StartUp Health
VC Fund
New York, United States
StartUp Health is a VC fund in New York focused on Health Care and Medical. StartUp Health is investing in a global army of Health Transformers to achieve health moonshots. StartUp Health is on a 30-year mission to collaborate with entrepreneurs to improve the health and wellbeing of everyone in the world. Since 2011, StartUp Health has been investing in a global army of entrepreneurs -- called Health Transformers -- to achieve health moonshots: Access to Care, Cost to Zero, Cure Disease, End to Cancer, Women’s Health, Children’s Health, Nutrition and Fitness, Brain Health, Mental Health and Happiness, Addiction, Longevity, and Pandemic Response. StartUp Health has the world’s largest health innovation portfolio with more than 330 companies across six continents and 26 countries and is backed by leading investors including Advocate Aurora Health, Chiesi, Steve Case, Mark Cuban, Esther Dyson, Brad Feld, GuideWell, Jason Finger, Jerry Levin, Kaiser Permanente, Masimo, Novartis, Otsuka, and Ping An.
- Total investments:
- 368
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 3%
- Fund size:
- $31M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries StartUp Health invests in
Stages StartUp Health invests in
Countries StartUp Health invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 23 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $100k–$4M
- Pre-Seed
- $20k–$854k
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $150k–$15M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Health Care 278 (76%)
- Medical 74 (20%)
- Wellness 68 (18%)
- Information Technology 60 (16%)
- Software 58 (16%)
Stage
- Seed 220 (60%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 44 (12%)
- Pre-Seed 38 (10%)
- Funding Round 11 (3%)
- Series B 8 (2%)
Country
- United States 251 (68%)
- Canada 13 (4%)
- United Kingdom 13 (4%)
- Finland 8 (2%)
- Israel 4 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Aki Koivistoinen
StartUp Health Ambassador for Europe & Israel
|
StartUp Health Ambassador for Europe & Israel | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Howard Krein
Chief Medical Officer
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Chief Medical Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Sajjad Kamal
Healthcare Transformer
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Healthcare Transformer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Chrissa McFarlane
Health Transformer (part of StartUp Health Portfolio)
|
Health Transformer (part of StartUp Health Portfolio) | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Dave Haddick
Healthcare Transformer
|
Healthcare Transformer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 23 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEXT Life Sciences is developing the revolutionary Plan A™ procedure to bring the only scientifically proven technology in the category - Vasalgel® - to market. | $2.5M / Seed / Jan 16, 2024 | ||
| Hidoc Consult is a Primary Care to Physician eConsult platform that uses AI to provide specialist consultation services in under 15 minutes. We charge a flat USD 1000 subscription fee for all Primary Care Practioners for unlimited consultation services per year. | $200K / Pre-Seed / Dec 21, 2023 | ||
| AvoMD is a no-code software platform that transforms clinical content – guidelines, algorithms, pathways, and checklists - into "virtual clinical consults" available instantly at the point-of-care on standalone web/mobile apps and in the EHR. Leading societies and health systems partner with AvoMD to transform authoritative clinicalexpertise into instant expert guidance at the bedside. Studies show that AvoMD improves outcomes while saving clinicians ~50% of their time in accessing and using information at the point-of-care. | $5M / Seed / Jun 23, 2023 | ||
| Jetsweat is a well-being platform that helps organizations engage populations to live healthier lives. We partner with forward-thinking employers, health plans and health systems to set a new standard for holistic and preventative care, driving better outcomes through engaging journeys, personalized programming from exclusive provider ecosystem,and dedicated white-label software. | Pre-Seed / Jun 01, 2023 | ||
| Pear Suite is a digital health company that helps community health workers to address social determinants of health through culturally sensitive care navigation.. The cloud-based platform of Pear Suite enables anyone to better assess and address social determinants of health in a scalable, cost-effective, and person-centered manner. Its platform,unlike other assessment tools, enables anyone to assess and address an individual's social drivers of health through smart scripts, logic modeling, and actionable dashboards. | $2.5M / Seed / May 15, 2023 | ||
| Medwise.ai is the Google for doctors. | $1.4M / Seed / Mar 23, 2023 | ||
| Medwise.ai is the Google for doctors. | $1.4M / Pre-Seed / Mar 23, 2023 | ||
| Mother of Fact is disrupting a $250 billion healthcare delivery market with easy-to-schedule nutrition telehealth appointments and daily patient monitoring. What sets us apart from our competitors is that women’s health clinics are our customers - there is no direct cost for the patients. We offer seamless 2-way integration for healthcareproviders, like OB-GYNs, who are excited to add mother of fact to their patient care tool belt, for their most worrisome patients. We perform daily patient interaction- providing unprecedented lifesaving nutrition data. And on top of all that, Mother of Fact does all the best nutrition care and health clinics bill for our services - making a profit over the cost of Mother of Fact. | Pre-Seed / Mar 01, 2023 | ||
| eddii’s complete endocrine care platform combines real-time CGM/device integration, AI-driven insights, and rapid access to licensed endocrinologists and NPs, with appointments within 48 hours. The app includes actionable trackers, lab result visualization, and easy scheduling — merging digital engagement with clinical depth. | $2.5M / Seed / Jan 25, 2023 | ||
| Joydays provides low glycemic, better-for-you snacks that are still packed with those classic flavors you know and love. It was founded in 2021. | Venture - Series Unknown / Dec 27, 2022 | ||
| See all 368 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does StartUp Health invest in?
StartUp Health invests primarily in Health Care, Medical and Wellness startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 368 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does StartUp Health invest in?
StartUp Health typically joins rounds of $100k–$4M at Seed, $20k–$854k at Pre-Seed and $150k–$15M at Venture - Series Unknown. These are whole funding-round sizes, not StartUp Health's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds StartUp Health took part in.
How do I contact StartUp Health?
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Who are the partners at StartUp Health?
The team at StartUp Health includes Aki Koivistoinen (StartUp Health Ambassador for Europe & Israel), Howard Krein (Chief Medical Officer) and Sajjad Kamal (Healthcare Transformer), among 23 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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