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# Tom Bell - River Oaks Capital | LinkedIn

Tom Bell Sign in to view Tom’s full profile Tom can introduce you to 1 people at tix4cause Email or phone Password Show Forgot password? Sign in Sign in with Email or New to LinkedIn? Join now By clicking Continue to join or sign in, you agree to LinkedIn’s User Agreement , Privacy Policy , and Cookie Policy . New York, New York, United States 8K followers 500+ connections See your mutual connections View mutual connections with Tom Tom can introduce you to 1 people at tix4cause Email or phone Password Show Forgot password? Sign in Sign in with Email or New to LinkedIn? Join now By clicking Continue to join or sign in, you agree to LinkedIn’s User Agreement , Privacy Policy , and Cookie Policy . View contact info Message Sign in to view Tom’s full profile Tom can introduce you to 1 people at tix4cause Email or phone Password Show Forgot password? Sign in Sign in with Email or New to LinkedIn? Join now By clicking Continue to join or sign in, you agree to LinkedIn’s User Agreement , Privacy Policy , and Cookie Policy . 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Sign in Welcome back Email or phone Password Show Forgot password? Sign in or By clicking Continue to join or sign in, you agree to LinkedIn’s User Agreement , Privacy Policy , and Cookie Policy . New to LinkedIn? Join now or By clicking Continue to join or sign in, you agree to LinkedIn’s User Agreement , Privacy Policy , and Cookie Policy . Volunteer Experience *]:mb-0 text-[18px] text-color-text leading-regular group-hover:underline font-semibold"> Board Member *]:mb-0 not-first-middot leading-[1.75]"> Big Brothers Big Sisters of America *]:mb-0 [&>*]:text-md [&>*]:text-color-text-low-emphasis"> Aug 2019 - Present 6 years 11 months View Tom’s full profile See who you know in common Get introduced Contact Tom directly Join to view full profile Other similar profiles Archie D. Williamson Jr. Archie D. Williamson Jr. Diversified Systems.com 12K followers United States View Profile Cydni R. Tetro Cydni R. 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But the market remains stubbornly bifurcated. While Series A and growth rounds stay heated, pre-seed and seed activity actually cooled: deal volume declined 7% quarter over quarter while capital deployed slid 35%—from $6.5B to $4.2B. #venturecapital #founder #CEO #digitalhealth #VC #fundraising 19 1 Comment John Gannon Venture5 Media • 23K followers These VC firms have fresh capital and are eager to deploy. 🔴 Chicago-based Portal Innovations is raising a $100M fund to focus on healthcare and life science companies. 🔴 Denmark-based Delphinus Venture Capital raised a $93M fund to invest in early stage research focused startups. 🔴 Durham-based Hatteras Venture Partners secured $200M between two funds focusing on biotech, medtech, and healthcare companies. 🔴 New York-based GoalVest Venture Capital, the venture capital arm of GoalVest Advisory LLC, closed its $50M GoalVest Venture Growth Fund II to back growth stage companies. 🔴 Mumbai-based Atomic Capital closed its $46M maiden fund to back early and growth-stage start-ups in consumer tech and consumer-enabler sectors. 🔴 Chennai-based Speciale Invest closed its third $69M fund to invest in AI, energy, health, space and advanced manufacturing companies. 🔴 Miami-based Frictionless Capital is raising its third $60M fund to back early stage technical founders. 🔴 California-based Lavni Capital launched its second $22.8M fund to support deeptech startups in climate, healthcare, energy, and education. 24 2 Comments Datapile.co | Page For Founders 2K followers VC funding update: Boston startups and tech firms raised $373.2M in May https://lnkd.in/gXaxsEY9 #VCFunding #BostonStartups #TechFirms #MayFunding #BostonTech #StartupFunding #funding #fundraise Mitch Morris, MD 5K followers Proud to announce the six outstanding digital health companies selected for Cohort 3 of Caduceus LAUNCH. Each team is tackling meaningful problems across the healthcare landscape with a combination of clinical insight, technical rigor, and pragmatic execution. Our model is designed to go beyond a traditional accelerator—providing capital, structured curriculum, and sustained engagement with experienced operators, health systems, and investors. Over the next three months, we’ll work closely with these founders to refine market fit, strengthen go-to-market strategy, and accelerate real-world impact. Looking forward to sharing more as their progress unfolds. 31 3 Comments Edgar Chiu Camp Mobile • 10K followers 🚀𝐇𝐮𝐠𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐍𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 $𝟏𝟖𝟕𝐌 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠. I first met Jonathan in 2021, and SparkLabs Taiwan became a seed investor in Nitra in 2022. From the beginning, the team had a bold vision to build an operating system for healthcare. Along the way, we’ve been supporting Nitra in building its engineering footprint in Taiwan, and we also had the chance to introduce new investors who later joined this round. Proud to have supported this journey from the early days. Excited for what’s ahead! 🚀 [Tim Hwang Hsufeng Lee Bernard Moon SparkLabs Group Eugene Kim Mallory Chien Regina Lo Kenny Chen] 27 2 Comments Startup & VC Deal 689 followers 🏥 Virtual care platform 9amHealth has raised $26M in Series B funding led by Define Ventures, with participation from SemperVirens VC, Catalio Capital Management, and NewHealth Ventures. Founded in 2021, the San Diego-based company is building an #AI-enabled virtual specialty care platform focused on managing high-cost chronic conditions including obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidemia. Led by CEO Frank Westermann, 9amHealth partners with employers, health plans, and pharmacy benefit managers to deliver integrated specialty care through endocrinologists, obesity medicine specialists, clinical pharmacists, at-home lab testing, medications, and lifestyle support. The company plans to use the new funding to accelerate growth and expand into additional specialty-level chronic conditions that account for a major share of employer pharmacy spending. As part of the investment, Lynne O’Keefe, Founder and Managing Partner at Define Ventures, will join the company’s Board of Directors. #9amHealth #HealthTech #VirtualCare #AI #DigitalHealth #ChronicCare #HealthcareInnovation #StartupFunding #SeriesB #ObesityCare #DiabetesCare #EnterpriseHealth 12 2 Comments Mark Boggett Seraphim Space • 33K followers Proud to announce our investment in LambdaVision, Inc. as part of its Seed Round. LambdaVision, a Seraphim Space Accelerator Alumni, is pioneering a protein-based artificial retina manufactured in microgravity, a breakthrough with the potential to restore vision for patients affected by retinal degenerative diseases. As our General Partner Rob Desborough said: “LambdaVision demonstrates the extraordinary potential of space-enabled biotech to deliver transformative therapies here on Earth.” Congratulations to the entire LambdaVision team for pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in space-enabled healthcare innovation. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eE5vYkJY #SpaceTech #Biotech #Microgravity #SeraphimPortfolio #HealthTech #VC 94 6 Comments Jason Scharf Early Stage Investor • 9K followers 🧬 This week’s Austin Bio & Health Roundup has funding, recognition, regional momentum, & new PitchBook healthtech data giving us a peek under the hood of the sector. 🧬 💰 Funding & Capital Signals Hello Patient, a conversational AI platform for clinics, closed a $22.5M Series A led by Scale Venture Partners and included participation from Austin-based 8VC, who also joined their seed round. You need to check out their announcement video. Alex is in top form! 🚀 Launches, Expansions, Milestones, and Wins A second piece of Hello Patient news. They launched their platform into veterinary practices as well. 📊 Data PitchBook published an Emerging Tech Research report on Healthtech VC Trends. In 1H 2025, healthtech startups raised $8B, putting it on pace to beat 2023 and 2024 and possibly 2022. Exits are at $4.9B, suggesting this could be the highest year since 2021. Top 5 subsectors over the last 12 months: • Telehealth: $3.2B over 174 deals • EHRs & Clinical Information and Analytics: $2.2B over 76 deals • Care Management: $2.2B over 113 deals • Operations: $1.7B over 84 deals • Analytics: $1.4B over 104 deals 🏆 Recognition Phantom Neuro featured in "25 Healthcare Devices I Fell in Love With" on David Shulkin’s blog. Shulkin is the former U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 🤠 Texas Bio Triangle Houston: The Rice Biotech Launch Pad announced another investment, this time from Houston-based Carnrite Ventures. Houston funding Houston! What’s Next? 🤠 🚀 🦾 🧬 16 Startup Rise - Asia News 33K followers Arintra, a medical coding platform, has raised $21 million in a Series A funding round led by Peak XV Partners. Other investors in the round include Endeavor Health Ventures, Y Combinator, Counterpart Ventures, Spider Capital, TEN13, and several strategic backers. The funding will be used to expand Arintra’s use in U.S. health systems and physician groups, speed up product development, grow the team, and open a new headquarters in the Bay Area. Nitesh Shroff | Preeti Bhargava, PhD | Rishabh Kochar 🔗 Read full article link in comment #Arintra #GenAIStartup #Funding #StartupNews #businessupdate 1 1 Comment Atlas Health Ventures 6 followers Atlas Health Ventures was built around a simple premise: Healthcare does not move forward through introductions. It moves forward through execution. Atlas Health Ventures is an operator-led platform focused on neonatal and complex hospital markets. We engage selectively with founders, innovators, and clinical leaders building in environments where trust, disciplined execution, and long-term relationships determine success. Our work centers on structured market entry, account development, and driving clinical adoption within U.S. hospital systems. Atlas Health Ventures 5 AlleyWatch 2K followers The latest venture capital, seed, pre-seed, and angel deals for NYC startups for 4/20/2026 featuring funding details for Ciphero and much more. 1 Tomer Stavitsky Omnicell • 6K followers What makes a startup M&A ready? Buyers in healthcare driven industries often are not just acquiring IP. They inherit risk, team dynamics, and go to market gaps. In M&A, strategic value is about fit, but also about friction. ✅ Is there a clear handoff into your commercial engine? ✅ Can the buyer's team support the technology? ✅ Does the startup founder see themselves in a key role with the buyer post-close, or are they looking for the exit? M&A readiness isn't about being done, it's about being integratable. Check out the included document for key red flags in M&A readiness. #CorporateDevelopment #M&A #BusinessDevelopment #AcquisitionStrategy #MedTech #Technology #healthcare 37 1 Comment AI Insider 18K followers Chapter has raised $100M in Series E funding led by Generation Investment Management, with backing from Fifth Down Capital, 8VC, Stripes, XYZ Venture Capital, Addition, Narya, Susa Ventures, and Maverick Ventures. CEO Cobi B. is scaling its AI-native Medicare platform, with support from Anthony Woolf as the company expands retirement-focused AI services. https://lnkd.in/eZTbCruk #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #HealthTech #Fintech #Startups #VentureCapital Anthony Woolf 104 1 Comment Traded: Venture Capital 38K followers Sword Health, a New York-based AI care company led by founder and CEO Virgílio (“V”) Bento, has raised $40 million in Series A funding at a $4 billion valuation. Backed by General Catalyst, Khosla Ventures, Comcast Ventures, and others, the funding will support the company’s M&A strategy, global expansion, and AI model development. Sword Health’s platform enables AI-first care for physical and mental health, recently launching “Mind,” a continuous mental health solution that blends AI and clinicians. The company has delivered over 6.5 million AI sessions to 500,000+ members since 2020, helping over 1,000 enterprise clients reduce nearly $1 billion in healthcare costs. INVESTORS: General Catalyst, Khosla Ventures, Comcast Ventures, LINCE CAPITAL, Oxy Capital, Armilar, Indico Capital LLC & Shilling VC ROUND: Series A AMOUNT: $40,000,000 VALUATION: $4,000,000,000 HQ: #NewYork #NY #NewYorkCity #NYC #VentureCapital #SwordHealth #GeneralCatalyst #KhoslaVentures #ComcastVentures #LinceCapital #OxyCapital #Armilar #IndicoCapital #Shilling #TradedVC 12 1 Comment Blitz Technology Group 2K followers Sword Health nabs $40M at $4B valuation, pushes IPO plans to at least 2028 The digital health startup says it secured the fresh capital to update its valuation and finance acquisitions. https://lnkd.in/gPs3hM4T 1 Andy Reid M3A HealthTech Venture Fund • 8K followers Why Now Is the Best Time Ever to Invest in Healthcare AI Startups By Andy Reid, Managing Partner, M3A Healthcare Ventures We are entering a once-in-a-generation window for investing in Healthcare AI—one where timing, technology, and major shifts in care are aligning to create outsized opportunities for early-stage venture capital. At M3A Healthcare Ventures, we believe this is the moment to invest boldly. 1. Healthcare Is Ripe for Disruption—And It Has To Be U.S. healthcare costs are projected to hit $7.2 trillion by 2031, yet outcomes lag behind every other developed nation. Workforce shortages, and fractured data systems create inefficiencies that AI is uniquely positioned to solve. • 25% of U.S. healthcare spending is administrative waste. • 90% of hospitals face staffing shortages in key roles. • Doctors spend 2 hours on documentation for every 1 hour with patients. AI isn’t a “nice to have” anymore. It’s becoming a critical tool for cost control, productivity, and quality improvement. 2. We’ve Entered the Platform Shift Era Apple Intelligence, OpenAI, and other foundation models have catalyzed a new generation of startups. In healthcare, this means real-time ambient documentation, predictive care, smart inventory management, and even AI-generated clinical trial design—all happening today. This is akin to investing in SaaS in 2006 or mobile apps in 2011. Except this time, the TAM is $4 trillion larger. 3. Buyers Are Ready—and They’re Buying Just five years ago, hospitals were wary of AI. Today, they’re budgeting for it. Health systems, ASCs, pharma, and insurers are deploying capital to integrate AI that: • Shortens revenue cycles • Boosts clinician efficiency • Reduces preventable readmissions • Enhances training and education with immersive tools In short: the demand isn’t theoretical—it’s contractually real. 4. Healthcare AI Has Multiple High-Value Exit Paths M&A activity is accelerating, and healthcare AI companies are being acquired by: • Strategics like Stryker (e.g., $130M for care.ai) • PE-backed rollups seeking operational efficiency • Big Tech, which is aggressively moving into healthcare These aren’t just tech exits. They’re life sciences, SaaS, and data infrastructure exits rolled into one—often with 3–5x higher revenue multiples. 5. We Have the Talent, Data, and Infrastructure The convergence of: • Open health data regulations (ONC Cures Act) • AI-native medical founders trained in both tech and care delivery • Decreasing costs and better modeling We finally have a clear runway to build and scale. The Next MedTech Unicorns Will Be AI-First The next wave will be built on data, AI, and automation. Investors who move now will back the next Teladoc, Intuitive, or Epic—except leaner, faster, and born in the AI-native era. #HealthcareAI #HealthTech #VentureCapital #DigitalHealth #AIinHealthcare #MedTech #ArtificialIntelligence #StartupInvestment #HealthTechStartups #VCFunding #AIStartup 46 2 Comments Martyn Eeles Clarma Capital • 12K followers HealthVC x Lusha: Unlocking Smarter Fundraising and Sales Workflows We’re thrilled to announce our newest partnership: HealthVC has teamed up with Lusha to bring next-gen data and prospecting tools to founders, fund managers, and operators across our community. Lusha recently launched a powerful suite of AI-powered features that redefine how go-to-market teams research, prospect, and convert. Now those capabilities are coming to HealthVC Pro subscribers. ✨ With this partnership, you’ll be able to: Surface real-time, accurate, and compliant B2B contact data Use AI Prospecting Chat to instantly uncover new investor or customer leads Tap into CRM-triggered recommendations to stay one step ahead Turn insight into action with Sales Streaming, Lusha’s smarter, connected selling framework. But Lusha’s superpower isn’t just the AI; it’s that the AI sits on top of best-in-class data. That means every signal, every recommendation, and every lead is not just fast, it’s trustworthy. At HealthVC, we’re building more than a newsletter; we’re building the operating system for venture, and this partnership helps our members move faster, pitch smarter, and close better. Available now to all HealthVC subscribers, link in comments. 18 8 Comments Anjli Jain ElevenX Capital • 35K followers **Boston's Startup Ecosystem Awaits: Founder Summit 2026** As the startup ecosystem continues to thrive, events like the TechCrunch Founder Summit provide invaluable opportunities for founders and investors to connect. ElevenX Capital recognizes that concentrated deal flow facilitates impactful partnerships and consistent innovation in the VC landscape. How do you leverage industry events to enhance your investment strategy? #investing #innovation #venturecapital #entrepreneurship 2 Healthtech VCLink 948 followers Fourier Health, founded by Christopher Lee and James Lloyd, has secured an $8.4M seed round led by Yosemite, with backing from Innospark Ventures, NextGen Venture Partners, Tau Ventures, and prior support from Lasagna, Myelin, and Despierta. The startup’s AI platform aims to streamline healthcare’s unstructured data, saving clinicians hours and reducing administrative burden. Riley Kaminer | Refresh Miami https://lnkd.in/edTiyJRB #HealthTech 2 Show more posts Show fewer posts Explore top content on LinkedIn Find curated posts and insights for relevant topics all in one place. View top content Add new skills with these courses 33m Adobe Express: Creating Marketing Materials 23m Ideation to Execution: The Content Creator’s Blueprint 21m Preparing Your Organization for AI Agents See all courses