Sami Inkinen
CEO & Co-Founder @ Virta Health
San Francisco, United States
Sami Inkinen is a Series A investor at Virta Health in San Francisco focused on Health Care and Fitness. Sami Inkinen is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Virta Health, a specialty medical clinic that reverses type 2 diabetes safely and sustainably, without the risks, costs, or side effects of medications or surgery. Previously, Mr. Inkinen was the co-founder of the leading online real estate marketplace Trulia, serving as its COO andpresident and board member until its IPO and eventual sale to Zillow Group. He also worked on Microsoft’s strategy team for MS Office, and as a consultant for McKinsey & Company within the software, telecommunications, and government sectors. A physicist by training, Mr. Inkinen started his career as a radiochemist at a nuclear power plant and holds a Master of Science in engineering physics from the Helsinki University of Technology. He also earned a Master of Business Administration from Stanford University. He thinks his greatest luxury today is a small vegetable garden at his San Francisco Bay area home.
- Total investments:
- 6
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
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Industries Sami Inkinen invests in
Stages Sami Inkinen invests in
Countries Sami Inkinen invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Health Care 5 (83%)
- Fitness 1 (17%)
- Medical 1 (17%)
- Hospital 1 (17%)
- Internet 1 (17%)
Stage
- Series A 3 (50%)
- Seed 1 (17%)
- Funding Round 1 (17%)
- Convertible Note 1 (17%)
Country
- United States 4 (67%)
- Finland 1 (17%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Cricket Health
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Cricket Health is a specialty kidney care provider of integrated nephrology and dialysis care for people with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD). Cricket Health delivers world-class, technology-enabled multidisciplinary care both in-person and virtually to achieve the best outcomes possible for patients and the bestvalue for partners, keeping patients healthy and out of the hospital, accelerating access to transplant, and increasing home dialysis adoption. We are committed to aligning the success of our company with those of our partners and the patients whom we serve. Learn more at www.crickethealth.com and follow us @crickethealth | $24M / Series A / Sep 05, 2018 | |
Edamam
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Edamam provides nutrition solutions to businesses in the food, health and wellness sectors, leveraging its proprietary cloud-based, structured-data semantic technology platform. Unlike traditional competitors, we deliver value-added nutrition data in real time and at fraction of the cost, saving clients both time and money. Clients include Nestle,Samsung, Epicurious, Gannett and The New York Times. | $300K / Convertible Note / Jan 28, 2015 | |
Augmedix
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Augmedix empowers clinicians in all care settings to connect with patients by liberating them from administrative burden through the power of ambient AI, data, and trust.The platform transforms natural conversations into organized medical notes, structured data, and point-of-care notifications that enhance efficiency and clinical decisionsupport.Incorporating data from millions of interactions, Augmedix collaborates with hospitals and health systems to improve clinical, operational, and financial outcomes. | $16M / Series A / Jan 12, 2015 | |
Beddit
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Every morning, the Beddit Sleep Tracker shows how you've slept. Scoring high enough gets you to the green zone and helps you learn what those good nights are made out of! You can easily dig deeper into your sleep details including your resting heart rate, respiration, sleep cycles, snoring and more.Beddit is placed right under the bedsheet, connected to your mobile device and all you need to do is sleep. Sleep tracking made as easy as stepping on weight scale!The company has been working with sleep technology since 2007 specializing in ballistocardiography, a scientific method for measuring the physical micro-movements caused by cardiac activity. Beddit has become a global leader in consumer focused sleep tracking solutions. | $3.5M / Sep 05, 2014 | |
WayBetter
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WayBetter is disrupting the wellness category by turning the hard work of better health into fun, social games. Founded in 2011, WayBetter’s mission is to grow a global community where people inspire each other and build better habits in order to get fit, lose weight, and improve their mindset. By focusing on motivation, behavior change, anddeveloping positive habits, WayBetter offers its members a pathway to real, lasting results. The company was awarded a $1 million NIH grant to develop a smoking cessation game with researchers at Brown University. More than 1.2 million people have played in a WayBetter game, and we’re just getting started. | $2.8M / Series A / Aug 01, 2014 | |
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Augmedix
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Augmedix empowers clinicians in all care settings to connect with patients by liberating them from administrative burden through the power of ambient AI, data, and trust.The platform transforms natural conversations into organized medical notes, structured data, and point-of-care notifications that enhance efficiency and clinical decisionsupport.Incorporating data from millions of interactions, Augmedix collaborates with hospitals and health systems to improve clinical, operational, and financial outcomes. | $3.2M / Seed / Jun 16, 2014 |
Co-Investors
About Virta Health
Virta develops treatments to reversing type 2 diabetes without medications or surgery. Among enrolled patients in its clinical trial at one year, 60% achieved diabetes reversal, and 94% of insulin users reduced or eliminated usage altogether. Results extend beyond diabetes reversal to other areas of metabolic and cardiovascular health, withsustained improvements in blood pressure, inflammation, liver function, and BMI. Delivered through Virta’s novel continuous remote care platform, the Virta Treatment provides unparalleled medical and behavioral support and is transforming the lives of people living with type 2 diabetes. Founded in 2014, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Virta Health Contacts
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Amit Shah
President
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Anand Parikh
General Counsel and Business Development
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Brett Rubin
Health Plan and Employer Sales
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David Hatch
Vice President, Head of User Experience Design
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Kevin Kumler
President
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FAQ
What does Sami Inkinen invest in?
Sami Inkinen invests primarily in Health Care, Fitness and Medical startups, most often at Series A and Seed 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 Sami Inkinen last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Sami Inkinen closed in Sep 2018. 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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