healthcare-affordability
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Lyfegen
Lyfegen is a Swiss health-tech company that builds software to manage value-based drug pricing and rebate agreements. Its platform helps health insurers, governments, hospital payers, pharmaceutical firms and medical device makers automate complex rebate contracts, run pricing simulations and tap the world's largest library of value-based agreements - reducing administrative burden while helping patients access innovative therapies.
Guy Ezekiel
Guy Ezekiel is the co-founder and CEO of Zorro, an AI-powered ICHRA benefits platform that helps employers replace one-size-fits-all group health plans with personalized, individual coverage. A 25-year healthcare operator turned venture investor, he spent much of his career building medical device and pharmaceutical companies before becoming a managing partner at Pitango, Israel's largest VC fund. He left investing to co-found Zorro in 2022 with Maya Perl, betting that Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangements will do for health benefits what the 401(k) did for retirement. Zorro has raised $31.5 million to date, including a $20 million Series A in June 2025.
River Health
River Health is a Minneapolis digital health company building the first health plan designed specifically for hourly and mixed workforces - the roughly 75 million American workers who earn too much for Medicaid but can't afford traditional insurance. For a flat monthly fee with no copays, deductibles, or hidden charges, members get virtual and in-person primary care, behavioral health, labs, and prescriptions delivered to their door. River sells directly to employers like Taco Bell and Raising Cane's who want to offer real benefits to workers the insurance industry has long ignored.
Nick Reber
Nick Reber is the founder and CEO of Garner Health, a New York based health tech company that mines more than 60 billion medical claims records to find the highest-performing doctors and pays patients to choose them. A former Bridgewater Associates partner and Oscar Health leader, Reber turned a quantitative investing playbook on the messiest market in America, building a business that helps employers cut benefits costs without changing plans or networks. In 2026 Garner raised $100 million in Series E funding at a reported $2.74 billion valuation.
Garner Health
Garner Health is a New York-based healthcare technology company that analyzes billions of medical claims to identify the highest-performing doctors, then pairs that data with employer-funded financial incentives so employees can see top providers at a fraction of the out-of-pocket cost. Founded in 2019 by Nick Reber, the company combines a member-facing care navigation app and concierge with a provider analytics engine (Garner DataPro / Garner Research Agent) used by employers and health plans to cut healthcare spend while improving outcomes.
GoodRx
GoodRx is a Santa Monica-based digital healthcare platform that helps Americans find lower prices on prescription drugs. It aggregates real-time pricing and discounts from pharmacies nationwide so consumers can compare costs and access free coupons, then layers on telehealth visits, manufacturer savings programs, and tools for pharma and employers. Since 2011 it has helped tens of millions of people save an estimated $70+ billion on medications.
Itzik Cohen
Itzik Cohen is the Co-Founder and CEO of PayZen, a San Francisco-based healthcare fintech that has raised $452M to eliminate financial barriers to medical care. A former professional basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv, Israeli Air Force veteran, and three-time founding CEO, Cohen channeled two decades of fintech expertise from WebEx, Prosper Marketplace, and Beyond Finance into building an AI-powered platform that gives patients interest-free payment plans while boosting hospital collection rates by 30-35%. PayZen's $232M Series B in 2024, led by NEA, validated his conviction that the fastest-growing category of American consumer debt - medical bills - is also the most solvable.