# Kirk Nielsen

> Kirk Nielsen is a Series A investor at Vensana Capital backing Health Care. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Vensana Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vensana-capital)
- Location: Minneapolis, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Apr 2024
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirkgnielsen/

Kirk Nielsen is a Series A investor at Vensana Capital in Minneapolis focused on Health Care and Medical. Kirk Nielsen is the Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Vensana Capital.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 3 | 100% |
| Medical | 2 | 67% |
| Medical Device | 2 | 67% |
| Hospital | 1 | 33% |
| Wellness | 1 | 33% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |
| Series B | 1 | 33% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| iVEAcare | iVEAcare develops innovative neuromodulation therapy to treat unmet clinical needs. | $27.5M | Series A | Apr 22, 2024 | https://iveacare.com/ |
| Moxe Health | Moxe Health streamlines the bi-directional exchange of clinical data between health plans and provider systems.The company provide solutions for risk adjustment, HEDIS and Star ratings, claims denial management, HCC reconciliation, patient summary, ADT notifications, and care gap management. Plans seamlessly send back data and insights whilenever straying from clinicians’ EHR workflows.Moxe’s clinical data clearinghouse allows health plans to easily receive information from health systems. Health plans can then seamlessly send back data and insights. With automated solutions for risk adjustment, quality, and care management programs, Moxe facilitates access to the information essential to your success in the market shift to value-based care.Moxe’s neutrality in providing data connectivity lets you realize the full potential of your existing investments in population health, quality, and analytics solutions. | $30M | Series B | Jun 01, 2022 | http://www.moxehealth.com |
| Veran Medical Technologies | Veran Medical Technologies is an image-guided medical device company that helps physicians diagnose disease and deliver therapies. It develops a suite of products to enable physicians to diagnose disease and deliver therapies. It offers standards for minimally invasive delivery of interventional oncology therapies. The company provides plug-n-playdelivery systems and navigated instruments. Its IG4 Platform allows clinicians to visualize various types of information integrated with a CT dataset, such as respiration, contrast-enhanced structures, PET, and ultrasound. The company also provides SPiN Drive System that acts as a GPS-like system to enable pulmonologists and surgeons to access peripheral solitary pulmonary nodules to diagnose malignancy. The company was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. | $31M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 21, 2016 | http://www.veranmedical.com |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Oxford Finance LLC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oxford-finance-corporation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [3M New Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/3m-new-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Apollo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/apollo-global-management-llc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hatteras Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hatteras-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Piper Jaffray Merchant Banking — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [RC Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/river-cities-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Vensana Capital

VC Fund · Minneapolis, United States

Vensana Capital is a venture capital investment firm that focuses on healthcare with breakthrough innovations in medical technology.

5 contacts available at Vensana Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aaron Smith | Advisor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aaron-smith-4dea |
| Cynthia Yee | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cynthia-yee |
| Greg Banker | Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greg-banker-5544 |
| Justin Klein | Co-Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/justin-klein |
| Kirk Nielsen | Co-Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kirk-nielsen-0ccf |

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## FAQ

### What does Kirk Nielsen invest in?

Kirk Nielsen invests primarily in Health Care, Medical and Medical Device startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 3 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 Kirk Nielsen?

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### When did Kirk Nielsen last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kirk Nielsen closed in Apr 2024. 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.

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