# John Littlechild

> John Littlechild is a startup investor at HealthCare Ventures. See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [HealthCare Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/healthcare-ventures)
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-littlechild-68a65a24

John Littlechild is a startup investor at HealthCare Ventures. John Littlechild has been a managing director of HealthCare Ventures since 1992. He has been in the venture capital industry since 1980 when he joined Citicorp Venture Capital in London. He subsequently joined the Advent Group, opening the London office of Advent U.K. and then became the founding general partner of Advent International in Boston.Prior to his career in venture capital, he held marketing and financial management positions with Rand, Xerox and ICI. Mr. Littlechild is a member of the board of fellows of the Council for Harvard Medicine. He received his Master in Business Administration degree from Manchester Business School.

## About HealthCare Ventures

VC Fund · Cambridge, United States

HealthCare Ventures is a leading life science venture capital firm investing in pre-clinical or early clinical stage, focused companies with potential to transform patient care.

5 contacts available at HealthCare Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| John Littlechild | Managing Director & General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-w-littlechild |
| Christopher K. Mirabelli | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-k-mirabelli |
| Douglas E. Onsi | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/douglas-e-onsi |
| Harold Werner | Co-Founder & Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/harold-r-werner |
| James H. Cavanaugh | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-h-cavanaugh |

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