# Bantam Group

> Bantam Group is a VC fund in Westwood backing Software and Health Care. See 134 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Westwood, United States
- Total investments: 134
- Last investment: Dec 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.bantamgroup.com/

Bantam Group is a VC fund in Westwood focused on Software and Health Care. They are passionate about seeing their portfolio companies become successful.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Bantam Group. Shizune tracks 1 team members at Bantam Group. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/bantam-group?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $120k–$4.5M |
| Pre-Seed | $500k–$5.7M |
| Series A | $1.6M–$20M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 40 | 30% |
| Health Care | 19 | 14% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 18 | 13% |
| SaaS | 16 | 12% |
| Internet | 16 | 12% |

225 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 115 | 86% |
| Pre-Seed | 6 | 4% |
| Series A | 5 | 4% |
| Angel | 2 | 1% |
| Series C | 1 | 1% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 123 | 92% |
| Canada | 3 | 2% |
| Israel | 1 | 1% |
| Germany | 1 | 1% |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Joe Caruso | Owner | 26 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joe-caruso |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aikium Inc. | Protein therapeutics | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | Dec 31, 2023 |  |
| LOOKOUT | Backup and blindspot cameras save lives in automobiles. LOOKOUT brings the same automated driver assistance technology to boating. Our mission is to make boating safer and more enjoyable and decrease whale and wildlife strikes. |  | Seed | Sep 01, 2023 |  |
| AI Lean | AI Lean develops an all-in-one technology for processing liens and auctions. The platform automates the lien-to-auction process from end-to-end, with no need to switch between software, and it integrates with existing self-storage software. | $280K | Seed | Mar 27, 2023 |  |
| Groma | Groma is a vertically integrated real estate investment, development and management company combined with a tech startup building tools to provide better outcomes for our investors, tenants and the communities we serve. | $20M | Series A | Jan 30, 2023 |  |
| Domus Diagnostics | Domus Diagnostics provides a care diagnostics platform that offers respiratory disease home testing services. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Park City, Utah. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| Luna Park | Luna Park is laying the groundwork for the future of live, interactive entertainment. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| LOOKOUT | Backup and blindspot cameras save lives in automobiles. LOOKOUT brings the same automated driver assistance technology to boating. Our mission is to make boating safer and more enjoyable and decrease whale and wildlife strikes. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| 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. |  | Seed | Nov 03, 2022 |  |
| Causal Labs | Causal Labs is a developer platform that assists developers to write maintainable code, collecting data, and optimizing products. |  | Seed | Oct 26, 2022 |  |
| Forta | Forta provides healthcare services. They also provide applied behavior analysis therapy services through online training programs. They offer AI-driven programs and applied behavior analysis therapy for children. |  | Series A | Aug 18, 2022 |  |

10 of 134 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Techstars](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstars) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [LaunchPad Venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/launchpad-venture-group) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [MassVentures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/massventures) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [Techstars Boston Accelerator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstars-boston-accelerator) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [NXT Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nxt-ventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [One Way Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/one-way-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Bantam Group invest in?

Bantam Group invests primarily in Software, Health Care and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 134 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Bantam Group's check size?

Bantam Group typically joins rounds of $120k–$4.5M at Seed, $500k–$5.7M at Pre-Seed and $1.6M–$20M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Bantam Group participates in.

### How do I contact Bantam Group?

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### Who are the partners at Bantam Group?

The team at Bantam Group includes Joe Caruso (Owner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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