Elise Miller Hoffman is a venture capital investor and startup executive with expertise leading digital health companies as an operator, board member, and investor. Elise has advised dozens of healthcare companies at all stages of the startup life cycle including idea generation, scale up, and exit. As a General Partner at Cultivation Capital, she invested in Seed – Series A stage healthcare IT startups and currently serves on the Board of Lena Health. After investing in ImageMover on behalf of Cultivation Capital in 2018, she joined the company as COO in 2022.
Elise holds a BA in Spanish Literature and Latin American Studies, and an MBA from Washington University in St. Louis. At WashU, Elise serves as a Director of the Holekamp Seed Fund and a member of the Olin Alumni Board. In the St. Louis community, she serves as Board Treasurer for Civic Insight, a local public impact think tank. Elise has been recognized as a St. Louis Business Journal “30 under 30” awardee in 2018 and an Olin Business School Emerging Leader Award recipient in 2020.
The background described above reflects this individual’s professional experience, including prior roles, outside activities, and involvement with Cultivation Capital portfolio companies. It does not represent the investment performance of any Cultivation Capital fund and should not be relied upon as an indication of future results.

