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CVS Health Ventures

CVS Health (including Aetna)

AcceleratorPayer acceleratorCorporateActive

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Program at a Glance

Program type
Accelerator
Program category
Payer accelerator
Organization
CVS Health (including Aetna)
Organization type
Corporate
Location
Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Company stage served
Not publicly documented
Cohort or participation model
Not applicable; direct venture investment and commercial pilots
Investment or funding offered
Yes
Published investment terms
Direct equity venture investments; specific check sizes not published
Equity or fee model
Equity
Clinical or hospital connection
Not publicly documented
Application status
Active
Founded
2021

Public description

About the program

CVS Health Ventures is the corporate venture arm formed by consolidating CVS Health's and Aetna's investment activity, backing digital health and consumer health companies with capital and access to CVS retail, pharmacy, Aetna insurance and Oak Street Health assets. It emphasizes commercial partnership alongside investment rather than running startup cohorts. CVS has separately run one-off innovation challenges and pilot programs.

What the program publicly emphasizes

Focus areas and features

Consumer healthDigital healthPharmacy technologyCare deliveryPayer technology
  • Category: Payer accelerator
  • Program structure: Not applicable; direct venture investment and commercial pilots
  • Published terms: Direct equity venture investments; specific check sizes not published

Sources

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  1. cvshealth.com
  2. aetna.com