# Kate Ryder

> Kate Ryder is a seed investor in New York backing Health Care and Wellness. See 8 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Dec 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/katherine-ryder/33/749/874
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/_kateryder

Kate Ryder is a seed investor in New York focused on Health Care and Wellness. Kate Ryder is the founder and CEO of Maven.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3.2M–$14M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 6 | 75% |
| Wellness | 3 | 38% |
| Fitness | 2 | 25% |
| Medical | 2 | 25% |
| Women's | 2 | 25% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 63% |
| Series A | 2 | 25% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 5 | 63% |
| India | 1 | 13% |
| Mexico | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Leona | Leona provides a platform designed to enhance communication between doctors and patients, particularly in pediatric care. The tool allows healthcare professionals to manage patient conversations efficiently, offering features like case management and automated response sorting for better prioritization. Doctors can address common concerns such asfever, rashes, and breastfeeding while reducing the time spent on administrative tasks. The app aims to improve the overall quality of interactions while making medical communication more streamlined and effective for both doctors and patients. | $14M | Seed | Dec 16, 2025 | https://www.leona.health |
| Heyday Health | Heyday Health offers primary care for adults providing in-home and video visits, clinical team, and continuous accessibility. | $12.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 24, 2024 | https://helloheyday.com |
| Oula Health | Oula is redesigning maternity care from the ground up. Its modern maternity center combines the best of obstetrics and midwifery care to deliver a more evidence-based and personalized pregnancy experience. From its collaborative medical team, welcoming clinic, and remote care platform, we are setting a new standard for pregnancy that unifies modernmedicine and human intuition.The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York. | $19.1M | Series A | Jan 12, 2023 | https://www.oulahealth.com/ |
| Nodal | Nodal is a digital health startup that provides a surrogacy matching platform for couples and individuals. It connects vetted surrogates and intended parents while providing transparency, equity, education, and support to all parties involved in the process. The startup specializes in matching intended parents with surrogates using proprietarytechnology. Members will have access to Maven Clinic's virtual care platform, which includes expert care from providers ranging from mental health providers and pediatricians to sleep and career coaches, in addition to education and support throughout the process. | $4.7M | Seed | Sep 21, 2022 | https://www.nodal.com/ |
| Caraway | Caraway is a digital healthcare company for college women+ that provides integrated mental, reproductive and physical healthcare services. Built with students for students, Caraway arms women+ with the first personalized, equitable and digitally-accessible care solution that prioritizes their needs and concerns. With an unprecedented need formental health resources and new barriers and persistent inequities in women’s+ health, Caraway provides access to trusted, holistic, and compassionate healthcare so women+ can get the care they need when they need it. | $10.5M | Seed | Jul 26, 2022 | https://www.caraway.health/ |
| Summer Health | Summer Health is the first step and ongoing tool for anyone navigating health concerns, offering timely text access to high-quality healthcare professionals who provide expert answers and reliable advice over text. | $7.5M | Seed | Jul 25, 2022 | https://www.summerhealth.com |
| Loop | By using data, technology, and high quality medical expertise, we aim to deliver an empathetic people-centric healthcare experience that helps people live longer. | $12M | Series A | Sep 30, 2021 | https://www.loophealth.com/ |
| Oula Health | Oula is redesigning maternity care from the ground up. Its modern maternity center combines the best of obstetrics and midwifery care to deliver a more evidence-based and personalized pregnancy experience. From its collaborative medical team, welcoming clinic, and remote care platform, we are setting a new standard for pregnancy that unifies modernmedicine and human intuition.The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York. | $3.2M | Seed | Jun 12, 2020 | https://www.oulahealth.com/ |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Great Oaks Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/great-oaks-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Metrodora Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/metrodora-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Black Jays](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/black-jays-investments) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Collaborative Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/collaborative-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Female Founders Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/female-founders-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Kate Ryder invest in?

Kate Ryder invests primarily in Health Care, Wellness and Fitness startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What round sizes does Kate Ryder invest in?

Kate Ryder typically joins rounds of $3.2M–$14M at Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Kate Ryder's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Kate Ryder took part in.

### How do I contact Kate Ryder?

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### When did Kate Ryder last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kate Ryder closed in Dec 2025. Shizune tracks 8 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?

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