# Carsten Stendevad

> Carsten Stendevad is a funding round investor at Acumen backing mHealth and Medical Device. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Acumen](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acumen-fund)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carsten-stendevad-05ab4548

Carsten Stendevad is a funding round investor at Acumen in New York focused on mHealth and Medical Device. Carsten Stendevad is based out of New York, New York, and is the President and CIO of Acumen. Carsten previously worked at Bridgewater Associates as a Partner, Co-Chief Investment Officer for Sustainable Investing. Carsten Stendevad attended the Harvard Kennedy School. Carsten Stendevad has received the Order of Dannebrog award.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| mHealth | 1 | 100% |
| Medical Device | 1 | 100% |
| Small and Medium Businesses | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| VentriJect | VentriJect is a is a research facility that incorporates measuring cardiorespiratory fitness into everyone's checkup. They estimate respiratory fitness, which is a simple process. As a health indicator, people can increase their cardiorespiratory fitness. They have compiled a list of some of the other pertinent articles that relate to thesignificance of VO2-max measurement. | $2M |  | Aug 12, 2025 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Export and Investment Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/export-and-investment-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Investo Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/investo-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [TechStation | HardTech Innovation Hub](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstation-hardtech-innovation-hub) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Acumen

VC Fund · New York, United States

Acumen is a nonprofit venture fund that invests in early-stage companies bringing critical services like agriculture, clean energy, education, financial inclusion, healthcare and workforce development to low-income communities in 14 countries across East and West Africa, South Asia, Latin America, and the United States. Since 2001, Acumeninvested $128 million in 128 companies that have transformed the lives of over 308 million low-income people.

5 contacts available at Acumen.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adekemi Ajayi | Regional Director, West Africa | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adekemi-ajayi |
| Carsten Stendevad | President and CIO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carsten-stendevad |
| Veenu Aulakh | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/veenu-aulakh |
| Ajit Mahadevan | Country Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ajit-mahadevan |
| Amon Anderson | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amon-anderson |

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## FAQ

### What does Carsten Stendevad invest in?

Carsten Stendevad invests primarily in mHealth, Medical Device and Small and Medium Businesses startups, most often at Funding Round stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Denmark. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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