# David Shuman

> David Shuman is a seed investor at Lateralus Holdings (New York) backing Wellness and Health Care. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Lateralus Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lateralus-holdings)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Dec 2025
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-shuman-a2863538a
- Website: https://www.lateralus.holdings

David Shuman is a seed investor at Lateralus Holdings in New York focused on Wellness and Health Care. David Shuman is Founder and owner of Lateralus Holdings. He is Chairman of the Board of Ōura and Chairman of the Board of webAI.David was previously a director of Czinger Vehicles and Divergent Technologies. Lateralus Holdings remains one of the largest shareholders in Divergent Technologies.David graduated from Williams College and HarvardBusiness School. He's been a member of the Council on Foreign Relations since 2004, initially as a term member (2004) and then as a life member (2009). He previously served as a trustee of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $12M–$17M |
| Series A | $2M–$22M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Wellness | 2 | 25% |
| Health Care | 2 | 25% |
| Fitness | 1 | 13% |
| Medical | 1 | 13% |
| Software | 1 | 13% |

23 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 38% |
| Series A | 3 | 38% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 5 | 63% |
| Finland | 1 | 13% |
| Australia | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tin Can | Far Homes makes to find, buy and manage homes abroad. | $12M | Seed | Dec 18, 2025 |  |
| webAI | The leader in private AI. | $17M | Seed | Dec 01, 2022 |  |
| Alyte | Alyte is a social fitness app where people can attend pilates, yoga, and stretch classes in a range of lengths, levels, and intensities. Alyte transforms the way individuals connect and share healthy experiences together. Alyte enables people to hang out while working out. | $3M | Pre-Seed | Apr 11, 2022 |  |
| Atria Institute | Atria Institute provides coordinated health care and comprehensive predictive testing. | $2M | Series A | Dec 22, 2021 |  |
| Divergent | Divergent has created the world's first end-to-end software-hardware production system for industrial digital manufacturing – the Divergent Adaptive Production System (DAPS™) – allowing customers to design, additively manufacture, and automatically assemble complex structures for automotive, aerospace, and defense applications. DAPS transformsthe economics and environmental impact of manufacturing complex structures for vehicles of all types by optimizing designs, dematerializing structures, and eliminating upfront capex. | $22M | Series A | Jan 25, 2017 |  |
| Oura | Oura develops a smart ring that collects data on various biometrics to support health and wellness. The device tracks sleep, readiness, and activity levels, which users can monitor through the Oura app. It employs sensors to measure heart rate, sleep cycles, and overall activity. The company operates in the health and wellness industry. | $6M | Series A | Sep 30, 2016 |  |
| Oura | Oura develops a smart ring that collects data on various biometrics to support health and wellness. The device tracks sleep, readiness, and activity levels, which users can monitor through the Oura app. It employs sensors to measure heart rate, sleep cycles, and overall activity. The company operates in the health and wellness industry. | $6M | Series A | Sep 30, 2016 |  |
| Highwater AI | Revolutionizes ETFs and hedge funds with cutting-edge AI and synthetic data. Explore our FundFlow AI platform and Nano AI models |  | Seed |  |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Blue Ivy Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blue-ivy-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [G2 Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/g2vp) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Capgemini Engineering](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/altran) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Benchmark](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benchmark) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Blockchange Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blockchange-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Greylock](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greylock) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Lateralus Holdings

VC Fund · New York, United States

Lateralus Holdings is a privately held venture capital firm focused on investments in technology sectors like health tech and advanced manufacturing.

1 contacts available at Lateralus Holdings.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| David Shuman | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-shuman |

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## FAQ

### What does David Shuman invest in?

David Shuman invests primarily in Wellness, Health Care and Fitness startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 8 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 David Shuman's check size?

David Shuman typically joins rounds of $12M–$17M at Seed and $2M–$22M 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 David Shuman participates in.

### When did David Shuman last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for David Shuman closed in Dec 2025. Shizune tracks 8 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?

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