ScaleHealth

What ScaleHealth does

ScaleHealth, Inc. is a privately held healthcare innovation marketplace founded in 2018 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The company operates a Software AND Service (SAS) platform that connects leading healthcare organizations (hospital systems, health plans, rural and community hospitals, academic medical centers) with emerging health technology companies seeking access to enterprise buyers, investors, and advisors. Core products include the ScaleHealth Marketplace (a digital directory and evaluation tool), the Architect (a tailored insights, activities, and matchmaking engine for members), Innovation Challenges (structured programs that source, evaluate, and rank startup solutions to specific healthcare problems), Market Mapping Subscriptions (real-time intelligence dashboards for healthcare organizations), and ScaleHealth Consulting (advisory and fractional CIO services).

The company monetizes through a tiered membership model (a free Basic tier and a $99/month Plus tier billed annually, offering AWS hosting credits, private Slack access, and concierge benefits), enterprise Innovation Challenge program fees, Market Mapping subscription contracts, and bespoke ScaleHealth Consulting engagements. GTM is hybrid: a self-serve marketplace platform complemented by direct enterprise field sales, an 800+ member community, and recurring Summits plus monthly demo days. The company has regional hubs in Columbus (ScaleOhio, 2021), Ho Chi Minh City (ScaleHealth Vietnam with VMed, 2021), and Ghent (ScaleHealth Belgium with EY Life Sciences and Flanders Investment & Trade, 2021), and reports that companies in its ecosystem have served 100M+ patients, generated $100M+ in revenue, and raised $1B+ in funding. No venture funding rounds or parent company are disclosed.

Name

ScaleHealth

Legal name

ScaleHealth, Inc.

Website

https://scalehealth.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ScaleHealth is a Software AND Service healthcare innovation marketplace founded in 2018 in Los Angeles that connects leading healthcare organizations with emerging healthtech companies through a digital platform, Innovation Challenges, Market Mapping subscriptions, and consulting services, with regional hubs in Ohio, Vietnam, and Belgium.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Innovation Marketplace

NAICS

Other Computer Related Services (541519), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital Health, Health Information Systems & Data Programs (BPADAIAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Health Access & Social Care Innovations (Community Health, Telehealth for Underserved) (BPAGALAG), Healthcare Outcomes & Real-World Evidence (RWE) Analytics (BPAHALAN)

Keywords

• Healthcare innovation marketplace
• Healthtech sourcing platform
• Digital health matching
• Healthcare procurement solutions
• Health innovation ecosystem

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Angeles

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Plus Membership Subscription: Monthly subscription at $99/month (billed annually) providing premium platform features including profile visibility, product visibility, ScaleHealth Insights, private Slack access, AWS credits ($25k value), event discounts, and invitation to roundtables with healthcare buyers.
2. Professional Services - Innovation Challenges: ScaleHealth partners with healthcare organizations to launch custom innovation challenges. Services include engagement driving, solution evaluation, ranking, and reporting. Benefits include risk assessment, custom procurement process integration, and thought leadership positioning.
3. Market Mapping Subscriptions: Customized dashboard subscriptions providing real-time data for health organizations to track healthcare innovation landscape, aligned with organizational goals.
4. ScaleHealth Consulting: Consulting services partnering with payers, providers, and health organizations to identify, vet, and deliver innovative solutions. Includes quarterly demo days, implementation assistance, and leadership strategy sessions. Can serve as fractional CIO for organizations without innovation teams.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

ScaleHealth operates a Software AND Service (SAS) healthcare innovation marketplace that connects leading healthcare organizations (hospital systems, health plans, rural hospitals) with emerging healthtech companies. The platform provides matching, evaluation, and procurement support through its core Marketplace, The Architect guidance engine, Innovation Challenges, and Market Mapping dashboards, supplemented by consulting services.

Product overview

ScaleHealth operates as a Software AND Service (SAS) healthcare innovation marketplace that bridges leading healthcare organizations with emerging health tech companies. The platform consists of the ScaleHealth Marketplace as the central hub for connecting solutions to problems, The Architect as a tailored guidance and networking engine for member companies, Innovation Challenges as programs for organizations to source solutions to specific problems, and Market Mapping Subscriptions for real-time market intelligence. ScaleHealth Consulting extends these capabilities with dedicated advisory services. The company maintains a tiered membership model with a free Basic tier and a $99/month Plus tier offering enhanced features including AWS credits and concierge services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Companies in ScaleHealth ecosystem have served 100M+ patients and customers
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

25 partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• Amazon Web Services (AWS)coreTechnology or IntegrationAWS provides cloud infrastructure and hosting credits to ScaleHealth members. AWS and ScaleHealth co-run the AWS Healthcare Accelerator focused on health equity. AWS partnership provides $25k in hosting credits to ScaleHealth Plus members.
• MicrosoftcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMicrosoft's Rural Health Resiliency Program and ScaleHealth co-launched the Rural Health AI Lab (RHAIL), an initiative designed to improve patient referrals and care access through AI solutions for rural healthcare challenges.
• National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNACHC and ScaleHealth launched the NACHC 2026 Accelerator, a nine-month program to help Community Health Centers scale innovative healthcare technologies. Six startups were selected for the inaugural cohort including Cair Health, Claris Healthcare, Delfina Care, Era Supports, Luro Health, and No Barrier.
• BrightEdgecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBrightEdge and ScaleHealth announced a 2026 cohort for a dual-track accelerator program focused on advancing cancer innovation. The program spans breakthrough therapeutics and technology-enabled cancer care delivery, selecting eleven high-potential ventures.
• OSF HealthcarecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOSF Healthcare is a founding partner of ScaleHealth, participating in Innovation Challenges, sourcing emerging technologies, and engaging with the healthtech ecosystem through demo days and events.
• UCLA HealthcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorUCLA Health is a founding partner of ScaleHealth, with Desert Horse-Grant serving on the LA Steering Committee. UCLA participates in Innovation Challenges and ecosystem events.
• BlueShield of CaliforniacoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBlueShield of California is a founding partner of ScaleHealth. BlueShield CMO Susan Fleischman has endorsed ScaleHealth's alignment with mission to provide quality healthcare access.
• Children's Hospital Los AngelescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorChildren's Hospital Los Angeles is a founding partner with Chief Innovation Officer Omkar Kulkarni on the LA Steering Committee. CHLA participates in ecosystem programs and demo days.
• Nor-Lea Hospital DistrictcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNor-Lea Hospital District partnered with ScaleHealth to pilot CardMedic after introduction through the platform. They are an active participant in Innovation Challenges.
• Martin Luther King Jr. Community HospitalcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMLK Community Hospital is a founding partner with Tracy Donegan on the LA Steering Committee as Chief Information and Innovation Officer.
• World Economic ForumflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerScaleHealth is one of 39 founding organizations to sign the World Economic Forum Global Health Equity Network 'Zero Health Gaps Pledge' committed to advancing health equity globally.
• ApertureflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerAperture is a global, open network formed by HLTH Foundation, ScaleHealth, and HealthTech4Medicaid that pairs underrepresented healthcare founders with innovation ecosystem partners for mutual connection and growth.
• New Mexico Rural Hospital NetworkcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorScaleHealth partnered with the New Mexico Rural Hospital Network to provide 11 rural hospitals across the state with cutting-edge healthcare solutions that meet community needs.
• VMedcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerVMed is the local partner for ScaleHealth Vietnam hub in Ho Chi Minh City, enabling increased telehealth innovation sharing between United States and Vietnam.
• HLTH FoundationcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerHLTH Foundation is a founding partner of ScaleHealth. Programs include co-founding Aperture network and participation in HLTH USA events where accelerator cohorts showcase.
• HealthTech4MedicaidcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerHealthTech4Medicaid is a founding partner of ScaleHealth, collaborating on Aperture network for underrepresented healthcare founders.
• Guadalupe County HospitalcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGuadalupe County Hospital is a founding partner of ScaleHealth, participating in ecosystem programs and Innovation Challenges.
• Marshfield Clinic Health SystemcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMarshfield Clinic Health System is a founding partner of ScaleHealth, participating in Innovation Challenges and ecosystem programs.
• Loma Linda University HealthcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLoma Linda University Health is a founding partner of ScaleHealth, engaging with the ecosystem through Innovation Challenges.
• Inland Empire Health PlancoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorInland Empire Health Plan is a founding partner of ScaleHealth, participating in ecosystem programs.
• Cedars-Sinai AcceleratorminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCedars-Sinai Accelerator is a partner in the ScaleHealth ecosystem, collaborating on healthcare innovation programs.
• Fenwick & WestminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFenwick & West has co-hosted ScaleHealth Summits over the past two years, providing legal expertise and programming support.
• Cleveland Clinic InnovationscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCleveland Clinic Innovations (fmr. Pete O'Neill) leads ScaleOhio steering committee, bringing premier health system innovation expertise to the regional hub.
• EY Life SciencescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEY Life Sciences (Lucien De Busscher) serves on ScaleHealth Belgium steering committee, providing international life sciences expertise for EU-US expansion.
• Flanders Investment & TradecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFlanders Investment & Trade (Claire Tillekaerts) supports ScaleHealth Belgium, facilitating Belgian companies' expansion to US and US companies' entry to EU market.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• MATTER: A healthcare innovation hub and accelerator based in Chicago that connects startups with hospital systems, payers, and industry partners. Comparable community-plus-services model targeting similar enterprise healthcare buyers.
• StartUp Health: A global health innovation marketplace and community connecting healthtech startups with enterprises, investors, and partners. Closest direct peer given the two-sided marketplace model and community-led growth approach.
• Plug and Play Health: Runs corporate innovation programs and accelerator cohorts in digital health, connecting startups with large healthcare enterprises. Comparable cohort-based accelerator and marketplace model.
• Healthbox: Healthcare innovation consulting firm that helps health systems build and run innovation programs, including accelerators and innovation challenges. Direct overlap with ScaleHealth Consulting and Innovation Challenges.
• AVIA: Operates a healthcare innovation network for hospital systems to source, evaluate, and deploy digital health solutions. Directly competes with ScaleHealth's Market Mapping and Innovation Challenge offerings for health system buyers.
• MassChallenge HealthTech: Non-equity healthcare accelerator connecting startups with enterprise partners in the Boston ecosystem. Highly comparable given the no-equity positioning and partnership-driven cohort structure.

Broad incumbents

• Techstars Healthcare: General-purpose accelerator with dedicated healthcare programs and deep enterprise partner network. Significantly larger and better-capitalized, competing for the same healthtech cohort applicants.
• HIMSS: Global healthcare information and technology membership organization. Cleveland Clinic Innovations, a ScaleHealth partner, sits on HIMSS-linked committees. HIMSS provides competing market intelligence, community, and events to enterprise health buyers.
• AWS Marketplace (Healthcare): AWS is both a ScaleHealth partner and a potential competitor — its cloud marketplace, Healthcare Accelerator, and Cloud for Healthcare offerings encroach on ScaleHealth's discovery, vetting, and procurement workflows with substantially greater resources.

Emerging players

• Cedars-Sinai Accelerator: Hospital-sponsored accelerator program that connects healthtech startups with Cedars-Sinai and its broader provider network. Already a ScaleHealth ecosystem partner, but competes for similar startup pipeline and enterprise mindshare.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/scalehealth
• Instagraminstagram.com/scaleyourhealth

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments11 records

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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