Health 2049: Annie Lamont, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Oak HC/FT
Jason Helgerson co-hosts the Health 2049 podcast with Bisi Williams of the Massive Change Network.
How will healthcare innovation and the role of venture capital shape the future of healthcare? Annie Lamont, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Oak HC/FT, a leading healthcare investment firm, emphasizes the importance of young, innovative companies supported by venture capital in driving change in the industry. She discusses the need for integrated healthcare financing and delivery, focusing on primary care and value-based payment models. Annie envisions a future where healthcare is delivered in homes through technology and virtual care, with hospitals specializing in acute care. Despite challenges, her optimism about healthcare innovation and value-based care models prevails. Explore the future of healthcare with this insightful conversation.
Annie Lamont is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Oak HC/FT where she focuses on growth equity and early-stage venture opportunities in Healthcare and FinTech.
Annie currently serves on the Boards of Advise Health Holdings, Brightline, CareBridge, Main Street Health, Modern Age, Quartet, Rubicon Founders, Truepill, Vesta Health and VillageMD. She is a Board Observer at Precision Medicine Group. Annie is also actively involved with Devoted Health, Komodo Health, Notable, and TurningPoint Healthcare Solutions.
Her prior investments include Aspire Health (acquired by Anthem), OncoHealth (acquired by Arsenal Capital Partners), OODA Health (acquired by Cedar), Poynt (acquired by GoDaddy), American Esoteric Laboratories (acquired by Sonic Healthcare Limited), Argus Information & Advisory Services (acquired by Verisk Analytics), athenahealth (NASDAQ: ATHN), Benefitfocus (NASDAQ: BNFT), CareMedic Systems (acquired by Ingenix), Castlight Health (NYSE: CSLT), CLARiENT (acquired by GE Healthcare), Health Dialog (acquired by British United Provident Association), iHealthTechnologies (merged with Connolly to become Cotiviti), Independent Living Systems, NetSpend (acquired by TSYS), Oak Tree (acquired by Oxford), Odyssey Healthcare, PayFlex Systems (acquired by Aetna), PharMEDium Healthcare (acquired by CD&R), Point Carbon (acquired by Thomson Reuters), Psychiatric Solutions (acquired by Universal Health Services), TxVia (acquired by Google), United BioSource (acquired by Medco Health Solutions) and Vesta Corporation.
Annie has been featured on Fortune's Private Equity Power Players list, Barron's 100 Most Influential Women in U.S. Finance list, Forbes' 50 Over 50 list, WSJ Pro Private Equity’s Women to Watch list, Fortune’s Top Investors in Health Tech list, Private Equity International's Women of Influence in Venture Capital list, Modern Healthcare's 100 Most Influential People list, Institutional Investor’s FinTech Finance 40 list, CB Insights & The New York Times’ Top 100 Venture Capitalists list, and Forbes’ Midas list. She was the first recipient of the National Venture Capital Association’s award for Excellence in Healthcare Innovation. Annie was also honored with the Healthcare Private Equity Association’s Russell L. Carson Award for Lifetime Achievement in Healthcare Investing. She also served on the Stanford University Board of Trustees and the Executive Board of the National Venture Capital Association.
Annie received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Stanford University.
