Hartford Hospital

Hartford Hospital, founded in 1854, is an 867-bed acute care teaching hospital and a key entity within the Hartford HealthCare network, Connecticut's most comprehensive healthcare system. While its primary function is providing patient care, teaching, and research, its parent organization, Hartford HealthCare, engages in investment activities. These investments are made through its endowment and a dedicated investment office, which manages a portfolio of approximately $4 billion as of 2021. The organization invests directly in healthcare and technology startups, such as Circle Pharma, and also allocates capital to external funds, including hedge funds. Furthermore, Hartford HealthCare actively partners with venture capital firms like Connecticut Innovations to foster and accelerate healthcare technology companies, providing clinical expertise and a testing environment for new products.