# NantWorks

> NantWorks is a VC fund in Culver City backing Health Care and Medical. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Culver City, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nantworks
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/NantWorks
- Website: http://www.nantworks.com/

NantWorks is a convergence of next generation machine vision, object and voice recognition technologies, ultra-low power semiconductors, supercomputing, and advanced networks for the purpose of bringing the digital revolution to healthcare, commerce and digital entertainment to an entirely new level.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for NantWorks. Shizune tracks 7 team members at NantWorks. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/nantworks?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 2 | 40% |
| Medical | 1 | 20% |
| Big Data | 1 | 20% |
| Hardware | 1 | 20% |
| Life Science | 1 | 20% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |
| Series B | 1 | 20% |
| Series C | 1 | 20% |
| Series E | 1 | 20% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 20% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Charles Kenworthy | Executive Vice-President, Corporate Strategy | 0 | — |
| Charles Kim | Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer | 0 | — |
| Dora Gruner | Senior Corporate Development Counsel | 0 | — |
| Nancy Valdivia | Director, Strategic Operations/HR; Vice President, Strategic Operations & CHRO | 0 | — |
| Orang Dialameh | CTO | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SHINE Technologies | SHINE Medical Technologies, Inc. manufactures and supplies medical tracers and cancer treatment elements. The company offers Molybdenum-99, a light-emitting element that is administered to patients for the purpose of diagnosing and staging cancer and heart diseases. It also provides Iodine-131 that is used to treat thyroid cancer and variousabnormal thyroid conditions, including hyperthyroidism, as well as to diagnose liver function, renal blood flow, and urinary tract obstruction.The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Janesville, Wisconsin. | $240M | Series E | Feb 26, 2026 |  |
| NantiBodyFc | NantiBodyFc operates in the healthcare industry. Founded in 2015, the company is headquartered in Cumming, Georgia, United States. | $10M | Private Equity | Jan 01, 2015 |  |
| Keyssa | Keyssa reinvented the connector with Kiss Connectivity. It’s a tiny solid-state system thatmakes device-to-device data flow simple, secure and instantaneous - freeing product designersand consumers from metal connectors, cables and wireless networks.Kiss Connectivity is a new way to transmit huge amounts of data and video rapidly betweendevices in close proximity, with virtually no battery drain. Keyssa’s coffee bean-sized connectorcombines breakthroughs in mechanical design, electromagnetics, materials science, andsemiconductor technologies. Because this tiny system uses extremely high frequency (EHF)signals to transmit information securely using standard protocols, it avoids the manufacturingand consumer challenges of today’s other wired or wireless-network options for connectingdevices. | $25M | Series C | Oct 01, 2014 |  |
| Keyssa | Keyssa reinvented the connector with Kiss Connectivity. It’s a tiny solid-state system thatmakes device-to-device data flow simple, secure and instantaneous - freeing product designersand consumers from metal connectors, cables and wireless networks.Kiss Connectivity is a new way to transmit huge amounts of data and video rapidly betweendevices in close proximity, with virtually no battery drain. Keyssa’s coffee bean-sized connectorcombines breakthroughs in mechanical design, electromagnetics, materials science, andsemiconductor technologies. Because this tiny system uses extremely high frequency (EHF)signals to transmit information securely using standard protocols, it avoids the manufacturingand consumer challenges of today’s other wired or wireless-network options for connectingdevices. | $5M | Series B | Jul 01, 2011 |  |
| Keyssa | Keyssa reinvented the connector with Kiss Connectivity. It’s a tiny solid-state system thatmakes device-to-device data flow simple, secure and instantaneous - freeing product designersand consumers from metal connectors, cables and wireless networks.Kiss Connectivity is a new way to transmit huge amounts of data and video rapidly betweendevices in close proximity, with virtually no battery drain. Keyssa’s coffee bean-sized connectorcombines breakthroughs in mechanical design, electromagnetics, materials science, andsemiconductor technologies. Because this tiny system uses extremely high frequency (EHF)signals to transmit information securely using standard protocols, it avoids the manufacturingand consumer challenges of today’s other wired or wireless-network options for connectingdevices. | $2M | Series A | May 01, 2010 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alsop Louie Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alsop-louie-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Deerfield](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deerfield) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Dolby Family Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dolby-family-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fidelity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fidelity-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Intel Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/intel-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Oaktree Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oaktree-capital-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does NantWorks invest in?

NantWorks invests primarily in Health Care, Medical and Big Data startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 5 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 NantWorks?

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### Who are the partners at NantWorks?

The team at NantWorks includes Charles Kenworthy (Executive Vice-President, Corporate Strategy), Charles Kim (Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer) and Dora Gruner (Senior Corporate Development Counsel), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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