Saurabh Bhansali

Partner at Health Velocity Capital

📍 San Francisco, California, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 14 investments📅 10 years investing🗓 Last invested Jul 2025
VC🌍 United States
14
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Board Member
Jul 2025
We are on a mission to make Americans healthier. Our simple and trusted benefits platform is delivering a new age of high-quality, personalized health coverage. Large and medium-sized employers love the time and cost savings we deliver.
late stageInsurance
Board Observer
Dec 2021
Prolucent is accelerating the way healthcare meets workforce needs through advanced technology and engagement models that align the interests of employers and healthcare workers. We help employers optimize the quality and cost of their workforce, from full time recruitment to contingent workforce management, while engaging healthcare workers to find opportunities and advance their careers.
Board Member
Aug 2021
Torch is a rapidly growing software platform that has raised over $30+ million from top VCs including Bessemer Venture Partners, Felicis, Health Velocity, and FJ Labs. Torch is targeting the $100+ billion office-based healthcare supply industry, starting with dental practices. Our innovative software platform streamlines healthcare professionals’ procurement process and helps them secure the best prices. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to us: email: sales@torchdental.com
Board Member
Nov 2020
Octave’s mission is to create a new standard for mental health care that’s both accessible to people and sustainable for providers. By broadening pathways for care delivery, we can better serve our community and meet the growing need for mental health care. We partner with clients to develop personalized care plans to best suit the individual's needs. Grounded in science, Octave enables clients to experience profound change that is just as measurable as it is meaningful. We are growing quickly and seeking colleagues who are passionate about high-quality mental healthcare and ready to join our movement to make it more accessible. Learn more at https://findoctave.com/careers-overview
Board Member
Feb 2020
HealthJoy helps more than 1,500 employers and their partners bring benefits strategies to life. The HealthJoy app makes it simple for employees to choose the highest-quality, most cost-effective care. This results in healthier employees and a healthier bottom line. To learn more about HealthJoy’s proven approach to healthcare navigation, visit www.healthjoy.com.
Board Observer
Oct 2019
Ginger is now part of Headspace. Ginger is reinventing mental healthcare by coupling data science and virtual delivery to provide immediate, personal support for anyone. Care from our on-demand mental health system is delivered through the Ginger app, available on iOS and Android, where members can conveniently connect with Ginger’s team of behavioral health coaches - 24/7, 365 days a year. For those in need of additional support, a therapist or psychiatrist can be added to their care team. Over half a million people have access to Ginger through leading employers, health plans, and other partners. The World Economic Forum has identified Ginger’s AI technology as a Technology Pioneer, and the company was recognized as one of the top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Healthcare by Fast Company.
Board Observer
Oct 2019
Headspace Health is a leading provider of mental health and wellbeing solutions, touching the lives of over 100 million people in 190 countries. Through our flagship Headspace brand, we provide mindfulness tools for everyday life, including meditations, sleepcasts, mindful movement, and focus exercises. Our enterprise brands, Headspace for Work and Ginger, are distributed through over 4,000 enterprises, including Starbucks, Adobe, Ericsson, the National Hockey League (NHL), and Paramount; and through health plans such as Cigna. Our members and enterprise partners’ employees have access to mindfulness and meditation tools, coaching, therapy, and psychiatry services, and a next generation EAP – ultimately helping them to be healthier and more productive. To learn more about Headspace Health and our family of brands, visit www.headspacehealth.com.
Board Observer
Oct 2019
Headspace is your lifelong guide to better mental health. We make mental health support accessible to everyone, no matter their background or experience. Through our flagship Headspace app, we provide mental health coaching in addition to mindfulness and mental health tools for everyday life, like guided meditations, sleepcasts, mindful movement, and focus exercises. Our enterprise offerings combine this experience with EAP and work-life services, as well as therapy and psychiatry services – all in a single destination. Our team of experts ranges from mental health clinicians to Emmy award-winning producers and data scientists, working together as one to help millions of people around the world be healthier and more productive. To learn more, please visit headspace.com.
Board Member
Jun 2019
We've pioneered consumer experience technology for health insurance with the power to change an industry. Our platform offers unparalleled insights into every member touchpoint, the most accessible and comprehensive member profiles, and configurable solutions that build on your current technology. The result? Personalization for members that promotes satisfaction and motivates self-service, while driving operational efficiencies. Zipari's breakthrough technology enables the type of member relationship that insurers want and consumers seek. With a native understanding of the industry and exclusivity as a sector specialist, we instinctively share our clients'​ goals, aspiring to new possibilities for consumer relationships that will unlock all the potential that health insurance holds.
Board Member
Dec 2018
Jvion helps healthcare organizations identify, assess and change the course of avoidable health and financial risks. Using prescriptive clinical artificial intelligence, Jvion is able to identify specific patients on a risk trajectory, determine if that trajectory can be changed, and if so, recommends patient-specific interventions.
Board Observer
Apr 2018
Contessa, an Amedisys company, is the nation’s leading provider of comprehensive care at home, bringing hospital-level medical treatment into the comfort of patients’ homes. Our evidence-based care models include Recovery Care at Home, Rehabilitation Care at Home, and Palliative Care at Home. Contessa utilizes Care Convergence™, a proprietary technology platform, to power a seamless solution that is safe, affordable and improves patient outcomes.
Board Observer
Feb 2018
Spero Health, Inc., is an integrated healthcare services organization specializing in local and affordable outpatient care for individuals suffering from substance use disorders with a mission to “Save Lives, Instill Hope, and Restore Relationships.” Spero Health utilizes an innovative evidence-based integrated care model that combines both physical and behavioral healthcare services under one roof to treat the whole patient. This integrated care model combines physician services (including medication-assisted treatment), behavioral health counseling, recovery support services, medication management and patient and family education. Its community-based approach to treatment allows patients to continue working and caring for their families as they overcome addiction. Based in Nashville, Tenn. and privately held by Heritage Group, Health Velocity Capital, South Central, Inc. and Frist Cressey Ventures, Spero Health operates more than 80 outpatient clinics located throughout Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Virginia, Tennessee and West Virginia. Spero Health is a national leader who has helped more than 30,000 patients on their journey to stable recovery from addiction and is in-network with Medicaid and most commercial insurance plans.
Board Observer
Oct 2016
Aspire Health is building a network of outpatient palliative care practices that will provide comprehensive medical care for patients facing a serious illness. Aspire’s team in each market is composed of physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, social workers and chaplains. Aspire’s practice in each market provides disease management and care coordination across many settings including outpatient clinics, patients’ homes, and assisted living centers. Aspire’s clinicians are available 24/7 to provide support to patients, including conducting home visits when necessary. Aspire’s clinicians are experts in symptom management, patient-family communications, advanced care planning, coordination with other medical professionals and support services, as well as medical crisis prevention and urgent response.
Investor / Board Observer
May 2016
Livongo is now a part of Teladoc Health. Teladoc Health is transforming the healthcare experience and empowering people everywhere to live healthier lives. Recognized as the world leader in whole person virtual care, Teladoc Health uses proprietary health signals and personalized interactions to drive better health outcomes across the full continuum of care, at every stage in a person’s health journey. In more than 175 countries and ranked Best in KLAS for Virtual Care Platforms in 2020, Teladoc Health leverages more than a decade of expertise and data-driven insights to meet the growing virtual care needs of consumers and healthcare professionals. For more information, please visit www.teladochealth.com or follow @TeladocHealth on Twitter.
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2025
Board Member
Jul 2025
We are on a mission to make Americans healthier. Our simple and trusted benefits platform is delivering a new age of high-quality, personalized health coverage. Large and medium-sized employers love the time and cost savings we deliver.
late stageInsurance
2021
Board Observer
Dec 2021
Prolucent is accelerating the way healthcare meets workforce needs through advanced technology and engagement models that align the interests of employers and healthcare workers. We help employers optimize the quality and cost of their workforce, from full time recruitment to contingent workforce management, while engaging healthcare workers to find opportunities and advance their careers.
Board Member
Aug 2021
Torch is a rapidly growing software platform that has raised over $30+ million from top VCs including Bessemer Venture Partners, Felicis, Health Velocity, and FJ Labs. Torch is targeting the $100+ billion office-based healthcare supply industry, starting with dental practices. Our innovative software platform streamlines healthcare professionals’ procurement process and helps them secure the best prices. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to us: email: sales@torchdental.com
2020
Board Member
Nov 2020
Octave’s mission is to create a new standard for mental health care that’s both accessible to people and sustainable for providers. By broadening pathways for care delivery, we can better serve our community and meet the growing need for mental health care. We partner with clients to develop personalized care plans to best suit the individual's needs. Grounded in science, Octave enables clients to experience profound change that is just as measurable as it is meaningful. We are growing quickly and seeking colleagues who are passionate about high-quality mental healthcare and ready to join our movement to make it more accessible. Learn more at https://findoctave.com/careers-overview
Board Member
Feb 2020
HealthJoy helps more than 1,500 employers and their partners bring benefits strategies to life. The HealthJoy app makes it simple for employees to choose the highest-quality, most cost-effective care. This results in healthier employees and a healthier bottom line. To learn more about HealthJoy’s proven approach to healthcare navigation, visit www.healthjoy.com.
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