Chris Wright, Ph.D.

University of Tulsa, Director - Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 2 investments📅 9 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2023
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Jan 2017
Medefy is a healthcare benefits navigation mobile platform that helps employers revolutionize their benefits offerings by empowering health plan members to find and use their health benefits — right when they need them. The platform provides a centralized tool that connects users with live benefits experts 24/7. For more information, visit Medefy.com.
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2023
Board Member
Jan 2023
Street School combines alternative education and therapeutic counseling and is Oklahoma’s longest running and most successful dropout prevention and intervention program. Street School operates as a non-profit agency through a partnership with Tulsa Public Schools and serves an average of 200 students ages 14-19 annually.
2022
Partner
Sep 2022
Plannly Health is dedicated to enhancing healthcare by taking a proactive approach to identify and address significant workforce risks. Leveraging cutting-edge AI-powered personalized assessments, our online platform excels at recognizing critical issues tied to employee burnout, such as resource shortages, excessive workloads, persistent stress, and attrition. Designed for seamless standalone use, our software equips hospitals with actionable reports and invaluable insights. This empowers timely implementation of prevention and intervention strategies, ultimately leading to cost savings by alleviating the healthcare industrys annual financial burden of $4.6 billion attributed to burnout. Plannly Health is a TechStars company, backed by venture capital, and fully committed to revolutionizing healthcare through innovative solutions.
Mentor
Aug 2022
Techstars helps founders scale their startups into world-changing businesses. Founded in 2006, Techstars is on a mission to invest in startups to enable more capital to flow to more entrepreneurs around the world in order to deliver exceptional returns to our investors. We do this by operating accelerator programs and venture capital funds, as well as by connecting startups, investors, corporations, and cities to help build thriving startup communities. Our results show why Techstars is Better for Founders than any other global accelerator: On average, 74.5% of Techstars companies will raise money within 3 years of their program; 18.5% of Techstars portfolio companies have exited 5 years after their program and 31.1% after eight years. (PitchBook June 2023)
2021
Venture Advisor
Jan 2021
46VC is a multi-fund manager based in Tulsa, OK focusing on early-stage investments across a variety of sectors. We partner with the most innovative universities and networks to uncover and support groundbreaking technologies, aiming to drive growth and resilience in underserved markets through our strategic fund structures.
2019
Partner
Aug 2019
Get to know your candidates before you see their resume. Our video screening technology equips you to meet candidates sooner with quick, informal videos that let their personalities and skills shine through — leading to better screening, better interviewing, and better hiring. It’s time to shake up the system and make hiring human again, for everyone. Me in 3.
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