# David Naylor

> David Naylor is a funding round investor at North South Ventures backing Health Care. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [North South Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/north-south-ventures)
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Nov 2023
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

David Naylor is a funding round investor at North South Ventures focused on Health Care and Therapeutics. David Naylor of North-South Ventures

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 1 | 50% |
| Therapeutics | 1 | 50% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 1 | 50% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SFA Therapeutics | SFA Therapeutics is a development-stage bio-pharmaceutical startup company focused on a new advancement in the treatment of chronic inflammatory disease - the use of microbiome-derived metabolites as drugs. | $4.5M |  | Nov 09, 2023 |  |
| SFA Therapeutics | SFA Therapeutics is a development-stage bio-pharmaceutical startup company focused on a new advancement in the treatment of chronic inflammatory disease - the use of microbiome-derived metabolites as drugs. | $4.5M | Convertible Note | Nov 09, 2023 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Asymmetry Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/asymmetry-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-franklin-technology-partners-of-southeastern-pennsylvania) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Savantus Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/savantus-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About North South Ventures

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

North South Ventures is a cross-border venture capital fund that invests in early stage med companies. We are co-located in academic med superclusters (Stanford/UCSF and University of Toronto). As a team, we have invested in over 350 medical portfolio companies and 40+ FDA approvals in the biotech, med device, and digital health/AIspaces with $4B+ in cumulative funding and three multi billion dollar IPOs since 2012.

2 contacts available at North South Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| David Naylor | Executive | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-naylor-adb2 |
| Paul Kudlow | Co-Founder, General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paul-kudlow |

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## FAQ

### What does David Naylor invest in?

David Naylor invests primarily in Health Care, Therapeutics and Biotechnology startups, most often at Funding Round and Convertible Note stage. Most of the 2 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 David Naylor last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for David Naylor closed in Nov 2023. Shizune tracks 2 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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