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Chrysalis Ventures - Betting On Lowering Costs While Helping Patients

Where are the investors from venture capital firm Chrysalis Ventures putting money to work these days? They're searching "...for health care start-ups that make treatments more productive or make information about health care more cost-effective and accessible to patients." according to Claire Cain Miller, writing in the NY Times BITS blog.

Recent investments include Achieve, a company helping "...people who are struggling to pay their medical bills create a personalized budget that incorporates their credit card bills and other debt." Down goes bad debt.

And CerviLenz, a device that "...helps determine the likelihood that a pregnant woman will have a preterm birth." Up goes early diagnosis and prevention.

Chrysalis isn't trying to predict health reform's final shape but, rather, betting that simple, cost-saving technologies will be in demand regardless. I'd make that bet, too.


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