Stafford Ventures  

Stafford is committed to funding our portfolio of companies for success.  We know it takes far more than capital to get a new business off the ground.  In addition to capital, Stafford leverages other resources including management support, corporate travel, office space and administrative support.  We select our portfolio based on how well a new idea meets our strategic goals, the goals of our investments and how well the new business fits our family of businesses.

We presently have one company in our portfolio, Sovereign, LLC.    

SOVEREIGN  

Founded with the idea that healthcare costs can be controlled with tighter management and improved transaction information, Sovereign is achieving breakthrough results for its clients in vastly reduced health costs while substantially improving employee and member health benefits.

Sovereign flagship product, PIPELINE, enables employers to purchase healthcare in the same rigerous fashion as they purchase their other inputs:  With market clarity and with full information.  The Sovereign PIPELINE system eliminates players who do not add value in the complex and inefficient healthcare marketplace resulting in a huge reduction of costs.  Too, PIPELINE shifts the benefits of value-added firms to the employer rather than insurance and administrative companies.

These simple business practices, fully accessible through the PIPELINE, result in savings exceeding 30% on healthcare costs.  Moreover, companies can offer premier benefit plans to their workforce like access to Centers of Excellence for treating serious diseases and procedures, choosing providers based on quality of outcomes, wellness programs that really work to support better health and other benefits typically enjoyed by only the most expensive plans.