# Joseph Kekst

> Joseph Kekst is a Series A investor at Sporos Bioventures backing Biotechnology. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug…

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: Sporos Bioventures
- Location: New City, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Jun 2025
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-kekst-64409a199/

Joseph Kekst is a Series A investor at Sporos Bioventures in New City focused on Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical. Joseph Kekst currently works as the co-founder of Sporos Bioventures. He previously worked at Brandeis University as a member of the board of advisors.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Biotechnology | 2 | 50% |
| Pharmaceutical | 2 | 50% |
| Energy | 1 | 25% |
| FinTech | 1 | 25% |
| Medical | 1 | 25% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 75% |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Apis Point Energy | Apis Point Energy provides innovative price stability and risk management solutions for fuel wholesalers, distributors, and commercial buyers. Its proprietary platform offers forward contracts with fixed prices, ceilings, or floors on physically delivered refined fuels and natural gas liquids (NGLs), enabling clients to effectively manage fuelcosts amid market volatility. Apis Point helps fuel distributors offer stable and competitive pricing to their customers, which enhances customer loyalty and supports longer-term commitments. The platform uses advanced analytics to provide real-time forecasting and strategic market insights, streamlining complex hedging processes so clients can focus on their core business of delivering energy. | $4.2M | Series A | Jun 09, 2025 |  |
| Nirogy Therapeutics | Nirogy Therapeutics is a biotechnology company developing novel small molecules to target cellular transporters. The company is currently advancing a class of small molecules intended to disrupt metabolic and immune mechanisms operative in the tumor microenvironment. Follow-on platform programs are targeting additional disease pathways in oncologyas well as autoimmune diseases. | $16.5M | Series A | Jan 26, 2021 |  |
| Immuneering | Immuneering is a biopharmaceutical company with an emerging pipeline focused on improving patient outcomes across a spectrum of debilitating oncologic and neurologic diseases by applying its deep knowledge of translational bioinformatics to every stage of the drug development process. It has more than a decade of experience in translationalbioinformatics and generating insights into drug mechanisms of action and patient treatment responses. |  | Series A | Jan 22, 2020 |  |
| VidaFuel | VidaFuel is a dietitian-developed nutritional support company that solves dietary pain points, both in the clinical setting and at home. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Nashville, Tennessee. | $1.1M | Seed | Sep 30, 2019 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Merrin Investors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/merrin-investors) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Sante Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sante-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [True Wealth Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/true-wealth-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Sporos Bioventures

VC Fund · Houston, United States

Sporos Bioventures is a biotechnology firm that focuses on oncology, fibrosis, inflammation, and autoimmune and infection therapeutics. For patients with cancer and immune diseases, Sporos is transforming knowledge into a new hope. Sporos' team of accomplished leaders identifies novel disease mechanisms and catalyzes the development ofbreakthrough medicines by leveraging our extensive network, strategic resources, and operational expertise.

5 contacts available at Sporos Bioventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alex Cranberg | Co-Founder | — |
| Amit Rakhit | Chief Executive Officer | — |
| Dana Levy | Co-Founder | — |
| Jeno Gyuris | Managing Partner, Chief Scientist | — |
| Joseph Kekst | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joseph-kekst-70a7 |

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## FAQ

### What does Joseph Kekst invest in?

Joseph Kekst invests primarily in Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical and Energy startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Joseph Kekst last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Joseph Kekst closed in Jun 2025. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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