Robert Garber
Managing Partner at 7wireVentures
Robert Garber
Managing Partner at 7wireVentures
Chicago, Illinois
Overview
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.