Venkat Mocherla

Yeah, thank you, Scott. Gosh, it's such a, you know, I have to say, you know, long-time listener, first-time caller type of thing. You know, so great to be with you and the community you've built at Becker's. Yeah, just to introduce myself, as Scott said, I'm Venkat Macharla. I'm the co-founder of Midstream Health.

Yeah, thank you, Scott. Gosh, it's such a, you know, I have to say, you know, long-time listener, first-time caller type of thing. You know, so great to be with you and the community you've built at Becker's. Yeah, just to introduce myself, as Scott said, I'm Venkat Macharla. I'm the co-founder of Midstream Health.

I've been thinking about and working in the intersection of healthcare and technology for, boy, 15 years now. You know, I got to go start my career at a large care delivery provider called DaVita. And at the time, we were thinking a lot about not just, you know, kidney care, but actually how do we sort of build new businesses.

I've been thinking about and working in the intersection of healthcare and technology for, boy, 15 years now. You know, I got to go start my career at a large care delivery provider called DaVita. And at the time, we were thinking a lot about not just, you know, kidney care, but actually how do we sort of build new businesses.

And I got to be fortunate enough to be part of a team that was, you know, revolutionizing primary care using these direct primary care models and a company called Palladina at the time. It's now part of Marathon Health. Um, I got to, you know, work on some new value-based care models there.

And I got to be fortunate enough to be part of a team that was, you know, revolutionizing primary care using these direct primary care models and a company called Palladina at the time. It's now part of Marathon Health. Um, I got to, you know, work on some new value-based care models there.

And then, um, I worked globally, uh, in the middle East and Europe and Canada, um, for a consulting research and technology company called the advisory board, which many of your listeners might know of. And then about 10 years ago, got obsessed with the intersection of AI and healthcare delivery. Um, I got to see a company go launch off the ground and a company called Juventus, um,

And then, um, I worked globally, uh, in the middle East and Europe and Canada, um, for a consulting research and technology company called the advisory board, which many of your listeners might know of. And then about 10 years ago, got obsessed with the intersection of AI and healthcare delivery. Um, I got to see a company go launch off the ground and a company called Juventus, um,

which is still and now is one of the leaders in applying AI for clinical operations. And 10 years ago, boy, you know, it's so interesting. Some of these trends take a while to catch up. And 10 years ago, nobody was really applying AI for some of these solutions. And now there's a whole host of entrepreneurs and interest and excitement in that area.

which is still and now is one of the leaders in applying AI for clinical operations. And 10 years ago, boy, you know, it's so interesting. Some of these trends take a while to catch up. And 10 years ago, nobody was really applying AI for some of these solutions. And now there's a whole host of entrepreneurs and interest and excitement in that area.

And then, as you said, got to be fortunate enough to be part of the incredible venture capital firm, Andreessen Horowitz, for about five years. And I got to partner with many entrepreneurs and helping them bring some of these ideas to scale.

And then, as you said, got to be fortunate enough to be part of the incredible venture capital firm, Andreessen Horowitz, for about five years. And I got to partner with many entrepreneurs and helping them bring some of these ideas to scale.

And then not too long ago, got to start my own company called Midstream Health, where we think about fundamentally how do we accelerate and advance financial sustainability using AI for some of the largest healthcare systems in the country. So that's a little bit about me, Scott.

And then not too long ago, got to start my own company called Midstream Health, where we think about fundamentally how do we accelerate and advance financial sustainability using AI for some of the largest healthcare systems in the country. So that's a little bit about me, Scott.

Yeah, I've been fortunate, whether as an angel investor in companies or partner with entrepreneurs at Andreessen Horowitz, invested in this part of healthcare,

Yeah, I've been fortunate, whether as an angel investor in companies or partner with entrepreneurs at Andreessen Horowitz, invested in this part of healthcare,

One of the, I think there's some very interesting, I think, friends that I think are worth observing if you take one step back and think through some of the patterns that we see now, because I've been fortunate enough to, you know, from the days of Kivanos to A16Z to my own company now at Midstream, got to see some of these patterns play through.

One of the, I think there's some very interesting, I think, friends that I think are worth observing if you take one step back and think through some of the patterns that we see now, because I've been fortunate enough to, you know, from the days of Kivanos to A16Z to my own company now at Midstream, got to see some of these patterns play through.

I think there's three acts that have really been revolutionary and transformative and I think are fundamentally quite exciting.

I think there's three acts that have really been revolutionary and transformative and I think are fundamentally quite exciting.