# Soros Economic Development Fund

> Soros Economic Development Fund is a VC fund backing Health Care. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Aug 2025
- Lead investor: 14%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/opensociety
- Website: http://www.sedfny.org
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/OpenSocietyFoundations

Soros Economic Development Fund is a VC fund in New York focused on Health Care and Manufacturing. The distribution of a car engine corresponds to the mechanisms that ensure the intake of the air-fuel mixture and the exhaust of the burning of gases with the valves.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Venture - Series Unknown | $3.6M–$20M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 2 | 29% |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 29% |
| AgTech | 1 | 14% |
| Medical | 1 | 14% |
| Software | 1 | 14% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 29% |
| Seed | 1 | 14% |
| Series A | 1 | 14% |
| Series C | 1 | 14% |
| Debt Financing | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| India | 1 | 14% |
| Kenya | 1 | 14% |
| Brazil | 1 | 14% |
| Belgium | 1 | 14% |
| Colombia | 1 | 14% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kate Murphy | Principal | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kate-murphy-c488 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hewatele | Hewatele is a social enterprise that provides affordable quality medical oxygen to all needy patients together with its affiliates CPHD and Mediquip Global. | $10.5M | Debt Financing | Aug 19, 2025 |  |
| Mahta.bio | Mahta.bio is a food and beverage company. | $3.6M | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 19, 2025 |  |
| Hewatele | Hewatele is a social enterprise that provides affordable quality medical oxygen to all needy patients together with its affiliates CPHD and Mediquip Global. | $20M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 14, 2024 |  |
| Hewatele | Hewatele is a social enterprise that provides affordable quality medical oxygen to all needy patients together with its affiliates CPHD and Mediquip Global. | $8.9M | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 20, 2023 |  |
| Symplifica | Symplifica is the payroll department of small employers | $3M | Seed | Jan 26, 2022 |  |
| Univercells | Univercells is a One-stop-shop for high-density low-cost biomanufacturing "end-to-end" solutions, with innovative engineering able to decrease the needs for investments of over 75% and the cost of goods of up to 90%.Univercells' technologies, aimed at low cost manufacturing of antibodies/proteins/vaccines, is based onsingle-use technologies, and chaining of three manufacturing steps into simulated continuous mode : cell culture under perfusion, clarification and capture. | $24.5M | Series C | Dec 17, 2020 |  |
| Siddhivinayak Agri Processing | Siddhivinayak Agri Processing operates a managed potato supply chain intended to create value across the food supply chain and food processing sector. The company's managed potato supply chain offers seeds, inputs and process grade potatoes to farmers, food processors and large domestic and international snack makers, enabling them to yieldlarge volume of potatoes for the masses. | $1M | Series A | Jan 01, 2011 |  |

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## FAQ

### What does Soros Economic Development Fund invest in?

Soros Economic Development Fund invests primarily in Health Care, Manufacturing and AgTech startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown and Seed stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Soros Economic Development Fund's check size?

Soros Economic Development Fund typically joins rounds of $3.6M–$20M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Soros Economic Development Fund participates in.

### How do I contact Soros Economic Development Fund?

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### Who are the partners at Soros Economic Development Fund?

The team at Soros Economic Development Fund includes Kate Murphy (Principal). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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