Ballad Ventures
Investing in innovation.
Transforming healthcare.
Ballad Ventures is a venture capital platform focused on investing in innovative ideas which transform healthcare experiences, costs, access and outcomes. As the venture capital arm of Ballad Health, the wholly-owned subsidiary seeks opportunities that drive the mission, vision and strategic initiatives of the organization.
How we invest
We invest financially and strategically in early-stage healthcare companies that help us solve the problems facing our health system and the industry.*
We invest in opportunities focused on addressing challenges in the following areas:
- Care delivery – Improvements in clinical experiences, extensions of clinical reach or workforce challenges
- Patient experience – Creating more personalized care and access
- Clinical improvements and delivery – Improving quality outcomes for the system and industry
- Cost of care – Placing an emphasis on value-based arrangements
- Care innovation – Developing opportunities to create new service lines or improved growth
Emphasis will be given to opportunities that address care anywhere, consumerism and the workforce. Medical devices and diagnostics will be limited to opportunities where Ballad Ventures has the unique ability to leverage its investment through a direct partnership with Ballad Health.
Investment criteria
Stage: Angel, Seed, and Series A
Check size: $500,000 to $1.5M
Strategic value: Creates substantial, measurable strategic value to Ballad Health with broad applicability across the health care industry.
Other: Ballad Ventures chooses to invest alongside strategic partners and generally does not lead rounds. Companies must be ready to partner with Ballad Health through strategic contracts (or line of sight to a contract), research and/or development opportunities, or clinical trials.
Please note: Exceptions to investment criteria can be made due to strategic value to the organization and communities. Examples include later-stage opportunities or investments greater than $1.5M. Ballad Ventures seeks to pursue investments that align with the strategic priorities of Ballad Health and will not consider opportunities that do not align.
Learn more about Ballad Ventures
Contact the Ballad Ventures Team
*Ballad Ventures will not invest in pharmaceutical, biopharma or drug discovery.