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Kaiser Permanente
Editorially verified · Last reviewed August 30, 2026
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Established 1998
Fund V closed at $141 million according to the 2018 Permanente Medicine announcement. Later unofficial biographies describe additional funds; those later figures are not used as public facts in this profile.
Fund V close: Permanente Medicine reported in 2018 that Kaiser Permanente Ventures closed Fund V at $141 million and that assets under management exceeded $500 million at that time.
Mandate and remit
Kaiser Permanente Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Kaiser Permanente. The official About page states that the program was founded more than 25 years ago and that, in partnership with Kaiser Permanente and limited partners, the team has invested in and helped support more than 67 companies. Fund targets listed by the firm are health information technology, digital health, healthcare services, medical devices, and diagnostics and precision medicine. A 2018 Permanente Medicine announcement stated that Kaiser Permanente Ventures closed Fund V at $141 million, bringing assets under management to more than $500 million at that time, and that the firm had invested in more than 70 companies since 1998. That announcement also named Tufts Health Plan, Henry Ford Health System, and Highmark Ventures among Fund V limited partners. Official team materials identify Chris Grant as a co-founder of the 1998 investment program who continues to oversee ventures. This profile describes the publicly documented venture model only. It does not imply that Kaiser Permanente lacks other innovation functions, and it does not evaluate fund performance.
These routes appear in the program's sourced public record.
Corporate venture capital program investing in healthcare companies aligned with Kaiser Permanente's quality, affordability, and access priorities.
Fund or office: Kaiser Permanente Ventures
Official materials state that the firm invests in companies addressing unmet needs in health information technology, digital health, healthcare services, medical devices, diagnostics, and precision medicine.
The official About page reports investment in and support for more than 67 companies. The 2018 Fund V announcement reported more than 70 companies since 1998 and more than $500 million under management at fund close.
Fund V closed at $141 million according to the 2018 Permanente Medicine announcement. Later unofficial biographies describe additional funds; those later figures are not used as public facts in this profile.
Fund V close
Permanente Medicine reported in 2018 that Kaiser Permanente Ventures closed Fund V at $141 million and that assets under management exceeded $500 million at that time.
Organizational home: Kaiser Permanente Ventures, Kaiser Permanente
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