Investing in Innovation.   
Transforming Healthcare.

WHAT WE DO

Ballad Ventures

Ballad Ventures is a venture capital platform focused on investing in innovative ideas which transform the health care experience, cost, access, and outcomes. As the venture capital arm of Ballad Health, the wholly-owned subsidiary seeks opportunities which drive the mission, vision, and strategic initiatives of the organization. 

INVESTMENT STRATEGY

How We Invest

We invest financially and strategically in early-stage health care companies that help us solve the problems facing our health system and the industry. Therefore, we invest in opportunities focused on addressing challenges in the following areas
Care Delivery

Care Delivery resulting in improvements with clinical experience, extension of clinical reach, or workforce challenges.

Patient Experience

Patient Experience allowing for more personalized care and access.

Clinical Improvements

Clinical improvements and delivery allowing for improved quality outcomes for the system and industry.

Cost of Care

Cost of care with emphasis on value-based arrangements.

Care Innovation

Care innovation allowing for opportunities to create new service lines or improved growth.

Care Delivery

Care Delivery resulting in improvements with clinical experience, extension of clinical reach, or workforce challenges.

Patient Experience

Patient Experience allowing for more personalized care and access.

Clinical Improvements

Clinical improvements and delivery allowing for improved quality outcomes for the system and industry.

Cost of Care

Cost of care with emphasis on value-based arrangements.

Care Innovation

Care innovation allowing for opportunities to create new service lines or improved growth​

Emphasis will be given to opportunities which address care anywhere, consumerism, and workforce. Medical devices and diagnostics will be limited to opportunities where Ballad Ventures has the unique ability to leverage its investment through direct partnership with Ballad Health.

 

We won’t invest in pharma, biopharma, or drug discovery. 

INVESTMENT STRATEGY

Investment Criteria

Stage

Seed, Series A, Series B

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

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 which align with strategic priorities of Ballad Health and will not consider opportunities which do not align.

WHO WE ARE

Meet the Team

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Bo Wilkes

President

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John Perez

Managing Director

WHO WE ARE

Meet the Team

bo @2x

Bo Wilkes

President

john @2x

John Perez

Managing Director

ABOUT US

Ballad Health

Ballad Health is an integrated community health improvement organization serving 29 counties of the Appalachian Highlands in Northeast Tennessee, Southwest Virginia, Northwest North Carolina, and Southeast Kentucky. 

 

 

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JOHNSON CITY, TN 37604

© COPYRIGHT BALLAD VENTURES 2022