# Ikigai Growth Partners

> Ikigai Growth Partners is a VC fund in Denver backing Health Care and Hospital. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Denver, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://ikigaigrowthpartners.com/

Ikigai Growth Partners is a VC fund in Denver focused on Health Care and Hospital. Ikigai Growth Partners primarily invests in early-stage healthcare firms. It connects innovative, early-stage healthcare firms to name-brand customers.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 5 | 83% |
| Hospital | 2 | 33% |
| Software | 2 | 33% |
| Apps | 1 | 17% |
| Fitness | 1 | 17% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 67% |
| Series A | 1 | 17% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| KeyCare | KeyCare is a virtual care platform powered by Epic that was created to assist forward-thinking health systems in increasing patient access and quality by enhancing the alternatives available for virtual care. | $27.4M | Series A | Mar 03, 2026 |  |
| Sober Sidekick | Gamified peer to peer support | $7.6M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 03, 2025 |  |
| Sober Sidekick | Gamified peer to peer support | $2.8M | Seed | Jul 26, 2024 |  |
| Apaly Health | Apaly Health enables employers and providers to direct contract at scale.Apaly Health was founded by a veteran doctor, technologist,and entrepreneur, who envisioned a healthcare system that is patient centric, driven by higher quality, direct, and enabled by advanced technology. Through the use of blockchain technology, Apaly Health is creating atransparent, cost-effective solution that is more secure, faster, and more efficient. | $2.4M | Seed | Mar 18, 2024 |  |
| Switchboard Health | Switchboard Health helps payers, health systems, employers, and at-risk providers leverage virtual care solutions at scale. Switchboard Health activates people who need care, match them to the right provider, tracks the quality of their care, and supports them across their entire care journey. It was founded in 2023 and was headquartered in Boise,Idaho. | $6.5M | Seed | Nov 13, 2023 |  |
| Kith + Kin | Kith + Kin is a purpose-built human inspired health wallet enabling trusted friends and family to securely author, store, organize and share health information with the right people at the right place and time. Kith + Kin is available direct to consumer through a subscription and through B2B partnerships in employee benefits and throughcondition-specific (cancer, etc.) and other healthcare partners. | $925K | Seed | Sep 23, 2023 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [HealthX Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/healthxventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [American Heart Association](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/american-heart-association) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Nina Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nina-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- Suncoast Ventures — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [412 Venture Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/412-venture-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- 46 Venture Capital — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Ikigai Growth Partners invest in?

Ikigai Growth Partners invests primarily in Health Care, Hospital and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 6 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 Ikigai Growth Partners last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ikigai Growth Partners closed in Mar 2026. Shizune tracks 6 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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