What Does Ikigai Mean?
Ikigai, pronounced (ee-key-guy) is a Japanese concept that means “a reason for being.” The word “ikigai” is usually used to indicate the source of value in one’s life or the things that make one’s life worthwhile. For us, it means exactly what the ikigai diagram shows, combining our passions, professions, missions, and vocations into one deliverable. A reason for being.
What is a Catalyzing Agent?
Catalyst: A person or thing acting as the stimulus in bringing about or hastening a result. At IVP we invest in and then actively participate with our portfolio firms. Our intent is to be one of the key agents/ingredients that hasten growth and profitability. Through this dual participation, we are fully aligned and involved with our entrepreneurs and their firms.
What We Do
We bring our money, our people, our experience, our network, and our expertise to accelerate (catalyze) early/mid-stage healthcare firms (primarily chosen from the portfolios of Ikigai Healthcare Funds I and II). We work with them to utilize their newfound cash to dramatically accelerate their growth and success.
We advise on growth, organizational design, marketing, strategy, governance and anything else where experience and expertise can impact success and minimize critical missteps.
We help take our portfolio firms into all areas of healthcare and insurance:
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Payers of all kinds, Commercial, Medicare, Medicaid, Worker’s Comp, and more
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Providers of all kinds, including health systems, hospitals, at-risk groups, IPAs and more
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Large, self-insured employers
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TPAs
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Other parts of the larger insurance world.
We use our extensive, national network of formal and informal advisors to get warm introductions into decision makers at the firms our clients most need to be successful while bringing only those innovators to our name-brand friends/colleagues/customers that have the most impact on their missions and outcomes.
We act as the catalyzing agent to shorten the innovation cycle and the sales cycle, to improve outcomes in meaningful ways both clinically and financially, and help accelerate value for all parties.
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