based virtual care models from the Switchboard Network, including providers such as Heartbeat Health, Brightside Health, and Tono Health. Led by CEO Derek Baird, Switchboard plans to use new funding to continue developing its software platform and to advance implementations with health plans and value-based care providers. The company raised $6.5M in seed funding in May 2024. It is backed by investors including First Trust Capital Partners and founding investor Route 66 Ventures.

• Upswing Health

  Participated · Seed · May 2022

  Upswing Health operates a virtual MSK care platform that begins with an online symptom checker where users complete a questionnaire to receive exercise recommendations. For more severe cases, patients can consult virtually with health coaches—typically certified athletic trainers—and book telehealth appointments with orthopedic physicians. The platform also provides referrals to in‑network specialists, surgeons, and imaging providers when needed. The company announced a $5 million seed financing to fuel growth and accelerate product development, marketing, sales, and hiring of new leadership. CEO Yenvy Truong said the round was oversubscribed and will allow Upswing to expand its offering and deliver faster access to care. The company is positioning itself within a competitive virtual MSK market alongside incumbents and newer entrants expanding into related digital health services.

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