Rob MacNaughton

Executive, Investor & Advisor in Healthcare and Technology

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 10 investments📅 18 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2024
VC🌍 United States
10
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4
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1
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2
Late stage
18y
Years active

Portfolio

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Board Member
Jan 2024
Calibrate is on a mission to change the way the world treats weight. As the leading clinician-guided and value-based outcomes model in obesity treatment, Calibrate combines medication with transformative behavior change to improve overall metabolic health, driving cost-effective, long-term weight loss results while reducing the total cost of care for employers and payers. Recognized by esteemed organizations, including the World Economic Forum’s Technology Pioneers, Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas, TIME’s Best Inventions, and the Employer Health Innovation Roundtable Traction Awards. Calibrate is backed by leading healthcare investors, including Madryn Asset Management, and Redesign Health.
Investor & Advisory Board Member
Oct 2020
At Caribou, we are on a mission to solve the caregiver staffing crisis. We are working towards a world where caregiving is a sought after career that provides a sense of purpose and financial stability. In this world, care organizations no longer struggle to hire and retain staff. Families will have consistent help from caregivers who feel valued and deliver care with a sense of pride. Quality of life for everyone improves dramatically. Our software is a super easy-to-implement tool that transforms care organizations ability to recruit, retain, and recognize staff. With Caribou, our customers are able to grow their care staff by over 10% in 90 days and elevate the way they recognize and retain. Our team believes that part of the answer to solving the caregiver shortage lies in helping care organizations become exceptional employers. Employers who listen to their staff, compensate them well, and delight their workforce with meaningful rewards and recognition. Over the long-run, employers who offer the best caregiver experience will win every single time. Improving the caregiver experience has two profound impacts on the industry: (1) It makes existing workers happier and less likely to leave and (2) it makes the industry more attractive to new joiners. To accomplish this mission, we are working hand-in-hand with care organizations across the United States and Canada. If you want to solve these problems for your organization, wed love to meet you.
Investor & Advisory Board Member
Oct 2020
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Sep 2020
As a pioneer in telemedicine for Skilled Nursing Facilities, we are committed to revolutionizing senior care by breaking down barriers and delivering exceptional healthcare without limitations. Established in 2020, our groundbreaking platform has achieved a remarkable 50%+ reduction in patient transfers from Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) to Emergency Departments. At Curve Health, we seamlessly integrate telemedicine, electronic health data, predictive analytics, and billing into one unified platform. This comprehensive approach ensures higher quality care, substantial return on investment, and an unparalleled patient experience. To discover more about our innovative solutions, visit us at: https://www.curvehealth.com/
Investor & Advisory Board Member
Aug 2020
Skypoint is a leading AI platform for industries that enables organizations to unleash the full potential of their data. Our mission is to bring people and data together, empowering teams across industries, including value-based healthcare, senior living, retail, hospitality, and government, to succeed through a stronger data culture. We recognize that the future belongs to those who can leverage data and AI effectively. Thats why we have created the only SaaS platform that delivers a privacy-first platform for effective generative AI. Our platform is designed for the new era of data integration, AI, analytics, data privacy, data quality, open architecture, and security. With Skpoint, your team has all the necessary tools to achieve their maximum potential and create a lasting impact on your business. At Skypoint, we believe that your team should have full ownership of your data. Thats why our solution resides within your organizations four walls, providing complete data privacy and security. Follow us to discover how our platform can help your organization adopt a transformative approach to AI, , automation, and analytics.
Investor & Board Member
Dec 2019
Heartland Veterinary Partners is a support organization that is committed to improving the lives of veterinarians. We purchase veterinary practices and provide operational support to relieve administrative burdens such as payroll, recruiting, HR, marketing and accounts payables. If needed, we invest to support growth. The practices maintain their unique branding, culture and clinical autonomy. At Heartland, we believe that selling a veterinary practice shouldn’t mean losing what makes it remarkable. When we acquire a practice, the doctor comes first. We listen closely to their needs in order to create a one-of-a-kind solution to ease their administrative burdens—all without disrupting their day-to-day operations, the culture they’ve fostered, and the relationships they’ve built. In other words, the name over the door doesn’t go away. The headaches of running a business do. Partnering veterinarians appreciate an improved work-life balance, less financial worry, and the confidence that their teams will be in good hands. Best of all, they get to focus on why they entered the business in the first place: to care for animals and to be present when their clients need them most. Practice team members enjoy the warm culture of their individual community practices combined with the support and resources that Heartland brings to the table. Improving the lives of veterinarians means supporting them at all stages of their careers. Whether you're a veterinary student or a new graduate looking for hands-on learning to begin your career or an experienced veterinarian looking to tackle management and leadership opportunities, we keep your goals at the heart of everything we do. The Heartland Support Center team is hardwired to serve. We follow the philosophy of servant leadership and put the needs of others first with a genuine desire to help. As a result, Heartland’s practices count on team members to be there for them with heart and solution, not a corporate agenda.
Chief Executive Officer & Board Member
Jul 2019
NurseGrid makes integrated, easy-to-use staffing, communication, and schedule management tools just for nurses and nursing departments. Founded by nurse and physician technology entrepreneurs, NurseGrid set out to build a better way to manage time-consuming administrative tasks, giving nurses and nurse managers more time to focus on achieving work-life balance and delivering excellent patient care. NurseGrid Mobile is a free mobile app used by more than 500,000 nurses in thousands of hospitals to connect with their colleagues and manage their busy schedules on a calendar made just for them. NurseGrid Manager is a web application that seamlessly integrates with NurseGrid Mobile and allows managers to simplify team communication, staffing, and schedule management, saving time and money and making their departments happier and more productive.
Investor & Advisor
Apr 2019
Honey Mama’s is the Portland, Oregon-based maker of delicious honey-sweetened refrigerated truffle bars! Founded in 2013 by Christy Goldsby at the Portland Farmers Market, Honey Mama’s is now sold in over 8,000 stores nationwide. The brand has garnered national press recognition as a cult-favorite in Bon Appetit, Forbes, Refinery29, Healthline, Eat This Not That!, Men’s Health, Food & Wine, Epicurious, and more. Honey Mama’s is beloved for its one-of-a-kind texture, often compared to brownie batter, chocolate truffles, or fudge – the real treat is discovering each bar is made from only a limited number of nutrient-rich whole food ingredients. Setting the gold standard for what it means to be clean label, all Honey Mama’s products are free from refined sugar, gluten, dairy, soy, stabilizers, emulsifiers, and additives. Just imagine your favorite candy bar went to a meditation retreat and came back enlightened. Our mission is to further the food-as-medicine movement by giving you a uniquely memorable indulgent experience that contributes simultaneously to health and vitality. In September 2021, Honey Mama’s announced the close of a Series A2 investment round, led by Amberstone Ventures. Yes, our master plan is to bring more joy to the world with every Honey Mama’s bar we make (and you eat!).
Investor & Advisory Board Member
Aug 2008
Opanga Networks is the global leader in the development and deployment of machine learning-powered software solutions for the telecommunications industry. Opanga’s cloud-native applications increase efficiency and provide actionable insights to drastically drive down capital and operating expenses for network operators of all sizes, while enhancing speed and performance for end-users. Our team of data scientists, software engineers and business operations experts have deep experience across the telecommunications industry and is delivering on its innovation promise around the world. Together, we are committed to applying the power of AI/ML to transform telecom for the collective benefit of investors, shareholders, and consumers alike.
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Investments (10)
Founder (2)
Board (4)
2024
Operating Partner
Jan 2024
Madryn Asset Management is a leading alternative asset management firm that invests in innovative healthcare companies specializing in unique and transformative products, technologies, and services. The firm draws on its extensive and diverse experience spanning the investment management and healthcare industries, and employs an independent research process based on original insights to target attractive economic opportunities that deliver strong risk-adjusted and absolute returns for its limited partners while creating long-term value in support of its portfolio companies.
Board Member
Jan 2024
Calibrate is on a mission to change the way the world treats weight. As the leading clinician-guided and value-based outcomes model in obesity treatment, Calibrate combines medication with transformative behavior change to improve overall metabolic health, driving cost-effective, long-term weight loss results while reducing the total cost of care for employers and payers. Recognized by esteemed organizations, including the World Economic Forum’s Technology Pioneers, Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas, TIME’s Best Inventions, and the Employer Health Innovation Roundtable Traction Awards. Calibrate is backed by leading healthcare investors, including Madryn Asset Management, and Redesign Health.
2022
Venture Chair
Jul 2022
Redesign Health is a global venture and applied technology firm focused on building next-generation healthcare companies. We manage venture capital and venture buyout strategies, each powered by an AI operating system and team of leading technologists, entrepreneurs, and investors. Our venture capital strategy backs exceptional founders at the earliest stage—often before an idea is fully formed—and provides first institutional capital and an unmatched degree of strategic leverage and domain expertise through exit. Our venture buyout strategy partners with proven management teams through control investments and delivers outsized value by rewiring core products and workflows with AI. Since inception in 2018, Redesign and our portfolio companies have touched the lives of more than 15 million patients, raised over $1.5 billion from premier institutional, sovereign, and strategic investors, and built distinctive partnerships with marquee healthcare organizations and senior leaders around the world. Redesign is based in New York and has offices in Bengaluru, Los Angeles, and Riyadh.
2021
Executive Chair, Board of Directors
Sep 2021
Frontier Dermatology is the largest physician-owned, physician-led dermatology practice in the Pacific Northwest. Our roots date back to the year 2000, and we are proud to provide innovative, safe, and effective treatments to patients living in Washington and Oregon. Our physician owned and operated company was created through a strategic partnership between nine of the PNW’s top practices, and we now have 37 convenient office locations throughout the Cascades region. Frontier’s philosophy of care is simple: we provide accessible and affordable care with an “academic + private practice” approach, and choose patients over profits, always. Frontier’s 100+ dermatologists are recognized internationally for their proven patient outcomes and cutting-edge research. Our extensive knowledge, diverse experience, dermatological techniques, and advanced technology continue to set us apart. We’d love to meet you!
2020
Investor & Advisory Board Member
Oct 2020
At Caribou, we are on a mission to solve the caregiver staffing crisis. We are working towards a world where caregiving is a sought after career that provides a sense of purpose and financial stability. In this world, care organizations no longer struggle to hire and retain staff. Families will have consistent help from caregivers who feel valued and deliver care with a sense of pride. Quality of life for everyone improves dramatically. Our software is a super easy-to-implement tool that transforms care organizations ability to recruit, retain, and recognize staff. With Caribou, our customers are able to grow their care staff by over 10% in 90 days and elevate the way they recognize and retain. Our team believes that part of the answer to solving the caregiver shortage lies in helping care organizations become exceptional employers. Employers who listen to their staff, compensate them well, and delight their workforce with meaningful rewards and recognition. Over the long-run, employers who offer the best caregiver experience will win every single time. Improving the caregiver experience has two profound impacts on the industry: (1) It makes existing workers happier and less likely to leave and (2) it makes the industry more attractive to new joiners. To accomplish this mission, we are working hand-in-hand with care organizations across the United States and Canada. If you want to solve these problems for your organization, wed love to meet you.
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