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Virtue VC

Austin, TX · Invests in US · Website

Thesis

Elite technical founders solving critical healthcare problems at the earliest stages create transformative solutions. We partner with founders who deeply understand healthcare inefficiencies and modern technology, providing capital, strategic guidance, and operational support.

Likely not a fit for

Non-technical founders, consumer health apps without clear healthcare system integration, pure medical device plays without software component, non-healthcare sectors

How they invest

Lead or follow
Usually leads
Typical decision
~2 weeks
Warm intro
Preferred
Involvement
Takes a board seat
Fund status
Actively deploying
Assets under mgmt
$87M
Decision process
Partnership vote

Partners & team

2 contacts on file

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Sean Doolan

InvestorInvestor · Primary contact

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s•••@vi•••.com

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Emre Karatas

InvestorInvestor

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e•••@vi•••.com

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Portfolio

AMAE HealthHealthcare Digital

Amae Health delivers precision medicine and integrated care for complex mental health conditions, combining advanced science, clinical excellence, and compassionate design.

AnnaHealthcare Digital

Naturalistic Developmental Behavioral Interventions and parent coaching for autistic children, focusing on evidence-based care and insurance support.

ClaraFintech Payments

Clara is a leading corporate card and expense management platform in Latin America, offering corporate cards, real-time expense tracking, and automated tax compliance. It provides a comprehensive solution for managing business finances efficiently.

Dart HealthHealthcare Digital

Dart Health specializes in building custom AI solutions tailored to healthcare business needs, focusing on enhancing clinical workflows and decision-making through advanced AI technologies. Their platform, DartX, enables non-technical teams to perform end-to-end data analysis and automate chart reviews, significantly reducing administrative burdens and improving operational efficiency.

EvvyHealthcare Digital

Evvy is unlocking precision women’s healthcare through novel female biomarkers — starting with the vaginal microbiome. It provides women and people with vaginas access to data-driven insights on their own bodies, while pioneering research to improve diagnostics and treatments for underserved conditions in the female body.

GydeInsurance

Gyde is the first AI-native brokerage designed to empower top insurance agencies to deliver better guidance for insurance, wealth, and health decisions through advanced AI technology and operational support.

HealthMCHealthcare Digital

HealthMC combines the speed of AI with the precision of certified coders to deliver the most accurate, audit-ready risk adjustment in healthcare.

Hermes HealthHealthcare Digital

Hermes Health is a neutral middleware platform designed to simplify and streamline access to identified patient health data, automating the medical record retrieval process.

Hero Journey Club
IntegralSecurity Cyber

Integral provides an always-on compliance platform for privacy-regulated data, enabling faster time to market with unique regulated data intelligence.

LightSpunHealthcare Digital

LightSpun is an AI-powered dental insurance administration platform that automates claims processing, credentialing, billing, and communication, significantly reducing administrative costs and improving efficiency in the dental insurance sector.

Mural Health

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Research briefRead more
Virtue VC Research Investment Thesis Virtue VC is a purpose-built earliest-stage healthcare venture capital firm founded in 2021 and based in Austin, Texas. The firm is dedicated to backing elite founders who are working to radically transform the healthcare ecosystem at the earliest stages of company formation. Founded by Sean Doolan and Emre Karatas, Virtue focuses exclusively on digital health

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