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Jon Gordon

Co-Founder of F|42

New York City Metropolitan Area

Overview 

Jon Gordon is a healthcare entrepreneur who has founded and served as CEO of multiple successful ventures, including LifePod Solutions and EveryDay Medical. He currently works as the Co-Founder of F|42 and HC9 Ventures, where he invests in early-stage companies in sectors such as Health & Hospital Services, Health IT, and E-commerce, leveraging his extensive experience in healthcare transformation and strategy. Gordon has held key leadership positions at prestigious institutions like New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Commonwealth Care Alliance, where he served as Senior Vice President of Innovation. His expertise in healthcare management and strategic planning has been instrumental in driving the growth and success of various healthcare startups and ventures.

Work Experience 

  • Co-Founder

    2024 - Current

    Rethinking and remaking all of healthcare at scale. Curious? Drop me a line...

  • Co-Founder & Venture Partner

    2024

  • Co-Founder & Managing General Partner

    2021 - 2023

    HC9 is an early-stage venture capital firm purpose-built to provide industry-specific expertise to emerging healthcare software and services companies. HC9's unparalleled, deeply engaged investor community of leading executives, entrepreneurs and investors collectively has thousands of years of experience in all facets of healthcare. We leverage the power of that experience to support the founders that are shaping the future of healthcare.

HC9 Ventures focus on Seed and Series A investments.

  • Adjunct Faculty

    2019

    Created and teach Masters-level course on venture investing in healthcare

  • Senior Vice President, Innovation

    2019 - 2021

    Responsible for designing, building and leading the innovation program for CCA, a Massachusetts-based dual-eligible payor/provider. Identify opportunities for leveraging innovation to drive organizational improvement and change through a periodic comprehensive needs assessment. Engage with start-ups to identify potential fit and align with investment opportunities. Participate in overall organizational planning and management for CCA as part of our senior leadership team.

Commonwealth Care Alliance is an integrated care system that advocates for economical healthcare policies.

Raised $1,770,000.00 from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

  • Managing Director

    2019 - 2021

    Led venture investment for Commonwealth Care Alliance's (CCA) venture investment subsidiary. Responsible for designing and building processes, policies, infrastructure and team for Winter Street. Align investment activity with innovation priorities for CCA. Serve as an advocate for venture investment with the executive team and Board of Directors.

Winter Street Ventures is the for-profit healthcare investment affiliate of Commonwealth Care Alliance.

  • President & CEO

    2020 - 2021

    Stepped in to lead Winter Street Ventures portfolio company LifePod after we took a majority stake in the company in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. LifePod is a proactive voice-based remote patient monitoring and engagement solution that enables payor and providers to identify and manage social, behavioral and medical needs.

  • Managing Director, NYP Ventures

    2015 - 2019

    Founded and led group responsible for venture investment, strategic partnerships and technology transfer for $8.5 billion academic medical center.

  • Director, Health Policy Center

    2012 - 2019

    Led policy and research group responsible for advocating for the role of academic medical centers in identifying solutions to the challenges facing the American healthcare system.

  • Director, Strategy

    2010 - 2015

    As a member of the Strategy team, led a wide range of projects, from developing NYP’s Accountable Care Organization, to its telehealth program, to its genomic medicine program.

NYP Ventures strives to identify and support digital health innovations to improve care quality and patient experience.

  • Adjunct Faculty

    2015 - 2019

    • Director, Weill Cornell EMBA/MS Capstone Program • Creator and teacher of course on Leading Healthcare Transformation • Guest lecturer on health policy and healthcare leadership for residents and medical students • Recipient of Weill Cornell Excellence in Teaching Award

Weill Cornell Medicine is an academic medical institution that offers health care services.

Raised $53,500,000.00 from National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, UnitedHealthcare and National Institutes of Health.

  • Advisor

    2014 - 2018

    Advisor to Vital Score (acquired by Phreesia)

  • Founder & Chief Operating Officer

    2006 - 2009

    Founder and operating partner of an e-commerce-based provider of home and durable medical equipment.

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