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The Pisgah Fund is an investment fund, investing in both healthcare-related companies in Western North Carolina’s 18-county region or healthcare-related companies locating operations in the region. The purpose of the Fund is to provide essential capital to help grow companies and create jobs in Western North Carolina. The Fund is managed by Hatteras Venture Partners. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Durham, NC, Hatteras is a recognized leader in the Southeast with a national investment footprint. In addition to deep operational experience, they have a renowned strategic partner network, and a proven ability to enhance portfolio company value. With ~$700 million under management across six funds, Hatteras has a proven track record of investing in and growing early-stage companies. In addition to its core funds, Hatteras manages a healthcare innovation fund for WakeMed in Raleigh as well as UNC Chapel Hill’s Carolina Research Venture Fund.
The Fund will invest in innovative companies in the broader healthcare industry. Specific sectors include:
In addition to these industry sectors, the Fund will focus on high growth opportunities at various stages of development:
GoCheck Kids’ (GoCheck) vision is to help children see their potential and their future. GoCheck is a comprehensive vision screening solution that addresses the leading causes of vision loss in children. As a revolutionary pediatric vision screening platform delivered via a smartphone, GoCheck performs real-time analysis on photos of the child’s eyes leveraging artificial intelligence (AI).
Ilumivu provides healthcare decision support and pre-diagnostic applications using the psychology of behavior change combined with real-time data from smartphones and wearables. With a pedigree in research in multiple disease areas at over 100 leading research universities and health systems, Ilumivu delivers just-in-time adaptive interventions based on individualized baselines to improve measurable patient care outcomes. Ilumivu’s Cardiogram mobile software is a leading cardiovascular health app having been downloaded by over 3.7 million users.
Configo Health Inc. is a healthcare data and analytics company, focused exclusively on pediatrics, that helps children’s hospitals and their teams make better decisions through the use of timely, trusted and actionable insight. Through its OPUS benchmarking platform, Configo currently serves Quality & Safety, Equity and Surgery departments and their respective clinical and administrative stakeholders.
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