Investing in founders transforming healthcare with AI

Arteria Capital is a $50M fund exclusively focused on early-stage AI-enabled healthcare companies.

$50M
Fund Size
$4.9T
US Healthcare Market
39%
AI Healthcare CAGR
About Us

A vital conduit for healthcare innovation

The name Arteria comes from the Greek, Latin, and Spanish word for artery — a vital vessel that carries oxygenated blood from the heart to the body, enabling movement and connection.


Today's healthcare system suffers from a lack of true arteries. Despite decades of innovation, U.S. healthcare remains fragmented, inefficient, and constrained by disconnected workflows. For those early stage AI-enabled healthcare companies trying to solve these problems, true value-added financing is difficult to find.


We created Arteria Capital to solve this problem.

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Deep Healthcare AI Expertise
We speak your language — from clinical workflows to payer dynamics to AI architecture. No learning curve, no hand-holding on the basics.
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Active Company Building
We roll up our sleeves. Hands-on support with go-to-market, hiring, distribution strategy, and navigating the healthcare ecosystem from founders who have done it.
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Operator-to-Founder Partnership
We have been in your shoes — building from zero, raising capital, hiring, and scaling. That shared experience makes for a different kind of partnership.
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A Network That Opens Doors
Direct C-suite relationships with leading health systems, payers, and tech companies — plus a world-class advisor network spanning AI, clinical medicine, and venture.
The Opportunity

Healthcare is broken. AI changes the paradigm.

U.S. healthcare spends $4.9T annually, yet remains fragmented and inefficient. Historically, technology hasn't cracked these underlying challenges at scale — until now.

$4.9T
Annual U.S. Healthcare Spend
The largest single industry in America — misaligned incentives, poor disease management, and administrative inefficiency create systemic waste.
$1T
Estimated Annual Waste
Data silos, provider shortages, administrative bloat, and workflow inefficiencies leave enormous value on the table every year.
$188B
AI Healthcare Market by 2030
Healthcare AI is projected to grow from $26.6B to $187.7B by 2030 at a 39% CAGR — an unprecedented moment to build category-leading companies.
Investment Thesis

Where we see opportunities

We invest in companies focused on improving patient experience, clinical quality and operational efficiency. We look for great teams, narrow focus, differentiated tech, efficient distribution, strong unit economics, and a meaningful TAM.

Example Opportunity Areas
Patient Experience
Meeting patients where they are
  • Virtual Health Assistants — AI chatbots that increase quality, access, and engagement
  • Remote Screening — Expands detection in underserved regions
  • Preventive Care — Cardiometabolic risk assessment and early intervention
  • Aging Population Care — Medication management, adherence, and loneliness solutions
Clinical Quality
Elevating the standard of care
  • Early Disease Detection — AI analysis of images (X-rays, MRIs) for subtle anomalies
  • Personalized Care Plans — Optimal pathways from research and outcomes data
  • Predictive Analytics — Predicting patient responses to avoid unnecessary costs
  • AI-Assisted Clinical Interventions — Surgery, ultrasound guidance for enhanced precision
Operational Efficiency
Eliminating friction at scale
  • Data Management — Minimizing silos, managing governance, automating workflows
  • Task Automation — Streamlining billing, claims, and administrative work
  • Optimized Tooling — AI-improved scheduling, operations, and patient-flow forecasting
  • Hospital Operations Management — AI-driven command centers coordinating staffing, beds, and resources in real time
Portfolio

Backing exceptional founders

Mission-driven entrepreneurs using AI to solve real problems in healthcare — with technical know-how and world-class talent.

Fund Investment · Seed
ProvectAI
AI to create high-quality 3D imaging out of 2D scans — enabling excellent intraoperative CT scans without bulky, expensive, high-radiation CT scanners.
Fund Investment · Pre-Seed
Valyd
Healthcare identity infrastructure — building the biometric layer for autonomous AI. Human-in-the-loop authentication that lets healthcare companies deploy AI agents without surrendering control.
Leadership

Built by an operator, for operators

Russell Glass
Russell Glass
Founder & General Partner
LinkedIn
Headspace Ginger LinkedIn Bizo ZoomInfo Trilogy

Russell is a serial entrepreneur with deep experience in both healthcare and technology — having founded and led companies from $0 to over $200M in revenue and $1B+ in enterprise value. As former CEO of Headspace and Ginger (merged to create a $200M+ mental health leader) and founder-CEO of Bizo (sold to LinkedIn for $175M), Russell brings the rare combination of operator depth and venture insight that early founders need most.

He has raised over $300M in capital, executed M&A transactions creating $1.4B+ in exit value, and served as investor, advisor, and board member to over 30 seed-stage companies.

$300M+
Capital raised across companies
$1.4B+
Exit value created
30+
Seed-stage investments & boards
Advisory Network

World-class expertise across the ecosystem

Our advisors provide sourcing, diligence, and active portfolio support — spanning AI research, healthcare systems, venture, and clinical medicine.

Frontier AI Research
Technology & Product Strategy
25 years in technology, product, investing, and AI. Deep perspective at the frontier of AI development and deployment — from Google DeepMind.
Consumer Health & Digital Wellness
Scaling Health Platforms
Former CEO of a major mental health platform (sold to United Health) and COO at leading consumer and digital health companies including Calm.
Enterprise AI & Cybersecurity
Deep Tech Infrastructure
Deep background in technology, IT security, and artificial intelligence across enterprise software companies including SolarWinds and Trilogy.
Healthcare Venture Investing
Health System & Fund Relationships
25+ years of healthcare investing at leading funds including HealthQuest Ventures and KP Ventures, spanning digital health to health systems and services.
Clinical & Medical Expertise
Chief Medical Officer
Hospitalist and Internal Medicine physician. Medical Director with 15+ years at the intersection of clinical practice and healthcare technology innovation.
Healthcare Brand & Go-to-Market
Market Adoption Strategy
15+ years building healthcare brands and driving market adoption for digital health and health tech companies from early stage through growth.
Get in Touch

Building something that transforms healthcare?

We want to hear from early-stage founders using AI to solve real problems in healthcare — and from LPs interested in accessing this generational opportunity.

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