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Care Shift: the healthtech podcast for founders and investors
Care Shift is a healthtech podcast and early-stage investment syndicate hosted by Sathvik Bilakanti, co-general partner of Vaelion Ventures. Each episode features unfiltered conversations with the founders and venture investors building healthcare AI and care infrastructure, covering how they raised capital, found product-market fit, and scaled. Guests have included leaders from Commure, Oscar Health, Suki, Cedar, Qventus, and K Health.
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Co-Founder & CEO, K Health
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Co-Founder & CEO, Owkin
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Frequently asked questions
What is Care Shift?
Care Shift is a healthtech podcast and early-stage investment syndicate hosted by Sathvik Bilakanti, co-general partner of Vaelion Ventures. It backs and profiles founders transforming the care economy, from healthcare to elder care to childcare, alongside early-stage applied AI companies building agentic workflows and vertical AI infrastructure.
Who hosts the Care Shift podcast?
Care Shift is hosted by Sathvik Bilakanti, co-general partner of Vaelion Ventures, an early-stage fund investing in applied AI and healthcare. He previously co-founded VitalTrack Health, a remote patient monitoring platform serving nephrology practices.
What is The Care Shift Podcast about?
Each episode is an unfiltered conversation with a founder or venture investor building healthcare AI and care infrastructure. Episodes cover how they raised capital, found product-market fit, and scaled, plus the market dynamics behind their category. New episodes are available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube.
Who has been on the podcast?
Guests have included leaders from Commure, Oscar Health, Suki, Cedar, Qventus, and K Health, as well as venture investors from firms such as Santé Ventures, Aegis Ventures, Define Ventures, and Flare Capital.
What does Care Shift invest in?
Care Shift focuses on two areas: care infrastructure companies changing how we care for one another, and early-stage applied AI companies building agentic workflows and domain-specific vertical infrastructure for healthcare and adjacent regulated industries.
How can founders get in touch or pitch Care Shift?
Founders building in healthcare, care infrastructure, or applied AI can reach out directly at info@careshift.vc, and guests interested in the podcast can use the same address.
Where can I listen to Care Shift?
Care Shift is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube, and every episode has a full written transcript at careshift.vc/episodes. New episodes and takeaways are also sent through the Care Shift newsletter on Substack.