# Humboldt Fund

> Humboldt Fund is a VC fund backing Biotechnology and Food and Beverage. See 28 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 28
- Last investment: Jan 2023
- Lead investor: 21%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://humboldtfund.com/

Humboldt Fund is an investment firm that seeks to invests in bio revolution companies.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.5M–$16M |
| Series A | $23M–$80M |
| Series B | $34M–$175M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Biotechnology | 14 | 50% |
| Food and Beverage | 7 | 25% |
| Medical | 4 | 14% |
| Health Care | 4 | 14% |
| Therapeutics | 4 | 14% |

28 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 8 | 29% |
| Series A | 7 | 25% |
| Series B | 4 | 14% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 4 | 14% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 4% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 16 | 57% |
| Chile | 1 | 4% |
| China | 1 | 4% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 4% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Benjamin Quiroga | Founder & Co-Founder | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benjamin-quiroga |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Spiral Therapeutics | Spiral Therapeutics is a clinical stage pharmaceutical company delivering novel therapies for hearing loss. Through the use proprietary therapeutics and drug delivery technologies, Spiral is building a pipeline of advanced therapies in a field with large unmet needs and no approved therapies. Spiral’s lead candidate, LPT99, reached the clinic inDecember 2018. Spiral was launched in early 2016 and is headquartered in Brisbane, CA. | $8.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 09, 2023 |  |
| Deciduous Therapeutics | Deciduous Therapeutics is an aging therapeutics company developing a novel class of immune-modulatory therapies that clear senescent cells and promote a healthy lifespan. Deciduous is led by Anil Bhushan, a professor at UCSF, and Robin Mansukhani, a five-time biotech founder. | $10M | Seed | Dec 31, 2022 |  |
| Endpoint Health | Endpoint Health is a precision immunology company that is breaking the efficacy barrier of traditional pharma's “one-size-fits-all” drug development strategy by developing precision therapies with outsized efficacy potential in autoimmune and inflammatory conditions. They’re accomplishing this by leveraging OMNAI, their proprietary AI-poweredpatient discovery platform, to identify and match high-potential therapies to the patients most likely to respond. | $52M | Series A | Jun 02, 2022 |  |
| Ansa Biotechnologies | Ansa Biotechnologies is manufactured via a chemical method that has remained essentially unchanged for 35 years and has approached a plateau. Ansa Biotechnologies is developing a novel DNA synthesis technology based on enzymes that will be more fast, accurate, and clean than existing methods. The technique promises to dramatically accelerateinnovation in biological research and engineering. | $68M | Series A | Apr 11, 2022 |  |
| Affini-T Therapeutics | Affini-T Therapeutics is a biotechnology company developing T-cell therapies for patients suffering from cancer. Affini-T uses a validated platform to select high-affinity T cell receptors specific to oncogenic mutations to pioneer cutting-edge solid tumor therapies. Affini-T leverages gene editing and synthetic biology to engineer novel T-celltherapies designed to eradicate tumors. | $175M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 22, 2022 |  |
| Finless Foods | Plant-based and cell-cultured seafood that changes how the world eats… and supports healthy oceans.OUR MISSION IS SIMPLE – we want to create a future where the ocean thrives. We work toward this every day by creating delicious, alternative seafood products that help you satisfy your cravings from the sea without bait or a hook. We are usingground-breaking (or rather ocean-breaking) plant and cell culture technology to revolutionize the way the world sources delicious food. Good for us. Good for the ocean. | $34M | Series B | Mar 07, 2022 |  |
| HAYA Therapeutics | HAYA Therapeutics is a biotechnology company developing precision RNA-guided medicines that target the dark genome. The company leverages its proprietary platform to uncover new insights into disease-associated cell states and the long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) that control them. Its lead candidate, HTX-001, is being developed as a potentialtreatment for heart failure. In addition, the company is advancing a pipeline of precision therapies that target lncRNAs for cell-specific treatment of conditions affecting other tissues. | $5M | Seed | Feb 09, 2022 |  |
| Metagenomi | Metagenomi is using the power of metagenomics and machine learning to discover novel genome editing systems. | $175M | Series B | Jan 25, 2022 |  |
| Cellino | Cellino is building an ultra-scalable biomanufacturing technology stack for personalized cell, tissue, and organ replacement therapies. Cellino’s vision is transform medicine to enhance healthspan for billions across generations. | $80M | Series A | Jan 25, 2022 |  |
| Ansa Biotechnologies | Ansa Biotechnologies is manufactured via a chemical method that has remained essentially unchanged for 35 years and has approached a plateau. Ansa Biotechnologies is developing a novel DNA synthesis technology based on enzymes that will be more fast, accurate, and clean than existing methods. The technique promises to dramatically accelerateinnovation in biological research and engineering. | $5M |  | Oct 15, 2021 |  |

10 of 28 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Humboldt Fund invest in?

Humboldt Fund invests primarily in Biotechnology, Food and Beverage and Medical startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 28 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 Humboldt Fund's check size?

Humboldt Fund typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$16M at Seed, $23M–$80M at Series A and $34M–$175M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Humboldt Fund participates in.

### How do I contact Humboldt Fund?

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### Who are the partners at Humboldt Fund?

The team at Humboldt Fund includes Benjamin Quiroga (Founder & Co-Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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