Welcome to 2025’s final edition of Re-Humanizing HealthTech, where we amplify and connect voices bringing humans back into healthcare.

This issue comes to you following some fantastic holiday get-togethers with wonderful people. I’m feeling grateful for those in my circle, and I’m also very excited about my upcoming family time in kiwi summer!

Many people have heard of the silver tsunami, but few seem to have internalized the scale of the shifts we’re facing.

In the US:

We’re living longer, but in poorer health. On top of the physical challenges that come with aging, our seniors are struggling with loneliness and a little-explored version of “what do I do when I grow up”.

While 80 is absolutely the new 60, we haven’t structured our societies around this demographic. We have an enormous and growing care provider shortage, a “sandwich” generation that’s ill-equipped to deal with the realities of handling end-of-life care, and a built environment that’s woefully under-prepared for housing aging adults.

The Boomers are not the Silent Generation. They have different expectations for what retirement looks like and the capital and influence for their shared voice to have weight.

Supply problems are notoriously difficult to address, but our featured founder has jumped into the fray, regardless. He not only sees the future that’s coming, but has stitched together a solution that’s helping people age in place. Read more below.

In optimism,

Katie

Meet Cameron. He’s building Rosarium Health, a tech-enabled care platform that helps older adults and people with disabilities age in place by coordinating medically necessary home modifications (i.e., safer bathrooms, wheelchair ramps, and accessibility upgrades) through partnerships with Managed Medicaid, Medicare Advantage, and with non-profits.

Why did you choose this path?

My career began in health disparities research, studying how environment and circumstance shape outcomes for children long before they become patients.

That early work informed the next decade of my professional life, spent inside organizations like DaVita, Truven Health Analytics, Evolent Health, and Bright Health. Across strategy and operations roles, I worked on value-based care models, technology-enabled services, and population health programs designed to close gaps for chronically ill and underserved communities.

Whether the focus was dialysis, maternal health, or complex care management, the lesson was the same: innovation only works when it reaches the people who need it most, and far too often the system falls short at that very point.

That understanding became far more personal when my aunt needed a home modification to avoid institutional care, and the path to securing it was anything but clear. Even with years of experience inside health plans and medical groups, I struggled to navigate the process for her, and it revealed how isolating and opaque the system can be for families with far fewer resources or support. Seeing those gaps up close made it clear that the issue wasn’t a lack of intention in healthcare, but a lack of infrastructure to meet people where they are.

Rosarium became a way to bring my experiences together and build something practical, humane, and rooted in equity. It felt less like a departure from my past work and more like the natural continuation of it.

What are the missing pieces for you right now?

Scaling Rosarium nationally requires deeper roots in a few areas.

🧑‍⚕️ We need a wider bench of clinicians trained in home safety, especially in rural and suburban counties where aging populations are growing faster than the available clinical workforce.

🤝 We are also working to expand our contractor network so that timelines remain fast in regions that are historically underserved.

🏥 And like most healthcare infrastructure, the work depends on smoother integration with health plans. When referrals, authorizations, and documentation can move with less friction, families receive help sooner. Our technology is improving that process, but there is more to build.

What gives you hope?

Hope shows up every week (in both small and big ways):

It’s the season for celebrating, connecting, and sharing a moment together. I’m hearing and feeling a lot of hope and excitement for what’s coming next in 2026.

Some hardy investors and portfolio companies at Gaingels braved the cold to collect at a rooftop atrium in SF. Bit of a blast from the past unexpectedly running into a former colleague! And, no, we didn’t plan our complementary outfits.

A highlight was discussing and discovering some of the amazing tech-in-progress — from robotic hands to a depression-treating headset to flying taxis.

Oasis Collective and Berkeley Female Founders & Funders hosted their holiday shindig at Hotel Emblem. The vibe was elegant, the group impressive, and the dinner an absolute feast.

I arrived after an afternoon of co-conspiring on a very fun future project… stay tuned for when this gets out of stealth.

For SF locals, this hotel is right next to the extraordinary line winding it’s way around the block for Pacific Cocktail Haven, though the holiday-themed decorations might make the wait worthwhile!

Summit closed out 2025 with light and festivities at the beautiful Ferry Building.

My favorite moments were reconnecting with old friends and hearing about the successes and failures that are such an inherent part of making big and bold plans. It’s easy to focus on the work not done, but it’s critical to pause and celebrate the wins.

Pro tip: never leave the party early. If you did, you missed the invite to the after-party.

I operate, advise and invest in Pre-Seed —>Series A healthtech & agetech startups.

Reach out if you’re tackling gnarly problems in complex ecosystems.