Draft:Grant Verstandig

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Grant Verstandig
Borncirca 1989
Washington D.C.
OccupationVenture Capitalism
Known forFounder of Rally Health; Chief Digital Officer of UnitedHealth Group

Grant Verstandig (born circa 1989) is an entrepreneur and venture capitalist focused on the healthcare and defense industries. He founded a healthcare startup called Audax that he sold to UnitedHealth and subsequently served as UnitedHealth's Chief Digital Officer from 2017 to 2021. He left UnitedHealth to co-found a venture capital firm called Red Cell Partners.

Biography

Grant Verstandig was born circa 1989.[1] He was raised in Washington D.C. Verstandig's parents both worked in federal government.[2] He graduated high school from Landon School.[2] He had frequent injuries from competitive sports.[2] He decided to become a doctor and registered for the pre-med program at Brown University.[2] He majored in neurobiology and played on the lacrosse team.[1] Verstandig got a knee injury that forced him to resign from lacrosse.[1][2] Around the same time, one of his parents was diagnosed with cancer.[2] His experiences with healthcare prompted him to drop out of college during his sophomore year in April 2010, to create a startup in Washington D.C. originally called Audax.[1][2][3]

The business focused on comparing prices from medical providers and incentivizing employees to adopt healthy habits.[3] UnitedHealth acquired a majority stake in Audax in 2014.[4] In 2017, UnitedHealth acquired the rest of Audax,[2] merged it with UnitedHealth's "Rally Health" brand, and appointed Verstandig as Chief Digital Officer of UnitedHealth.[3][4] Verstandig left the position with UnitedHealth in 2021 to become a venture capitalist.[4] He co-founded the venture capital firm Red Cell Partners, which focuses on early seed investments in healthcare and national security.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Pantuso, Phillip (October 13, 2016). "How a 27-Year-Old College Dropout Is Simplifying Health Care". Fortune. Retrieved November 18, 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Worth, Michael J. (August 6, 2024). "3.1 Grant Verstandig". Fundraising: Principles and Practice. SAGE Publications. ISBN 978-1-0719-3011-3. Retrieved November 18, 2025.
  3. ^ a b c Pflanzer, Lydia Ramsey (July 14, 2018). "How a 29-year-old went from dropping out of an Ivy League college to leading digital strategy for America's largest health insurer". Business Insider. Retrieved November 18, 2025.
  4. ^ a b c Rosenbaum, Eric (February 17, 2022). "Where one of UnitedHealth's first tech start-up acquisitions is today". CNBC. Retrieved November 18, 2025.

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