Health Equity Ventures
Oakland, California · Invests in US · Website
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Double bottom-line venture capital focused on advancing health equity for diverse and underserved populations. We invest in early-stage healthcare solutions that meaningfully address healthcare disparities, improve access to care, and reduce inequality—while achieving commercial success.
Likely not a fit for
No pure medical device hardware, specialty pharmaceuticals without equity focus, or solutions that do not explicitly serve diverse or underserved populations
How they invest
- Lead or follow
- Usually leads
- Typical decision
- ~1 month
- Warm intro
- Not required
- Involvement
- Advisor
- Fund status
- Actively deploying
- Decision process
- Partnership vote
Partners & team
2 contacts on file
Dr. Michael L. Penn Jr.
General PartnerFounding Partner & Managing Director · Primary contact
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Recent activity
- Jun 2025
Health Equity-focused Digital Health Startups
Seed · Lead
- Dec 2024
Underserved Community Healthcare Solutions
Pre-Seed · Lead
Health Equity Ventures in the news
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Dec 2024
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Jul 2021
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