The Larta Impact Fund is an evergreen, mission-driven investment platform designed to address persistent capital market failures that prevent promising healthcare solutions from reaching underserved communities.
Seeded by $1.8M in first-loss capital from the State of California and powered by Larta’s commercialization platform, the Fund combines catalytic investment, technical assistance, and community partnerships to strengthen the infrastructure through which communities access innovation.
For more than three decades, Larta has helped entrepreneurs, research institutions, healthcare organizations, and government agencies translate breakthrough ideas into measurable societal impact.
Years of experience.
Ventures supported.
Follow-on capital raised by Larta portfolio companies.
Every investment is strengthened by Heal.LA, Larta’s healthcare commercialization platform.
Heal.LA identifies, nurtures, and de-risks promising healthcare companies through technical assistance, commercialization strategy, pilot development, reimbursement guidance, partnership introductions, fundraising strategy, and ongoing support.
Health equity requires more than breakthrough innovation—it requires capital and an investment strategy that reaches the solutions traditional markets often overlook. The Larta Impact Fund addresses this structural financing gap by investing in companies developing community-centered solutions that expand access to care, reduce barriers to health, and improve outcomes in underserved communities.
To fund these solutions, we operate an evergreen vehicle that is deploying patient debt capital today with plans to expand into equity over time. We integrate catalytic capital with commercialization expertise and strategic partnerships to help promising innovations move from early adoption to measurable community impact—creating high-quality jobs and strengthening local economies from the ground up.
Seeded by $1.8M in first-loss capital from California Jobs First, the Fund is now seeking philanthropic partners, family offices, and PRI investors to help scale a new model for financing health equity through innovation.
We are seeking revenue-generating or near-commercialization healthcare ventures positioned to deliver scalable solutions to underserved populations in Los Angeles County. Open to Larta alumni, current Heal.LA cohorts, and new healthcare innovators.
Fund Details at a Glance
Health equity is influenced by far more than healthcare alone. As the Larta Impact Fund grows, we envision expanding beyond healthcare to support innovations that strengthen the environmental, economic, and community conditions that enable people to live healthier lives—including resilient infrastructure, equitable energy systems, clean air, safe water, and sustainable food systems.
Through our Venture Fellows program, Larta is already building the pipeline of innovations that strengthen community resilience and support this broader vision.
The Larta Impact Fund is guided by an accomplished Investment Advisory Committee and Strategic Advisors whose collective experience spans impact investing, venture capital, healthcare innovation, enterprise creation, philanthropy, and healthcare delivery.
Together, they provide strategic guidance, investment insight, and disciplined oversight to help ensure the Fund remains mission-aligned while supporting companies capable of delivering measurable community impact.
“Heal.LA plays a dual role in Los Angeles by addressing health inequities while helping entrepreneurs and small businesses develop and pilot locally informed solutions. The Broad Foundation is proud to support Larta Institute’s work to strengthen community-centered innovation that advances health and economic opportunity across Los Angeles.”
