Participated · Seed · Dec 2024

Vitalic launched with $4M in seed funding to introduce its signature geriatric behavioral health care platform. Led by CEO Ben Gardner, the company provides a specialized practice tool focused on treating vulnerable older adults and reinforcing physical health and overall wellbeing. Using a proprietary engagement model, Vitalic partners with payors to identify high-cost, polychronic members with untreated behavioral health challenges and directly enroll them in tailored care. With payor partners such as VNS Health, the company aims to boost patient satisfaction, close critical care gaps, decrease unnecessary utilization, and reduce total cost of care. Its team-based clinical model deploys geriatric-trained behavioral health specialists, including geriatric-boarded psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, licensed therapists, and mental health support coaches. The company is based in Boston, MA.

Participated · Series A · Jun 2024

Marigold Health offers a proprietary peer support program that pairs one-on-one coaching from certified peer specialists with 24/7 text-based support groups in an app integrated with NLP that flags health needs in chats. The company has demonstrated real-world outcomes: a 2020–22 pilot with a major managed Medicaid organization in Delaware made Marigold the state’s largest provider of peer recovery supports, and an outcomes analysis of 1,000 app signups found 98% reported improvement in at least one dimension of Recovery Capital. Today the program covers about 25,000 members across Delaware, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. Marigold is prioritizing partnerships with Medicaid and duals health plans and is pursuing a value-based reimbursement model to tie improved member outcomes to lower total healthcare costs. The company plans to grow its peer workforce, continue developing its NLP, expand to at least four additional states by the end of next year, and pursue a longer-term vision of a nationally distributed peer delivery model that can support chronic conditions beyond SUD. Marigold Health runs a virtual program that uses trained peers—individuals in recovery—to support others via 24/7 text-based group chats. The company has patented natural language processing technology to help peers moderate its online community and has validated the approach in federally funded studies. A NIDA-funded Phase I study of 50 patients with opioid use disorder reported 64% daily use of the Marigold app across a two-month period. Since 2016 Marigold has engaged thousands of patients and reports that over 75% of current members are on public health insurance. Its service has been adopted by health plans and providers—AmeriHealth Caritas DE offered Marigold to more than 10,000 members with SUD, and Wood River Health Services will offer it in Rhode Island. Marigold plans to build state-level peer workforces and pursue Medicaid plan partnerships to expand access in communities affected by the opioid epidemic.

Participated · Seed · Jan 2021

Rose Health provides a HIPAA-compliant mental health patient monitoring app and provider dashboard powered by patent-pending AI and natural language processing that produces a proprietary "Rose score." The platform is informed by clinical trials and research at Johns Hopkins and is positioned to detect speech and emotion markers tied to depression and mood disorders. The company plans to use new funding to support customer acquisition, new feature development, creation of a child/adolescent version of the platform, and an employer program pilot with the Visiting Nurse Service of New York. Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY) will serve as both investor and early client, planning to integrate the app with its services. Rose says the product supports remote patient monitoring for depression and anxiety and cites evidence-based studies showing positive outcomes. The company targets the estimated 43 million Americans experiencing mental illnesses.