Articles from CareQuest Innovation Partners

CareQuest Innovation Partners, a company that funds, scales, and convenes transformative solutions to improve overall health through oral health, and Kno2, the nation’s leading full-stack healthcare communication infrastructure and a federally designated Qualified Health Information Network (QHIN), today announced a strategic partnership to integrate dental care into the nation’s core health information exchange infrastructure.

CareQuest Innovation Partners, a company focused on validating and scaling solutions that improve the oral health of all, in partnership with MATTER, the premier health care incubator and innovation hub, today announced that applications are open for the SMILE Health accelerator. Now in its fourth year, the program fosters collaboration between health care entrepreneurs, industry leaders, and investors to advance innovation, expand access, and improve care delivery.

CareQuest Innovation Partners, a company focused on validating and scaling transformative solutions to improve oral and overall health, today announced its investment in Grin®, a leading virtual care platform for digital oral health care solutions. This funding was led by CareQuest Innovation Partners with participation from existing investors Triventures and SpringRock Ventures.

Showcasing the growing importance of the connection between oral health and overall health, four industry-leading companies are premiering a first-of-its-kind Oral Health Pavilion at HLTH 2024. CareQuest Innovation Partners, Colgate-Palmolive Company, Henry Schein, and PDS Health are partnering to create an experience that spotlights innovation in clinical practice and the importance of preventive self-care. HLTH attendees will experience the dental practice of the future that includes critical components of medical-dental integration, illustrating how medical and dental professionals can collaborate to improve patient care.

CareQuest Innovation Partners, a company focused on validating and scaling transformative solutions to improve overall health through oral health for all, in partnership with MATTER, the premier health care incubator and innovation hub, today announced their selection of emerging startups to participate in the third year of the SMILE Health program.

CareQuest Innovation Partners, a company focused on validating and scaling transformative solutions to improve overall health through oral health for all, in partnership with MATTER, the premier health care incubator and innovation hub, today announced applications are open for SMILE Health. Now in its third year, SMILE Health is an accelerator program for emerging startups designed to identify, validate, and advance solutions that increase equity and accessibility and propel the integration between oral health and overall health.

CareQuest Innovation Partners, a company focused on validating and scaling solutions to improve the oral health of all, in partnership with MATTER, the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, today announced the second cohort of startups selected to participate in SMILE Health, a program for solutions that make oral health more accessible, equitable, and integrated with overall health. In addition, they announced a robust roster of industry-leading partners that will support the program.

CareQuest Innovation Partners, a company focused on validating and scaling solutions that improve the oral health of all, in partnership with MATTER, the premier health care incubator and innovation hub, today launched the second edition of SMILE Health — a unique program designed to identify and accelerate early-stage startups working in systemic health. SMILE is an acronym that underscores the innovations the program seeks: Simple, Minimally Invasive, Integrated, Low-barrier, and Equitable.

CareQuest Innovation Partners and MATTER today announce the addition of leading industry partners and more than $1 million in available investment capital to SMILE Health, a first-of-its-kind program to identify and accelerate early-stage startups at the intersection of oral health improvement and health equity advancement.