# Kristina Simmons

> Kristina Simmons is a seed investor at Overwater Ventures backing Biotechnology. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct…

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Overwater Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/overwater-ventures)
- Location: Palo Alto, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristina-simmons-6964647
- X (Twitter): https://x.com/ksimm
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kristinamsimmons

Kristina Simmons is a seed investor at Overwater Ventures in Palo Alto focused on Biotechnology and Biopharma. Kristina Simmons is based out of Palo Alto, California, and is the Founder and Managing Partner of Overwater Ventures. Kristina previously worked at Khosla Ventures as a Chief of Staff and Investor. Kristina Simmons attended the University of Michigan

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Biotechnology | 3 | 50% |
| Biopharma | 2 | 33% |
| Health Care | 2 | 33% |
| Medical | 1 | 17% |
| Genetics | 1 | 17% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 50% |
| Series C | 1 | 17% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 17% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Adaptyx Biosciences | Adaptyx Biosciences develops wearable sensors. | $14M | Seed | Oct 20, 2025 | https://www.adaptyx.bio |
| BeSound | BeSound provides mammograms, screening and biopsy services to help the women to detect cancers earlier. | $6.8M | Seed | Sep 30, 2025 | https://www.besoundbreast.com |
| Gameto | Gameto is a biotechnology company whose mission is to redefine female reproductive health by developing therapies that improve lives.Women’s health is a vastly underserved therapeutic area. Most conditions have few treatment options, and those available often cause frequent complications and offer limited clinical benefit. Gameto aims to changethat.Gameto is committed to using cutting-edge scientific advances to deliver better solutions to patients. Using cellular engineering, they have developed a platform to produce female reproductive cell lines. They use proprietary combinations of transcription factors to reprogram hiPSCs into engineered ovarian and endometrium cell lines that mimic the functions of endogenous cells, producing and responding to all hormones. Their team of cellular engineers is using this platform to advance a portfolio of cellular therapeutics for female reproductive diseases. Gameto's first program, Fertilo, is a therapeutic for IVF and egg freezing, aiming to make the process shorter, safer and more effective. Additional applications of our platform include, an organoid of the female reproductive system, Deovo, and a cell-based therapeutic to ameliorate the health consequences of primary ovarian insufficiency and menopause, Ameno. | $44M | Series C | Aug 12, 2025 | https://gametogen.com/ |
| Overture Life | Overture Life is a biotechnology company that develops automated technologies for assisted reproductive procedures, aiming to enhance the efficiency and accessibility of in vitro fertilization (IVF). Its solutions focus on automating complex embryology lab processes, such as egg vitrification and embryo warming, to improve consistency and reducecosts. The company's DaVitri platform is designed to standardize these procedures, potentially increasing oocyte survival rates and decreasing the number of IVF cycles needed. | $20.6M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 24, 2025 | https://overture.life/ |
| Olio Labs | Olio Labs utilizes AI for combo therapeutics, optimizing and minimizing side effects through automated discovery of protein interactions. |  |  | Mar 19, 2025 | https://oliolabs.co/ |
| Olio Labs | Olio Labs utilizes AI for combo therapeutics, optimizing and minimizing side effects through automated discovery of protein interactions. | $4.5M | Seed | Mar 19, 2025 | https://oliolabs.co/ |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Boom Capital Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boom-capital-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Future Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/future-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Pioneer Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pioneer-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [RA Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ra-capital-management) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [SciFounders](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scifounders) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Scrum Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scrum-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Overwater Ventures

VC Fund

Overwater Ventures is an investment firm.

1 contacts available at Overwater Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kristina Simmons | Founder and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kristina-simmons |

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## FAQ

### What does Kristina Simmons invest in?

Kristina Simmons invests primarily in Biotechnology, Biopharma and Health Care startups, most often at Seed and Series C stage. Most of the 6 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 Kristina Simmons last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kristina Simmons closed in Oct 2025. Shizune tracks 6 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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