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Echo Health expects Tennessee success

May 4, 2022 • Robert Lavine

Geographic growth and the integration of the corporate-backed healthcare venture firm's newest partner is set to precede a busy year, Rob Coppedge and Hayley Hovious told Global Venturing.

Venture capital firm Echo Health Ventures’ recent move into Tennessee is closely related to the state’s centre as a healthcare hub as well as the addition of health insurer BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee to its partners, the firm told Global Venturing.

The firm was formed in 2016 by health insurance provider Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina’s Mosaic Health Solutions subsidiary and healthcare provider Cambia Health, to invest in the early and growth-stage healthcare ecosystem.

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