Zaffre Investments

What is Zaffre Investments?

Zaffre Investments is a venture capital firm focused on investing in the IT and TMT sectors, with a strategic emphasis on consumer solutions and healthcare. Founded by the Board of Directors of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts in 2014 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, they have carved out a niche in fostering innovation in health care. The firm operates with a mission to advance the efficiency and effectiveness of health coverage and health care services through mission-driven investments that address the needs of health care consumers and adapt to the market's rapid evolution.

Their targeted investments aim to impact access, affordability, equity, and patient experience by overcoming existing barriers to high-value health care. With a hands-on approach, Zaffre Investments partakes in direct investments, strategic partnerships, and runs a Health Equity Business Accelerator to fund and support minority-owned companies tackling health inequities.

The firm's extensive portfolio features forward-thinking companies offering various solutions, such as online behavioral health support, healthcare financial engagement platforms, cloud-based management systems for non-emergency patient transportation, and online training to reduce implicit bias in healthcare.

By participating in pilots, affecting millions of lives, and being at the forefront of health care innovation, they are committed to operationalizing successful approaches for broad-scale implementation. Their investment range lies exclusively at $50 million, for both minimum and maximum investment amounts, concentrating their resources on enterprises positioned for significant growth and influence within the healthcare ecosystem.