Our Team
Operators and investors advancing whole-person health through experience, insight, and execution.
Jacob Ritter Myers
GENERAL PARTNER
Jacob’s 15+ year healthcare-focused career spans private equity, venture capital, entrepreneurship, and C-suite leadership.
He brings extensive domain experience and a robust healthcare network to guide promising companies through the complex startup landscape.
Jacob has developed a superior ability to source investment opportunities, evaluate founders & concepts, and leverage strategic partners to drive value to his portfolio companies.
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Risk-bearing provider enablement platform driving personalized medicine to improve the value of care, while lowering costs. $1.5B in revenue & Inc. Magazine’s Fastest Growing Company Award (2024)
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AI-driven patient engagement platform, helping over 1 million patients navigate their healthcare journey. Acquired in 2021.
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Early-stage venture fund making consumer investments within healthcare, wellness, F&B, and technology. Founded in 2022
Nicholas Gradinger
OPERATING PARTNER
Nick’s career blends entrepreneurship, consumer brand building, and venture investing with a deep dedication to health and wellness.
As co-founder and advisor to numerous startups, he brings a sharp eye for consumer trends and scalable growth models, positioning him to identify and accelerate the next generation of health and wellness platforms.
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Advise early-stage companies in addiction recovery, mental health, and longevity care - helping founders refine growth strategy, capital structure, and go-to-market execution
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Scaled to 10 units and $20M+ in annual revenue, leading growth strategy, site selection, and investor relations. Established company as a category leader. Acquired in 2025
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Advise early-stage companies in addiction recovery, mental health, and longevity care - helping founders refine growth strategy, capital structure, and go-to-market execution
Strategic Partners + Network
We have built extensive Our team consists of executives and thought leaders from the investment, wellness, and healthcare industries. that provides significant value to the fund.
Mac Anderson
Mac has spent his career working alongside founders at the earliest stages, helping shape product, positioning, and go-to-market from the ground up. His specialty is identifying signal early and turning rough ideas into focused, fundable businesses.
CPG Investor & Operator
Melissa Urban
Melissa is a category-defining founder with deep insight into consumer trust, behavior change, and community-led growth. She advises teams on building brands that resonate deeply and endure well beyond initial hype.
Nutrition and Lifestyle Health
Holistic Health & DetoxMeghan Swidler
Meghan bridges clinical practice and consumer wellness, with deep expertise in root-cause medicine, detoxification, and preventative care. She helps ensure products are grounded in physiology and trust, not just trend cycles.
Start-Up Innovation Taylor McPartland
Taylor has worked across consumer brands and healthcare platforms, bringing a strong sense for brand, experience, and distribution. His focus is helping companies earn loyalty while building operationally sound growth engines.
Christian Seale
Christian specializes in scaling healthcare and health-tech organizations through disciplined growth and partnership strategy. He brings a pragmatic lens to commercialization, helping teams move from pilots to repeatable revenue.
Healthcare Investor & Operator
Scott Segell
Scott has led and advised major health systems, giving him a rare inside view of how decisions are actually made within large institutions. He supports founders in designing solutions that align with provider incentives and operational realities.
Value Based Care + Payor Relations
Healthcare Investor Tom Hirschfeld
Tom brings deep experience across healthcare operations and growth-stage investing, with a focus on building systems that scale without losing clinical or cultural integrity. He helps founders pressure-test strategy, governance, and execution as companies move from early traction to institutional readiness.
Health System / Hospital Maureen Klewicki
Maureen brings decades of experience inside complex healthcare organizations, with a sharp understanding of how care delivery, policy, and operations intersect. She helps teams navigate regulated environments while staying grounded in patient outcomes and real-world constraints.
Dr. Ari Wes
Trained at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Perelman School of Medicine. Former Chief Resident in the Plastic Surgery Hospital of the UPENN. Founder of two healthcare technologies companies.
Clinical Healthcare
Abigail Hall
Brand Director and Strategic Advisor supporting health, beauty, and wellness CPG brands at key growth stages. I specialize in translating consumer behavior into clear positioning, differentiated brand worlds, and go-to-market strategies that drive trust, relevance, and scale.
Brand & CreativeWe have built extensive reach that provides significant value to the fund.