# Curt LaBelle

> Curt LaBelle is a Series A investor at Global Health Investment Fund (GHIF) backing Medical. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Global Health Investment Fund (GHIF)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-global-health-investment-fund-ghif)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Jul 2024
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/curt-labelle/47/986/77a

Curt LaBelle is a Series A investor at Global Health Investment Fund (GHIF) in New York focused on Medical and Biotechnology. Curt LaBelle has been investing in and working with healthcare companies for two decades. As the Founding Partner and Chair of Global Health Funds, Curt oversees the private investments portfolio, actively investing the AXA Prime Fund and serving as Managing Partner of the pioneering Global Health Investment Fund, where he continues to generateattractive financial returns while delivering life-changing therapeutics and diagnostics worldwide for conditions such as cholera, cataract-induced blindness, snakebites, tuberculosis, HIV, and postpartum hemorrhage. Curt holds a dual MD/MBA degree from Columbia University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Medical | 3 | 75% |
| Biotechnology | 2 | 50% |
| Health Care | 1 | 25% |
| Manufacturing | 1 | 25% |
| Medical Device | 1 | 25% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 50% |
| Series B | 1 | 25% |
| Series E | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Novocuff | Novocuff is a medical device firm that aims to improve pregnancy outcomes and reduce preterm deliveries caused by PPROM and cervical shortening. | $26M | Series A | Jul 17, 2024 |  |
| Vedanta Biosciences | Vedanta Biosciences is a developer of immunotherapies designed to treat immune-mediated and infectious diseases. The company's immunotherapies include a suite of proprietary assays to select pharmacologically potent strains, vast proprietary datasets from human interventional studies, and facilities for cGMP-compliant manufacturing ofrationally-defined bacterial consortia in powder form, enabling physicians to access live bacteria drug to treat autoimmune and inflammatory diseases easily.It was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. | $106.5M | Series E | Apr 25, 2023 |  |
| Ophirex | Ophirex, is developing a first in class drug that will help the 500,000 people who die or suffer amputations each year from venomous snakebite. 70% of those who die never even make it to the hospital for treatment. Because Ophirex's drug will be available in an oral formulation, all that will change. Our drug is a small molecule inhibitor thattargets the most lethal component of venom, so it will be effective against the most dangerous snakes. | $37M | Series B | Jan 05, 2023 |  |
| CXL Ophthalmics | CXLO is developing a minimally invasive treatment for an ectatic corneal disease that can bring early intervention to millions of patients globally. | $32M | Series A | Sep 30, 2022 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AMR Action Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amr-action-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Atlantic Neptune](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atlantic-neptune) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Avestria Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/avestria-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bill-melinda-gates-foundation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fiscus Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fiscus-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Salica](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hambroperksltd) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Global Health Investment Fund (GHIF)

VC Fund · New York, United States

The Global Health Investment Fund (GHIF) is a $108 million social impact investment fund designed to provide financing to advance the development of drugs, vaccines, diagnostics and other interventions against diseases that disproportionately burden low- and middle-income countries. GHIF supports late-stage innovations for public health challengessuch as malaria, pre-eclampsia, cholera, HIV and river blindness, with an emphasis on infectious diseases and maternal/infant health issues that cause significant morbidity and mortality in resource-limited settings. GHIF may also make investments that improve or expand access to existing products—such as developing pediatric formulations of approved therapeutics or improving the stability of widely-used global health vaccines.As an investment fund with a limited time-horizon, GHIF seeks opportunities that have a high probability of successful commercialization within two or three years. Products with “dual market” potential are of greatest interest; i.e., those that will have a clear impact on public health in developing countries but also have value in high-income countries. High-volume / low-margin products, such as essential vaccines, are also of significant interest.GHIF employs a range of investment structures including mezzanine debt, convertible debt, preferred equity and project financing with an average investment target of approximately $10 million per project. Each GHIF project must advance the Fund’s social impact objectives and demonstrate the ability to achieve commercial success.

2 contacts available at Global Health Investment Fund (GHIF).

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Curt LaBelle | Managing Partner & President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/curt-labelle |
| Kabeer Aziz | Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kabeer-aziz |

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## FAQ

### What does Curt LaBelle invest in?

Curt LaBelle invests primarily in Medical, Biotechnology and Health Care startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Curt LaBelle last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Curt LaBelle closed in Jul 2024. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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