SWL Healthcare Ventures

SWL Healthcare Ventures operates as a female-founded venture capital firm, specializing in providing advisory services and high-conviction, early-stage investments to seed and commercialization stage healthcare companies. The firm focuses on fostering innovation, enhancing patient care, and leveraging technology and research to deliver high-quality healthcare solutions. Beyond financial backing, SWL actively injects human capital, offering strategic counsel, recruiting support, product-market fit guidance, and go-to-market strategies to its portfolio.

The firm was established in 2009 by Shelly Lanning, an industry veteran with over two decades of experience across medical technology, healthcare services, and health/wellness sectors. Her insight stemmed from the understanding that truly impactful healthcare transformation necessitates not only investment capital but also deep human capital engagement. Lanning's background includes roles at prominent venture capital firms and an early career in medical device design and manufacturing.

SWL Healthcare Ventures partners with high-growth companies that are developing advanced delivery care models and digital health solutions, particularly those addressing diverse and underserved populations. The company's overarching vision is to identify and accelerate ventures that engineer a future where high-quality healthcare is attainable and accessible for individuals from all backgrounds, striving to exponentially improve health outcomes.