# Ralph Passarella

> Ralph Passarella is a Boston-area entrepreneur, Reify Health co-founder and historically its CEO, and a co-founder of Care Access and Signal Vine. His career spans enterprise software, education technology, and volunteer operations and fundraising for VisionC, a youth basketball nonprofit in Cameroon.

- **Role:** Co-founder at Care Access; Operations & Fundraising volunteer at VisionC
- **Organizations:** Reify Health, Care Access, OneStudyTeam, Signal Vine, VisionC
- **Education:** Vanderbilt University, Johns Hopkins University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Reify Health, whose April 2022 Series D announcement reported a valuation above $4.8 billion., Co-founded education messaging company Signal Vine, acquired by Modern Campus in a transaction announced January 12, 2022., Supports VisionC’s operations and fundraising for its programs in Cameroon.

## Career timeline

- **2012** — Co-founded Reify Health with Michael Lin.
- **2013** — Co-founded Signal Vine, an education technology company spun out of Reify.
- **2014** — Named as a Signal Vine director in a June SEC filing.
- **2015** — Reify launched the two initiatives that became Care Access and StudyTeam.
- **2018** — Sierra Ventures led Reify’s Series A in December.
- **2020** — Reify announced a $30 million Series B led by Battery Ventures.
- **2021** — Reify raised a $220 million Series C at a reported $2.2 billion valuation.
- **2022** — Modern Campus announced its acquisition of Signal Vine in January; Reify announced a $220 million Series D in April; OneStudyTeam announced 160 job cuts in December.
- **2026** — VisionC lists Passarella in volunteer operations and fundraising; in August Care Access announced the StudyTeam by Care Access brand transition.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Reify Health, whose April 2022 Series D announcement reported a valuation above $4.8 billion.
- Co-founded education messaging company Signal Vine, acquired by Modern Campus in a transaction announced January 12, 2022.
- Supports VisionC’s operations and fundraising for its programs in Cameroon.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Care Access announced that StudyTeam would become StudyTeam by Care Access, with the OneStudyTeam brand gradually retired.

## Links

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

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Last updated: 2026-10-25