Town Hall Ventures, an investment firm built to address the healthcare challenges of the most vulnerable Americans, has closed its first fund at $115 million.
The founding partners — Trevor Price, Andy Slavitt, and David Whelan — announced the firm’s formation on May 7, 2018, at the HLTH Conference in Las Vegas. Their goal is to help build companies to improve care in Medicare, Medicaid, and risk-based care, and in addressing complex conditions and social determinants of health.
The fund and its limited partners represent multiple large nonprofit health systems and payors, along with entrepreneurs, executives and investors.
Town Hall also disclosed investments in three companies:
• Landmark Health LLC, which provides home-based care to high-acuity Medicare, Medicaid, and Dual Eligible populations who are frail and chronically ill. Landmark’s new CEO, Nick Loporcaro, was recruited by Trevor Price and Oxeon Partners, and the company is backed by General Atlantic and Francisco Partners.
• Bright Health Inc., a technology-enabled health insurance plan that is built in partnership with leading health systems. Bright’s CEO is Bob Sheehy, former CEO of UnitedHealthcare, and the company is backed by NEA, Bessemer Ventures, and Flare Capital Partners.
• Strive Health LLC, a leading provider of chronic kidney disease solutions, focused on transforming healthcare and patients’ lives through early engagement, comprehensive coordinated care, and expanded treatment options. The company's co-founder and CEO is Chris Riopelle. The concept for the business was developed with the co-founders inside the Oxeon Venture Studio and backed by lead investor NEA.
Existing investments include:
• Cityblock Health Inc., which provides primary care, behavioral health, and human services to address unmet health and social needs in urban populations.
• Somatus Inc., which provides treatment and new models of care for patients with chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease.
• Welbe Health LLC, a provider of integrated medical and social services to frail seniors who qualify for PACE.
• Aetion, Inc., a provider of real-world analytics and evidence to help biopharma companies and payors better understand how drugs work in the real world to enable value-based care.
Town Hall also announced that Ann Hickey has joined the firm as a vice president. She previously worked at Audax Group, Oak Hill Capital Partners, Castlight Health, and, most recently, Archimedes Health Investors.
Town Hall is led by Andy Slavitt, former Administrator of the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) and Group Executive Vice President of Optum; Trevor Price, Founder and CEO of Oxeon Holdings – the parent company to Oxeon Partners, a retained executive search firm – and Oxeon Ventures, an investment firm and venture studio; and David Whelan, Managing General Partner of predecessor firm Oxeon Ventures and former General Partner and CFO of investment firm Accretive LLC.
