# Joshua Sommerfeld

> Joshua Sommerfeld is a Series D investor at Wellington Management backing Medical. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct…

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Wellington Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wellington-management)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jwsommerfeld/

Joshua Sommerfeld is a Series D investor at Wellington Management in San Francisco focused on Medical and Genetics. Josh is a Private Equity Principal at Wellington Management, where he leads coverage of private market investments in the healthcare services, healthcare IT, medical devices, diagnostics, and life science tools sub-verticals.Prior Wellington, Josh was a member of the investment team at Redmile Group, where he invested in growth-stage healthcarecompanies. Josh has played a role in founding multiple digital health companies and was part of the early team at Stride Health, where he built the company’s sales, customer support, regulatory, and data operations teams. Previously, Josh was an Associate at Bain Capital Ventures, where he focused on healthcare IT and healthcare services. Josh began his career as a management consultant at Bain & Company in Chicago and Melbourne, Australia.Josh graduated with honors from University of Chicago where he received a BA in South Asian Languages and Civilizations.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Medical | 1 | 50% |
| Genetics | 1 | 50% |
| Health Care | 1 | 50% |
| Life Science | 1 | 50% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 50% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series D | 1 | 50% |
| Series F | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Judi Health | Capital Rx is a health technology company that engages in managing pharmacy benefit plans. The company is redefining the way prescriptions are priced and administered in the U.S. Through its Clearinghouse Model, it unlocks the pharmacy supply chain and reduces prescription costs for employer groups. By establishing a competitive marketplace fordrug pricing, Capital Rx focuses its resources on deploying actionable strategies that improve plan performance and patient outcomes. | $252M | Series F | Sep 23, 2025 | https://www.judi.health |
| Element Biosciences | Element Biosciences is a multi-disciplinary startup focused on innovating genetic analysis tools for the research and diagnostic markets. We are developing a modular and high-performing DNA sequencing platform that will deliver high quality data, workflow flexibility, and make next-generation sequencing technology more accessible. Our proprietaryapproach to improve the signal-to-noise ratio allows us to provide groundbreaking innovations in surface chemistry, instrumentation and biochemistry to drastically decrease the run cost and capital cost while delivering high sequencing data quality. | $277M | Series D | Jul 11, 2024 | https://www.elementbiosciences.com |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [B Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/b-capital-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Generation Investment Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/generation-investment-management) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [9Yards Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/9yards-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Edison Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/edison-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fidelity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fidelity-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Foresite Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/foresite-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Wellington Management

VC Fund · Boston, United States

Wellington Management focuses on investment management. The company applies its full resources to meet the needs of the institutional clients they serve. Their investment approaches span equity, fixed income, currency, commodity, and alternative markets. They also offer asset allocation, multi-manager, and speciality approaches.

5 contacts available at Wellington Management.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alain Mandy | Managing Director & Chief Operating Officer Funds | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alain-mandy |
| Jean Hynes | CEO, Managing Partner, and Portfolio Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jean-hynes-51a3 |
| Jackson Cummings | Head of Diverse Founders Investing | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jackson-cummings |
| Joshua Sommerfeld | Private Equity Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/josh-sommerfeld |
| Matthew Witheiler | Private Equity | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matthew-witheiler |

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## FAQ

### What does Joshua Sommerfeld invest in?

Joshua Sommerfeld invests primarily in Medical, Genetics and Health Care startups, most often at Series D and Series F stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Joshua Sommerfeld?

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### When did Joshua Sommerfeld last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Joshua Sommerfeld closed in Sep 2025. Shizune tracks 2 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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