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Robert Garber

Managing Partner at 7wireVentures

Chicago, Illinois

Overview 

Robert Garber is the Managing Partner at 7wireVentures in Chicago, Illinois, with a focus on venture capital and early stage investments. He has a strong track record of successful investments in companies like GroundGame Health and RecoveryOne, as well as serving on the boards of various healthcare and technology startups. Garber holds an MBA from Northwestern University and a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, bringing a wealth of expertise in executive coaching, mergers & acquisitions, and corporate development to his role. His leadership in the Midwest's SMB software, e-commerce, and digital health sectors have solidified his reputation as a key player in the entrepreneurial and investment landscape.

Work Experience 

  • Managing Partner

    2014 - Current

    7wire Ventures is an early-stage healthcare venture fund focused on innovative products and services that empower and engage consumers to become more proactive and effective with their healthcare decisions. We look for solutions that improve health outcomes, reduce costs, drive efficiency, and lead to better personal health.

7wire ventures focuses on investing in early and growth-stage companies focused on healthcare IT, digital healtcare and mobile health.

  • HLTH Community Thought Leader

    2024

    As a HLTH Community Thought Leader I lead exclusive virtual roundtable discussions for HLTH Community members and provide thought and direction on industry trends.

HLTH is the community for Global Health Innovation.

  • Board Member

    2022

    Care delivery including SDOH for economically disadvantaged populations and communities across the US

GroundGame Health provides care delivery including SDOH for economically disadvantaged populations and communities.

Raised $17,000,000.00 from 7wire Ventures.

  • Board Member

    2021

    The all-in-one digital solution for gut health and disease. We’re helping people feel better, while lowering their cost of care.

Cylinder is a digital health company that offers personalized care for people with digestive conditions.

Raised $47,000,000.00 from Mercato Partners, SemperVirens Venture Capital, 7wire Ventures, Human Capital, Distributed Ventures, Health Catalyst Capital and Intermountain Ventures.

  • Chair of the Board of Directors

    2018

    HomeThrive reduces the time spent by and stress on family caregivers by combining expert coaching with personal assistance services provided by an experienced social worker dedicated to the entire family.

Homethrive is a healthcare service company that provides support for employee caregivers, aging adults, and those with special needs.

Raised $78,524,969.00 from Pitango VC, Allianz, The K Fund, 7wire Ventures, Human Capital, TELUS Ventures, Outcomes Collective and TELUS Ventures.

  • Board Member

    2017

    RecoveryOne works with leading healthcare organizations to transform virtual physical therapy. We empower our members to get back out there™ on their terms, with a personalized program that reduces medical costs, improves workplace productivity, and optimizes clinical and functional outcome

RecoveryOne provides physical therapy programs for people struggling with musculoskeletal issues.

Raised $50,234,534.00 from Leverage Health, TELUS Ventures, Cobalt Ventures, 7wire Ventures and Cigna Ventures.

  • Advisory Board Member

    2022

    nen offers a novel mission-driven approach, designed for kid’s minds, to address their particular needs. The philosophy behind nen is that, through play, we can apply tools that we know work in the context of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to modulate pain and improve their overall wellbeing and outcomes.

  • Board Member

    2019 - 2024

    SameSky Health is leading patient engagement and care navigation solution designed to help clients activate their multicultural patient populations to better engage with the healthcare system. ConsejoSano utilizes multilingual, multi-channel engagement (2-way SMS, voice, etc.) along with culturally relevant messaging to increase engagement. ConsejoSano helps clients to lower costs and improve health outcomes related to care for multicultural populations that face cultural, language, and social challenges in accessing care. Through healthcare navigators that provide in-language support, ConsejoSano builds trust with at-risk patients and steers them to more effective self-care and utilization of their healthcare benefits.

Multicultural engagement and health equity solutions

Raised $24,200,000.00 from DaVita Venture Group, 7wire Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Victor Oladipo, Magnetic Ventures, Tufts Health Plan, Impact Engine, American Heart Association and Wanxiang America.

  • Chair Of The Board Of Directors

    2021 - 2024

    Founded and incorporated in Ireland in 2013, the Company is a digital therapeutics company that develops products for managing injectable medications for patients in the home. It is the Company’s mission to become the world’s leading digital therapeutics platform for injectable medications.

  • Advisory Board Member

    2019 - 2024

    We empower leading organisations, innovators and thought leaders to solve major healthcare problems through digital health collaborations. HealthXL Members: Abbott Nutrition, Becton Dickinson, Biogen, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bupa, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Cleveland Clinic, EY, Hermitage Clinic, Highmark Health, IBM, ICON, Imperial College Health Partners, Janssen Healthcare Innovation, Linde Healthcare, Novartis, Partners HealthCare, Philips, ResMed, Roche Diagnostics, Silicon Valley Bank.

HLTH is the community for Global Health Innovation.

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