Sander Duncan

Founder and CEO

2023 - Current

Sespe is a permanent capital platform purpose-built for growing healthcare services and technology companies. We have an owner-operator mentality, take early-stage risk, and prioritize fundamentals before scale.

Board Member

2021

Positive Development is the leading clinically-validated, nationally-scaled alternative to ABA therapy for children with ASD and their families.

Advisor, Growth

2023

Flock Health is building the urgent care layer for SMI.

Advisor, Growth

2023

Flume Health builds tools to help payers efficiently exchange data.

Board Member

2023 - 2024

Havarti helps the next generation of risk-bearing entities understand, control and administer risk.

General Partner

2018 - 2022

Lifeforce Capital is an early-stage healthcare venture capital firm. We invest in software-driven companies enabling next-generation care delivery and drug discovery. https://www.lifeforcecap.com/portfolio

Vice President, Business and Corporate Development

2016 - 2018

Led the go-to-market side of Pager’s evolution from a local consumer care company to a national enterprise-facing platform selling to leading payers and health systems. Through this growth period I oversaw sales, account management, strategic partnerships, and corporate development.

Vice President, Business Development

2015 - 2016

Northwell Holdings

2013 - 2015

Co-founded Northwell's corporate development and venture capital arm in partnership with Cleveland Clinic Ventures. Our work spanned all non-clinical monetization across Northwell’s $18B footprint, including divestitures and spin-outs, balance sheet investments, new company development, and large-scale enterprise joint ventures.

Cleveland Clinic Ventures

2012 - 2015

Cleveland Clinic Ventures makes investments in emerging healthcare companies that deliver financial returns to the Cleveland Clinic Foundation while advancing the health system's mission, vision and values.

Associate

2010 - 2012

HealthpointCapital is a middle-market healthcare private equity firm. We focus on growth equity investments and buy-outs in medical device and care services companies.