Rock Health

Venture fund

Stages: Pre-seed, Seed, Series A
Cheque size: $500K to $5M
Based in: United States
Focus: Primary & Virtual Care, Mental & Behavioural Health, Women's Health

Rock Health was founded in 2010 in San Francisco by Halle Tecco and Nate Gross as a seed fund and support platform for digital health startups. It began as a nonprofit accelerator and became a venture fund and strategy group, among the first organisations devoted entirely to health technology.

Seed stage digital health with a research arm that publishes market data.

Notable investments

Omada Health
Wellframe
Cityblock

Firm website

The journey

How Rock Health got here, step by step.

2010
Rock Health founded
Halle Tecco and Nate Gross founded Rock Health in San Francisco to support digital health entrepreneurs.
2011
First accelerator cohort
Rock Health ran its inaugural accelerator programme for early digital health founders.
2012
Nonprofit model set out
Rock Health described a nonprofit approach designed to work closely with healthcare organisations and providers.
2015
Evolution into a venture fund
Rock Health moved from the accelerator model towards a dedicated early stage venture fund.
2010s to 2020s
Seed portfolio and research
The fund invested in many seed stage companies while publishing widely cited digital health research.
2020s
Continued seed stage focus
Rock Health runs a pre-seed and seed fund alongside an enterprise strategy group for digital health.