Firms

Flare Capital Partners

Flare Capital Partners is a healthcare technology venture investor managed by Flare Capital Management Company, LLC (SEC adviser CRD161805). The brand succeeded Foundation Medical Partners in April 2015. It backs companies applying software, data science and artificial intelligence to healthcare delivery, clinical technology and payer/provider infrastructure, including mental-health and neuroscience-related platforms. Its public network comprises an investment and operating team, executive partners, an external industry advisory board, an external AI advisory council and the 2026 Flare Scholars cohort; network participants are distinguished from firm employees. Primary closing announcements verify USD200 million for Fund I in2015, USD255 million for Fund II in2019 and USD350 million for Fund III in2022. The current adviser filing additionally reports a Fund I-A parallel vehicle and Select Strategies I; neither is assigned an unverified closed amount, and adviser assets are not substituted for cash fund commitments.

Founded: —
Type: Venture capital

Funds5

Flare Capital Partners III, L.P.2022-04-262022-04-26$350M
Own manager announcement of actual final close with USD350 million in commitments, April26,2022.
Flare Capital Partners II, L.P.2019-07-232019-07-23$255M
Own manager announcement of actual final close with USD255 million in commitments, July23,2019; commitments rather than portfolio deployed cash.
Flare Capital Partners I, L.P.2015-04-292015-04-29$200M
Primary co-founder announcement says Fund I raised USD200 million. This family amount is recorded once, not repeated on parallel Fund I-A.
Flare Capital Partners I-A, L.P.——
Actual Delaware parallel/affiliate Fund I-A reported in current adviser filing. Separate close size/date unverified; Fund I USD200 million aggregate is not duplicated.
Flare Capital Select Strategies I, L.P.——
Actual Delaware Select Strategies I vehicle reported in May2026 adviser filing. Public final close amount/date not verified; no gross assets or prospective target substituted.

Team

Varsha Rao

Flare Capital Partners, Executive Partner

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Operations and support

Aaron FosterIndustry Advisory Board Member (external adviser)

Aaron SacksFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Adam BrucePartner, Chief Financial and Chief Operating Officer

Alaa HalawaIndustry Advisory Board Member (external adviser)

Ally O’BrienExecutive Assistant

Alyssa TsenterSenior Associate

Amalia RothFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Amanda DiTrolioVice President of Marketing and Platform

Andrew CrollFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Barry SteinAI Advisory Council Member (external adviser) · Industry Advisory Board Member (external adviser)

Beau GarverickIndustry Advisory Board Member (external adviser)

Bill GearyCo-Founder; Executive Partner (advisory)

Bradley DollensFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Brandon SeiboldAI Advisory Council Member (external adviser)

Brandy BittenbenderFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Brent BurnsIndustry Advisory Board Member (external adviser)

Brett AdkinsFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Brett LibowitzFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Brian CaveneyIndustry Advisory Board Member (external adviser)

Candace CarlsonFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Caroline GlenVice President of Investor Relations

Charlotte GrimmFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Charlotte ThomasFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Chase TackerIndustry Advisory Board Member (external adviser)

Chelsea SumnerFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Chris EsoIndustry Advisory Board Member (external adviser)

Chris HocevarExecutive Partner

Christine KohnFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Dan GebremedhinPartner

Dominik GoreckiFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Ellie HwangFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Emily QueenFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Erica StutzFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Ethan EmdeFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Ganesh PersadAI Advisory Council Member (external adviser) · Flare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Gary L. GottliebExecutive Partner

Gina-Marie VerroneFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Glenna RobertsFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Graham GardnerExecutive Partner

Gregory GrunbergIndustry Advisory Board Member (external adviser)

Henry Chen (Apple)Flare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Henry La SoyaFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Ian ChiangPartner

Isaac KohaneIndustry Advisory Board Member (external adviser)

Jack CaiFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Jack RogoffFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Jared SaulAI Advisory Council Member (external adviser)

Jeff RosenzweigFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Jeff WeissIndustry Advisory Board Member (external adviser)

Jeffrey E. GraffIndustry Advisory Board Member (external adviser)

Jeffrey FedderIndustry Advisory Board Member (external adviser)

Jen BarreraIndustry Advisory Board Member (external adviser)

Jesse BissenFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Jesse KesnerFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Jessica Lee-HansenIndustry Advisory Board Member (external adviser)

Jessie HuangFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Jim FitzgeraldFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

John BrownsteinAI Advisory Council Member (external adviser)

John HwangFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

John MachalekFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Jonathan GruberIndustry Advisory Board Member (external adviser)

Jonathon GeorgeVice President

Juan LopezIndustry Advisory Board Member (external adviser)

Julien BendelacFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Justin BierFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Kate SchnitzerFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Katie CatlenderAI Advisory Council Member (external adviser)

Kelly KoAI Advisory Council Member (external adviser) · Industry Advisory Board Member (external adviser)

Kelly WangFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Ken HowardAI Advisory Council Member (external adviser) · Flare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Kendall DexterFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Lawrence ChoIndustry Advisory Board Member (external adviser)

Lawrence HuangFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Lea JabbourFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Lucie TyrrellFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Madeline ChailletFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Marcus WallaceIndustry Advisory Board Member (external adviser)

Marcy MedlakFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Margaret MalonePartner

Mary DinneanFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Matt SteinAI Advisory Council Member (external adviser)

Matthew MorganIndustry Advisory Board Member (external adviser)

Maya AmbadyFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Mckenzie RhoneFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Micah DeanFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Michael GreeleyCo-Founder and General Partner

Michelle MatveyFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Murtaza MubinFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Nathaniel PerezFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Nickolas MarkIndustry Advisory Board Member (external adviser)

Osama ZahidFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Pam WalserController

Parth DesaiPartner

Phyllis GotlibExecutive Partner

Pranav KuberFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Prasidh ChhabriaFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Priya KhatriFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Rahina DamjiFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Rasu ShresthaIndustry Advisory Board Member (external adviser)

Rick TalentoIndustry Advisory Board Member (external adviser)

Rob PurintonAI Advisory Council Member (external adviser)

Rochelle WalenskyExecutive Partner

Rushil AroraFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Samuel YoungFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Sandra L. FenwickIndustry Advisory Board Member (external adviser)

Sara HoffmanSenior Associate · Flare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Sara ParsonsFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Sarah HolmesFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Sean BruichAI Advisory Council Member (external adviser)

Shreeya PanigrahiFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Sophie TapperExecutive Assistant

Sreekanth ChaguturuIndustry Advisory Board Member (external adviser)

Steven C. GlassIndustry Advisory Board Member (external adviser)

Sue SiegelIndustry Advisory Board Member (external adviser)

Susan K. NelsonIndustry Advisory Board Member (external adviser)

Svetlana BenderAI Advisory Council Member (external adviser)

Tara SullivanPrincipal

Thomas BrouillardIndustry Advisory Board Member (external adviser)

Tilak MandadiAI Advisory Council Member (external adviser)

Timothy HoweIndustry Advisory Board Member (external adviser)

Todd PonskyAI Advisory Council Member (external adviser)

Todd SchwarzingerIndustry Advisory Board Member (external adviser)

Vanessa BaillieFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Victor LanioPartner

William SheahanAI Advisory Council Member (external adviser)

Yao FangIndustry Advisory Board Member (external adviser)

Zoey LiFlare Scholar (2026 cohort; external program participant)

Investments

$11M2026-07-22	Inner Logic	General Catalyst, Bison Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Defined VC, Flare Capital Partners, Reva Nohria, J2 Ventures, Page One Ventures, Valia Ventures, PTX Capital
$20M2026-06-25	UpsideHoM	Flare Capital Partners
$125M2026-03-25	Qualified Health	NEA (New Enterprise Associates), Transformation Capital, Cathay Innovation, Menlo Ventures, SignalFire, Frist Cressey Ventures, Flare Capital Partners, Healthier Capital, Town Hall Ventures, Intermountain Health, GreatPoint Ventures
$10M2025-08-14	Isaac Health	Flare Capital Partners, B Capital, Meridian Street Capital, Black Opal Ventures, Industry Ventures, Primetime Partners
$51M2025-08-06	Positive Development	aMoon, B Capital, Flare Capital Partners, Digitalis Ventures, Healthworx
$90M2025-05-14	Cohere Health	Temasek, Deerfield, Define Ventures, Flare Capital Partners, Longitude, Polaris Partners
$—2025-01-08	Qualified Health	SignalFire, Healthier Capital, Town Hall Ventures, Frist Cressey Ventures, Intermountain Health, Flare Capital Partners, Frank Williams, Justin Kan, Bill Veghte, Varsha Rao
$12M2024-08-22	BeMe Health, Inc.	Polaris Partners, Flare Capital Partners, California Health Care Foundation, Fiore Ventures, Hesperia Capital
$50M2024-02-01	Cohere Health	Deerfield, Define Ventures, Flare Capital Partners, Longitude, Polaris Partners
$37M2022-11-03	Positive Development	Flare Capital Partners
$7M2021-11-04	BeMe Health, Inc.	Polaris Partners, Flare Capital Partners
$36M2021-04-13	Cohere Health	Polaris Partners, Longitude, Deerfield, Flare Capital Partners, Define Ventures
$10M2020-10-22	Cohere Health	Flare Capital Partners, Define Ventures
$10M2020-07-16	Cohere Health	Flare Capital Partners, Define Ventures
$20M2020-03-04	Suki	Flare Capital Partners, First Round
$—Unknown date	Cerula Care	Flare Capital Partners
$—Unknown date	BirchAI	Flare Capital Partners
$—Unknown date	Aetion	Flare Capital Partners, Labcorp
$—Unknown date	Cascala Health	Tau Ventures (US), Flare Capital Partners
$—Unknown date	Oui Therapeutics	CU Healthcare Innovation Fund, Flare Capital Partners
$16M2026-04-15	Keebler Health	Flare Capital Partners, Jenny Lefcourt
$50M2024-05-14	SmarterDx	Steve Kraus, Flare Capital Partners
$—Unknown date	SmarterDx	Flare Capital Partners

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