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John Beadle

John Beadle

Co-founder and managing partner at Aegis Ventures

ExecutiveDirectorRoles at 3 startups
Updated Nov 9, 2026·Latest SEC filing Oct 20, 2026·Suggest an edit

About John Beadle

John Beadle is co-founder and managing partner of Aegis Ventures, which starts healthcare technology companies. He designed the Aegis Digital Consortium, a group of 14 U.S. health systems, and helped Aegis launch five artificial intelligence companies. He is a director of Ascertain, which automates healthcare administrative work. He has also served as an executive officer and director of Digital Transformation TopCo. Beadle sits on the boards of Hume AI, Optain Health, and Caregentic. He observes Avandra Imaging's board.

Before Aegis, Beadle spent five years at APL Group, where he led an investment team developing new business lines. He led APL's strategy for a one-gigawatt data center hub in southern Japan. Earlier, he worked in primary investments at John Laing Group and in investment banking at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Beadle earned a bachelor's degree from Harvard College and a master's degree in Global Affairs from Tsinghua University as a Schwarzman Scholar.

Experience

This experience comes from official bios and from SEC filings. For roles taken from filings, the years are when the filings name John Beadle in the role, so the role may have started earlier or lasted longer.

Ascertain Systems, Inc. Current
Co-founder and Managing Partner of Aegis Ventures, director
2024 – Present · New York, NY
Its artificial intelligence agents handle prior authorizations, care coordination, and other healthcare paperwork.
Optain Health, Inc. Current
board of directors
2023 – Present · Charlotte, NC
Retinal screening cameras and remote eye assessments for clinicians.
Hume AI Inc. Current
board of directors
2022 – Present · New York, NY
Aegis Ventures Current
Co-Founder, Managing Partner
Caregentic Current
board of directors
Avandra Imaging Current
Board observer
Digital Transformation TopCo, LLC
Executive officer
Director
APL Group
John Laing Group
Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Key Colleagues at Startups

The people John Beadle works with at each company, as listed on that company's latest Form D.

Ascertain Systems, Inc. · Form D, Oct 20, 2026
Mark Michalski
Mark Michalski
Chief Executive Officer and director
Carlos Dedesma
Carlos Dedesma
Director of Operations & Finance
CM
Moses Adubi
Moses Adubi
Director
Julian Harris
Julian Harris
Operating Partner Healthcare Services at Deerfield Management and director
AS
Ari Shamiss
Director
Optain Health, Inc. · Form D, Oct 13, 2026
Jeff Dunkel
Jeff Dunkel
Chief Executive Officer and director
MH
Mingguang He
Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer, director
MM
Maggie Morse
Director
Hume AI Inc. · Form D/A, Jul 9, 2025
JH
Janet Ho
Chief Operating Officer
AW
MR
AC
Alan Cowen
Executive officer and director
JK

Sources

  1. SECAscertain Systems, Inc. Form D, filed Oct 20, 2026
  2. SECOptain Health, Inc. Form D, filed Oct 13, 2026
  3. SECHume AI Inc. Form D/A, filed Jul 9, 2025
  4. P1Ascertain leadership announcement
  5. P4Ascertain home page
  6. P6Digital Transformation TopCo, LLC filing