Caoimhe invests in early-stage healthcare technology at Reach Capital, driven by a deep passion for championing entrepreneurs who solve society's toughest challenges. She began her professional journey as an investment banking analyst at Bank of America before moving to growth investing at Adams Street Partners. In 2023, she joined Reach Capital, bringing her analytical rigor and empathetic, founder-first mindset to back entrepreneurs transforming healthcare, education, and work. She holds a B.S. in Applied & Computational Mathematics & Statistics from the University of Notre Dame.

What is a value, principle, or philosophy that has meaningfully shaped your journey? How does it continue to influence how you invest, lead, or approach challenges?

My investment philosophy has been guided by following the hard problems! Healthcare systems, educational organizations, and large institutions are complicated, messy, entrenched problems. The systems that shape people’s lives are incredibly complex. They involve policy, incentives, human behavior, and legacy infrastructure. But those are also the places where meaningful change can happen. And then when you find the founders who are willing to engage with that complexity rather than avoid it, magic happens!

Is there a technology, idea, or movement that most people overlook (or dismiss) which you believe will define the next era of innovation? What draws you to this perspective?

The healthcare system is at a breaking point. Rising costs and staffing shortages are straining its ability to deliver high-quality, timely care and burning out providers in the process. These mounting pressures coupled with rapid advances in AI are catalysts for change. More specifically, I think we are at a meaningful inflection point for payment innovation in healthcare, reducing the financial burden on patients. Financial barriers remain one of the biggest obstacles to accessing timely and effective care. Improving affordability not only unlocks access to better care and outcomes, but also helps providers deliver services more sustainably, ultimately strengthening the healthcare system. I’m drawn to companies building tools that simplify payments, expand flexible financing options, and lower out-of-pocket costs, because strengthening the financial layer of healthcare is foundational to fixing the system as a whole.