# Providence Health & Services

> Providence Health & Services is a VC fund backing Health Care. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Renton, United States
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Jan 2024
- Lead investor: 13%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/providence-health-and-services
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/provhealth
- Website: https://www.providence.org/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ProvidenceHealthServices/info

Providence Health & Services is a VC fund in Renton focused on Health Care and Information Technology. As the third largest not-for-profit health system in the United States, we are committed to providing for the needs of our communities – especially for those who are poor and vulnerable – across Alaska, California, Montana, Oregon and Washington.Our system includes more than 73,000 caregivers (all employees) serving in a diverse range ofministries from birth to end of life, including acute care, physician clinics, long-term and assisted living, palliative and hospice care, home health, supportive housing and education.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 4 | 50% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 25% |
| SaaS | 1 | 13% |
| Big Data | 1 | 13% |
| Software | 1 | 13% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 38% |
| Series C | 2 | 25% |
| Series B | 1 | 13% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Debra Canales | Executive vice president, chief people and experience officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/debra-canales |
| Cindy Strauss | Senior vice president, chief legal officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cindy-strauss |
| Deborah Burton | Vice President, Chief Nursing Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deborah-burton |
| Janice Newell | Senior vice president and chief information officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/janice-newell |
| John Jack Mudd | Senior vice president, Mission leadership | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-jack-mudd |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ready, Set, Food! | Ready, Set, Food! makes it easy for parents reduce their baby's risk of developing peanut, egg, and milk allergies by up to 80% with our gentle, daily system. | $6.9M | Series A | Jan 01, 2024 |  |
| Ready, Set, Food! | Ready, Set, Food! makes it easy for parents reduce their baby's risk of developing peanut, egg, and milk allergies by up to 80% with our gentle, daily system. | $20M | Series A | Jan 01, 2022 |  |
| AVIA | AVIA helps hospitals and health systems to identify, select and deploy the best emerging IT-enabled solutions to drive growth, improve operating efficiency and compete on value. We facilitate collaboration between providers and entrepreneurs to accelerate the impact and to mitigate the risk of innovation adoption. Solutions of greatest interestto our members address needs related to population health via clinical data insights, care model redesign, patient engagement and operational efficiency. | $7.2M | Series C | Aug 11, 2016 |  |
| Lyra Health | Lyra helps companies improve access to effective, high-quality mental health care for their employees.Lyra's matching technology and innovative digital platform connect members to a curated network of top therapists and coaches, which results in 3x more people receiving care and 7x better outcomes than traditional plans and EAPs. Members canfind the right personalized care, match with the right provider for their needs, and feel motivated and supported throughout the entire treatment journey. | $35M | Series A | Oct 15, 2015 |  |
| Binary Fountain | Binary Fountain solution extracts operational intelligence from customer's feedback and distills the data into actionable insights. Their cloud-based offering enables companies to integrate both social media feedback, survey, and other data into their operational decision-making resulting in better operations, customer engagement, and qualityof services. Marketing, operations, and advertising executives use their solution to listen to, understand, and take action on ever-changing customer sentiment across social and traditional media to increase and sustain customer loyalty, profits, and market share. | $16M | Series A | Sep 28, 2015 |  |
| AVIA | AVIA helps hospitals and health systems to identify, select and deploy the best emerging IT-enabled solutions to drive growth, improve operating efficiency and compete on value. We facilitate collaboration between providers and entrepreneurs to accelerate the impact and to mitigate the risk of innovation adoption. Solutions of greatest interestto our members address needs related to population health via clinical data insights, care model redesign, patient engagement and operational efficiency. | $6M | Series B | Sep 01, 2015 |  |
| AVIA | AVIA helps hospitals and health systems to identify, select and deploy the best emerging IT-enabled solutions to drive growth, improve operating efficiency and compete on value. We facilitate collaboration between providers and entrepreneurs to accelerate the impact and to mitigate the risk of innovation adoption. Solutions of greatest interestto our members address needs related to population health via clinical data insights, care model redesign, patient engagement and operational efficiency. | $6M | Series B | Sep 22, 2014 |  |
| Kyruus Health | Kyruus Health is a care access platform that provides solutions for providers data management, patient engagement, and activation. |  | Series C |  |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Danone Manifesto Venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/danone-manifesto-venture) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Johnson & Johnson Services, Inc.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/johnson-johnson) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Jump Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jump-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Jumpstart Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jumpstart-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Venrock](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/venrock) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [7wire Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/7wire-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Providence Health & Services invest in?

Providence Health & Services invests primarily in Health Care, Information Technology and SaaS startups, most often at Series A and Series C stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Providence Health & Services?

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### Who are the partners at Providence Health & Services?

The team at Providence Health & Services includes Debra Canales (Executive vice president, chief people and experience officer), Cindy Strauss (Senior vice president, chief legal officer) and Deborah Burton (Vice President, Chief Nursing Officer), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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