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UnityPoint Health
Editorially verified · Last reviewed August 30, 2026
Intelligence summary
Established 2019
UnityPoint Health Ventures is the $100 million corporate venture fund launched by UnityPoint Health in 2019 to invest in early-stage healthcare companies that can be deployed across the system's Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin footprint. The fund targets seed, Series A and Series B rounds with initial checks of roughly $1 million to $3 million. Its stated focus areas are digital therapeutics, health IT, technology-enabled services, medical devices and diagnostics, and it explicitly avoids pharmaceutical, biopharma and drug discovery investments. The fund pairs capital with commercial pilots inside UnityPoint's hospitals and clinics. It is an investor rather than a company-building studio.
Documented successes: $100 million fund launched in 2019; portfolio companies include b.well Connected Health, Cardiosense, TailorMed, Pathware, Prolucent Health and DocStation; initial checks of $1-3 million across seed through Series B
Mandate and remit
UnityPoint Health Ventures is the $100 million corporate venture fund launched by UnityPoint Health in 2019 to invest in early-stage healthcare companies that can be deployed across the system's Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin footprint. The fund targets seed, Series A and Series B rounds with initial checks of roughly $1 million to $3 million. Its stated focus areas are digital therapeutics, health IT, technology-enabled services, medical devices and diagnostics, and it explicitly avoids pharmaceutical, biopharma and drug discovery investments. The fund pairs capital with commercial pilots inside UnityPoint's hospitals and clinics. It is an investor rather than a company-building studio.
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Fund or office: UnityPoint Health Ventures
UnityPoint Health Ventures is the $100 million corporate venture fund launched by UnityPoint Health in 2019 to invest in early-stage healthcare companies that can be deployed across the system's Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin footprint. The fund targets seed, Series A and Series B rounds with initial checks of roughly $1 million to $3 million. Its stated focus areas are digital therapeutics, health IT, technology-enabled services, medical devices and diagnostics, and it explicitly avoids pharmaceutical, biopharma and drug discovery investments. The fund pairs capital with commercial pilots inside UnityPoint's hospitals and clinics. It is an investor rather than a company-building studio.
Documented successes
$100 million fund launched in 2019; portfolio companies include b.well Connected Health, Cardiosense, TailorMed, Pathware, Prolucent Health and DocStation; initial checks of $1-3 million across seed through Series B
Organizational home: UnityPoint Health Ventures, UnityPoint Health
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