Grapefruit Health addresses the staffing shortage in healthcare by creating a tech-enabled workforce composed of local clinical students.

Grapefruit Health

At Grapefruit Health we are addressing the massive staffing shortage in healthcare by creating the first and only workforce composed completely of clinical students. We recruit, train, and manage these students to perform work on behalf of healthcare organizations remotely.

This video summarizes our business well: https://youtu.be/7QpPVIRU4OI?t=1315

Google-funded startup in healthcare B2B tech-enabled services.

TechRise Chicago

Health Equity Innovation accelerator

AWS Healthcare Accelerator

LongJump

Antler

GoAhead Ventures

Google for Startups

Hustle Fund

Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)

Sum Ventures

Sweater

The Fund

The 3rd edition of our weekly nursing student newsletter is now live! 

https://lnkd.in/ga9y4yW2

Hi #nursingstudents! Check out our second edition of the Peel below. If you would like to receive this as a weekly email, just subscribe at the top of the newsletter:

https://lnkd.in/gic8AyYz 

#nclexprep #nursing #funny #inspirational

If you have a lot of nurses or nursing students in your network, please share!

Check this out! You are going to love it!

🎉 Big announcement! I'm building a new fund for Chicago & IL called the Velocity Catalyst Fund! 

"Velocity" (for short) will be a $50M hybrid fund designed to anchor high potential pre-seed startups and emerging fund managers in Chicago & Illinois’ most critical industries to produce market leading returns for our investors and accelerate the flow of capital in our ecosystem.

It's a hybrid fund, but unlike other similar funds (think Sequoia or Tiger Global) that go upstream for access to pipeline and dealflow, Velocity is going downstream to maximize returns by investing directly in pre-seed startups (where the multiples are highest) and simultaneously investing in the seed stage emerging fund managers that can provide our startups with the follow-on funding they need to scale. 

In the future, I'll be sending out community updates like this one via paperstreet, so please subscribe if you'd like to be updated on our progress as we raise and get to our first close. 

https://lnkd.in/e_MqTWvb

Please do also cheer on Jessie Casey who has joined me to bring Velocity to life! 

And now for some light FAQ's.

🙋♀️ What does this mean for your work at P33? 
The short answer is that Velocity has been incubating in P33, and I will continue to support our team until Velocity's first close.  At that point, I will likely transition into an advisory role.  TechRise isn't going anywhere :)

🙋♂️ When will you start writing checks? 
As much as I'd love to start today, we still have to raise the fund.  But if you're a founder or fund manager in Illinois, please do tell us more about what you're working on here: https://lnkd.in/ezzaCZQh and here https://lnkd.in/eU8u5xnU

🙌 How can I help you? 
Thanks so much for asking!  One of the most helpful things you can do is add a testimonial below. If we've worked together, I've funded you, you've funded me, I've helped you find a job, mentored you, or taught you, I'd so appreciate you sharing some thoughts on why I'm the person to bring this to life.   

The second way you can help is by introducing us to potential investors.  We're really excited to talk to accredited investors who believe that Chicago can be an economic powerhouse for generations to come.  desiree@vcf.vc

P.S. We are doing 506c :)

Today is the day! Wave is proud to announce the launch of the 2024 HealthTech|X  Accelerator!   Read more here 👇 

https://lnkd.in/eirQkvCb

Linda Olson Richard Munassi MD MBA Amit Agrawal Jennifer Ptack Jonathan Truong Gregory Pierce Mariah R. Dolores (Dee) Garcia Demelza DePalma Genest

We are pleased to announce that Grapefruit Health has been accepted into the @AgeTech CollaborativeTM from AARP accelerator program, an 8-week program designed to elevate promising early-stage AgeTech startups. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/g57RGQJG #agetech #longevity #AgeTechCollaborative

Have a wonderful and safe Independence Day!

We couldn't be more proud to support Imerman Angels this past weekend!

We are incredibly proud to announce that we have achieved SOC2 Type 2 certification!

HEALTH:GRAPEFRUIT

Grapefruit Health