Dreamit Healthtech

What Dreamit Healthtech does

Dreamit Ventures (operating as Dreamit Healthtech, Dreamit Securetech, and Dreamit UrbanTech) is a US-based early-stage venture fund and growth-focused accelerator founded in 2008. The firm invests $500k–$1.5M in pre-Series A startups demonstrating early product-market fit, organized across three vertical programs: Healthtech (digital health, medical devices, diagnostics), Securetech (cybersecurity, anti-fraud, risk & compliance, physical security), and UrbanTech (real estate and construction technology). Since inception, the firm has backed more than 300 companies across four funds and operates from offices in Philadelphia, New York, and San Francisco with a lean team of 11–50 employees.

The firm's core platform consists of two structured sprint programs. Customer Sprints connect portfolio companies with 70+ enterprise partners — including health systems (Penn Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Mount Sinai, CHOP), payers (Anthem, Aetna, BCBS), pharmaceutical companies (Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Roche), and Fortune 1000 corporates (Blackstone, Citi, Accenture) — through two-week curated engagements where founders typically pitch to 15–25 executive-level decision-makers. Investor Sprints provide bi-coastal access to 100+ co-investors including Khosla Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, NEA, First Round Capital, Greycroft, and Rock Health, with founders meeting 20–30 investors per sprint. Weekly coaching with vertical-specific partners covers strategy, pricing, sales execution, and fundraising readiness.

Dreamit generates returns primarily through equity appreciation and exits. Notable portfolio exits include Tissue Analytics (acquired by Net Health, May 2020), NarrativeDx (acquired by Press Ganey, March 2020), LevelUp (acquired by GrubHub), Trendkite (acquired by Cision), and Adaptly (acquired by Accenture), with cumulative exits exceeding $600M over a six-month window in 2019. The firm does not develop proprietary technology products; its competitive offering is the operational sprint framework, enterprise network, and co-investor relationships that compress customer acquisition and fundraising timelines for early-stage founders.

Name

Dreamit Healthtech

Legal name

Dreamit Ventures

Website

https://dreamit.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Dreamit Ventures (dba Dreamit Healthtech) is a US-based early-stage venture fund and accelerator founded in 2008, investing $500k–$1.5M in pre-Series A digital health, cybersecurity, and urban technology startups through structured Customer Sprint and Investor Sprint programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthtech Venture Capital and Startup Acceleration

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Early-Stage Venture Capital (Pre-Seed/Seed) (FSANAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Corporate Accelerators & Startup Programs (FSANAHAD), Early-Stage Venture Capital (Series A/B) (FSANAAAB)

Keywords

• Venture capital funding
• Healthtech accelerator
• Pre-seed investment
• Startup acceleration
• Venture capital firm

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Venture Capital Returns: Dreamit invests $500k-$1.5M in pre-Series A companies and reserves similar amounts for follow-on investments. Returns generated through equity appreciation, exits, and carried interest from portfolio companies.
2. Portfolio Company Support Services: Provides intensive coaching, weekly meetings with vertical-specific Partners, mock VC meetings, and access to customer and investor networks to support company growth and fundraising.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Dreamit Healthtech is a venture fund that invests $500k-$1.5M in pre-Series A US digital health, medical device, and diagnostic startups. Portfolio companies participate in structured two-week Customer Sprints (15-25 executive-level enterprise meetings per sprint) and Investor Sprints (20-30 VC meetings per sprint), supported by weekly coaching from vertical-specific Partners. The combined offering accelerates enterprise customer acquisition and fundraising readiness for early-stage healthtech founders.

Product overview

Dreamit Healthtech is a venture fund and growth-focused accelerator that invests in early-stage healthtech, securetech, and urbantech startups. The core offering consists of the Healthtech Fund (investing $500k-$1.5M in pre-Series A digital health, medical device, and diagnostic companies) and the Securetech Fund (investing in cybersecurity and physical security startups). Both verticals leverage Customer Sprints (curated enterprise customer meetings) and Investor Sprints (access to 100+ venture investors) to accelerate portfolio company growth. The program also provides weekly coaching sessions with vertical-specific Partners to pressure-test strategy, pricing, sales, and fundraising readiness.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Dreamit Healthtech Fund Venture fund focused on digital health, medical device, and diagnostic companies. Provides $500k-$1.5M investment in pre-Series A startups with early product-market fit, plus access to Customer Sprints and Investor Sprints to accelerate customer acquisition and fundraising.
• Customer Sprints Two-week structured program connecting portfolio companies with curated enterprise customers and partners. Founders pitch to 15-25 executive-level decision-makers from health systems, payers, pharmaceutical companies, medical device manufacturers, and self-insured employers to build customer pipelines and partnerships.
• Investor Sprints Two-week program connecting founders with curated venture capital firms. Each founder typically meets with 20-30 investors during bi-coastal Investor Sprints, with intensive prep including Mock VC Meetings and access to 100+ co-investors in Dreamit's network.
• Dreamit Securetech Fund Venture fund focused on cybersecurity, anti-fraud, risk & compliance, and physical security startups. Provides investment and access to Fortune 1,000 companies, hospital systems, federal agencies, and military partners.

Quantifiable outcome

• Companies typically pitch to 15-25 executive-level decision-makers during two-week Customer Sprints
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers24 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Customer Sprint Enterprise PartnerscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNetwork of 70+ enterprise partners including Fortune 1000 companies, hospital systems, federal agencies, and military organizations that participate in Dreamit's Customer Sprints, evaluating and potentially adopting portfolio company solutions.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• HealthX Ventures: HealthX Ventures is a healthcare-focused early-stage venture fund investing in digital health, medical devices, and diagnostics. It is a co-investor alongside Dreamit and serves the same pre-Series A healthtech founder segment.
• StartX: StartX is a Stanford-affiliated accelerator that provides capital, mentorship, and customer introductions to early-stage startups. It operates a similar sprint-style acceleration model with structured cohort programming analogous to Dreamit's Customer Sprints.
• Rock Health: Rock Health is a dedicated healthtech venture fund and accelerator that supports early-stage digital health startups. Like Dreamit Healthtech, it provides capital, strategic guidance, and enterprise access, but focuses exclusively on healthcare rather than multiple verticals.
• Founder Collective: Founder Collective is a seed-stage venture fund led by operators that invests in early-stage technology and healthtech startups. It shares Dreamit's operator-led approach and seed/Series A positioning with comparable check sizes.

Regional players

• Jumpstart Foundry: Jumpstart Foundry is a healthcare-focused accelerator based in Nashville that invests in early-stage healthtech companies. It shares Dreamit's healthtech vertical focus but operates primarily in a different geographic ecosystem serving the Southeast US healthcare corridor.

Broad incumbents

• Norwest Venture Partners: Norwest is a multi-stage venture firm with a dedicated healthcare practice investing across healthtech, medical devices, and services. It co-invests alongside Dreamit but writes larger checks at Series A and beyond.
• Techstars: Techstars is a large global accelerator network operating mentor-driven programs across multiple verticals including healthcare. It competes with Dreamit for early-stage deal flow but operates at significantly greater scale with established brand recognition.
• Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) Bio + Health: a16z's Bio + Health fund invests across the healthcare stack from biotech to digital health. It is part of Dreamit's co-investor network but operates at significantly larger fund sizes, often leading rounds where Dreamit participates.
• Y Combinator: Y Combinator is the world's largest startup accelerator, providing seed capital, mentorship, and demo day exposure to early-stage companies. While not healthtech-focused, it competes for the same pre-Series A founder pool and sets market expectations for accelerator value.
• MassChallenge: MassChallenge is a global non-equity and equity accelerator supporting early-stage startups across verticals including healthtech. It competes with Dreamit for healthcare founders seeking structured acceleration and enterprise access.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/dreamit
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dreamit-ventures

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments78 records

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