# Jacob Sattelmair

> Boston-based entrepreneur Jacob Sattelmair co-founded Wellframe in 2011, led it through venture funding and its 2021 acquisition by HealthEdge, and continued as a business-unit leader until the end of 2024. A former Harvard and Oxford rower, he has since co-founded Alder with David Mishkin and Kate Granigan.

- **Role:** Co-founder at Alder
- **Organizations:** Alder, Wellframe (co-founder; former CEO and EVP/general manager), HealthEdge (former business-unit leader), RunKeeper (former product manager), Dossia (former director of research and strategy)
- **Education:** BA, Harvard University, MSc, with distinction, University of Oxford, Exeter College, Doctorate, Harvard University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Wellframe and led it through its acquisition by HealthEdge., Led Wellframe during its 1,045% growth entry in Deloitte’s 2019 Technology Fast 500 ranking (rank 121)., Completed an Oxford master’s degree with distinction.

## Career timeline

- **2002-2004** — Harvard lightweight rowing letterwinner.
- **2005** — Rowed bow for Oxford’s Isis crew; later competed with the victorious Oxford squad at the European University Championships in Milan.
- **2006** — Exeter’s annual register records participation in the Oxford-Cambridge spare-pairs race.
- **2011** — Co-founded Wellframe.
- **2014** — Wellframe announced $1.5 million seed funding and later an $8.5 million round.
- **2019** — Wellframe raised a $20 million Series C and ranked 121 on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500.
- **2021** — HealthEdge completed its acquisition of Wellframe on December 7.
- **2022-2024** — Led Wellframe as executive vice president and general manager within HealthEdge.
- **2024** — Stepped away from his full-time Wellframe role at year-end.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Wellframe and led it through its acquisition by HealthEdge.
- Led Wellframe during its 1,045% growth entry in Deloitte’s 2019 Technology Fast 500 ranking (rank 121).
- Completed an Oxford master’s degree with distinction.
- Harvard lightweight rowing letterwinner in 2002, 2003 and 2004.
- Member of the victorious Oxford squad at the 2005 European University Championships in Milan.

## Latest updates

- **2025-01** — Publicly announced that he had stepped away from his full-time Wellframe role at the end of 2024.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacobsattelmair

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