Carly Eckert
Carly Eckert is Co-Founder and Head of Innovation & Impact at avante and serves as a Board Member at Harper's Home. She specializes in applied data science, product development, and clinical care, focusing on innovation in healthcare.
Fuse leads $10M Seed in Avante to build AI-powered infrastructure for employer healthcare benefits
Fuse led a $10 million Seed round, joined by HighSage Ventures, in Avante—an infrastructure platform that centralizes benefits data and uses AI to help employers manage employee healthcare more efficiently. Avante, led by CEO Rohan D’Souza and co-founder Carly Eckert, plans to expand its team and hire five roles as it scales its platform to reduce administrative burden and improve benefits outcomes.
Expedia Appoints Scott Schenkel as CFO Amid C-Suite Changes; Ex-Microsoft AI VP Luis Vargas Launches AI Startup
Expedia Group appointed Scott Schenkel as its new CFO, succeeding Julie Whalen, amid broader executive changes including CEO Ariane Gorin's leadership. Meanwhile, former Microsoft AI VP Luis Vargas left to start a new AI startup as chief technologist.
Avante Raises $10 Million Seed Round Led by FUSE; Kellan Carter to Join Board
Avante, a stealth Seattle startup led by former OliveAI executives Rohan D’Souza and Carly Eckert, raised $10 million in seed funding led by Bellevue-based FUSE with participation from Ascend Venture Capital, Highsage and angel investors. The funding will accelerate product development, expand engineering and data science teams, and FUSE’s Kellan Carter will join Avante’s board as the company scales after beginning development in fall 2023.
Organizations
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avante Co-Founder, Head of Innovation & Impact 2024–present, Head of Product, Data Science 2023–2024, Former OliveAI Executive · current
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Harper's Home Board Member 2024–present · current
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Self-employed Healthcare Consultant 2023 · past
Education
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Certificate, Global Health · 2025
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University of Washington Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Epidemiology · 2017–2023
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Oregon Health & Science University American Medical Informatics Association 10x10 Program, Clinical Informatics · 2016–2017
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University of Washington School of Public Health Master's Degree, Epidemiology · 2012–2014
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University of Oklahoma Health Campus Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) · 2005–2009
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Duke University Bachelor's Degree, ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE/LETTERS · 2000–2004
