Top 50 Medical Device Angel Investors in February 2025

Investor	Medical Device investments
Jan Hammer	8
Christina Jenkins	6
Jason Calacanis	5
sherwin matian	4
Fred Moll, M.D	4
Farzad (Zod) Nazem	4
Kevin Moore	4
Jaffray Woodriff	4
Jennifer Fried	4
Frank A. Bonsal	4
Vishal Rao	4
Josh Hannah	4
bumpkins profile	4
Pierre Rigaux	4
Schnidar Harald	3
Maurice Ferre, M.D.	3
Jeff Hammerbacher	3
Jacky Chen	3
Zohar Gilon	3
Simanta Das	3
Yann Fleureau	3
Sophia Bendz	3
Paul Heydon	3
Coco Meers	3
Scott Belsky	3
Ray Muzyka	3
Jessica Livingston	3
Paul Buchheit	3
Marc Benioff	2
Darian Shirazi	2
Robert Hisaoka	2
John D'Orazio	2
Paul Graham	2
Ali Omar	2
Jack Gill	2
Erhan Bilici	2
Cherif Habib	2
Ted Leonsis	2
Noel Hall	2
Edward Ludwig	2
Simon Lorenz	2
Never WorkedHere	2
Stine Molgaard Sorensen	2
Ragnar Sass	2
Per Båtelson	2
Cyan Banister	2
James Lochrie	2
Mark Bamforth	2
Hampus Jakobsson	2
Dov Moran	2

Jan joined Index in 2010, and is a London-based partner, focusing on fintech and information/data services across all stages of growth.He is one of Index Ventures’ leading fintech investors, working with the founders of Adyen, Credit Benchmark, Robinhood and TransferWise. In all, Index has backed more than two dozen fintech companies, withmore than $400 million. Jan has also led Index investments and is on the boards of Beamery, Collibra, SafetyCulture and Silverfin.Before he joined Index, Jan was at General Atlantic in London, where he worked on investments in Kaspersky Lab, Northgate Information Solutions and Torex Retail. He also worked in the M&A, TMT and Capital Markets divisions at Morgan Stanley. Jan is a graduate of Oxford University, and holds an MBA with Distinction from INSEAD.

Investment focus

Health Care, Medical, Medical Device
Series A, Series B, Seed
China, United States, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

MacroLux — MacroLux operates as a medical technology company focusing on endoscopic interventional business. MacroLux develops endoscopic interventional therapy solutions and promote them to the majority of medical customers.
Yuetong Eye Clinic — Yuetong Eye Clinic is a medical institution that provides myopia surgery for adults and myopia prevention and control for adolescents. It is a medical institution focusing on adult myopia surgery and adolescent myopia prevention and control.
Xiwei Biotechnology — Xiwei Biotechnology is an ophthalmology implanted medical device developer that specializes in the unique product development of new bio-modified materials for ocular implantable medical devices and regenerative medicine.

Dr. Christina Jenkins is a Venture Partner at Phoenix Venture Partners.

Investment focus

Health Care, Medical Device, Information Technology
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Aria CV — Learn about Aria CV's novel implantable medical device designed to treat pulmonary hypertension (PH). Our elegant device has no battery, pump, or electronics.
Madorra — Madorra Their goal is empowering women to live fuller, healthier lives. Madorra is working towards changing the paradigm for treating vaginal dryness, by providing a medical device solution to a problem that has previously only been served by pharmaceuticals. They are focused on giving post-menopausal women and breast cancer survivors the power tochoose the non-hormonal treatment option they want.
Siren Care — Siren Care is engaging with providers and payers to transform healthcare for chronic disease and aging. Siren significantly improves patient outcomes and experience by augmenting traditional healthcare with tech-enabled clinical models to provide whole person care. Our flagship program, the Siren Diabetic Foot Program, is a comprehensive servicepowered by our proprietary Siren Socks which monitor foot temperature continuously to deliver superior early detection of diabetic foot ulcers.

Jason Calacanis is the Founder and CEO of Inside.com and Launch. He previously worked at Weblogs as a Co-Founder and CEO. Jason Calacanis attended Fordham University.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, E-Commerce
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
United States, Australia, Canada

Portfolio highlights

TaxGPT — Looking for instant tax help? Meet TaxGPT, your AI-powered tax assistant. We simplify tax processes and maximize deductions. Try TaxGPT today!
Melengo — The easiest way to create new fashion. We use AI to automate the custom manufacturing supply chain.
Created by Humans — Created by Humans enables creators to sell licensing rights for AI training and be reimbursed by AI firms.

sherwin matian

Investment focus

Software, Wearables, Health Care
Pre-Seed
United States

Portfolio highlights

Dentulu — Dentulu lists most of the best online dental consultations in the USA. Book appointments 24/7 and connect with a dentist in less than 15 minutes.

Frederic H. Moll, M.D. serves as Chief Development Officer of Johnson & Johnson’s Digital Surgery Group. Prior to Johnson & Johnson, Dr. Moll was CEO of Auris Health, Inc., located in Redwood City, California. Prior to Auris, Dr. Moll founded Hansen Medical and served as the company’s first CEO, and in 1995, founded Intuitive Surgical,Inc. (Nasdaq: ISRG).Dr. Moll earned a M.D. from the University of Washington, School of Medicine, a M.S. degree in Management from Stanford University’s Sloan Program, and a B.A. degree from the University of California at Berkeley.

Investment focus

Medical Device, Health Care, Medical
Series A, Series B, Seed
United States, France, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Neuro42 — Neuro42 is developing and commercializing advanced MRI technology for diagnosis and image-guided interventions.
Promaxo — Promaxo's portable MRI system offers in-office imaging for prostate biopsy and cancer care, enhancing precision, accessibility, and patient outcomes.
Mendaera — Mendaera enables all healthcare providers to perform precise and consistent point-of-care interventions. Their platform combines real-time imaging, robotics, and artificial intelligence to aid physicians in image acquisition and interpretation.

Farzad (Zod) Nazem has been a prolific angel investor and advisor to tech startup companies since his retirement from Yahoo! in 2007. He has invested in more than 60 early stage companies, and sits on the boards of Hand Foundation, and The Nueva School. His area of investment is about two thirds Big Data and Cloud platforms, and one third Healthand Medical. He was the Executive Vice President of Engineering and Chief Technology Officer of Yahoo from 1996 to mid 2007. He helped acquire and integrate over 50 companies and managed over six thousand engineers representing half of the company's employees. Between 1985 and 1996, Mr. Nazem held various software development and management positions at Oracle Corporation culminating in his role as Vice President of Media and Web Server Division. His tenure at Oracle also included membership in the company's Product Division Management Committee, which set overall strategy for Oracle products. Previously, Mr. Nazem was recruited from California Polytechnic State University by Rolm Corporation to be a software engineer in the VLCBX division. At age 19, he earned a B.S. degree in Computer Science with highest honors.

Investment focus

Health Care, Analytics, Machine Learning
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Emailage — Emailage is a developer of fraud prevention and identity verification technology used to make transactions easier and secure. The company provides multi-faceted predictive solutions with email at the core through key partnerships, proprietary data, and advanced machine-learning technology. It proprietary algorithms in order to provide real-timealerts of risky transactions and delivers a risk score and enable companies to realize significant savings from identifying and stopping fraudulent transactions and improve customer experience.
Ceevra — Ceevra is an advanced 3D visualization technology for surgeons. Using AI and other innovative computing techniques, Ceevra generates brilliant 3D digital models from standard CT scans and MRIs. Surgeons use the Ceevra 3D models to help educate and counsel patients, to decide on the best surgical approach, and to gain important insights whileoperating.
TigerGraph — TigerGraph is a platform for advanced analytics and machine learning on connected data. Based on the industry’s first and only distributed native graph database, TigerGraph’s proven technology supports advanced analytics and machine learning applications such as fraud detection, anti-money laundering (AML), entity resolution, customer 360,recommendations, knowledge graph, cybersecurity, supply chain, IoT, and network analysis. The company is headquartered in Redwood City, California, USA. Start free with tigergraph.com/cloud.

Kevin Moore has 10 years experience as an angel/opportunity investor and operator. Prior to that, he has over 15 years of progressive technology i-banking, corp dev, and CFO experience at startups and $Bn corporates.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, E-Commerce
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
United States, India, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Redbird — Redbird is an operating system that empowers data driven teams to easily create custom applications that automate advanced analytics work in minutes, without writing code.
SilkChart — SilkChart helps growth teams improve campaigns based on what users are doing in product - without relying on expensive data scientists. We do this through a no code analytics tool that combines marketing and product usage data to identify which channels, audiences, and content maximize revenue growth.
Augmend — Create documentation and an AI assistant from any video.

Angel Investor located in Charlottesville, VA

Investment focus

Software, Biotechnology, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Angel
United States

Portfolio highlights

Yogi — Yogi's analytics platform lets you easily sift through customer Reviews & Ratings data. Get actionable insights from your product Reviews, Ratings, and Sentiment Analysis to improve your brand reputation and product experiences.
Caju AI — Caju AI revolutionizes customer engagement with Generative AI, boosting your workforce's productivity and providing invaluable business insights. Elevate your customer experience with the power of AI.
Starchive — AI enriched Digital Asset Management designed by creators for creators, to maximize the control and ownership of their content, community, and commerce in the Visual Media Economy.

Jennifer Fried is the CEO & Co-Founder of ExplORer Surgical .

Investment focus

Health Care, Medical, Medical Device
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States

Portfolio highlights

Madorra — Madorra Their goal is empowering women to live fuller, healthier lives. Madorra is working towards changing the paradigm for treating vaginal dryness, by providing a medical device solution to a problem that has previously only been served by pharmaceuticals. They are focused on giving post-menopausal women and breast cancer survivors the power tochoose the non-hormonal treatment option they want.
Nest Collaborative — Nest Collaborative offers online lactation consults. Virtual appointments are available same-day & are covered in full by most insurance plans.
Solace Therapeutics — Solace Therapeutics is a medical device company that develops and commercializes non-surgical office-based treatments for common bladder disorders, such as stress urinary incontinence (SUI), overactive bladder (OAB), male voiding dysfunction and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). It is dedicated to improving the patient’s quality of life byeliminating side effects typically associated with current drug and surgical therapies.The company offers a technology that is designed to offer patients an office-based therapy that does not require anesthesia or surgery, no lifestyle change required, before or after treatment, and reversible at any time.

Mr. Bonsal has been an active advisor to Outcome Capital since its inception in 1998. Mr. Bonsal is a Co-Founder and General Partner at New Enterprise Associates, one of the country’s largest venture capital firms. NEA invests in early-stage companies and works with management to nurture and build companies of real and lasting value. His investmentactivities focus on a broad range of technical and service-oriented companies. Mr. Bonsal is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Johns Hopkins Hospital and a member of the Johns Hopkins Hospital Endowment Board. Also, Mr. Bonsal serves on the Boards of Directors of Ceratech, CIBERNET Corporation, and COVEGA Corporation, as well as an investment advisory firm, Brown Investment Advisory and Trust Co. Before co-founding NEA, Mr. Bonsal was a general partner of Alex. Brown & Sons.

Investment focus

Education, Software, Health Care
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

ZeroFox — ZeroFox provides enterprises protection, intelligence and disruption to identify and dismantle external threats in one comprehensive platform.
Adlumin — Elevate your security with Adlumin XDR and MDR. Get continuous threat detection, incident response, and proactive threat hunting, all with full transparency.
Cohero Health — Cohero Health offers a proprietary connected health platform for those with respiratory illness. Its sensor-based technology and engaging platform improve medication adherence and care coordination between patients and their care providers.The company offers a suite of tools and technology comprises form flexible inhaler sensors, mobilespirometers, to track real-time adherence and lung function, and a mobile application accessible on iPhone, iWatch, and Android. Cohero Health was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in New York.

Advisory CTO and Angel Investor

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United States, India, Canada

Portfolio highlights

SiPhox Health — SiPhox offers a handheld testing device with RNA/DNA and protein testing for point-of-care and At-Home solutions. The company's kit is made by multiplexing RNA, antibody, and antigen tests on a single silicon photonic chip which is amplified by plasmon resonance and silicon photonic resonator readout, enabling users to undertake tests fordisease safely and in a disposable point-of-care and at-home manner.SiPhox was founded in 2020 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Delphi — Delphi is digital cloning that scales time, monetizes knowledge, and interacts audience at scale.
NewHomesMate — Find, compare and buy a new construction home - all in one place.

Josh Hannah

Investment focus

Software, Internet, Marketplace
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, Singapore, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

ClayStack — Multichain liquid staking platform that allows users to stake their assets, mint staking derivatives, and participate in DeFi.
Monkey Tilt — Join your new crypto casino at Monkey Tilt. Play with crypto, earn points & win prizes. Tilt Club VIP program includes bonuses, merch drops & more.
Ondo Finance — Institutional Grade Finance. On-Chain. For Everyone.

blah - teh software was teh busted and they didn't want to fix it or hire someone to fix it, odd folks, these.

Investment focus

Health Care, Biotechnology, Software
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Canada, India

Portfolio highlights

Sorare — Global Fantasy Football. Collect limited edition digital collectibles, Manage your team and earn prizes!
Hoth Intelligence — Hoth Intelligence home page. Space age surgical technology brought down to earth.
Floating Point Group — Floating Point Group is a trading platform provider offering innovative, industry-leading trade execution and settlement

Pierre Rigaux

Investment focus

Sports, Medical Device
Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
Belgium

Portfolio highlights

MYOCENE — Myocene is a Liège-based sports technology company which creates unique and innovative devices for measuring muscle fatigue and performance.

Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, Scientist and Inventor

Investment focus

mHealth, Software, Biopharma
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
Austria

Portfolio highlights

SCARLETRED — SCARLETRED is an international Digital Health Scaleup revolutionising the global skin care market by the AI powered SCARLETRED®VISION platform system. The problem we solved is subjective skin assessment and lacking standardization in Dermatology. Our medical device certified platform is fully mobile, runs via mobile App on smartphones and connectsto our web platform, which enables to generate smart imaging data and novel AI decision support applications in Dermatology and Telemedicine. The multi award winning technology is supplied international via SaaS to Biopharma and Cosmetics Industry, Hospitals and Medical Experts. Protected via worldwide patents it facilitates standardized skin documentation and remote tracking of skin changes and therapeutic effects via mobile App. Images can be uploaded in a cloud based platform and objectively analysed for visual skin changes over time, such as for allergic reactions, pigmentation changes, acne, psoriasis, disease or wound healing. SCARLETRED provides services on a broad range of dermatologic conditions ranging from B2B to B2B2C applications.

Dr. Maurice R. Ferré was the founding President and Chief Executive Officer of MAKO Surgical Corp, serving from 2004 until the acquisition of the company by Stryker Corp. for $1.7 billion in 2014.In June 2007, Dr. Ferré received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2007 award for emerging companies in Florida. In 1993, he foundedVisualization Technology, Inc., a medical device company for image-guided surgery, where he served as Chief Executive Officer until 2002 when the company was acquired by GE Healthcare, the healthcare division of the General Electric Company. Dr. Ferré served as Vice President of Strategic Development for GE Navigation, a Division of GE Healthcare, until 2004.Dr. Ferré holds an M.D. and a Master’s degree in Public Health from Boston University.

Investment focus

Medical Device, Medical, Health Care
Series A, Seed, Angel
United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Heru — Elevate Your Eye Care with Heru Prime Next Generation VR Diagnostics
TympaHealth — The award-winning Tympa system is designed to empower clinicians to deliver ear and hearing healthcare within local communities.
DermaSensor — We've built a handheld, objective device to assist primary care providers in evaluating skin lesions for the risk of cancer in seconds. Early detection saves lives.

Jeff Hammerbacher - Partner & Co-Founder @ Techammer

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Biotechnology
Seed, Series A, Angel
United States

Portfolio highlights

Modal Labs — Modal develops machine learning software to help run code in the cloud. The software enables users to run or deploy machine learning models, massively parallel compute jobs, task queues, web apps, and more. It also writes the code to launch hundreds of custom containers and runs scripts in the cloud faster than on the local machine.
Potato AI — A literature-based research assistant to plan, collaborate on, and run reproducible protocols.
All Hands AI — All Hands AI operates as an open source agent for developers.

Jacky is dedicated to angel investment and has built up a portfolio of more than thirty startup companies in Canada and the US. His target investments are the early-stage B2B companies with disruptive technologies and business potential in enterprise software, information technologies, MedTech, and Advanced Manufacturing.Jacky has acquiredconcrete business experiences as a successful founder in the startup ecosystem and an executive of Fortune 500 companies over two decades. His remarkable accomplishments range from building startups from scratch to leading a billion-dollar business with the leverage of 14,000 enterprise channel partners. The unique journey has shaped Jacky's outstanding of investing in early startups.Jacky holds the degrees of Mater's E.E. and MBA, and he graduated from CEIBS and The Wharton Business School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Canada, United States, China

Portfolio highlights

Workwolf — Workwolf is a Toronto-based start-up with a management team who has led 7 start-ups, had 2 successful exits, and has taken a company public with a $1.8B IPO. Workwolf CEO Erik Simins is an SME in HR who previously founded MAGNUS HRS, a staffing company now servicing over 150 enterprise customers. The technology at Workwolf solves two of the biggestpain points in employment: applicant filtration and verification, and does so by empowering users to identify better candidates faster. Winner of global awards in both 2020 and 2021 for innovation and market potential, Workwolf is ramping up for its multi-national roll-out with ManpowerGroup in September that will coincide with a $4.5M Seed financing round.
Agile Devices — Agile Devices offer catheter-based interventional procedures helping patients during a stroke. It helps medical practitioners reduce the procedure time to respond to time bound emergencies.
Traction Technology Partners — Traction is a powerful SaaS collaboration platform for evaluating, adopting and managing new technologies across the enterprise. The platform includes Project Management and CRM tools designed specifically for enterprise teams tasked with discovering and evaluating new technologies. Traction is used by IT, Innovation and Corp Dev teams toaccelerate their digital transformation projects, and to speed up the way they find, manage, and adopt new technologies. Traction also offers On-Demand Research services delivered through its platform.

Mr. Zohar Gilon is a Managing Partner at Tamar Technology Ventures. He has personally invested in over 45 start-ups and has achieved 13 exits. Mr. Gilon has also served as the Transaction Manager for some of Israel's most highly recognized exits and has managed each deal from inception through completion, including pricing and distributions.He has extensive investment experience including activity as an angel investor and an Investment Advisor to the Gilon Group. Mr. Gilon is a private investor in numerous high-technology companies, including affiliates of Radcom Ltd. in Israel. From 1974 to 1993, Mr. Gilon served as the President of various companies representing major U.S. aerospace and electronics corporations. From November 1993 to August 1995, he served as the President of W.S.P. Capital Holdings Ltd. Previously he served, as the Managing Director of Shaked Technologies Ltd. He serves as a Director of HCL CleanTech Ltd., RIT, AVT Ltd., Oberon Media, Inc., Edge Medical, Exlibris, OrSense Ltd., and WisAir Ltd. He served as a Director of RAD Ventures. Mr. Gilon served as a Director of RiT Technologies Ltd. since 1995, Ceragon Networks Ltd. since June 1999, Radware Ltd. from October 2006 to July 2009 and Radcom Ltd. since June 1995. He served as Member of the Supervisory Board of Advanced Vision Technology (AVT) Limited. He served as an Outside Director of Silicom Ltd. since 1994.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Series B
Israel, United States

Portfolio highlights

CADY — CADY utilizes AI technology to automate the analysis of electrical schematics
Loora — Unlock your full potential with Loora, your very own AI English tutor. Engage in real conversations with Loora anytime, anywhere, and on any topic!
Annabella — The Electric Breast Pump that mimics a baby's tongue. This technology encourages the release of oxytocin and prolactin hormones, leading to a 50% increase in average milk production.

Simanta Das is a Managing Partner at Stalhmarg and Founder of Rising Stars Ventures.

Investment focus

Health Care, Apps, Education
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
Greece, United Kingdom, The Netherlands

Portfolio highlights

RTsafe — RTsafe provides personalized care in radiation oncology by combining proven expertise in medical physics and highly accurate 3D printing technology. Through its innovative products which include remote dosimetry services and 3D printed dosimetry phantoms, built from real patient anatomical data, supports radiotherapy professionals and significantly enhances patient safety.
Fika — Fika provides guided soft skills micro-training that integrates easily into your work calendars and existing meetings. Book your free Fika trial.
NeuroReality — NeuroReality is developing Koji’s Quest, a unique VR-based SAAS solution that puts the patient at the center of the rehabilitation experience & connects all key stakeholders by providing patients with better health outcomes, allowing clinicians to deliver superior care to more patients without increasing care costs, & permits insurancecompanies to save money while improving care standards. NeuroReality registered 19-12-2017 and is working with a team of 12 devoted developers, neuroscience researchers, creatives and business developers.

Yann sets the vision and strategic direction for Cardiologs and is the guardian of company culture. He is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and is recognized as a thought leader in the application of AI in healthcare. Yann graduated with a degree in Computer Science and Biology from Ecole Polytechnique Paris (X) and the Silicon ValleyInnovation and Entrepreneurship program at UC Berkeley.He was recently named one of MIT Technology Review's Innovators Under 35 in Europe and BNP Paribas European Innovator of the Year. Yann is passionate about the intersection of new technology & clinical practice and is excited to be building a leading company that will help usher in a new era for healthcare worldwide.

Investment focus

Health Care, Medical Device, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Series B
France

Portfolio highlights

Sonio — Sonio is an artificial intelligence for fetal ultrasound, helping practitioners analyse and diagnose congenital malformations.
Inbolt — InBolt has developed the world’s smallest and most efficient 3D camera tracking system. Their first product is a hardware module / device that an operator can plug onto all manual tools such as a drill, a screwdriver or a torque wrench. Once on the tool, it guides the operator, validates the completion of a task in real time and registers allthe completion parameters.
Tilak Healthcare — Tilak is a unique videogame studio where like-minded & passionate people create fun mobile medical games to monitor patients with chronic diseases.

Sophia Bendz - Partner @ Cherry Ventures

Investment focus

Health Care, Software, Apps
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Sweden, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

mayk — Mayk sounds. Mayk music. Mayk noise. Mayk it... In an app.
Medoma — Medoma is a Swedish virtual ward company that offer patients acute hospital care in their home instead of in the hospital.
Wikifarmer — A free online knowledge library where professional or amateur farmers can find best practices on growing their fields more effectively and an online marketplace where farmers can sell their products to buyers directly. Our vision is to create a fair, transparent and profitable environment for all the farming world. Farmers are dedicating theirlives in cultivating their fields, but get the lowest value of all the sales cycle, so we believe they need to receive a more fair share. Buyers have the right to have more options and buy at better prices, so we want to be the ones to solve this inequality in both sides.

I have 30+ years as a founder, operator, investor, board member and advisor. I have founded/co-founded multiple companies and have dealt with cofounder issues directly. I have invested in individual companies that have achieved $2b in revenue, $1b in profit, $30b in valuation. Plus on the other side of the spectrum, I have seen lots ofdifferent poor behaviour by some investors, founders and lawyers. My value add is: - the ability to quickly filter out the wrong people. - fundraising - strategy - focus - making tough decisions - cashflow planningCurrently investing directly in startups (mainly tech) at all stages and in funds (most asset classes) as an LP globally. I invested early in Supercell (majority acquired by Tencent), Unity Software (NYSE:U), Radiant Entertainment (acquired by Riot Games), Boomlagoon (acquired by Wargaming), Peak (acquired by Hachette Livre), Gameclub (acquired by Take-Two Interactive), Doppio Games (acquired by Fortis). Previously, I cofounded a seed VC firm & was an investment banker at various firms. I have both a HBA & MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business at University of Western Ontario in Canada.If you message me with a pitch deck link for your company or fund then do not send me a docsend link or anything requesting an email and or password as I will ignore it. And make sure you detail the team background, why it’s the best team and why you will win.I’m also open to board positions for companies in Europe and North America. Owner of https://www.heathfieldestatenewforest.co.uk/

Investment focus

Software, Gaming, Mobile Apps
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, United Kingdom, Finland

Portfolio highlights

Tellie — Create a free website/link-in-bio to market your art, release new music, increase your followers, sell merchandise, and share your portfolio/resume/EPK. Token Gate all.
Coherence — Unlock your multiplayer possibilities
Glean AI — Glean AI is the only Accounts Payable solution that combines smart automation with spend intelligence and powers Finance teams to drive material savings.

Coco Meers is CEO & Co-Founder at Equilibria.

Investment focus

Beauty, Medical, Recruiting
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United States

Portfolio highlights

Upkeep — We offer a curated booking app for Botox, Filler, Next-Gen Facials, Body Contouring, and Laser Hair Removal with trusted providers in your area. Botox near me, Filler near me, Hydrafacial near me, on-demand MedSpa appointments today!
Hunt Club — We're not like traditional recruiting firms. Hunt Club's recruiting network contains leaders, executives, founders, and entrepreneurs across all industries.

Scott Belsky is currently the Chief Strategy Officer, Executive Vice President of Design & Emerging Products Chief Strategy Officer, and Executive Vice President of Design & Emerging Products at Adobe. He was also the Chief Ecutive Officer atBehance LLC. He attended Harvard Business School.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Cephable — Assistive technology platform that extends digital controls to head movement, voice, gestures, facial expressions and more.
Sapien — Sapien is a platform for creating autonomous coworkers for finance professionals. It promotes its service as an AI-native system created from the ground up that connects with Excel, ERP systems, and customer relationship management platforms.
Mainframe — Mainframe is a technology company pioneering the future of human-computer interaction through AI-driven tools. The company’s mission is to redefine productivity and workflow automation by creating intuitive platforms that bridge the gap between humans and intelligent agents.Mainframe’s debut product, Cobot, is a generative AI assistant thatanticipates user needs, streamlines tasks, and transforms the way individuals and teams interact with technology. Designed to feel more like collaborating with a human than using an app, Cobot empowers users to focus on impactful work while AI handles the rest.Founded in 2024, Mainframe is supported by top-tier investors and built by a distributed team of industry-leading talent from across the U.S., Canada, and Europe. Mainframe’s vision is to create seamless, intelligent software that reshapes how people work and interact with computers in the 21st century.

Originally trained as a medical doctor, Dr. Ray Muzyka cofounded BioWare, a video game development studio focusing on story and character, in the early 1990s. He practiced emergency/family medicine for two years full time, with medicine transitioning to part-time over the following decade as he focused on his role as BioWare’s CEO. BioWare wasacquired by Electronic Arts in 2007, and Dr. Muzyka took on the roles of Senior Vice President at Electronic Arts and General Manager of EA’s BioWare division, which grew over the next five years to span eight development locations worldwide with about 2000 staff (1400 full time). He retired from video games in October 2012, with his third “career chapter” at ThresholdImpact, where he focused on sustainable, profitable impact investing: mentoring and angel investing in information technology, new media, and medical innovations with social entrepreneurs. An active angel investor and entrepreneurial mentor, Dr. Muzyka is a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization, the A100, the Ashoka Support Network, and the Board of Governors of the University of Alberta (serving as Chair of the Human Resources Committee and on the Learning and Discovery Committee and as a member of the University of Alberta Advancement Council). He is Chair of the University of Alberta’s entrepreneur Venture Mentoring Service, a venture advisor at iNovia Venture Capital, and a member of the Alberta Research and Innovation Advisory Committee and the Alberta Premier’s Advisory Committee on the Economy. He also serves on a number of private company boards. He previously served on the board of the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences from 2001-2008 and was on the Board of Trustees of the Stollery Children’s Health Foundation from 2012-2015. He was inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences’ Hall of Fame in 2011 and received the International Game Developers’ Choice Awards 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award. Dr. Muzyka received the inaugural Alumni Innovation Award in 2015 from the University of Alberta. He additionally was named as the 2017 Allard Chair in Business at the MacEwan University’s School of Business and as an Honorary Paul Harris Fellow by Rotary Club International in 2016, in recognition for his philanthropic efforts. Other awards include entry into Canada’s Top 40 under 40 and Ernst and Young’s 2001 Entrepreneur of the Year (IT, Prairies).He obtained his Bachelor of Medical Science from the University of Alberta in 1990, his Doctorate of Medicine from there in 1992, and his MBA from the University of Western Ontario (Ivey School of Business) in 2001.

Investment focus

Health Care, Software, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Canada, United States

Portfolio highlights

Leadoptik — Leadoptik is a California-based company is currently operating in stealth mode.
Modality.AI, Inc. — Modality.ai is an AI-powered platform that detects health conditions using conversational AI. Through dialogue and video, Modality.AI interacts conversationally with the patient to provide health assessment anywhere, anytime. Its system analyzes multimodal data which allows continuous screening and assessing of patients’ health.
Gray Oncology Solutions — Gray Oncology Solution is a healthcare enterprise software company that commercializes GrayOS, the operating system for oncology.

Jessica Livingston is a Co-founding partner. She is also the organizer of Startup School, the big annual startup conference, and the author of Founders at Work, a collection of interviews with successful startup founders.

Investment focus

Medical Device, Education, Health Care
Seed, Angel, Funding Round
United States, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Balto — Balto, the sports gaming platform made for the casual, everyday fan. We’re thrilled to have you. As a quick intro, we’re Nick Montana, Spencer Cassidy and Joel Karacozoff, three individuals with a passion for gaming and an affinity for bringing people together. As driven co-founders to deliver the best experience, They have set out to create asimple, social and fun gaming interface for all.
Elpha — Elpha is where women succeed at work together. Become a member to access daily conversations with experts, insider job opportunities, and a lot of women talking candidly about work and life. Plus membership is free!
Hype and Vice — Hype and Vice combines on-trend fashion with University brands to create officially licensed college apparel women! Cool college apparel to wear for tailgates and gamedays or to lounge around your dorm.

Paul Buchheit co-founded social network aggregator FriendFeed, along with three other former Google employees. He is also an investor in FriendFeed and participated in a $5 million Series A round in February 2008.He was the 23rd employee at Google, where he created Gmail and implemented many of its innovative features. He developed the originalprototype of Google AdSense, and was responsible for Google's famous "Don't be evil" motto in a meeting.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Angel
United States, Canada, India

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SiPhox Health — SiPhox offers a handheld testing device with RNA/DNA and protein testing for point-of-care and At-Home solutions. The company's kit is made by multiplexing RNA, antibody, and antigen tests on a single silicon photonic chip which is amplified by plasmon resonance and silicon photonic resonator readout, enabling users to undertake tests fordisease safely and in a disposable point-of-care and at-home manner.SiPhox was founded in 2020 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Character.ai — Chat with millions of AI Characters anytime, anywhere. Super-intelligent chat bots that hear you, understand you, and remember you. Free to use with no ads.
Perplexity — Perplexity is a search engine platform that uses artificial intelligence to provide large language models and search engines. The company's platform enables the development of beneficial artificial general intelligence, as well as an open-source environment that is accessible to the public, allowing clients to develop skills and knowledge inartificial intelligence.

Marc Benioff is Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Salesforce. Marc Benioff attended the University of Southern California.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Information Technology
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, Canada

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weev.one — Weev.one is a tech-enabled platform that delivers a simplified and holistic solution to the digitization of the product creation chain. The company connects brands and suppliers on a shared platform to make the creation process faster, more transparent, and more sustainable. It was founded in 2018 and is located in Glattbrugg, Zurich.
World Labs — World Labs is an AI startup that can analyze visual data with comprehension akin to a person's, a substantial advancement above existing capacities.
Harness Wealth — Discover and work with advisors who have experience in your specific situation, including knowledge about company equity, small business, and crypto.

Darian Shirazi is the Managaing Partner of Gradient.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Germany, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Valdera — Valdera is the sourcing and procurement platform that makes it easy to buy or sell chemicals, ingredients, and raw materials. We partner with segment leaders, ranging from the world's largest CPG manufacturers to household names in the beauty industry.
Leya — By streamlining and simplifying legal workflows, we empower elite law firms and legal professionals to work more efficiently and effectively. Enabling them to focus on higher-value tasks and deliver exceptional results for their clients.
rift — The sales platform built to help your focus.

Robert Hisaoka - President @ Venture Philanthropy Partners

Investment focus

Media and Entertainment, Video, Sports
Funding Round, Series A, Seed
United States

Portfolio highlights

ViewLift — Most comprehensive OTT solution to distribute & monetize your content. Extensive features to scale & retain your subscribers. Schedule a free live demo of our OTT platform services.
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VLP Therapeutics — VLP Therapeutics, LLC (VLP) was established in 2012 by seasoned biopharmaceutical veterans with mission to develop innovative medical treatment which transforms traditional vaccine and targeted antibody therapies to address global unmet medical needs. Its vision is to combat the 21st century global public health problems through revolutionary nextgeneration i-αVLP (inserted alpha VLP) Technology. The company is headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland

John is the Founder and CEO of Capture Collective.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Medical, Health Care
Seed, Funding Round, Equity Crowdfunding
United States

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RenovoDerm — A medical device company building a line of wound care products that provide a structure for tissue growth and promote faster healing of wounds—while reducing scar tissue. Funding prior to formation: $1.6 million.
Vascular Genesis — A medical device company laying the foundation for vascular conduit replacement with its line of cell-free, synthetic scaffold products -- with self-healing capabilities that lower the risk of rejection, infection, and stenosis. Funding prior to formation: $2.5 million.
Atreon Orthopedics — A medical device company building a line of orthopedic products that provide a structure for tissue growth and healing of sports medicine injuries including tendon ruptures/tears.

Paul Graham

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Angel
United States, Egypt, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Anthrogen — Anthrogen is a Biotechnology Research firm using bacteria and enzymes for reducing carbon in the air by transforming it into chemicals.
Cartage — Cartage is a managed logistics service provider for shippers. We act as your logistics team and coordinate freight carrier-direct. Powered by AI, led by industry experts.
Boom Supersonic — Making the World Dramatically More Accessible

Ali Omar is a Member of the Finnish Business Angels Network. He attended Aalto University and the University of Oulu.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
Finland, United States, Estonia

Portfolio highlights

Themo — Themo's innovation is an algorithm that optimizes the price of exchange electricity and the consumption of electricity. Themo offers an easy and environmentally friendly way to save on electricity consumed by heating.
GoalProfit — GoalProfit is the world’s first low code retail optimization platform empowering retailers to build customized intelligence applications. It was founded by former IBM executives, Maxim Morozov and Oleg Sidorkin. GoalProfit is on a mission to make big data solutions available for all retailers and help them to survive in a new post-covid reality.
Builderhead — Builderhead is an easy-to-use construction management software that helps owners, developers and general contractors complete construction projects on time and within budget.

Dr. Jack Gill is a Managing Director investing in telecommunications and Life Sciences at Vanguard. During his career, Jack has earned distinction and honors as a scientist, senior executive, entrepreneur, venture capitalist and philanthropist.Prior to co-founding Vanguard Ventures in 1981, Jack was Executive Vice President and Group Manager ofthe Scientific Divisions of Spectra Physics, the world's largest manufacturer of commercial, scientific and industrial lasers. In 1970, he founded Autolab, a pioneer in microprocessor-based instruments and computers for chromatography laboratory applications, which was later acquired by Spectra Physics. He remained as Vice President, General Manager, growing the business into a $70 million market share leader in laboratory automation computers. Prior to Spectra Physics, Jack served as Director of Research and Engineering in the Aerograph Division of Varian Associates, focused on developments in gas chromatography, high performance liquid chromatography, laboratory computerization, and advances in instrumentation. Previously, he was a Senior Research Chemist at Monsanto Company.Jack has enjoyed a life-long passion for education. He currently serves as Senior Advisor to the Director of CIMIT, the Center for Innovative Minimally Invasive Therapy, lectures at Harvard Medical School and is an adjunct professor at Rice University and Indiana University. In 1999, he and his wife Linda created The Gill Foundation, which is dedicated to education philanthropy, and that same year was awarded the Horatio Alger Award for distinguished Americans.He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry and Engineering from Lamar University, and a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Indiana University.

Investment focus

Medical, Lighting, Marketing
Series A, Series C, Funding Round
United States

Portfolio highlights

ChaCha — ChaCha is the leading, free real-time answers service that has emerged as the #1 way for advertisers and marketers to reach and engage with the audience of their choice anytime, anywhere. Through its unique "ask-a-smart-friend" platform, has answered over two billion questions since launch from more than 32 million unique users permonth, and is ranked among comScore's top 100 websites.ChaCha delivers human-powered answers via SMS text (242-242), iPhone app, Android app, and voice (1-800-2-ChaCha). Working with major brands such as Paramount, NBC Universal Digital, AT&T, Palm, Johnson & Johnson, P&G, Coca-Cola, McDonald's, and presidential political campaigns, is one of the fastest growing mobile and online publishers according to Nielsen and Quantcast. ChaCha was co-founded by proven innovator and entrepreneur Scott Jones and is funded by VantagePoint Venture Partners, Rho Ventures, Bezos Expeditions; Morton Meyerson, former President and Vice Chairman of EDS as well as Chairman and CEO of Perot Systems; Rod Canion, founding CEO of Compaq Computer; the Simon family; and Jack Gill, Silicon Valley venture capitalist.
Novalux — Novalux develops, manufactures, and distributes laser systems. The company offers Novalux Extended Cavity Surface Emitting Laser, a surface-emitting semiconductor laser. Its products are used in various applications, such as projection display, specialty lighting, neon sign alternative lighting, and automotive lighting. The company was founded in1998 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. As of January 8, 2008, Novalux, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Arasor International Limited.
Saranas — Early Bird is the first and only FDA-approved bleed detection system for peri and post-procedural monitoring of endovascular and heart valve replacement procedures. Early Bird is a bleed monitoring device

Risk Management professional, experienced in Stress Testing and Capital Planning. Economist, Investment Analyst, Financial Consultant. Interested in FinTech.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce
Seed, Equity Crowdfunding, Pre-Seed
United States, China, India

Portfolio highlights

Nada — Finance, Invest and Bank your real estate.
DigiBuild — DigiBuild develops a construction management software that utilizes blockchain technology. It captures transactions from all of the different systems being utilized on the project and puts them into a filterable, searchable, and comparable project timeline to remove the waste and fraud for better data insights and decision making that will stopbudget overages.
Upright — Meet Upright, the good for you go-to. Our first product is a category-defining high-protein, allergen-free Instant Oatmilk in three creamy, delicious flavors: original, vanilla, and chocolate. Each tasty cup of our oatmilk packs the same key nutrients as dairy, without the unwanted allergens or environmental impact.

Cherif Habib is a co-Founder and the CEO at Dialogue. He is also a mentor at Creative Destruction Lab.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Health Care, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed
Canada, Sri Lanka

Portfolio highlights

Wingocard — Receive money instantly and shop at your favorite brands. No overdrafts, ever.
Ditch Labs — Ditch Labs is a digital health company pioneering nicotine addiction treatment with artificial intelligence and a revolutionary device.
Pathway Medical — Pathway is an accurate and efficient point-of-care reference tool that gives you rapid access to evidence-based guideline summaries, interactive algorithms, key findings from landmark trials, clinical calculators, and more. Available anytime, anywhere.

Ted Leonsis is the Founder, Chairman, Principal Partner, and Chief Executive Officer of Monumental Sports and Entertainment. He previously worked at AOL as a President and Vice Chairman Emeritus. Ted Leonsis attended Georgetown University.

Investment focus

Sports, Internet, Social Media
Funding Round, Series B, Series C
United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

OxiWear — OxiWear ear-wearable devices for continuous oxygen monitoring and emergency alerting to detect and prevent silent-hypoxia caused by pulmonary hypertension, high altitude & high cardio activities, and COVID-19. Oxiwear's patented, a novel ear-worn pulse oximeter is intended for use in clinical and consumer settings.
HumanFirst — HumanFirst enables better integration and analysis of digital health technologies in clinical trials.
Kiswe — Kiswe is a video technology startup providing live media solutions to global sports and entertainment content owners. Our cloud streaming technology transforms the way live games and events are professionally produced and broadcasted.

Noel Hall is the Director of Corporate of Wellcome Trust. He is a former Board Director, Co-founder, and President of Aspreva Pharmaceuticals Corp. He attended the University of London.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Genetics, Life Science
Seed, Angel
Canada, United States

Portfolio highlights

Epistemic AI — At Epistemic AI we are building the next generation of tools to accelerate biomedical research with AI and NLP.We are a group of senior scientists and engineers from the likes of Google, New York University, Stanford and more. We are dedicated to enabling advances in biomedical research and practice with AI and NLP.We are creating a movement ofpeople enthusiastically committed to a new vision for the future of biomedical research and we hope you want to join us.
Incisive Genetics — IG is focused on developing a cutting-edge non-viral delivery platform for genetic therapies. This disruptive and transformational delivery platform enables a one-step encapsulation of the active CRISPR components within lipid nanoparticles. The Company's pre-clinical pipeline includes programs addressing neurologic and ocular geneticdiseases. IG is actively seeking partnerships with pharmaceutical companies developing gene therapies to be enabled by its novel delivery platform.

Edward Ludwig has been a Member of the Board of Directors of Boston Scientific since March 2014. Edward is the former Chairman of the Board of Directors of Becton, Dickinson and Company (“BDX”), a global medical technology company, having served in that position from February 2002 through June 2012. Edward also served as BDX’s ChiefExecutive Officer from January 2000 to September 2011 and as its President from May 1999 to December 2008. Edward joined BDX as a Senior Financial Analyst in 1979. Prior to joining BDX, Edward served as a Senior Auditor with Coopers and Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) where he earned his CPA and as a financial and strategic analyst at Kidde, Inc. Edward serves as Lead Director on Aetna Inc.’s Board of Directors and chairs its Finance Committee and is a Member of the Board of Directors of Xylem, Inc. Edward serves as the Non-Executive Chairman of POCARED, a privately held firm in Israel. Edward is also a Member of the Board of The Center for Higher Ambition Leadership, which is dedicated to studying, documenting and advancing the principals of Higher Ambition Leadership that drive the most successful enterprises in terms of longer term shared value creation. Edward served as a Member of the Board of Trustees of the College of the Holy Cross (2005-2013), and the Columbia Business School Board of Overseers (2010-2015). Edward also served as a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Hackensack University Medical Center Network Board of Trustees. Edward received a B.A. degree in Economics and Accounting from The College of the Holy Cross and a MBA degree from Columbia University.

Investment focus

Medical, Health Care, Medical Device
Seed, Series A, Corporate Round
Switzerland, United States

Portfolio highlights

Spiden — Non-invasive glucose monitoring, seamlessly integrated with health metrics. The ultimate wearable.
Velano Vascular — Establishing a new standard of care for inpatient blood draws by improving the experience and reducing pain, risks and inefficiencies of existing practices.

Simon Lorenz is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO at Klara.

Investment focus

Health Care, Pet, Apps
Seed, Series A
Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

Medmo — Medmo is an all-encompassing solution for providers to order, schedule, and track medical imaging appointments for their patients. Improve completion rates with less staff burden and lower costs.
Rex — Veterinary practices you always wanted

Michael Berman is a successful entrepreneur within the medical device industry.He joined Scimed in 1986, leading its marketing activities until its merger with Boston Scientific in 1995.From 1995-2000 he served as President of Boston Scientific/Scimed where he provided leadership and management for more than 4000 employees in fourlocations, and in 1997 he was named a member of Boston Scientific’s Executive Committee.Since leaving Boston Scientific, Mr. Berman co-founded or was a founding director of seven medical technology companies, a number of which have been acquired by leading strategic medical device companies.He currently serves on the board of eight medical industry companies; Aetherworks, Apnex, Benechill, Cardiosonic, PharmaCentra, MikrobEX, AngioSlide and InterValve.Mr. Berman received both his BS and MBA at Cornell University and was inducted into the Minnesota Business Hall of Fame in 2010.

Investment focus

Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical Device
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States

Portfolio highlights

Apnex Medical — Apnex Medical, Inc. manufactures and markets medical devices such as implants for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea. Apnex Medical, Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is based in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Prospex Medical — Prospex Medical, now dormant, was a medical device incubator focused on innovating and incubating novel medical technologies. With an emphasis on regulated medical devices and non-regulated (quasi-consumer) medical products, Prospex Medical explored a wide variety of opportunities in the health care market. Through a process of marketidentification, clinical and technical research, physician collaboration, intellectual property generation, and proof of concept, Prospex Medical successfully created and spun-out two companies: BridgePoint Medical (www.bridgepointmedical.com) and Apnex Medical (www.apnexmedical.com).
BridgePoint Medical — BridgePoint Medical, a private company with headquarters in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is focused on developing innovative and proprietary technology in the field of interventional cardiology for access to and treatment of chronic total occlusions.

Stine Molgaard Sorensen is the Co-founder and COO of Radiobotics.

Investment focus

Robotics, Software, Health Care
Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
Denmark

Portfolio highlights

RiACT — Software for robots. Real-time development platform for creators and users of flexible robot applications.
NordInsight — NordInsight is a browser-based implant database, you can reduce the risk to MRI scan patients. Scan confidently alongside renowned medical facilities throughout the globe.
Radiobotics — Our flagship product RBfracture is able to detect fractures in X-rays across the entire appendicular skeleton, and is MDR IIa certified. Also available: RBhip, RBknee and RBmarker

Ragnar Sass is the Co-Founder of Darkstar Camp. He previously worked at LIFT99 as a Founder and CEO. Ragnar Sass attended Estonian Business School.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, SaaS
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Estonia, United States, Ukraine

Portfolio highlights

Alvin — Highly accurate, automated column-level lineage, powering your data workflows.
BeTRITON — 100% electric recreational vehicle - revolution in sustainable travel. BeTRITON (formerly known as Z-Triton) offers extraordinary experience and freedom to travel both over land and water.
Around — The largest network of workspaces on flexible terms. We are a savvy team from Latin America providing fast-growing companies with on-demand access to flexible office space. Everywhere.We believe work at its best is always creative and collaborative, expressed with freedom, autonomy, and purpose; and the space surrounding us should help us achieveit, anywhere & everywhere.We are shaping the future of work today by improving workspaces and the rules around them, and helping innovative teams find their ideal space to make their best work every day — our first step on a journey to change the way we work and think about work.Our best work. Anywhere. Everywhere. We are Around.

Per Båtelson

Investment focus

Medical, Health Care, Medical Device
Seed, Angel, Funding Round
Sweden, United States

Portfolio highlights

Elsa — Elsa is a platform for patient driven research for better drugs, health and prevention. Elsa lets patients become their own personal researchers by providing them with a better understanding around how lifestyle factors may affect their disease activity measurements for chronic disease. To support them from a scientific perspective, Elsa gives themaccess to data on their specific disease (initially we work with rheumatoid arthritis) through the Riskminder foundation and scientific studies at Karolinska Institutet.
Valar Labs — AI to Make Oncologists Smarter
Imaginecare — Imaginecare is a self-care support that helps patients with long-term health challenges to a better life. Imaginecare consists of a technical platform supplemented with a range of services and analysis tools that together offer a complete solution for healthcare.

Cyan Banister is a partner at Founders Fund, where she invests across sectors and stages with a particular interest in augmented reality, fertility, heavily regulated industries and businesses that help people with basic skills find meaningful work. Prior to joining Founders Fund, Cyan was an active angel investor with a portfolio including Uber,Thumbtack, SpaceX, Postmates, EShares, Affirm and Niantic, creator of Pokémon GO. A self-taught engineer and entrepreneur, Cyan has held a number of technical leadership positions throughout her career. As an early employee at IronPort, which was acquired by Cisco, Cyan oversaw support infrastructure and performance for a global customer base. She has a passion for the arts and is a voracious film, documentary and media consumer.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, Social Media
Seed, Series A, Angel
United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Melengo — The easiest way to create new fashion. We use AI to automate the custom manufacturing supply chain.
Orson — The brainchild of documentarians and unscripted TV pioneers, Orson has developed the first automated video storytelling platform that helps people open up and share their stories, experiences, and aspirations.
Superpower — The world's most comprehensive and convenient platform to manage your health, for life.

James Lochrie is an entrepreneur, angel investor, venture capitalist and volunteer. He is the Co-founder of the global fintech company Wave. He is a Partner at Thin Air Labs, overseeing Thin Air Fund 1 and the Capital team. He has worked with thousands of entrepreneurs to help them scale their companies and #BuildWhatsNext.

Investment focus

Software, Analytics, Health Care
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
Canada

Portfolio highlights

SomaDetect — SomaDetect measures every critical indicator of dairy quality (fat, protein, somatic cell counts, progesterone) from every cow at every milking. It uses no consumables (no chemicals, no cartridges, no lost milk), is extremely quick (results in seconds, not minutes), and accurate.
PayShepherd — PayShepherd helps manage contractor billing for industrial facilities and simplifies billing processes. Save time, money, and headaches.
StellarAlgo — Drive fan engagement and revenue across the entire fan journey. For Major Leagues, Emerging Leagues, Live Events, Media & Gaming, and Corporate Partnerships.

Mark Bamforth is the Operating Partner at Ampersand Capital Partners.

Investment focus

Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Dxcover — Dxcover are a world leader in liquid biopsy and artificial intelligence for early detection of cancers and other diseases to improve survival and quality of life.
PneumoWave — Empowering Intervention and Prevention for Opioid-Induced Respiratory Depression
Thymmune Therapeutics — Thymmune Therapeutics is developing a machine learning-driven thymic cell engineering platform to restore normal immune function in aging and disease.

Hampus Jakobsson is a General Partner at early stage climate tech venture fund Pale Blue Dot.Prior to co-founding Pale Blue Dot, Hampus was a Venture Partner at science fund Blue Yard and a prolific angel investor with >100 angel investments. He co-founded of The Astonishing Tribe (acquired by Blackberry in 2010 for $150m). He left Blackberry2012 to found Brisk.io a sales productivity tool which folded 2016.

Investment focus

Health Care, Software, Mobile
Seed, Angel, Series A
Sweden, Denmark, United States

Portfolio highlights

ClimateView — ClimateView is a Swedish climate action technology company that helps cities transform climate planning into progress. We combine data, agent-based modelling and interface design to help cities successfully manage the transition to zero carbon economies.
Mojo — Clinical-grade, AI-powered sperm analysis from the comfort of home. Test your sperm count, motility, morphology and much more with the Mojo kit. Check your fertility from home at low cost - without the need for clinic visits and awkward waiting rooms.
Volta Greentech — Battling global warming by reducing methane emissions from cows

Dov Moran is the Managing Partner of Grove Ventures. He previously worked at modu as the Founder, Chairman, and CEO. Dov Moran attended Technion.

Investment focus

Semiconductor, Hardware, Health Care
Series A, Seed, Series B
Israel, United States

Portfolio highlights

Rapid — RapidAPI is an API Hub that enables over 3 million developers to find, manage, and connect to APIs. RapidAPI lets developers manage all API integrations from one place and gives real-time performance metrics. RapidAPI was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Triple Jump Medical — Triple Jump Medical is a developer of an insulin pump intended to treat diabetic patients.
Sensible Medical Innovations — Sensible Medical Innovation Ltd. is introducing a breakthrough sensing and monitoring technology providing actionable and accurate data for guiding the management and treatment of several chronic medical conditions representing today’s biggest burden on US and worldwide healthcare budgets.