105 Seed Healthcare Investors — 70 Currently Deploying

Elevate Capital invests in underserved entrepreneurs—women, minorities, veterans, and those with limited regional access to capital—by providing venture capital and mentorship to h…

Offer founders pursuing their life's work an alternative to the hype cycle by providing long-term thinking and supporting category-defining companies across all sectors that will l…

Thematic-driven investors backing ambitious founders building for big outcomes across critical domains (AI, Consumer, Defense Tech) from seed to pre-IPO, bringing deep sector insig…

Empowering historically excluded founders with capital, mentorship, and networks to build scalable companies in Fintech, SaaS, AI, Logistics, and Healthcare, leveraging 25+ years o…

Back European founders with strong qualities (not CV/pedigree) building businesses for a better human future, assessed on characteristics like productivity, grit, and commercial ac…

Champion inspired and obsessive builders across seed stage, from enterprise SaaS to sustainability, health, hard tech, AI, infrastructure, consumer, and crypto. Provide guidance fr…

Early-stage VC for entrepreneurs building the next generation of European icons, partnering with founding teams at pre-seed and seed stages across thematic areas including fintech,…

Calibrate partners with elite technical founders to turn deep tech breakthroughs (AI, computer vision, autonomy, robotics) into scalable commercial advantages across transportation…

Support audacious entrepreneurs building consumer technology that transforms how billions experience the world through connectivity, convenience, entertainment and empowerment, inv…

NFX identifies and backs founders building companies with network effects. The fund emphasizes software development, founder support through content/tools, and emerging technologie…

Investing in a future where people of color experience true agency and participation in the American economy through supporting entrepreneurs from overlooked communities.

Seed-stage generalist investor supporting ambitious founders building enduring businesses across the United States, with focus on Software, Healthcare, Financial Services, Marketpl…

Experienced founders (particularly serial/exit founders) win 22x more often. Zero-equity retreats attract elite repeat founders who avoid traditional accelerators, enabling first-m…

SignalFire is a VC firm built like a tech company that combines AI tools, data infrastructure, and deep sector expertise with portfolio support to help founders scale faster. The f…

Partnering with ambitious early-stage founders building category-defining companies across enterprise and consumer sectors.

Techstars helps founders scale startups into world-changing businesses through a 3-month mentorship-driven accelerator program, capital investment, and access to a global network o…

Data-driven, systematic approach to partnering with the world's most promising companies. AI and data science engine for underwriting enables quantitative decision-making across ve…

Specialists in pre-seed and seed investing, founded by operators who have built and scaled companies. Provide hands-on support through recruiting, GTM coaching, fundraising assista…

Back the best student founders early with first capital ($90K-$250K checks) while simultaneously training the next generation of VCs through student-run investing. Built by student…

Partner with brilliant founders to bring things of real wonder into the world by backing innovative companies that upend the status quo across software, sustainability, and consume…

Back the world's best AI native founders at pre-seed and seed stages with product and go-to-market expertise from OpenAI, Meta, Twitter, and a16z to help them reshape the world.

Help entrepreneurs find product-market fit at seed stage, then scale. Leverage a council of 100+ top product leaders to build winning products loved by customers.

Panache Ventures backs visionary founders from day one with conviction and courage, providing hands-on support from pre-seed through Series A with operator-level insight and a nati…

Early-stage VC investing in disruptive AI and Blockchain startups outside Silicon Valley, anchored in Texas and Central U.S., leading Seed and Series A rounds in capital-efficient …

Investing in transformative early-stage cybersecurity startups with deep domain expertise, extensive partner networks, and a platform approach to accelerate customer acquisition an…

Back founders who rewrite the rules and imagine what's next, with focus on early-stage companies demonstrating conviction-driven vision across multiple sectors and geographies.

Seed-stage fund that helps founders build generational companies by providing connections, experience, hands-on support, and human-centered partnership from pre-seed through scale.

Generalist fund backing fearless founders solving the hardest challenges facing humanity across AI transformation, fintech, healthcare, industrial digitization, labor & education, …

Human-first approach to venture capital investing in founders at earliest stages across human needs economy (health, wellness, workplace, community, experience). Back founders with…

Seed and early-stage venture capital firm investing in digital solutions that transform essential, broad-impact industries like healthcare and energy by bringing emerging technolog…

Equitable venture capital model where every founder backed becomes a co-owner of the fund. Early-stage investments in mission-driven, pre-seed and seed founders who are outliers, o…

Our three main thesis areas are future of income, complicated consumer and decentralized enterprise

Invests in companies using technology to solve important problems in healthcare, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, agriculture, transportation, and other sectors

Cherubic invests in the most ambitious founders from angel to pre-IPO stage, acting as a long-term partner and friend first, investor second.

Correlation Ventures backs groundbreaking technology and data science companies that solve industry problems through rapid decision-making and industry-leading networks.

The Helm invests in game-changing companies founded by women, operating as an early-stage venture firm with offices in NYC and London.

Invest in people first, companies second. Focus on seed-stage technology startups led by entrepreneurs uniquely positioned to transform their industry, with emphasis on atypical fo…

Invest in people over product at the earliest stages of entrepreneurial journey, focusing on long-term relationships with founders at pre-seed and seed stages.

Invests in early-stage technology companies operating in highly regulated markets, offering regulatory risk expertise and execution support that differentiates from other VC firms.

We identify and support visionaries transforming industries with the potential to better billions of lives. Bow identifies platform companies in industries being transformed by tec…

First Round partners with unreasonable founders at the earliest stages to help them imagine and build transformative companies. The fund focuses on being the world's best partner f…

We back bold companies across sectors. What unites them isn't industry — it's a clear thesis for technological transformation, and founders we believe in.

Empowering diverse entrepreneurs to create impactful solutions addressing systemic inequities

We believe perspective and proximity are power. We seek out entrepreneurs who are uniquely equipped to lead in the spaces where innovation is most needed. From expanding access to …

Brooklyn Bridge Ventures is Brooklyn's first early-stage venture fund that fosters an online and offline community open to founders and innovative professionals of all backgrounds.

We invest in under-resourced entrepreneurs including women of color led businesses seeking pre-seed, seed level or series A financing. Our mission is to bridge the gap in venture c…

Portfolia builds venture funds designed by and for women, open to all to back the companies shaping the future we want to see. Focus on high-growth sectors like women's health, gre…

We invest in founders creating positive system change, focusing on three consumer-led mega trends: Life (access and affordability in essential products/services), Health (preventat…

Capria Ventures is a Global South specialist VC investing in Applied AI, helping tech founders with limitless aspirations disrupt traditional sectors and propel economic growth acr…

We open the aperture for more founders and investors to build a world we want to live in, directing capital to breakthrough technology companies making the world better for humans,…

Since 2010, Detroit Venture Partners backs early-stage tech companies that move the world forward, leveraging the 90+ companies in the Rock Family of Companies ecosystem to help po…

Early-stage venture capital fund backing the best tech entrepreneurs across Europe and the US, investing in technology companies that enable or disrupt large industries. More than …

Early stage, global investors backing ambitious founders from inception through seed with high-conviction investments in foundational technology, offering strategic guidance and go…

Back exceptional founders building a better future by investing early with outlier founders with potential to build something meaningful and enduring. The fund looks for the weird,…

Investing in exceptional founders transforming healthcare by rebuilding healthcare's operating system with software, data, and AI. Focus on technology infrastructure across the $5.…

Support entrepreneurs by providing programming, resources, support, and community for venture scalable startups in order to improve the likelihood of transformational outcomes in t…

Since 1996, Cardinal Partners invests in disruptive healthcare technology-enabled services and life sciences companies as early/growth stage partners, believing waves of healthcare…

We help founders build a healthier & more sustainable future by investing capital, time & belief to accelerate success. We invest in driven founders building pioneering companies t…

Seasoned operators and investors backing founders who tackle messy, mission-critical problems that reshape systems we rely on. Go deep in sectors where complexity is the norm and l…

How many seed healthcare investors are actively deploying right now?

DryPowder tracks 105 seed healthcare funds. Of these, 70 are currently deploying capital based on recent fund closes, portfolio activity, and partner signals. Use DryPowder's fund matching to see which ones fit your specific startup.

What check size do seed healthcare VCs write?

Among 105 seed healthcare funds on DryPowder, check sizes run from $1K–$100M. Ranges vary by fund size, vintage, and whether the fund leads rounds. Each fund profile shows check size detail and lead preference.

How do I get a meeting with a seed healthcare VC?

A warm intro is still the fastest path. Most seed healthcare VCs on DryPowder do accept cold outreach or direct applications, but response rates vary widely by fund. Before reaching out, use DryPowder's AI matching to get a fit score and specific talking points. Founders who lead with thesis-aligned framing get significantly better response rates than those sending the same deck to every fund on a list.

How long does a seed round typically take to close?

Seed rounds typically take 3-6 months from first meeting to close. Most of that time is spent on qualification: investors want to see early traction, run multiple meetings, and often complete reference checks. With a committed lead who sets terms, the rest of the round usually fills within 2-4 weeks. Without a lead, the process drags. DryPowder's deployment signals help identify which seed funds are actively writing checks right now versus sitting between vehicles.

How many seed healthcare investors should I be talking to at once?

Most fundraisers recommend a parallel process: identify 20-40 target investors but approach your highest-fit funds first. Of the 70 seed healthcare funds currently deploying, not all will match your specific stage and sector. Use fund matching to find your top 10-15, approach those first, collect feedback, then go wider. Going to every fund simultaneously without qualifying first burns bridges and dilutes the urgency that helps close a round.

How is DryPowder different from building a VC list on LinkedIn or Crunchbase?

The fund list you build on LinkedIn or Crunchbase is roughly the same list every other founder is building. DryPowder adds three things a manual search cannot: deployment signals (which funds have recently closed new vehicles and are actively writing checks), AI thesis matching (which of the 105 seed healthcare funds actually fits your specific startup, ranked by fit), and verified partner contact details. The goal is 15 targeted, thesis-aligned pitches instead of 150 generic ones.