2023 Healthcare and Life Sciences Predictions - Bessemer Venture Partners
Talks about health tech talent, computational diagnostics and generative AI in healthcare
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Morgan Cheatham
Vice President at Bessemer Venture Partners
New York, New York
Overview
Morgan Cheatham is a Vice President at Bessemer Venture Partners, specializing in investments in bio, healthcare, and AI sectors. With a background in medicine and a Doctor of Medicine degree from Brown University, Morgan has successfully led investments in companies like Folx Health and holds a position on the board of Coalition for Health AI (CHAI).
Cheatham's career highlights include serving as Co-Founder of Decoding Bio and being recognized by Forbes as part of the 30U30 list.
Work Experience
Partner and Head of Healthcare and Life Sciences
2025 - Current
Leading investments in healthcare and life sciences from pre-seed to growth stages. Breyer Capital is a global venture capital firm focused on catalyzing high-impact social and for-profit entrepreneurs. Successful investments include Facebook, Etsy, Spotify, Legendary, Niantic, Circle, Grammarly, EPIC Games, Marvel Entertainment, Datalogix, etc. We have an unparalleled network in the US, APAC, EMEA and Africa – spanning from start-ups to major enterprises.
NEJM AI Editorial Team
2023
NEJM Group is a media & entertainment company located in Waltham.
Co-Founder
2022
https://www.decodingbio.com/
Decoding Bio mission is to translate technical developments and trends into an easy-to-read format.
Board Member
2024
https://www.coalitionforhealthai.org/
Limited Partner
2023
Investment manager with a fundamental, intrinsic value-based approach to investing in publicly traded North American companies.
Limited Partner
2020
Fund of funds investing in venture firms owned by underrepresented managers. http://www.firstclosepartners.com
First Close Partners backs venture funds owned by underrepresented managers.
Vice President
2017 - 2025
Focused on investments in healthcare and life sciences with a focus on applications of computation. Select investments: Abridge, Ansible Health, FOLX Health, Hinge Health, Plenful, Productboard, US Health Partners, Turquoise Health.
BVP Forge operates as a private equity firm that focuses on software-enabled businesses.
Clinical and Research Student
2024 - 2024
30U30
2023 - 2023
Forbes 30U30 Venture Capital
Forbes Magazine is a business magazine that is focused on business news and financial information.
Raised $200,000,000.00 from Binance.
Chief Executive Officer (Interim)
2021 - 2022
Folx Health is a telehealth platform that provides digital healthcare services designed for the LGBTQIA+ community.
Raised $59,400,000.00 from Define Ventures, 7wire Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Polaris Partners and Foresite Capital.
Education
Investments
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