Award-Winning Bundled Payment Platform to Expand Program Offerings SAN FRANCISCO, May 31, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Carrum Health, the first comprehensive bundled payment platform for employers, received $6.5 million in seed funding led by Wildcat Venture Partners, a venture capital firm committed to enabling early-stage startups to build high-growth business. The funding also includes contributions from venture  Continue Reading »

On May 12, 2017, we opened our doors and welcomed 150 of our closest friends and partners to the new Wildcat office in San Mateo. With entrepreneurs, executives, industry partners, other venture capitalists, and our Limited Partners in attendance, the evening was full of laughs and great conversations. People mixed, mingled, dined on light bites,  Continue Reading »

How the Culture of “Killing It” Hurts Founders and Companies Silicon Valley has a problem that not enough people are talking about. Great companies are flaming out or being embroiled in scandals because founders aren’t asking for help when they need it. Why? Because asking for help is feared to be a sign of weakness.  Continue Reading »

Digital Transformation: A Stairway to Heaven Every so often a phrase emerges from the Word Cloud to achieve capital importance, the sort of thing that authors and pundits can dine out on years to come (well, we do have to eat too, you know). At present that phrase is digital transformation. Even as you read this blog,  Continue Reading »

Clover Health, a medical insurance startup that provides Medicare Advantage plans, has closed a $130 million round of Series D financing. The company is now valued at $1.2 billion post-money, according to a person familiar with the situation. The company’s spokeswoman declined to discuss its valuation. WSJ Pro Venture Capital had reported on the fundraising  Continue Reading »

Date: May 4, 2017 Katherine Barr will be participating in a workshop at Caltech on Negotiations. The workshop is being held for undergrad and graduate Caltech students.