Chicago, Illinois
Advocate Aurora Enterprises
Advocate Aurora Enterprises was the investment and business-building arm of Advocate Aurora Health, now part of Advocate Health, the third-largest nonprofit health system in the country.
Venture fundVenture studioSpinoutInvestmentClinicalDigitalConsumer
Nonprofit
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
AlphaLab Health
AlphaLab Health is a healthcare and life sciences startup accelerator launched in 2020 as a partnership between Allegheny Health Network, Highmark Health and Innovation Works, with support from Pittsburgh-area universities, corporations and foundations.
AcceleratorVenture fundEntrepreneurshipInvestmentStrategic partnershipClinicalMedical deviceTherapeutics
Nonprofit
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St. Louis, Missouri
Ascension Ventures
Ascension Ventures is the strategic healthcare venture capital arm founded by the Catholic health system Ascension in 2001, and is one of the oldest continuously operating provider-sponsored funds in the United States.
Venture fundInvestmentStrategic partnershipClinicalMedical deviceDiagnostics
Nonprofit
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Phoenix, Arizona
Banner Health Ventures (Banner Innovation Group)
Banner Health formed the Banner Innovation Group in 2019 to centralize its innovation efforts, staffing it with roughly 15 people drawn from healthcare, retail, startups, private equity and design and housing it in two offsite open-concept workspaces.
Venture fundInnovation centerEntrepreneurshipLicenseInvestmentClinicalWorkforceOperational
Nonprofit
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Accrete Health Partners (formerly Accel Health / BSMH Ventures)
Accrete Health Partners is the venture and innovation platform of Bon Secours Mercy Health, one of the largest Catholic health systems in the United States.
Venture fundVenture studioAcceleratorSpinoutInvestmentClinicalDigital
Nonprofit
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Los Angeles, California
Cedars-Sinai Technology Ventures
Cedars-Sinai Technology Ventures is the health system's publicly described home for intellectual property, venture investment, and startup acceleration.
Technology transferAcceleratorVenture fundLicenseInvestmentDigitalClinicalMedical device
Academic · Nonprofit
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Innovation Ventures
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia publishes a pediatric commercialization pathway that has been reorganized over the past decade.
Technology transferEntrepreneurshipVenture fundLicenseSpinoutPediatricClinicalTherapeutics
Academic · Nonprofit
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Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland Clinic Innovations
Cleveland Clinic Innovations is the health system's commercialization function for inventions that originate with Cleveland Clinic clinicians and researchers.
Innovation centerTechnology transferVenture fundLicenseSpinoutClinicalMedical deviceDigital
Academic · Nonprofit
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Chicago, Illinois
CommonSpirit Ventures
CommonSpirit Ventures is the strategic investment arm of CommonSpirit Health, one of the largest nonprofit health systems in the United States, and describes itself as one of the longest continuously operating health system venture funds.
Venture fundInvestmentClinicalArtificial intelligenceOperational
Nonprofit
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Grand Rapids, Michigan
Corewell Health Ventures (formerly Spectrum Health Ventures)
Corewell Health Ventures is the venture investment arm of Corewell Health, the integrated Michigan system created by the merger of Spectrum Health and Beaumont Health, which also owns the Priority Health plan.
Venture fundInvestmentStrategic partnershipClinicalMedical deviceTherapeutics
Nonprofit
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Danville, Pennsylvania
Geisinger Ventures
Geisinger Ventures is the for-profit venture arm of Geisinger, the integrated health system and health plan serving 42 counties in central and northeastern Pennsylvania.
Venture fundTechnology transferLicenseInvestmentClinicalOperational
Nonprofit
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Edison, New Jersey
Bear's Den
Bear's Den is Hackensack Meridian Health's innovation and investment program, launched in 2017, that convenes quarterly panels to evaluate healthcare ideas and inventions from entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, partners and the system's own 36,000 team members.
AcceleratorVenture fundEntrepreneurshipInvestmentStrategic partnershipClinicalTherapeuticsWorkforce
Nonprofit
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Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford HealthCare Innovation
Hartford HealthCare runs a system-level innovation function that partners with venture investors to source, pilot and back early-stage digital health and healthcare technology companies in Connecticut.
Innovation centerAcceleratorVenture fundInvestmentStrategic partnershipClinicalDigitalWorkforce
Nonprofit
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Detroit, Michigan
Henry Ford Innovations
Henry Ford Innovations advances inventions developed by Henry Ford Health clinicians and researchers while also sourcing external technologies for the system.
Innovation centerVenture fundPhysician innovationInvestmentStrategic partnershipClinicalWorkforce
Nonprofit
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Detroit, Michigan
Henry Ford + MSU Innovation Fund (Henry Ford Innovations)
Henry Ford Health and Michigan State University launched a joint Innovation Hub in 2025 anchored by a $10 million venture fund, the Henry Ford + MSU Innovation Fund, managed with the MSU Research Foundation.
Venture fundInnovation centerTechnology transferLicenseInvestmentClinicalArtificial intelligenceMedical device
Nonprofit
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Highmark Ventures
Highmark Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Highmark Health, the Pittsburgh-based integrated delivery and financing organization that owns Allegheny Health Network and the Highmark health plans.
Venture fundInvestmentStrategic partnershipClinicalTherapeuticsWorkforce
Nonprofit
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Emeryville, California
Inflect Capital
Inflect Capital is the venture-investment offering of Inflect, a healthcare innovation platform backed by the physician-owned and physician-led partnership Vituity.
Venture fundVenture studioInvestmentSpinoutClinicalDigitalOperational
For profit · National
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Falls Church, Virginia
Inova Strategic Investments and Inova Personalized Health Accelerator
Inova launched Inova Strategic Investments and the Inova Personalized Health Accelerator together in 2016 as paired vehicles for external innovation.
Venture fundAcceleratorInnovation centerInvestmentStrategic partnershipClinical
Nonprofit
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Salt Lake City, Utah
Intermountain Ventures
Intermountain Ventures is the official venture capital and innovation arm of Intermountain Health.
Venture fundInnovation centerInvestmentStrategic partnershipOperationalWorkforceConsumer
Nonprofit · Regional
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Oakland, California
Kaiser Permanente Ventures
Kaiser Permanente Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Kaiser Permanente.
Venture fundInvestmentStrategic partnershipDigitalOperationalMedical device
Nonprofit · National
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Boston, Massachusetts
Mass General Brigham Innovation
Mass General Brigham Innovation is the business development arm of the health system.
Innovation centerTechnology transferVenture fundLicenseSpinoutClinicalTherapeuticsDiagnostics
Academic · Nonprofit
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Rochester, Minnesota
Mayo Clinic Ventures / Department of Business Development
Mayo Clinic's Department of Business Development, which includes Mayo Clinic Ventures, is described as Mayo Clinic's front door to business and is the route by which Mayo physicians and scientists commercialize their inventions.
Physician innovationTechnology transferVenture fundLicenseInvestmentClinicalTherapeutics
Nonprofit
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Rochester, Minnesota
Mayo Clinic Department of Business Development
Mayo Clinic's Department of Business Development is the official front door for technology commercialization, startup formation, equity investment, and strategic partnerships.
Technology transferVenture fundEntrepreneurshipLicenseSpinoutClinicalTherapeuticsDiagnostics
Academic · Nonprofit
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Houston, Texas
Memorial Hermann Strategic Investments, Partnerships and Innovation
Memorial Hermann runs a strategic investments, partnerships and innovation function that takes equity positions in healthcare companies whose products the system can deploy.
Venture fundInnovation centerInvestmentStrategic partnershipClinicalDigitalOperational
Nonprofit
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Long Beach, California
MemorialCare Innovation Fund
The MemorialCare Innovation Fund is the strategic venture capital arm of MemorialCare Health System, a roughly $2 billion revenue Southern California nonprofit system.
Venture fundInvestmentClinicalMedical device
Nonprofit
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
U-M Innovation Partnerships
Innovation Partnerships is the University of Michigan's central technology transfer and commercialization unit, handling invention disclosures, patents and licenses for the entire university including Michigan Medicine's clinical and biomedical research.
Technology transferVenture fundEntrepreneurshipLicenseSpinoutClinical
Academic · Nonprofit
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
Michigan Biomedical Venture Fund
The Michigan Biomedical Venture Fund is an early-stage investment program within Fast Forward Medical Innovation at the University of Michigan Medical School.
Venture fundTechnology transferEntrepreneurshipInvestmentSpinoutClinicalMedical deviceTherapeutics
Academic · Nonprofit
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New York, New York
Mount Sinai Innovation Partners
Mount Sinai Innovation Partners (MSIP) is the commercialization organization for the Mount Sinai Health System and the Icahn School of Medicine, handling patenting, licensing, research partnerships and entrepreneurship.
Technology transferInnovation centerVenture studioLicenseSpinoutClinicalTherapeutics
Academic · Nonprofit
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Tacoma, Washington
MultiCare Capital Partners
MultiCare Capital Partners is the innovation and strategic investment arm of MultiCare Health System, the largest community-based, locally governed health system in Washington State.
Venture fundInvestmentStrategic partnershipClinical
Nonprofit
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New York, New York
NYP Ventures
NYP Ventures is the strategic investment fund of NewYork-Presbyterian, launched in November 2016 to back digital health companies whose products can be tested and scaled inside the academic medical center.
Venture fundInvestmentClinicalDigitalConsumer
Nonprofit
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New Hyde Park, New York
Institute for Nursing - Innovation Challenge and NurseHack4Health
Northwell Health's Institute for Nursing is the system's structure for nursing research, evidence-based practice and nurse-led innovation across its hospitals.
Innovation centerNursing innovationVenture fundInvestmentClinicalMedical deviceTherapeutics
Nonprofit
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New Hyde Park, New York
Northwell Holdings
Northwell Holdings is the official for-profit investment and commercialization arm of Northwell Health.
Venture fundVenture studioEntrepreneurshipInvestmentSpinoutClinicalOperationalDigital
Nonprofit · Regional
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New York, New York
NYU Langone Health Venture Fund
The NYU Langone Health Venture Fund is a strategic seed-stage investment program operated through Technology Opportunities & Ventures, the commercialization office serving NYU and NYU Langone Health.
Venture fundTechnology transferEntrepreneurshipInvestmentLicenseClinicalTherapeuticsDiagnostics
Academic · Nonprofit
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New Orleans, Louisiana
Ochsner Ventures
Ochsner Ventures is the corporate development and investment arm of Ochsner Health, the largest nonprofit health system in Louisiana, formally established in 2022.
Venture fundInnovation centerEntrepreneurshipInvestmentStrategic partnershipClinicalTherapeuticsDigital
Nonprofit
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Columbus, Ohio
New Ventures and Business Incubation (NVBI)
OhioHealth New Ventures and Business Incubation is the system department responsible for identifying emerging health care opportunities, adopting outside innovations and backing new ventures.
Innovation centerVenture fundEntrepreneurshipInvestmentStrategic partnershipClinicalWorkforceOperational
Nonprofit
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Orlando, Florida
Orlando Health Strategic Innovations
Orlando Health Strategic Innovations is the health system's division for inspiring and accelerating innovation across the enterprise, bringing proven clinical innovations and technological advances to market and creating new revenue streams through partnerships and investments.
Innovation centerAcceleratorVenture fundInvestmentStrategic partnershipClinicalMedical deviceDigital
Nonprofit
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Peoria, Illinois
OSF Innovation
OSF Innovation is the enterprise innovation function of OSF HealthCare, combining multidisciplinary internal teams with external partners to identify, develop and implement healthcare solutions.
Innovation centerVenture fundAcceleratorInvestmentStrategic partnershipClinical
Nonprofit
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Peoria, Illinois
OSF Ventures (OSF Innovation)
OSF Ventures is the venture investment arm of OSF HealthCare and sits inside OSF Innovation, the system's broader innovation organization.
Venture fundInnovation centerAcceleratorInvestmentStrategic partnershipClinicalMedical deviceTherapeutics
Nonprofit
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Renton, Washington
Allumia Ventures (formerly Providence Ventures)
Providence launched Providence Ventures in 2015 to invest in and build digital health companies aligned with the system's operating priorities, and in January 2025 the team spun out as an independent firm named Allumia Ventures.
Venture fundVenture studioSpinoutInvestmentClinicalDigitalWorkforce
Nonprofit
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Tampa, Florida
TGH Ventures (formerly TGH InnoVentures)
Tampa General Hospital launched InnoVentures in the first quarter of 2021 as the academic medical center's venture capital fund, now branded TGH Ventures.
Venture fundAcceleratorInnovation centerInvestmentStrategic partnershipClinicalOperational
Nonprofit
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Houston, Texas
TMC Innovation (TMCi)
TMC Innovation is the startup acceleration and venture arm of the Texas Medical Center, uniting innovators with scientists and clinicians at TMC member institutions.
AcceleratorInnovation centerVenture fundInvestmentStrategic partnershipClinicalMedical deviceTherapeutics
Nonprofit
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Aurora, Colorado
CU Healthcare Innovation Fund
The CU Healthcare Innovation Fund is a strategic healthcare venture fund affiliated with the CU Anschutz Medical Campus and backed by UCHealth and Children's Hospital Colorado, giving it access to three clinical enterprises for validation and deployment.
Venture fundInnovation centerInvestmentStrategic partnershipClinicalMedical deviceTherapeutics
Children's · Nonprofit
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Aurora, Colorado
CARE Innovation Center
The UCHealth CARE Innovation Center is a clinical-validation sandbox founded in 2016 that develops, validates and optimizes next-generation healthcare solutions across the UCHealth system.
Innovation centerVenture fundAcceleratorInvestmentStrategic partnershipClinicalDigitalConsumer
Academic · Nonprofit
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Gainesville, Florida
UF Innovate
UF Innovate is the University of Florida's integrated commercialization organization serving UF Health researchers and the wider university, made up of four units: Tech Licensing, Ventures, Pathways and Accelerate.
Technology transferAcceleratorVenture fundLicenseInvestmentClinicalOperational
Academic · Nonprofit
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Chapel Hill, North Carolina
UNC Health Ventures
UNC Health Ventures is the corporate investment fund for UNC Health.
Venture fundInvestmentStrategic partnershipClinicalMedical deviceDigital
Academic · Nonprofit
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West Des Moines, Iowa
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.
Venture fundInvestmentStrategic partnershipClinicalMedical deviceTherapeutics
Nonprofit
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Cleveland, Ohio
UH Ventures
UH Ventures is University Hospitals' combined innovation, technology transfer and venture investment organization, which it describes as the front door for innovation at the system.
Innovation centerVenture fundEntrepreneurshipLicenseInvestmentClinicalMedical deviceTherapeutics
Academic · Nonprofit
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Chicago, Illinois
Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation houses both the University of Chicago's technology commercialization function and its startup acceleration programs, including biomedical and health technologies from UChicago Medicine.
Innovation centerAcceleratorTechnology transferLicenseInvestmentClinical
Academic · Nonprofit
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Baltimore, Maryland
UM Ventures
UM Ventures is the joint commercialization and industry-engagement initiative of the University of Maryland, Baltimore (home of the School of Medicine that staffs the University of Maryland Medical System) and the University of Maryland, College Park.
Technology transferVenture fundEntrepreneurshipLicenseInvestmentClinicalMedical device
Academic · Nonprofit
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Minneapolis, Minnesota
University of Minnesota Technology Commercialization
Technology Commercialization is the University of Minnesota's central office for patenting, licensing and spinning out university research, including the medical and health sciences discoveries that flow from the Medical School and M Health Fairview clinical enterprise.
Technology transferVenture fundEntrepreneurshipLicenseSpinoutClinicalDigital
Academic · Nonprofit
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Madison, Wisconsin
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF)
WARF is the independent, private foundation that serves as the patenting and licensing organization for the University of Wisconsin-Madison, including biomedical and clinical discoveries from the School of Medicine and Public Health that underpin UW Health.
Technology transferVenture fundLicenseInvestmentClinical
Academic · Nonprofit
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
UPMC Enterprises
UPMC Enterprises is the official innovation, commercialization, and venture capital arm of UPMC.
Venture fundVenture studioInnovation centerInvestmentSpinoutTherapeuticsDiagnosticsDigital
Academic · Nonprofit
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Richmond, Virginia
VCU TechTransfer and Ventures (Innovation Gateway)
VCU TechTransfer and Ventures, also known as Innovation Gateway, is the office responsible for protecting and commercializing inventions and creations from Virginia Commonwealth University and VCU Health.
Technology transferVenture fundEntrepreneurshipLicenseSpinoutClinicalDigital
Academic · Nonprofit
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Atlanta, Georgia
Catalyst by Wellstar
Catalyst by Wellstar describes itself as the first-of-its-kind innovation company and venture firm created by one of the largest health systems in Georgia, combining a corporate venture fund with a physical innovation center in Atlanta.
Venture fundInnovation centerInvestmentStrategic partnershipClinicalConsumer
Nonprofit
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