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Create Health
Create Health is a venture firm led by Emma Cartmell and Amit Aysola, investing in B2B digital health software for payers and pharma.
Create Health
Create Health was founded by Managing Partners Emma Cartmell and Amit Aysola, who together lead the firm from multiple offices including Nashville, London, Dublin, Elgin, and Park City. The firm describes itself as active operators, not passive capital. The firm's investment thesis focuses exclusively on B2B software and tech-enabled services that sell into payers and pharmaceutical companies. Sectors covered include Digital Health, Enterprise Software, and Healthcare Services. Create Health has invested in or advised more than 80 companies, though specific portfolio names are not disclosed on the firm's website. The firm takes a hands-on portfolio management approach, leveraging industry relationships and operational experience to support founders. Create Health's team is led by two managing partners; the total number of investment professionals is not published. The firm maintains offices across North America and Europe, suggesting a transatlantic footprint. Its limited partners include healthcare entrepreneurs with successful exits, who often mentor portfolio company CEOs (per the firm). No recent operational events from the last 24 months were publicly disclosed. A structural differentiator for Create Health is its defined focus on B2B healthcare software targeting payers and pharma, rather than a broader health-tech mandate. The firm emphasizes being active operators and hands-on portfolio managers, which aligns with its stated approach of working closely with founders on operational challenges.
General information
Firm type
Asset Manager
Year founded
—
AUM
Undisclosed
Location
Region
North America
Country
United States
City
Nashville
Corporate office
Nashville, TN, United States
Additional offices
Dublin, Ireland · London, United Kingdom · Elgin, United States · Park City, United States
Principals
Emma Cartmell
Managing Partner
Amit Aysola
Managing Partner
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
Who runs investment decisions at Create Health?
Managing Partners Emma Cartmell and Amit Aysola lead the firm and make investment decisions. Their professional backgrounds are described as active operators, though prior firms or roles are not detailed (per the firm website).
How does Create Health source proprietary deal flow?
The firm taps its LP base of healthcare entrepreneurs with successful exits, who often mentor portfolio CEOs. Industry relationships and operational experience across healthcare and pharma provide another channel (per the firm website).
Does Create Health participate in fund commitments or only direct deals?
The firm invests directly in early-stage digital health companies. It does not indicate any fund-of-funds or pooled vehicle structures (per the firm website).
What investment stages does Create Health typically target?
Create Health targets early-stage digital health companies, described as working with founders, CEOs, and visionaries. The firm's hands-on portfolio management approach aligns with investing at the growth or venture round stage (per the firm website).
Which sectors does Create Health explicitly avoid?
The firm avoids direct-to-consumer (DTC) models or healthcare solutions not targeting payers or pharmaceutical companies. Its B2B focus on payer and pharma sales channels defines a clear exclusion of many other health-tech verticals (per the firm website).
Where does the underlying wealth come from?
The source of the founding team's capital is not disclosed. The firm states that its LPs include healthcare entrepreneurs with successful exits, but the ultimate wealth origin traceable to principals is not publicly available.
Is Create Health structured as a venture firm rather than a family office?
The firm presents itself as a venture capital firm rather than a family office. Its website uses language typical of a venture investor: managing partners, LP base, thesis, and portfolio (per the firm website).
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