# Larry C. Renfro

> Larry C. Renfro is a Series C investor at UnitedHealth Group backing Medical and Health Care. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [UnitedHealth Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/unitedhealth-group)
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Feb 2022
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/larry-renfro-7b8233190

Larry C. Renfro is a Series C investor at UnitedHealth Group focused on Medical and Health Care. Larry Renfro was named vice chairman, UnitedHealth Group, in November 2014, with oversight responsibility for all enterprise strategic relationships, key client relationships and company-wide business growth efforts. He also serves as chief executive officer of Optum, UnitedHealth Group's health services platform, overseeing OptumInsight,OptumHealth and OptumRx. Renfro joined the company in January 2009 and has served as chief executive officer Public and Senior Markets Group. He was formerly a senior executive officer at Fidelity Investments and a member of the Fidelity Executive Committee. He was president and chief executive officer of AARP Services, Inc., before he rejoined Fidelity in 2008. Renfro has also held senior executive positions at NewRiver, Inc.; State Street Bank & Trust; and Allmerica Financial.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Medical | 2 | 67% |
| Health Care | 2 | 67% |
| mHealth | 1 | 33% |
| Home Health Care | 1 | 33% |
| Health Diagnostics | 1 | 33% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series C | 2 | 67% |
| Series E | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Somatus | Somatus is a healthcare company that partners with health plans, health systems, and nephrology, and primary care groups. It provides integrated care for patients with or at risk of developing kidney disease. Somatus' is vertically integrated clinical services and technology delay or prevent disease progression, improve quality and carecoordination, and increase the use of home dialysis modalities and rates of kidney transplantation. The company is headquartered in McLean, Virginia, and founded by a team of world-class healthcare operators, successful entrepreneurs, and leading clinicians treating kidney disease. | $325M | Series E | Feb 22, 2022 |  |
| DispatchHealth | DispatchHealth is a provider of mobile and virtual healthcare for people of all ages in the comfort of their own homes. DispatchHealt was founded in 2013 and was formerly known as True North Health Navigation. It aims to create an integrated, convenient, triage, and care delivery solution that extends the capabilities of the patient's careteam and provides quality care in the home while decreasing costs.It was founded in 2013 and headquartered in Denver, Colorado. | $135.8M | Series C | Jun 23, 2020 |  |
| Somatus | Somatus is a healthcare company that partners with health plans, health systems, and nephrology, and primary care groups. It provides integrated care for patients with or at risk of developing kidney disease. Somatus' is vertically integrated clinical services and technology delay or prevent disease progression, improve quality and carecoordination, and increase the use of home dialysis modalities and rates of kidney transplantation. The company is headquartered in McLean, Virginia, and founded by a team of world-class healthcare operators, successful entrepreneurs, and leading clinicians treating kidney disease. | $64M | Series C | Jun 23, 2020 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Longitude Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/longitude-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Deerfield](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deerfield) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Deerfield Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deerfield-management-83d0) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Flare Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flare-capitalpartners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [The Blue Venture Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-blue-venture-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alta Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alta-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About UnitedHealth Group

VC Fund · Minneapolis, United States

UnitedHealth Group is a medical facility. They offer health technology, health finance, and pharmacy services. They are utilizing clinical data and intelligence to assist in the redesign, automation, and deployment of technology to streamline administrative operations and clinical decision-making. Payment systems for both consumers and providersare critical components of a healthcare system.

5 contacts available at UnitedHealth Group.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| John Cosgriff | Chief Strategy Officer & Senior Vice President of Business Development | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-cosgriff |
| Larry C. Renfro | Office of the Chief Executive & Vice Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/larry-c-renfro |
| Beth Miller | Senior Director of Agency Innovations and Operations (Carrot @ OptumHealth) | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beth-miller-2 |
| Betsy Bullock | Vice President of Business Development | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/betsy-bullock |
| Cory B. Alexander | Strategic Advisor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cory-b-alexander |

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## FAQ

### What does Larry C. Renfro invest in?

Larry C. Renfro invests primarily in Medical, Health Care and mHealth startups, most often at Series C and Series E stage. Most of the 3 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 Larry C. Renfro last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Larry C. Renfro closed in Feb 2022. Shizune tracks 3 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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