Samantha Walter

Samantha Walter is a Healthcare Partner on the Bio + Health team at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), where she helps portfolio companies grow by building strategic partnerships across the care delivery ecosystem - payors, providers, employers, and retail. A University of Wisconsin-Madison finance graduate originally from Minneapolis, she brings deep operational credibility to the VC world: before joining a16z, she built a Direct Contracting Entity at Carelon (then CareMore/Aspire under Anthem/Elevance) in 2020, drove customer success at Quartet Health, and cut her teeth as a healthcare revenue cycle consultant at Huron Consulting Group in New York City. She lives and works in NYC, bridging Silicon Valley capital with real-world healthcare infrastructure.