Saurabh Bhansali Overview

  • Primary Position
  • Co-Founder & Par...

  • Primary Industry
  • Healthcare

  • Active Board Seats
  • 3

  • Med. Deal Size

  • Med. Valuation

Saurabh Bhansali General Information

Biography

Mr. Saurabh Bhansali is a Co-Founder and serves as Partner at Health Velocity Capital. He served as Board Observer at Selfrefind. He serves as a Board Observer at Prolucent Health, HealthJoy and Octave. He served as a Board Member at Jivon and Zipari. He has spent his career working with innovative healthcare services and software companies. Most recently, he helped build and lead investments for Humana Health Ventures, the venture capital arm of one of the nation's leading healthcare companies and second-largest Medicare Advantage insurer. At Humana (NYSE: HUM), he led an investment in Aspire Health, an important and leading provider of palliative and end-of-life care management, and was also actively involved with investments in Omada Health and Livongo Health, both first-movers in digital health management in the areas of pre-diabetes and Type II diabetes, respectively. In addition to his formal investing responsibilities, he was also a key member in driving discovery and innovation efforts across Humana's enterprise, developed best practices to drive the right innovative companies and themes throughout the company, and was recognized as a Rising Star by the Global Corporate Venturing organization in 2017. Prior to Humana, he was on the investing team at HLM Venture Partners, where he was involved in investments in Binary Fountain, ClearDATA Networks, and AbleTo and served as a Board Observer at Vericare Management (acquired by MedOptions) and Imagine Health. He also held roles at Ferrer Freeman & Co. as part of the investing team, at Bank of America Merrill Lynch as an investment banker, and at Pfizer as part of the mergers, acquisitions, and licensing team. He holds a BA from Northwestern University and an MBA from the Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania.

Contact Information

Primary Position
Co-Founder & Partner, Health Velocity Capital
Education
University of Pennsylvania (Wharton), MBA (Master of Business Administration)
Northwestern University, BA (Bachelor of Arts)
Gender
Male
Email
sa
Phone
+1 (415)
Address
  • 1 Sansome Street
  • Suite 3650
  • San Francisco, CA 94104
  • United States
+1 (415)

Saurabh Bhansali Positions (1)

Firm name Firm type Title Location Industry Since
Health Velocity Capital Investor Co-Founder & Partner San Francisco, CA Venture Capital

Saurabh Bhansali Board Seats (3)

Company Industry Ownership Status Financing Status Location Since
HealthJoy Other Healthcare Technology Systems Privately Held (backing) Venture Capital-Backed Chicago, IL
Octave (Healthcare Services) Other Healthcare Services Privately Held (backing) Venture Capital-Backed San Francisco, CA
Prolucent Human Capital Services Privately Held (backing) Venture Capital-Backed Dallas, TX

Saurabh Bhansali Lead Partner on Deals (8)

Saurabh Bhansali has been the lead partner on 8 deals. Their latest deal was with Octave (Healthcare Services), a other healthcare services company. The deal was made on 08-Feb-2024.

Company Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Deal Status Industry Location
Octave (Healthcare Services) 08-Feb-2024 Later Stage VC (Series C3) Completed Other Healthcare Services San Francisco, CA
Octave (Healthcare Services) 18-May-2023 Completed Other Healthcare Services San Francisco, CA
HealthJoy 27-Oct-2022 Completed Other Healthcare Technology Systems Chicago, IL
Prolucent 01-Dec-2021 Completed Human Capital Services Dallas, TX
Octave (Healthcare Services) 12-Nov-2020 Completed Other Healthcare Services San Francisco, CA
HealthJoy 23-Feb-2020 Completed Other Healthcare Technology Systems Chicago, IL
Zipari 14-Jun-2019 Later Stage VC (Series B) Completed Enterprise Systems (Healthcare) Brooklyn, NY
JvionAI 19-Dec-2018 Buyout/LBO Completed Decision/Risk Analysis Johns Creek, GA

Saurabh Bhansali Network (134)

Board Members (47)

Name Company Representing Location From
Jeremy Tasset HealthJoy Nueterra Capital Chicago, IL
Craig Cimini Octave (Healthcare Services) Cigna Ventures San Francisco, CA
HealthJoy Chicago Ventures Chicago, IL
Prolucent Abundant Venture Partners Dallas, TX
Contessa Self Nashville, TN

Portfolio Executives (85)

Name Company Role Deal date Location
Sejal Shah Octave (Healthcare Services) Strategic Advisor 08-Feb-2024 San Francisco, CA
Sarah Adler Ph.D Octave (Healthcare Services) Co-Founder & Chief Clinical Officer 08-Feb-2024 San Francisco, CA
Octave (Healthcare Services) Chief Financial Officer 08-Feb-2024 San Francisco, CA
Octave (Healthcare Services) Vice President & Head of Vice President of Clinical Care 08-Feb-2024 San Francisco, CA
Octave (Healthcare Services) Chief People Officer 08-Feb-2024 San Francisco, CA

Fund Team Members (2)

Name Investor Fund Fund Location
Martin Felsenthal Health Velocity Capital Health Velocity Capital I San Francisco, CA
Bruce Crosby Health Velocity Capital Health Velocity Capital I San Francisco, CA
Health Velocity Capital San Francisco, CA

Saurabh Bhansali Affiliated Funds (2)

Fund Investor Fund Type Status Vintage Size Dry Powder IRR IRR Quartile
Health Velocity Capital I Health Velocity Capital Venture - General Closed 2017
Health Velocity Capital II Health Velocity Capital Venture - General Closed 2021

Saurabh Bhansali FAQs

  • Who is Saurabh Bhansali?

    Mr. Saurabh Bhansali is a Co-Founder and serves as Partner at Health Velocity Capital.

  • How much does Saurabh Bhansali typically invest?

    Saurabh Bhansali's median deal size is .

  • What is Saurabh Bhansali’s main position?

    Saurabh Bhansali’s primary position is Co-Founder & Partner.

  • What are the contact details for Saurabh Bhansali?

    Saurabh Bhansali’s email address is sa and his phone number is +1 (415) .

  • How many active board seats does Saurabh Bhansali hold?

    Saurabh Bhansali holds 3 board seats including HealthJoy, Octave (Healthcare Services), and Prolucent.

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