# Jason Foster

> Jason Foster is a seed investor at Ori Biotech (London) backing EdTech and Medical. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Ori Biotech](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ori-biotech)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Apr 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasoncfoster/
- Website: https://x.com/Ori_JCFoster

Jason Foster is a seed investor at Ori Biotech in London focused on EdTech and Medical. Jason C. Foster is based out of London and is the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of Ori Biotech and Managing Director of Health Equity Consulting. Jason previously worked at Ataraxia Partners as a Strategic Advisor. Jason C. Foster attended the Columbia Business School. Jason C. Foster has received Pascal Courty Award.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| EdTech | 1 | 33% |
| Medical | 1 | 33% |
| Hospital | 1 | 33% |
| Education | 1 | 33% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 33% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Switzerland | 1 | 33% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sensible Biotechnologies | Sensible Biotechnologies is developing world's first cell-based platform to unlock the next generation of mRNA medicines. | $3.8M | Pre-Seed | Apr 06, 2023 |  |
| Data Literacy Academy | Data Literacy Academy provides data, data literacy, education, online education, live education, and training services. They also provide change management, capability assessment, and e-learning services. |  | Seed | Jan 10, 2023 |  |
| hystrix medical | hystrix medical is a online contracting marketplace for medical devices and replenishing / repeat purchase products in hospitals. Bringing drastic acceleration to the existing 4-6 month procurement process through the establishment of a market price landscape and one-stop- contracting shop for hospital procurers and suppliers alike. Focused onproducts where the buying and selling require little or no explanation. Targeting efficiency of personnel within hospitals and suppliers - proven average total cost savings of 40% across users. | $3.4M | Series A | Sep 04, 2020 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Haatch](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/haatch) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Amino Collective](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amino-collective) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BlueYard Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blueyard-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Civilization Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/civilization-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [KAYA](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kaya-8ed9) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Possible Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/possible-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Ori Biotech

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Ori Biotech is a developer of a manufacturing platform used to help patients get access to lifesaving treatments. Ori has developed a proprietary, flexible manufacturing platform that closes, automates, and standardizes manufacturing allowing therapeutics developers to further develop and bring their products from pre-clinical process developmentto commercial-scale manufacturing. The company aims to speed up the innovation of cell and gene therapies through the manufacturing platform it is bringing to market.

4 contacts available at Ori Biotech.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jason Foster | Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jason-c-foster |
| Chris Mason | Founder & Director, Board of Directors | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-mason-2 |
| Farlan Veraitch | CSO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/farlan-veraitch |
| Thomas Heathman | Vice President of Commercial Operations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thomas-heathman |

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## FAQ

### What does Jason Foster invest in?

Jason Foster invests primarily in EdTech, Medical and Hospital startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Switzerland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Jason Foster last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jason Foster closed in Apr 2023. Shizune tracks 3 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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