Corporate VC · Vancouver, BC
PHC Ventures
Hospital network meets early-stage equity.
- Cheque
- Not disclosed
- Role
- Follows a lead
- Pace
- Actively deploying
- Kind
- Corporate VC
- Based in
- Vancouver, BC
- Founded
- 2018
- Works in
- EN
- Last deal seen
- October 2025
- Sectors
- Health and biotech
Their thesis, in full
Corporate venture arm anchored by Providence Health Care in British Columbia. PHC Ventures takes equity stakes at pre-seed and seed in digital health, biotech, medical devices, diagnostics and pharmaceuticals, British Columbia companies first, with commercialization through the Providence hospital network. Profiled in The 50 CVCA 2026 with a mix of pilot partnerships and direct equity investments, 12 current investments. Brian Simmers is President of Ventures and CFO of Providence Health Care. The platform suits clinical founders who need a hospital-system partner for validation, pilots and commercial scaling.
What they bring past the cheque
- Hospital network access
- Clinical pilot pathway
- Healthtech regulatory
- BC ecosystem
- Provider validation
Questions they usually ask
Have an answer ready for each one before the first call.
- How would a Providence Health pilot accelerate your commercial roadmap?
- What clinical evidence do you need to drive provider adoption?
- How do you scale beyond a single hospital network to broader Canadian and US systems?
Follow-on
PHC Ventures invests at the early stage with strategic equity tickets and typically syndicates with healthcare-specialist funds for Series A and beyond. Follow-on depends on clinical traction within the Providence network and broader provider adoption.
Who to talk to
- Brian SimmersPresident Ventures & CFO Providence Health CareLinkedIn ↗
- Stuart BowyerSenior Director, Commercialization and PartnershipsLinkedIn ↗
- Vikram DevdasSenior Director, TechnologyLinkedIn ↗
- Kristina JelaskoffDirector, Digital Programs & Advisory ServicesLinkedIn ↗
- Soyean KimDirector, Data and AI GovernanceLinkedIn ↗
Portfolio
Names they back, most notable first.
- Sonus MicrosystemsSeed · 2025
- Views MLSeed
- TotalFlow MedicalSeed
- VoxCell BioinnovationSeed
- MytrialsSeed
- DifinitySeed
- Thrive HealthSeed
- CareFlowSeed
- SapiensecureSeed
- Moonrise MedicalSeed
- Realize MedicalSeed
- Mindful GardenSeed
Often in the same rounds
Investors seen alongside them in past rounds.
- Relentless Venture Fund
- DIGITAL Innovation Cluster
- Innovate BC
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