# Laura Deming

> Laura Deming is a seed investor at Cradle (San Francisco) backing Health Care and SaaS. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Cradle](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cradle-42d9)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Dec 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-deming-b255362a/
- Website: https://x.com/laurademing

Laura Deming is a seed investor at Cradle in San Francisco focused on Health Care and SaaS. Laura Deming is the CEO and co-founder of Cradle. She previously worked at The Thiel Foundation as a Thiel Fellow. Laura Deming attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 2 | 100% |
| SaaS | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 50% |
| Pharmaceutical | 1 | 50% |

6 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rubedo Life Sciences | Rubedo Life Sciences mission is to treat age-related diseases to extend health-span targeting senescence and stem cells. | $12M | Seed | Dec 03, 2020 |  |
| Clara Health | Clara is a software platform that streamlines the process of participating in clinical trials. The platform helps patients to find and connect with clinical trials. | $2.2M | Seed | Feb 20, 2018 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Khosla Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/khosla-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Abstract](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a-list-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cantos](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cantos-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Refactor](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/refactor-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Shanda Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shanda-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Cradle

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Cradle is a cryonics company that develops and proves the feasibility of human organs and whole-body reversible cryopreservation. That aims to focus on pausing and restarting biological functions through freezing to prevent tissue damage in dead bodies.

1 contacts available at Cradle.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Laura Deming | CEO & Co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/laura-deming-2 |

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## FAQ

### What does Laura Deming invest in?

Laura Deming invests primarily in Health Care, SaaS and Software startups, most often at Seed 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.

### When did Laura Deming last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Laura Deming closed in Dec 2020. 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.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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