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§ Private Profile · San Luis Obispo, CA, USA
Votive Health is a company.
Votive Health has raised $3.0M across 1 funding round.
Key people at Votive Health.
Votive Health has raised $3.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Votive Health operates as a technology-enabled network manager, specializing in the delivery of complex care to individuals facing serious illnesses within their homes. The company designs and manages value-based care models, facilitating improved coordination and quality for advanced home-based care services. Its platform integrates technology solutions to support providers in managing intricate care plans, ultimately aiming to enhance patient outcomes and operational efficiency for at-home care.
The company was founded in 2020 by Torrie Fields, who serves as its Chief Executive Officer. Fields established Votive Health with the foundational insight that suffering can be mitigated through more effective and integrated complex care provided directly in a patient's home environment. Her vision sought to bridge gaps in a fragmented healthcare system, leveraging a background in healthcare innovation to address critical patient needs outside traditional institutional settings.
Votive Health primarily serves home-based care providers, equipping them with the tools and framework necessary to deliver specialized care to a population with significant health challenges. The company’s long-term vision is centered on transforming how complex illnesses are managed, striving to create a future where individuals receive comprehensive, high-quality care in the comfort and familiarity of their own residences, thereby improving overall well-being.
Votive Health is a technology-enabled network manager based in San Luis Obispo, California, that facilitates payer-provider integration through value-based arrangements to deliver complex care at home for patients facing serious illnesses.[1][2][3] The company builds a platform connecting health plans (like Medicare Advantage and managed Medicaid) with home health, hospice, and palliative care providers, assessing their readiness for value-based payments and enabling coordinated care that reduces unnecessary services, patient suffering, and total costs while keeping care at home.[1][2][4] It primarily serves aging populations with complex conditions amid the "silver tsunami," helping providers secure sustainable reimbursements and payers achieve network adequacy.[1][2]
Founded in 2020, Votive Health raised $2.5 million in seed funding in 2021 led by Flare Capital Partners, with participation from Chrysalis Ventures and OCA Ventures, to expand its team, platform, and nationwide network of high-quality providers.[1][2][3] This positions it as a conduit between cost and care in the fragmented U.S. healthcare system, focusing on serious illness management for home-based providers.[1][2]
Votive Health was founded in 2020 by Torrie Fields, a healthcare insider with expertise in Medicare Advantage, serious illness, and value-based arrangements, alongside a team passionate about addressing fragmentation in care for patients with serious illnesses.[1][2][3] The idea emerged during a period of rising demand for home-based complex care, driven by the aging population and complex health needs—termed the "silver tsunami"—where patients often receive mismatched, expensive services that fail to meet physical, social, or existential needs.[1][2]
The company launched formally in April 2021 with its $2.5 million seed round, marking early traction as it began building infrastructure to support payers and providers in value-based models, particularly home health and hospice agencies eyeing partnerships with health plans.[1][2] This funding fueled team growth with industry experts and platform development, capitalizing on timely market shifts toward value-based care.[1]
Votive Health rides the wave of value-based care transformation in U.S. healthcare, accelerated by aging demographics, rising chronic illness prevalence, and payer shifts toward Medicare Advantage and managed care models that reward outcomes over volume.[1][2] Its timing aligns with post-2020 regulatory pushes for home-based care amid the pandemic's legacy, where demand for complex, at-home services surged to manage "serious illness" populations efficiently.[1]
Market forces like escalating costs from fragmented care—unnecessary services adding financial stress—favor Votive's model, which influences the ecosystem by scaling high-quality provider networks for payers, fostering sustainable reimbursements, and promoting tech-driven coordination in senior care and healthtech.[2][4] By focusing on palliative and hospice integration, it helps counterbalance hospital-centric systems, supporting broader trends in digital health platforms that prioritize patient-centered, cost-effective home care.[1]
Votive Health is poised to expand its platform and nationwide network, targeting more Medicare Advantage plans, managed Medicaid, and private insurers while onboarding development partners for palliative care delivery.[1] Trends like further value-based payment adoption, AI-enhanced assessments, and home health growth under policy shifts (e.g., expanded Medicare benefits) will shape its trajectory, potentially driving follow-on funding and partnerships amid a maturing healthtech market.[1][2]
As a conduit in serious illness care, its influence could evolve from niche integrator to key player in ecosystem-wide coordination, amplifying impact as the "silver tsunami" intensifies—ultimately redefining how complex care stays affordable and home-centered, true to its launch amid rising needs.[1][2]
Key people at Votive Health.
Votive Health has raised $3.0M across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $3.0M Seed in April 2021.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 2021 | $3M Seed | — | 645 Ventures, Aphelion Capital, Avalon Ventures, Craft Ventures, Flare Capital Partners, Flexcap, General Catalyst, Insight Partners, LAUNCH, Lowercarbon Capital, OCA Ventures, Stata Venture Partners, TBD Angels, Union Square Ventures, Dharmesh Shah, Ellie Wheeler, Nelson CHU | Announced |
Votive Health has raised $3.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Votive Health's investors include 645 Ventures, Aphelion Capital, Avalon Ventures, Craft Ventures, Flare Capital Partners, Flexcap, General Catalyst, Insight Partners, LAUNCH, Lowercarbon Capital, OCA Ventures, Stata Venture Partners.
