Pre-seed investors in healthcare and life sciences

Backs dropouts and non-credentialed founders working on hard science and deep-tech problems at the idea/R&D stage.

Immigrant-founded, physician-led seed-stage healthcare VC backing 'Third Culture' founders innovating at the intersection of culture and care delivery.

Student-run VC funding and supporting the Johns Hopkins entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Creator-economy-backed venture fund (Geoffrey Woo, Jake & Logan Paul) pairing capital with attention/distribution for frontier-tech startups.

Back ambitious founders using technology to tackle social and environmental problems.

Backs mission-driven founders using AI/software/biotech to build sustainable industry, improve human health, and equip the workforce.

Backs founders building frontier technologies that 'move us toward utopia' or 'hold the line against oblivion' - civilization-scale deep tech.

Boost VC is a pre-seed venture fund making generalist deep-tech bets on startups aiming to make a billion lives better.

Acts as an operational co-founder backing founders building category-defining consumer companies grounded in real consumer insight, from pre-seed to Series A.

Early-stage fund backing founders building technology that disrupts incumbents in foundational, everyday consumer industries across North America.

Regional early-stage venture firm formed by the Cincinnati Chamber, Cincinnati Children's and the University of Cincinnati to fill the high-risk seed capital gap and commercialise regional research;…

Italy's most active business angel network, with 400+ member entrepreneurs and professionals syndicating capital, network and operating expertise into Italian-founded startups and innovative SMEs.

Solo-GP seed fund that invests then works hands-on with founders to build a repeatable, formalised sales motion and revenue engine.

Backs opinionated 'product founders' from day zero, often leading first rounds at the idea stage.

Connecticut's state-backed venture arm and the state's leading source of equity financing for innovative growth companies, pairing capital with mentorship and an in-state network across several…

Backs founders modernising the infrastructure that powers wealth and health for the mass market, on the thesis that serving everyday Americans profitably produces outsized venture returns.

Backs European technology founders early - 'before it's obvious' - and supports them from seed through scale (portfolio includes Spotify, Klarna, Depop, Factorial).

High-conviction pre-seed fund led by two female operator-investors, leading first rounds for 20 to 25 science and engineering founders outside traditional Silicon Valley networks.

Backs early-stage startups with global ambitions and a Luxembourg link; 'doesn't wait for consensus.'

Palo Alto VC founded by Lu Zhang backing technical founders in healthcare, enterprise AI and deep/industrial tech; 75+ companies, 5 unicorns.

Backs high-velocity founders at the pre-seed and seed stage.

Backs ambitious CEE founders targeting large markets with products 10x better than alternatives.

Backs European deep-tech founders building frontier-technology companies that disrupt industrial norms (200+ founders since 2005).

Analytical, high-volume pre-seed/seed VC backing go-to-market founders across the Greater Midwest.

Backs bold technology-driven Latin American founders building category-defining, globally scaling companies.

Invests in need-driven founders transforming healthcare through information technology.

Backs founders at the earliest 'negative one to zero' stage, before product-market fit.

Partners with exceptional founders and high-potential scale-ups across the UK from pre-seed through growth.

Invests at the edge where science and entrepreneurship meet, backing industry-defining ideas on day one.

Global early-stage VC (founder Viktoriya Tigipko) backing pre-seed and seed technology startups across health, fintech and B2B software.

Non-profit business angel network backing Alpine-region founders with risk capital and expertise.

Seed-stage venture firm making early, non-consensus bets on technical founders building 'software beyond the screen' and physical-AI/deeptech companies.

Deep-tech seed fund that co-creates companies and writes first institutional checks for founders applying hard technologies to industrial, climate, health and AI problems.

Phoenix accelerator making small pre-seed investments into healthcare and life-sciences startups moving beyond the incubator stage.

Backs technical founders solving foundational deep-tech problems at pre-seed/seed with hands-on support on hiring, grants and partnerships.

Early-stage VC investing in productivity tools, AI, SaaS, fintech, insurtech and digital health across the US, Europe and Israel.

Alumni Ventures fund co-investing alongside top VCs for the University of Texas alumni community.

Early-stage digital health fund and venture builder leveraging an alliance of strategic healthcare partners.

Backs UK pre-seed/seed B2B software founders and helps them reach a successful Series A.

One of the most active NY-based seed investors, partnering with founders at the earliest stage to build enduring businesses.