# Kurt Sheline

> Kurt Sheline is a Series C investor at Echo Health Ventures backing Health Care. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug…

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Echo Health Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/echo-health-ventures-llc)
- Location: Seattle, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kurtsheline/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/kurt_she
- Website: https://x.com/kurt_she
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kurt.sheline

Kurt Sheline is a Partner on the Strategic Investment Team at Echo Health Ventures, and is involved in all aspects of the investment and portfolio management process. Before joining Echo Health Ventures in 2017, Kurt was a Vice President in Cascadia Capital’s Healthcare Technology and Services group, based in Seattle, where he worked closely withmanagement teams in the life sciences, healthcare technology, and health care services industries, providing business development, positioning, sales & marketing, and transaction advisory and execution services.Kurt earned an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley, and a bachelor’s degree, magna cum laude, in Economics/Pre-Medical Studies from Claremont McKenna College. He lives with his wife, daughter, and Goldendoodle in Seattle, and enjoys golf, boating, craft beer, and a budding interest in mountaineering.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 3 | 50% |
| Medical | 1 | 17% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 17% |
| Health Diagnostics | 1 | 17% |
| Alternative Medicine | 1 | 17% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series C | 2 | 33% |
| Series A | 1 | 17% |
| Series D | 1 | 17% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| InStride Health | InStride Health provides evidence-based OCD and anxiety treatment to keep kids and teenagers engaged along the way. | $30M | Series C | Jun 15, 2026 |  |
| Optura | Optura is healthcare’s AI orchestration platform designed to turn disconnected pilots into a unified, enterprise-scale AI program. | $17.5M | Series A | May 14, 2026 |  |
| Thyme Care | Thyme Care is a healthcare company that provides oncology care management services. The company offers a patient- and provider-integrated oncology solution, partnering with health plans to facilitate whole-person care for their members. Thyme Care seeks to revolutionize cancer care by providing personalized and holistic support to patients. Thecompany envisions a future where every cancer patient can access high-quality, individualized care that meets their unique needs and circumstances. | $55M | Series C | Jul 16, 2024 |  |
| Thyme Care | Thyme Care is a healthcare company that provides oncology care management services. The company offers a patient- and provider-integrated oncology solution, partnering with health plans to facilitate whole-person care for their members. Thyme Care seeks to revolutionize cancer care by providing personalized and holistic support to patients. Thecompany envisions a future where every cancer patient can access high-quality, individualized care that meets their unique needs and circumstances. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | May 28, 2024 |  |
| Scipher Medicine | At Scipher Medicine, we are committed to transforming the way providers prescribe drugs, as well as the way manufacturers, develop new drugs. We have built a molecular map of all protein interactions that identifies genomic signatures and links those to disease and predictive treatment outcomes. Using a simple blood sample to analyze RNA, we canpredict if a patient is likely to respond to a targeted therapy before therapy is prescribed. This insight allows patients to start the most effective therapy from day one. For our first commercial product, we have developed PrismRA®, a first-of-its-kind blood test that can predict which patients with rheumatoid arthritis are less likely to respond to TNFi therapies such as Humira® and Enbrel® so that such patients can go on alternative approved drugs.We also used a different one for the ACO Payer Summit, I’ve provided that as well: Scipher Medicine is building the future of patient treatment. Most patients who are prescribed blockbuster therapies today don't respond to treatment, costing the healthcare industry billions in wasted drugs while patients continue to suffer. Scipher's platform identifies which drug will work based on the patient's fundamental disease biology, and not based on symptoms, disease classification, or medical bias. A routine blood test predicts which drug he/she will respond to, with our first product focusing on rheumatoid arthritis, ensuring that the most optimal treatment is prescribed from day one. The molecular data generated by our tests is then used to fuel novel target discovery to address a clear unmet medical need in patients who do not respond to any existing therapy. | $110M | Series D | Feb 24, 2022 |  |
| Scipher Medicine | At Scipher Medicine, we are committed to transforming the way providers prescribe drugs, as well as the way manufacturers, develop new drugs. We have built a molecular map of all protein interactions that identifies genomic signatures and links those to disease and predictive treatment outcomes. Using a simple blood sample to analyze RNA, we canpredict if a patient is likely to respond to a targeted therapy before therapy is prescribed. This insight allows patients to start the most effective therapy from day one. For our first commercial product, we have developed PrismRA®, a first-of-its-kind blood test that can predict which patients with rheumatoid arthritis are less likely to respond to TNFi therapies such as Humira® and Enbrel® so that such patients can go on alternative approved drugs.We also used a different one for the ACO Payer Summit, I’ve provided that as well: Scipher Medicine is building the future of patient treatment. Most patients who are prescribed blockbuster therapies today don't respond to treatment, costing the healthcare industry billions in wasted drugs while patients continue to suffer. Scipher's platform identifies which drug will work based on the patient's fundamental disease biology, and not based on symptoms, disease classification, or medical bias. A routine blood test predicts which drug he/she will respond to, with our first product focusing on rheumatoid arthritis, ensuring that the most optimal treatment is prescribed from day one. The molecular data generated by our tests is then used to fuel novel target discovery to address a clear unmet medical need in patients who do not respond to any existing therapy. | $82M | Series C | Mar 24, 2021 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [CVS Health Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cvs-health-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [aMoon Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amoon) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Khosla Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/khosla-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Northpond Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/northpond-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [.406 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/406-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Echo Health Ventures

VC Fund · Seattle, United States

Echo Health Ventures is a venture capital firm that focuses on investing in health care companies. From offices in Durham, Portland, and Seattle, Echo Health Ventures invests in health care companies. They work with portfolio companies to accelerate their innovations to scale nationally. As stage-agnostic investors, they are committed to a newapproach to strategic investing – an approach that brings more than capital to the table, an approach focused on developing deep, high-value relationships with their portfolio companies.

5 contacts available at Echo Health Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Dusty Lieb | Partner | — |
| Karim Botros | Managing Partner | — |
| Kurt Sheline | Partner | — |
| Rob Coppedge | CEO & Founder | — |
| Jessica Zeaske | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jessica-zeaske |

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## FAQ

### What does Kurt Sheline invest in?

Kurt Sheline invests primarily in Health Care, Medical and Biotechnology startups, most often at Series C 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.

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### When did Kurt Sheline last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kurt Sheline closed in Jun 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.

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