We’re excited to introduce the Fall 2025 Cohort of Project Healthcare—our program built for founders who understand that healthcare innovation requires more than good intentions. This cohort brings together 14 companies led by entrepreneurs with deep healthcare industry experience who know that the best solutions work within existing systems, not around them.
These founders have spent years in healthcare settings, understand regulatory requirements, and have seen firsthand where the system breaks down. They’re not trying to reinvent healthcare—they’re solving specific problems that make life better for patients, providers, and caregivers. From diabetes management to workforce training, from organ transportation logistics to end-of-life care, they’re tackling the challenges that require both clinical knowledge and business expertise.
Meet the Fall 2025 Project Healthcare Cohort
A Traveled Path Homes | Website
Founder: Shapree’ Marshall
Solution: Safe, reliable short-term housing for traveling nurses and healthcare professionals.
Able Care | Website
Founder: Paul Rinne
Solution: Quick, affordable, simple, standardized falls risk screening.
Adele Health | Website
Founder: Mark Norton
Solution: We make it easy to manage diabetes.
ArtiMed Inc. | Website
Founder: Ali Afshar
Solution: Our AI-enabled solution helps uninsured/underinsured patients with disabilities receive Medicaid or Medicare + income.
Empathetics, Inc. | Website
Founder: Pam Holt
Solution: Empathetics reduces workforce turnover in healthcare by using neuroscience-based training to strengthen human connections, improve communication and create stronger teams.
Freedom Chat | Website
Founder: Tanner Haas
Solution: Private messaging platform protecting free speech, data, and digital freedom.
GlyCare | Website
Founder: Kyle Mooney
Solution: Inpatient diabetes experts improving outcomes through embedded clinical teams.
Guaranteed | Website
Founder: Jessica McGlory
Solution: Guaranteed is an AI-powered, value-based care enablement company for the end-of-life.
Guiding Star Mental Health, LLC | Website
Founder: Paul Beshay
Solution: Mental Health provider for Seniors.
MLC Nutrition | Website
Founder: Vanessa Sena
Solution: Food-as-medicine platform integrating primary care, nutrition, and behavioral health.
Pulse Charter Connect | Website
Founder: Laura Epstein
Solution: Healthcare logistics company resolving inefficiencies in organ and surgical team transportation.
Senior Shield Technologies Inc. | Website
Founder: Kareem Elfoulie
Solution: Incontinence monitoring pad that alerts caregivers when to change briefs.
Therify Inc. | Website
Founder: Warren Sadler
Solution: Therify connects employees with culturally-aligned in-network providers in-person or virtually.
Varda 5, LLC | Website
Founder: Andrea Shields
Solution: Elevate healthcare delivery through development/distribution of standardized medical curricula, Obstetric Life Support.
What’s Next?
Over the next 12 weeks, these founders will focus on the unique challenges of building healthcare companies: regulatory navigation, clinical validation, provider partnerships, and scaling in an industry where patient safety and compliance aren’t optional. They’ll work with mentors who’ve built healthcare companies, understand the regulatory landscape, and know how to work with hospitals, health systems, and payers.
This isn’t about moving fast and breaking things. Healthcare innovation requires moving thoughtfully and building trust. These founders understand that the best healthcare companies improve outcomes while working within existing care delivery systems.
Want to connect with any of these founders? They’re solving critical problems across diabetes care, mental health, workforce development, patient safety, and healthcare logistics. These companies combine clinical expertise with business acumen—exactly what healthcare partners and investors look for.
Ready to Join the Next Cohort?
If you’re building healthcare solutions and have the industry experience to navigate regulatory requirements and clinical validation, Project Healthcare might be exactly what you need. Apply for our next cohort.
This program is supported by our partners HCA Healthcare, Launch Tennessee, Morgan Stanley | Jeremy Bisceglia, and Nashville Health Care Council.
Project Healthcare is a 12-week program designed for healthcare industry veterans with 5+ years experience and regulatory understanding. Applications for Spring 2026 open in November 2025.
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