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For well over a decade, INVEST has united active
investors with promising startups. The conference
content has highlighted the opportunities and challenges
as the industry tries to navigate the winds of change.
Join us to hear from innovative investors, prominent
industry players, contrarians and entrepreneurs offering
novel approaches to try and solve some of healthcare’s
greatest challenges.
Why INVEST is special
Networking at INVEST
What is INVEST?
Meet and connect with active investors and
healthcare’s most promising entrepreneurs.
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David Kereiakes
Managing Partner
Windham Capital Partners
Bio
AJ Loiacono
Chief Executive Officer
Capital Rx
Bio
Dr. Christina Jenkins
Co-Founder & General
Partner
Convergent Ventures
Bio
Stephen Smith
Cofounder and Chief
Executive Officer
NOCD
Bio
Jasmi Shah
Managing Director
Cigna Ventures
Bio
Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld
Immediate Past President
American Medical
Association
Bio
Helen Ciesielski
Principal
HC9 Ventures
Bio
Jenni Le
Investor/Principal
Venture Investors Health
Fund
Bio
Charity Tarn
Investor
Arboretum Ventures
Bio
Ed Weklar
VP of Corp Dvlp & Strategic
Portfolio Mgmt
Blue Cross and Blue Shield
of North Carolina
Bio
Raffi Boyajian
Investor/Principal
Cigna Ventures
Bio
Jane Suh
Principal
AlleyCorp
Bio
Arundhati Parmar
Editor-in-Chief
MedCity News
Bio
Amit Aysola
Managing Partner
Creative Health Ventures
Bio
Vice President
GE Healthcare
Bio
Chelsea Vane
Derek Mazur
Director, Investments
Cedar Pine
Bio
Disha Narang
Endocrinologist and Director
Endeavor Health
Bio
Harrison Newman
Vice President, Benefits
Consultant
Corporate Synergies
Bio
Ryan Kole
Partner
VCapital
Bio
Shawn
Gremminger
President, CEO
National Alliance
Healthcare Purchaser
Coalitions
Bio
Samson Magid
CEO, Co-Founder
HealthSnap
Bio
Angela Orsky
SVP, VBC & Clinical Integration
Prisma Health
Bio
Aman Shah
Vice President of New Ventures
VNS Health
Bio
Matt Martin
Partner
Pathway Bioventures
Bio
Michelle Hoffman,
PhD.
Executive Director
Chicago Biomedical Consortium
Bio
Bobby Reddy, Jr.
CEO/ Co-Founder
Prenosis, Inc.
Bio
Michael Schultz
Senior Director
Venture
Bio
Liz Beatty
Co-Founder & Chief Strategy
Officer
Inato
Bio
Meet the Speakers
Ready to Share Your Healthcare Insights? If you have expertise in investment trends, AI in healthcare, life sciences innovation, GLP-1 drug management, or health system strategies, we'd love to hear from you. Complete the speaker form.
Agenda
9:10AM
Opening Remarks
Arundhati Parmar
Editor-in-Chief
MedCity News
Speaker
NOCD has been invited to provide a 10 minute presentation explaining how the company found its healthcare champion
within a payer organization. This will be followed by a Q&A with NOCD’s CEO and the corporate champion who helped
open doors for the startup.
Moderator
Co-Founder & CEO
NOCD
Speaker
VP of Strategic Partnerships &
Product Innovation for NovaWell
affiliate of Horizon Healthcare
Services
Marissa Plescia
Reporter
MedCity News
Speaker
Here’s How We Found Our Healthcare Champion
10:00AM
How are Payers and Employers Covering the Cost of GLP-1s?
GLP-1s have proved to be highly effective weight loss drugs and have benefits tied to hypertension as well. But these
drugs are expensive. Learn from a panel of experts the various strategies that these stakeholders are employing to offer
the benefit without breaking the bank.
Vice President
Corporate Synergies
Moderator
CEO
Capital Rx
Speaker
President, CEO
National Alliance of Healthcare
Purchaser Coalitions
Speaker
Endocrinologist, Director of Obesity
Medicine
Endeavor Health
Speaker
2:45PM
Pitch Awards and Closing Remarks
1:05PM
11:30AM
Networking Break
12:30PM
Lunch Break
8:30AM
Breakfast and Ask the Investor
Ask the Investor is an avenue for intimate networking between startups and investors. Five to seven registered INVEST
startups will have the option to join one investor during breakfast on Wednesday, May 21. These meetings are a great
opportunity to hear and understand an investor's investment thesis as well as have the opportunity to ask questions directly. If
you are a startup, please register to buy a ticket and sign up for Ask the Investor. For those startups that have already
registered, watch out for an email to sign up.
Testimonial:
"I found this session to be incredibly useful. The majority of the credit goes to the investor who was open and honest about how
things work in his world and the world that he has seen. His level of candor was unusual. Further, the size and nature of the group
were great. I found benefit from the presence and experience of others but also appreciated that the group was small enough to
allow engaged conversation. Small collaborative discussions are a real benefit to talking about tactical issues, and not just the
banner headlines. The environment fostered a “non-sales” real discussion."
Vickram Pradhan
Vice President
Sopris Capital
Investors
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9:15AM
Investor Perspective: What’s Hot What’s Not
Hear from a panel of investment leaders from different healthcare industry sectors about the current investment climate.
Learn about their strategic priorities and get advice on how startup founders can best succeed in fundraising in this tough
environment.
Managing Partner
Windham Capital Partners
Moderator
Co-Founder & General Partner
Convergent Ventures
Speaker
Vice President of New Ventures
VNS Health
Speaker
Managing Director
Cigna Ventures
Speaker
10:30AM
Networking Break
Day 2
PITCH TRACK: HealthTech Consumer/Employer: Care Navigation & Coordination
Principal
HC9 Ventures
Judge
Managing Partner
Create Health Ventures
Judge
Director
Cedar Pine
Judge
Presenters:
3:50PM
3:30PM
Networking Break
12:00PM
Can a PE-Backed New Kid on the RCM Block Solve an Intractable
Problem?
Collecting payments for delivering care has become increasingly difficult for cash-strapped health systems and no amount of
investing in revenue cycle management has made the situation better. Cumulatively, healthcare provider organizations are
spending millions of dollars on revenue cycle management software be it standalone tools or those integrated with large EHR
systems like Epic or Cerner.
Now a new PE-backed entity wants to take on established RCM companies and beat them at their own game. Drawing on the
confluence of a new platform model combining established RCM services with the latest proprietary AI agentic technologies -
this new company wants to not only help healthcare provider organization’s leave less cash on the table but also improve the
fraught relationship between payers and providers.. In an exclusive fireside chat, a veteran CEO explains his vision.
SVP, VBC & Clinical Integration
Prisma Health
CEO
HealthSnap
What are Health Systems' Strategic Priorities in the Post-Pandemic Era?
Things are returning back to normal – whatever normal is in the post-pandemic world. Now that the immediacy of the
emergency has receded, how are providers and healthtech vendors looking at achieving the Quadruple aim in healthcare?
Managing Partner
HIP
Moderator
Immediate Past President
American Medical Association
Speaker
Speaker
Speaker
9:35AM
Sponsored by:
PITCH TRACK: Devices/Diagnostics: Chronic Diseases and Their Management
Investor
Arboretum Ventures
Judge
Principal
Venture Investors Health Fund
Judge
11:55AM
Presenters:
Jenni Le
Principal
Venture Investors Health
Fund
Judge
Cigna Ventures
PITCH TRACK: HealthTech Payer/Provider: Artificial Intelligence
Principal
Judge
Principal
Alley Corp
Judge
VP of Corporate Development
Blue Cross North Carolina
Judge
10:20AM
Presenters:
Partner
Pathway Bioventures
Judge
Portal Innovations
Judge
Senior Director, Venture
PITCH TRACK: Biopharma: Infectious Diseases
Presenters:
10:50AM
Partner
VCapital
Judge
Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer
VP of Product Mgmt-Digital Products
GE HealthCare
How is AI Reshaping the Life Sciences?
AI is not just about boosting hospital operational efficiency or radiological capability. It is reshaping other parts of the healthcare
industry be it in pharma or medical devices. Hear from healthcare leaders about how AI can have an impact on everything from
clinical trials, disease management to drug development.
Executive Director
Chicago Biomedical Consortium
Moderator
CEO & Co-Founder
Prenosis, Inc.
Speaker
Speaker
Speaker
2:00PM
Inato
Day 1
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