Yale New Haven, Hartford HealthCare, Keck join Aegis consortium

Modern Healthcare – Monday, September 15, 2025
By Gabriel Perna

Aegis, a venture studio that creates, invests in and operates digital health companies, added three more health systems to its digital consortium, the company announced Monday.

Yale New Haven Health, Hartford Healthcare and Los Angeles-based Keck Medicine of USC will join the consortium Aegis launched in April 2024 and now has 14 members.

The consortium’s aim is to create solutions and possibly spin off companies designed to solve pain points in care delivery, often with artificial intelligence-powered platforms. The participating health systems can help co-develop and invest in the solutions.

The other health systems in the consortium are Stanford, California-based Stanford Health Care; Evanston, Illinois-based Endeavor Health; Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health; Houston-based Memorial Hermann Health System; New Hyde Park, New York-based Northwell Health; Winston-Salem, North Carolina-based Novant Health; New Orleans-based Ochsner Health; Columbus, Ohio-based The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center; San Diego-based Sharp HealthCare; University of Pittsburgh Medical Center; and Nashville, Tennessee-based Vanderbilt Health.

Optain, an ophthalmology-focused startup, is an example of how Aegis brings health systems to the investment table. Last week, the company raised a $26 million Series A funding round. OSU Wexner, Northwell, UPMC, Memorial Hermann Health System, Winston-Salem and Novant Health participated in the round.

Aegis has brought in former health system and tech executives to help create companies that would appeal to providers. In August, it brought on Cris Ross and John Driscoll. It also hired former Mayo Clinic CEO Dr. John Noseworthy in June 2022 and Dr. David Feinberg, former CEO of Danville, Pennsylvania-based Geisinger Health, in January 2024.

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