# Bruce Lunsford

> Bruce Lunsford is a seed investor at Lunsford Capital backing Health Care and Hospital. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Lunsford Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lunsford-capital)
- Location: Louisville, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Sep 2020
- Lead investor: 75%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Bruce Lunsford is a seed investor at Lunsford Capital in Louisville focused on Health Care and Hospital. William Bruce Lunsford (born November 11, 1947) is an American Democratic politician from Kentucky. He has served various roles in the Kentucky Democratic Party including, Party treasurer, Deputy Development Secretary, and Head of Commerce. Lunsford was the Democratic nominee for Kentucky's United States Senate seat, but was defeated by MitchMcConnell in the November 4, 2008 election.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 2 | 50% |
| Hospital | 1 | 25% |
| Outdoors | 1 | 25% |
| Wellness | 1 | 25% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 25% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| GoWild | GoWild is a social commerce platform for outdoor enthusiasts. Our robust social network and ecommerce engine empowers consumers to socially share about and shop for gear. With hundreds of thousands of products, GoWild has the largest marketplace of outdoor gear online, with an active audience of consumers engaging with brands. The company wasfounded in 2017 and is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky. | $2.3M | Seed | Sep 15, 2020 |  |
| Sentry Health | SentryHealth is leading the charge in employee health and wellbeing. Our integrated health management solution is the perfect combination of technology and personalized support from caring medical professionals. Powered by AI, we analyze data from multiple sources to develop unique Intelligent Profiles complete with personalized recommendations.Pairing these profiles with smart technology and Registered Nurse Advocates, we engage with each employee to ensure they receive the right care at the right time. The result is better participation, higher satisfaction, greater outcomes, and lower costs. | $5.3M | Series A | Jul 10, 2018 |  |
| HANDLE Global | HANDLE Global develops, sells, and implements technology solutions that transform the healthcare capital equipment supply chain. Capital Cycle Management™ (CCM™), HANDLE's end-to-end operating system, is for healthcare providers that drives resolutions on capital planning and helps customers make decisions faster and more accurately than theyever have before. Health systems and providers who work with HANDLE receive the benefits of a fully vetted secondary market for refurbished equipment hosted on HANDLE's B2B Marketplace. The Marketplace takes all of the time and hard work out of buying and re-marketing your goods with a single-login HAN Dashboard that tracks savings and sales over time. | $3M |  | Dec 14, 2016 |  |
| Sentry Health | SentryHealth is leading the charge in employee health and wellbeing. Our integrated health management solution is the perfect combination of technology and personalized support from caring medical professionals. Powered by AI, we analyze data from multiple sources to develop unique Intelligent Profiles complete with personalized recommendations.Pairing these profiles with smart technology and Registered Nurse Advocates, we engage with each employee to ensure they receive the right care at the right time. The result is better participation, higher satisfaction, greater outcomes, and lower costs. | $4.2M | Series A | Dec 09, 2015 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Keyhorse Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/keyhorse) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Keyhorse Capital (KSTC)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mammothview) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [OCA Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oca-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Commonwealth Seed Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/commonwealth-seed-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater NY](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/harvard-business-school-alumni-angels-of-greater-ny) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Stadia Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stadia-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Lunsford Capital

VC Fund · Louisville, United States

Lunsford Capital is a private investment company headquartered in Louisville, KY headed by Bruce Lunsford. Mr. Lunsford is the founder and former Chairman and CEO of Ventas, Inc. one of the nation's leading healthcare real estate investment company (REIT)

1 contacts available at Lunsford Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bruce Lunsford | Partner, Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bruce-lunsford |

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## FAQ

### What does Bruce Lunsford invest in?

Bruce Lunsford invests primarily in Health Care, Hospital and Outdoors startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Bruce Lunsford last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Bruce Lunsford closed in Sep 2020. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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