The Ziegler Link•age Funds are growth-oriented innovation funds, focused on technology, tech-enabled services and emerging care delivery models in the post-acute and aging markets. Across these verticals, the profile of companies in which the Fund will invest will typically have reached commercialization stage with a differentiated solution and are believed to feature prospects for growing revenue.
$110M+
Committed Capital
33
Portfolio Investments
160+
Senior Living
Provider Investors
Provider Investors
Healthcare IT
Healthcare Services
Other Related Agent
Healthcare Services
Other Related Agent
Sector Focus
Investment Criteria
Companies that provide leading edge products, services and technology to the senior marketplace
Differentiated market positioning with ability to be transformative in the arena of healthcare reform
Company-specific addressable market that is sufficient to promote significant scale opportunity
Sustainable competitive advantages, positioning or efficiencies
Experienced management team willing to leverage the Fund’s resources and relationships
Curana Health (fka AllyAlign Health)
Current
Healthcare Services
Fund II
Austin, TX
Formerly AllyAlign Health, Curana is a provider-led, primary and post-acute organization focused on senior living communities and senior living residents. Curana Health’s mission is to improve the health, happiness, and dignity of senior living residents by supporting and driving the growth of value-based healthcare models in senior living communities throughout the country.
VR-enabled immersive learning system gives professional and family caregivers insights that improve the way they view and provide care for residents, patients, and clients.
Cosán delivers a preventative care coordination tool suite to help physicians, healthcare organizations and payers improve patient outcomes through innovative technology. The collective goal is to support a resilient population of older adults as they look to successfully age in place or with the support of families and caregivers. Preventative Services are designed to act as an extension to the current care models implemented throughout physician practices and the rest of the healthcare continuum.
OnShift developed cloud-based software for workforce needs to improve productivity and increase profitability through a consistent and engaged workforce.
Payactiv delivers employee financial wellness by providing timely access to earned wages through its platform so both business and employees can thrive.
PS Lifestyle
Current
Other Aging/Post-Acute
Fund II
Cleveland, OH
PS Salon & Spa was founded in 2008 with the simple goal of transforming senior community “beauty shops” into professional salons and spas. Today, its more than 1,600 employees manage all aspects of over 880 salon and spa operations within senior communities, providing professional service, best-in-class products and peace of mind to hundreds of thousands of residents, family and caregiver clients nationwide. The company invests unprecedented time, attention and resources into its people and partnerships, boosting the marketability of its partner communities while simultaneously enhancing resident and family satisfaction.
Pairs intuitive technology with accomplished physicians to provide telehealth-based medical care to post acute and long term care patients.
Socially Determined
Current
Other Aging/Post-Acute
Fund II
Washington, DC
Constructing the science around the Social Determinants of Health, enabling community interventions to improve measurable healthcare outcomes.
Virtusense’s AI platform helps reduce inpatient falls, pressure ulcers, and other adverse events. Use the data from its systems for seamless population health management in accordance with CMS prevention guidelines.
MyTown Health Partners
Current
Healthcare Services
Fund I
Pittsburgh, PA
High-quality care for medically underserved communities in rural, urban, and de-industrialized areas. MyTown was formerly CityLife Health prior to acquisition in July 2023.
Clinical and engagement solutions for senior living staff, residents and families. Acquired by Voicefriend in 2022.
HealthPRO/Heritage
Realized
Healthcare Services
Fund I
Baltimore, MD
Builds and provides suites of rehab services to nursing homes and other long term care facilities on an outsourced basis and is moving into bundled payment models. Sold to Wellspring Capital Management in 2021.
Innovative equipment accessible to all individuals paired with integrated software that eliminates barriers and provides an equal platform of fitness for all.
LifeSite provides an ultra-secure, cloud-based digital safe deposit box for individuals, families, and advisors to organize, manage and share all of life's most important information and documents. With security as its first priority, LifeSite combines secure file access and controlled, permission-based sharing with high-level document encryption and security to provide General Data Protection Regulation-compliant solutions.
Prodigo Solutions
Realized
Healthcare IT
Fund I
Cranberry Township, PA
Software for healthcare organizations to better manage their supply helping providers gain control of supply chain spend through contract compliance and automation. Prodigo was acquired by Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX) in 2023.
Strategic Health Care is a health care consulting firm working at the intersection of health care and government – Strategic has expertise in congressional and regulatory matters, health policy analysis and solutions, CMS pilots and demos, federal grants development, managed care contracting and association management.
True Link is a diversified financial services firm offering a range of money management, investment, and insurance products, primarily for retirees. Its financial advisory division was the first tech-enabled “robo” advisor targeting retirees, its debit cards are nationally recognized for their budgeting and anti-fraud features, and its recordkeeping software for trusts helps tens of thousands of people maintain eligibility for lifesaving medical benefits. Sold in a secondary offering in 2018.
Comprehensive platform for advance care planning addressing critical unmet needs in end-of-life care and aligning care preference with care provision.
Leverages on-site personal assessments, conducted both in person and electronically, to develop personalized prevention plans for its customers’ patients. Sold to Almost Family in 2015.
Navigates process of finding caregivers matching users’ specific needs and budgets, and then provides assistance with interviewing, hiring, paying and processing taxes for each user through its web-based platform. Sold to Generali Global Assistance in 2017.
A leading provider of behavioral services via Telehealth to vulnerable populations across the country. With a focus on high acuity psychiatric patients in rural markets, Forefront offers services to hospitals, skilled nursing facilities (SNFs), and clinics that heretofore have had limited access to behavioral health practitioners. The solution consists of in-house billing, an extensive provider network, and a modern video conferencing platform.
Arena offers predictive analytics for employee hiring and retention. Arena captures large amounts of data about applicants and uses modern data science to help health care organizations improve outcomes by finding the right people for each role, in each department, at each location.
K4Connect created products that serve and empower older adults and individuals living with disabilities, enhancing lives by integrating the latest in smart home automation into a single responsive system. The Company’s products enable smarter living environments and healthier lives, while fostering family and community connectivity.
Small home and community building system.
VitalTech™ develops comprehensive digital health technologies that integrate artificial intelligence with smart wearable devices and an interconnected platform to provide real-time remote patient monitoring and care-team engagement.
BlueStar Telehealth
Current
Other Aging/Post-Acute
Fund II
Rockville, MD
BlueStar provides telehealth services to help clinical caregivers connect with their remote patients. We provide a full suite of technical and logistic services, including video, software, hardware, communications, nurse monitoring, billing support, and other ancillary services.
Bluestone Physician Services
Current
Healthcare Services
Fund III
Stillwater, MN
Bluestone Physician Services’ unique, robust model of care goes beyond primary care services. The model is tailored to patients living with multiple chronic conditions and disabilities. Bluestone recognizes that patients need a customized approach to care that is preventative, proactive and includes all members of the care team. Medical providers, nurses and social workers collaborate with patients’ other healthcare providers and families.
Smartcare Software produces a complete SaaS business automation and point-of-care platform for the management and delivery of home care services. The company's vision is to simplify the world of home healthcare through technology, data-driven solutions, and insights that empower providers and caregivers in improving care.
TCARE provides an evidence-based solution that gives care professionals the means to assess for risk factors for family caregiver burnout. The TCARE model solves burnout with tailored, easy-to-follow action plans and resources for all of life’s needs.
TSOLife Minerva is a first-of-its-kind business intelligence platform that translates resident intake data into actionable insights that help communities create individualized experiences for their residents. Using state-of-the-art technology, the company is reinventing how senior living communities operate by putting resident histories, preferences, and interests at the forefront.
Innovative medical practice helping seniors age well at home.
A risk-bearing senior care provider focused on solving critical problems associated with senior care with its innovative “whole person” model.
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