Fierce Health Technology February 10, 2020
Paige Minemyer

When Cigna launched its venture capital fund in 2018, it did so not only in search of the financial perks but with an eye on a front-row seat to the latest in healthcare innovation.

Tom Richards, Cigna’s senior vice president and global lead of strategy and business development, heads up Cigna Ventures’ work, and he told FierceHealthcare that investment decisions aim to find potential partners that can make the customer experience easier.

“At the end of the day, healthcare is still too expensive and too complicated for the parties involved,” he said. “We’re looking to make it affordable, predictable and simple.”

The opportunity to achieve those goals is possible with both large and small companies, he said. Companies that are...

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