# Vynca

> Vynca is a healthcare company focused on serious illness and end-of-life care. Founded in 2013 out of Stanford Biodesign, it began as advance care planning software that put patients' end-of-life wishes into the electronic health record, then expanded into hands-on clinical services. Today it combines home-based and virtual palliative care, care navigation, and enhanced care management with technology, partnering with health plans and providers to keep seriously ill patients comfortable, out of the hospital, and cared for on their own terms.

- **Founded:** 2013
- **Headquarters:** San Mateo, California, United States
- **Founders:** Ryan Van Wert (Co-founder & former CEO), Rush Bartlett (Co-founder (Stanford Biodesign)), Allen Namath (Co-founder / critical care physician)
- **Team size:** ~83 employees
- **Products:** Advance Care Planning Software, Home-Based & Virtual Palliative Care, Care Navigation & Orchestration, Enhanced Care Management
- **Notable:** Delivered over one million unique advance care plans across all 50 states., Spun out of Stanford Biodesign and grew into a national serious illness care company., Raised more than $50M in total funding across multiple rounds.

## Products & services

- **Advance Care Planning Software** — Digital platform that captures and stores patients' end-of-life wishes and advance directives and makes them accessible within electronic health records across care settings.
- **Home-Based & Virtual Palliative Care** — Interdisciplinary palliative care delivered in patients' homes and via telehealth, addressing physical, emotional, spiritual and social needs of people with serious illness.
- **Care Navigation & Orchestration** — Services and technology that coordinate care, manage symptoms, and help keep seriously ill patients out of the hospital.
- **Enhanced Care Management** — Care management program supporting members of health plans dealing with serious and chronic illness.

## Achievements

- Delivered over one million unique advance care plans across all 50 states.
- Spun out of Stanford Biodesign and grew into a national serious illness care company.
- Raised more than $50M in total funding across multiple rounds.
- Expanded from software into direct clinical care via the 2021 ReSolutionCare acquisition.
- Rebranded as VyncaCare in 2022 to unify software and services under one serious illness management offering.

## Latest updates

- **2025-05** — Appointed Jill Schwartz-Chevlin, MD, MBA, FACP as Chief Medical Officer and added Sandra Clarke to its Board of Directors.
- **2025-04** — Regence announced its members can access Vynca's telehealth palliative care for serious illness support.
- **2023** — Darren Schulte, MD became CEO, succeeding co-founder Ryan Van Wert, MD.
- **2022-12** — Company rebranded from Vynca to VyncaCare to unify its serious illness management offering.
- **2022-01** — Secured $30 million led by Questa Capital to expand its integrated palliative care platform.

## Links

- Website: https://www.vyncacare.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vyncacare/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/VyncaHealth
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vynca2014/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61554402347308

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Last updated: 2026-07-10