Why We Invested in Salú – Health At Work

Excited to announce our expenditure alongside Softbank (Upload Ventures), Aggir and Norte in the now oversubscribed $2M seed of Salú, which is helping deliver occupational wellness insurance in Brazil. They are also concentrating on populace management and supplementary overall health, outsourcing regulatory need processes from HR groups via proprietary SaaS. Tau Ventures is an AI-initially fund in Silicon Valley investing mainly in seed and we at times choose later bets when we see immense promise. We are investing in US / Canada but in remarkable cases will consider a deal outside, case in place Brazil which is a marketplace we know extremely nicely. Salú was launched in 2020 in São Paulo and impressed us with (1) a potent want, (2) creating an execution-centered workforce, and (3) their small business acumen.

1) The Have to have

Brazil has 210M people today, creating it the (6th biggest population in the environment and 2nd premier in the Western Hemisphere. It also spends 10% of its GDP in healthcare, which is in line with a middle-profits state. But there are broad disparities in health care obtain and expenditure with considerable undercoverage – only 1 in 4 has personal insurance coverage. In the last 5 many years the region also saw the steepest drop in GDP in a century and the 2nd best death price globally from covid, which has strained the two its public and private healthcare. All of these are catalysts for payors, providers and employers to leapfrog their previous devices and undertake a modern, electronic-1st remedy supplied by Salú.

2) The Staff

Past is the minimum imperfect predictor of the upcoming and as such, we were being amazed with the team’s resume – the photo beneath really should speak to it. Quite a few of the founders came from the banking market the place they targeted particularly on the health care industry.

3) Organization Acumen

The occupational insurance policies place is overall very fragmented in Brazil. The country does boast of just one of the most significant solitary-payor system in the world covering all citizens but it is strained. So there is a latent demand all set to be unlocked. Salú so much has gained dozens of contracts from present vendors the organic problem is creating switching charges and loyalty. We have witnessed the team’s concentrate on numbers paying out off as they now have 120+ prospects throughout numerous segments.

We are honored and psyched to be portion of Salú’s journey, making use of technological know-how to clear up a large issue. Additional at http://www.salu.com.vc.

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