Healthcare & Biotech Startups in California

Discover the Healthcare & Biotech startup scene in California with 62 investors and startups. Browse 59 investors focused on Healthcare & Biotech and 3 startups building Healthcare & Biotech solutions in California. 41 investors are actively deploying capital in this space.

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San Francisco
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Deep Blue Medical

Bill Perry

SERIES A

San Francisco, California

MEDICAL DEVICESBIO HEALTHCARE

The problem is clearly defined as the high failure rates in soft tissue surgeries, particularly in hernia repairs, due to inadequate suture and mesh integration, leading to costly and painful...

Peter Pham

Peter Pham

California

BIO HEALTHCAREBIOTECH

Seamless Integration Group

Bill Johnson

PRE SEED

California

DEVELOPER TOOLSAPIS AND PLATFORMSHEALTHCARE SAAS
Product BuiltRepeatPrior Exit

Dan Tour

Clearwood Partners

Los Angeles, CA

AI MLROBOTICSINDUSTRIAL ROBOTICS+7

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Chris Hoppe

General Inception

Accelerator

Menlo Park, CA

BIO HEALTHCAREBIOTECHDIAGNOSTICS+3

General Inception is a deep-tech venture studio ("Igniter") that co-founds and builds life sciences companies across Engineered Biology, Life Science Tools & Diagnostics, and Therapeutics. They...

Exploring39 portfolio co.

Chemical Angel Network

Chemical Angel Network

Angel

California

Check: Varies – $150K
BIO HEALTHCAREBIOTECHMEDICAL DEVICES+4

Investing in hard technology — chemistry and materials innovations, medical devices, life sciences, sustainability and energy. CAN Fund I invests up to $150K in early-stage startups; geography...

Exploring4 portfolio co.

Rock Health

Rock Health

Corporate

San Francisco, CA

Check: $20K – $2.0M
BIO HEALTHCARE

Rock Health is a venture capital firm investing in digital health start-ups.

Exploring63 portfolio co.

Kyto Technology and Life Sciences Inc.

Kyto Technology and Life Sciences Inc.

VC

Palo Alto, California

BIO HEALTHCAREBIOTECHHEALTHCARE SAAS+12

K2X is a Silicon Valley-based FinTech offering global investors a novel, safer, higher-return, non-correlated, diversified, and liquid (assuming NASDAQ IPO completed) way to invest in the best...

Exploring33 portfolio co.

Nexus Venture Partners

Nexus Venture Partners

VC

Menlo Park, CA

Check: $1.0M – $10.0M
AI MLFINTECHECOMMERCE MARKETPLACES+5

Nexus Venture Partners is a venture capital firm partnering with product-first entrepreneurs, focused on enterprise software companies in the US and digitally-powered businesses in India. The firm...

Exploring4 portfolio co.

AngelPad

AngelPad

Accelerator

San Francisco, CA

Check: $100K – $120K
AI MLHEALTHCARE SAASDIGITAL HEALTH+4

Founded in 2010, AngelPad is a seed-stage accelerator based in San Francisco and New York. We select ~15 teams every 6 months and invest $120,000 in each company. We focus on early-stage startups...

Exploring16 portfolio co.

SparkLabs Group

SparkLabs Group

VC

Palo Alto, CA

Check: $200K – $5.0M
AI MLDIGITAL HEALTHFINTECH+9

SparkLabs Group is a global network of startup accelerators and venture capital funds founded in 2013. With presence across the U.S., Europe, and Asia, they have invested in 500+ startups across six...

Exploring30 portfolio co.

SV Angel

SV Angel

VC

San Francisco, CA

Check: $200K – $200K
AI MLAI INFRASTRUCTUREAPIS AND PLATFORMS+7

SV Angel is a San Francisco-based venture fund investing broadly in software-focused consumer and enterprise companies. Composed of an early-stage Seed Fund (typical seed check ~$200k) and a Growth...

Exploring5 portfolio co.

Crosslink Capital

Crosslink Capital

VC

Menlo Park, CA

Check: $1.0M – $9.0M
AI MLDIGITAL HEALTHFINTECH+2

Partnering with ambitious early-stage founders building category-defining companies; focus on early-stage consumer and enterprise opportunities across North America.

Exploring210 portfolio co.

NFX

NFX Capital

VC

San Francisco, CA

Check: $1.0M – $5.0M
BIO HEALTHCAREGENERATIVE AI

Seed and pre-seed investors focused on companies that build network effects across Bio, Gaming, Generative AI, PropTech, Space, FinTech, Marketplaces, and Crypto. We prioritize founding team quality...

Exploring14 portfolio co.

Upfront Ventures

Upfront Ventures

VC

Santa Monica, CA

Check: $500K – $30.0M
AI MLFINTECHDIGITAL HEALTH+9

Founded in 1996, Upfront Ventures is a venture capital investment firm based in Santa Monica, California. The firm prefers to invest in companies operating in the commercial services, software,...

Exploring85 portfolio co.

True Blue Partners

True Blue Partners

VC

Campbell, CA

Check: $100K – $2.5M
AI MLPAYMENTSFINTECH+6

Early-stage investments focused on enterprise software, SaaS, IT services and enterprise AI; active manager of an early-stage venture fund and occasional balance-sheet investments where they can add...

Exploring13 portfolio co.

Northern Light Venture Capital

Northern Light Venture Capital

VC

Menlo Park, CA

Check: $500K – Varies
MANUFACTURING TECHAI MLPAYMENTS+8

A globally minded, tech-centric venture firm investing at the intersection of enterprise, healthcare, and consumer opportunities. Focused on early-stage and growth opportunities enabled by...

Exploring18 portfolio co.

Wildcat Venture Partners

Wildcat Venture Partners

VC

San Mateo, CA

Check: $500K – $6.0M
AI MLAPPLIED AIDIGITAL HEALTH+8

Wildcat Venture Partners invests in B2B and B2B2C startups leveraging Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to disrupt industrial sectors, with a focus on healthcare and the energy transition....

Exploring15 portfolio co.

LAUNCH Fund

LAUNCH Fund

Accelerator

San Francisco, CA

Check: $20K – $500K
AI MLAR VRPAYMENTS+8

LAUNCH backs founders at very early stages through a mix of accelerator, founder education, direct fund investments and a large public syndicate. They target high-velocity early-stage technology...

Exploring24 portfolio co.

Uncommon Capital

Uncommon Capital

VC

San Francisco, CA

Check: $250K – $3.0M
B2B SAASBACKEND AS A SERVICEDEVELOPER TOOLS+4

Former operators investing in operators. We invest primarily in software companies from Pre-Seed to Series A. Areas of interest include B2B SaaS (especially unique verticals), bottoms-up SaaS,...

Exploring48 portfolio co.

TenOneTen Ventures

TenOneTen Ventures

VC

Los Angeles, CA

Check: $500K – $4.0M
AI MLDIGITAL HEALTHPROPTECH+3

We invest early in technical teams transforming major industries — healthcare, logistics, real estate, manufacturing and other essential industries where technical innovation can solve critical...

Exploring51 portfolio co.

Stage Venture Partners

Stage Venture Partners

VC

Los Angeles, CA

Check: $1.0M – $3.0M
B2B SAASECOMMERCE MARKETPLACESAEROSPACE+2

Stage Venture Partners is a pre-Seed and Seed stage venture capital firm that invests in emerging enterprise software technology for B2B markets across North America. They focus on recurring revenue...

Exploring36 portfolio co.

M13

M13

VC

Santa Monica, CA

Check: $1.0M – Varies
AI MLWEB3 CRYPTODIGITAL HEALTH+3

Early-stage (seed and Series A) venture capital firm investing in visionary founders building disruptive software businesses across work, health, commerce, and money, with a focus on enabling...

Exploring61 portfolio co.

Boom Capital Ventures

Boom Capital Ventures

VC

San Francisco, CA

Check: $100K – $1.0M
BIO HEALTHCAREBIOTECHAI ML+2

Invests early in founders building at the frontiers of science: healthcare, genomics, machine intelligence, aerospace and new chemistries.

Exploring21 portfolio co.

Time BioVentures

Time BioVentures

VC

Los Angeles, CA

Check: $1.0M – $10.0M
BIOTECHDIAGNOSTICSMEDICAL DEVICES+2

Time BioVentures is a life sciences and healthcare venture capital firm based in Southern California. The firm seeks to invest in life sciences and healthcare companies with a focus on therapeutics,...

Exploring21 portfolio co.

Vertical Venture Partners

Vertical Venture Partners

VC

Palo Alto, CA

Check: $500K – $4.0M
B2B SAASVERTICAL SAASDIGITAL HEALTH+7

VVP invests in US-based, early-stage software and deep-tech startups building focused solutions for specific industry verticals. They prioritize founder-market fit rooted in years of operating...

Exploring39 portfolio co.

Amgen

Amgen

Corporate

Thousand Oaks, CA

Check: $1.5M – $55.0M
BIOTECHIOT

Amgen Inc.. The Group's principal activities are to discover, develop, manufacture and market human therapeutics based on advances in cellular and molecular biology. It markets human therapeutic...

Exploring36 portfolio co.

Ulu Ventures

Ulu Ventures

VC

Palo Alto, CA

Check: $2.0M – $2.0M
AI MLDIGITAL HEALTHEDTECH+5

Seed-stage, US-focused software & internet investors who emphasize diversity and decision-analysis driven diligence; target high-conviction founders in enterprise software, fintech, digital health,...

Exploring14 portfolio co.

BootstrapLabs

BootstrapLabs

VC

San Francisco, CA

Check: $500K – Varies
AI MLCLIMATE ENERGY SUSTAINABILITYCLEAN ENERGY+8

Early-stage, AI-first venture firm investing in Applied AI across Future of Work/Productivity, Mobility, Health, Financial Infrastructure, Digital Infrastructure, and Climate & Energy. Often leads...

Exploring6 portfolio co.

Norwest Venture Partners

Norwest Venture Partners

VC

Menlo Park, CA

Check: $10.0M – $150.0M
BIOTECHBIO HEALTHCAREFINTECH+3

Founded in 1961, Norwest Venture Partners is a venture capital and growth equity investment firm. The firm prefers to invest in early to later-stage companies in the United States, India, and Israel...

Exploring71 portfolio co.

Phoenix Investment Club

Phoenix Investment Club

VC

San Francisco, CA

Check: $30K – $4.0M
FINTECHDIGITAL HEALTHAI ML+1

Community-driven VC backing Harvard founders at the earliest stages (angel to seed). Sector-agnostic but leans into FinTech, HealthTech (digital health), AI, and B2B. Provides small checks and access...

Exploring1 portfolio co.

Nido Ventures

Nido Ventures

VC

San Francisco, CA

Check: $500K – $500K
AI MLFINTECHHEALTHCARE SAAS+3

We invest in pre-seed B2B technology companies transforming foundational industries across the US-Mexico corridor, leveraging US technical innovation and Mexico's industrial strength to accelerate...

Exploring34 portfolio co.

IVP

Institutional Venture Partners

VC

Menlo Park, CA

Check: $10.0M – $150.0M
AI MLAPPLIED AIENTERPRISE SAAS+4

IVP partners with breakout companies at inflection points, backing a small number of companies each year (primarily Series B / later-stage) and supporting rapid scale from millions to hundreds of...

Exploring150 portfolio co.

Patron

Patron

VC

Santa Monica, CA

Check: $1.0M – $6.0M
AI MLAR VRPAYMENTS+7

Patron backs early-stage founders defining next-generation consumer technology through a gaming lens. Focused on Seed-stage investments across games, consumer internet, and Web3, leveraging...

Exploring76 portfolio co.

NTT Venture Capital

NTT Venture Capital

VC

Menlo Park, CA

Check: $500K – Varies
AI MLDIGITAL HEALTHHEALTHCARE SAAS+1

Independent VC formed in partnership with NTT investing from seed through growth in enterprise and healthcare technology, with a focus on AI/ML, digital health, SaaS and enterprise infrastructure;...

Exploring15 portfolio co.

General Inception

General Inception

Accelerator

San Francisco, CA

BIO HEALTHCAREBIOTECHDIAGNOSTICS+2

Deep tech venture studio that partners as a business co-founder with scientific founders to translate foundational science into companies across engineered biology, life science tools & diagnostics,...

Exploring50 portfolio co.

HealthTech Capital

HealthTech Capital

Angel

San Francisco, CA

DIGITAL HEALTHMEDICAL DEVICESDIAGNOSTICS+3

Invests in capital-efficient HealthTech startups (seed and Series A) focused on improving healthcare delivery and lowering costs. Target areas include digital health, medical devices, diagnostics,...

Exploring4 portfolio co.

Sacramento Angels

Sacramento Angels

Angel

Sacramento, California

Check: $50K – $3.0M
B2B SAASENTERPRISE SAASFINTECH+4

Sacramento Angels is an angel group investing in early-stage companies throughout Northern California and beyond. Since 2000 they have invested in 100+ companies across B2B SaaS, enterprise software,...

Exploring7 portfolio co.

PivotNorth Capital

PivotNorth Capital

VC

Atherton, CA

Check: $100K – $3.0M
CLIMATE ENERGY SUSTAINABILITYDIGITAL HEALTHEDTECH+1

Founded in 2010, PivotNorth Capital is a venture capital firm based in Atherton, California. The firm prefers to invest in wages, housing, banking, transportation, food, internet access, education,...

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Plug and Play Tech Center

Plug and Play Tech Center

Accelerator

Sunnyvale, CA

Check: $30K – $1.0M
AI MLCRYPTO BLOCKCHAINDIGITAL HEALTH+8

Founded in 2006, Plug and Play Tech Center is an accelerator and incubator firm based in Sunnyvale, California. The firm prefers to invest in companies operating in advanced manufacturing, aerospace,...

Exploring50 portfolio co.

Think + Ventures

Think + Ventures

VC

Palo Alto, CA

Check: $50K – $500K
LOGISTICS AND SHIPPINGAI MLLLM TOOLS AND PLATFORMS+6

Market-driven, thesis-based investing in founders solving large market pain points with demonstrated product-market fit; focus on consumer value proposition, superior design, and scalable opportunity.

Exploring25 portfolio co.

Network VC

Network VC

VC

Menlo Park, CA

Check: $100K – $1.0M
AI MLFINTECHDIGITAL HEALTH+10

Venture Funds and Operating System for Independent VC Professionals. Join as a Partner; apply to raise or recommend startups. Focus on companies on the market with revenue or lead investment from...

Exploring26 portfolio co.

LvlUp Ventures

LvlUp Ventures

VC

Los Angeles, CA

Check: $20K – $250K
AI MLAPPLIED AICRYPTO BLOCKCHAIN+4

Industry-agnostic venture firm investing from pre-seed to Series A. Hands-on, value-add approach with bespoke accelerators (NextUp), programs, and strategic partnerships. Typical direct checks up to...

Exploring81 portfolio co.

Spark Growth Ventures

Spark Growth Ventures

VC

San Diego, CA

Check: $1.0M – $3.0M
AI MLAR VRB2B SAAS+11

Mid-stage, community-oriented VC focused on propelling technology startups globally. Preference for software-enabled, capital-efficient B2B models (open to select B2C and HaaS). Typical first check...

Exploring28 portfolio co.

Inspiration Ventures

Inspiration Ventures

VC

Burlingame, CA

Check: $250K – $10.0M
AI MLPAYMENTSFINTECH+9

We invest in a small number of select founders and actively mentor them to achieve success. With 30+ years of experience founding and scaling startups, our team provides hands-on operational support,...

Exploring38 portfolio co.

Kleiner Perkins

Kleiner Perkins

VC

Menlo Park, CA

Check: $500K – Varies
AI MLAI INFRASTRUCTUREB2B SAAS+4

Partnering with founders from inception to IPO across enterprise software, AI, healthcare, fintech, infrastructure and transformative technology.

Exploring48 portfolio co.

IgniteXL Ventures

IgniteXL Ventures

VC

Palo Alto, CA

Check: $100K – $3.0M
AI MLAR VRDIGITAL HEALTH+5

Global seed fund focused on technology-centric beauty, wellness, and digital health startups. Backs diverse and female founders, focuses on pre-seed and seed, and invests globally leveraging an...

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Pebblebed

Pebblebed

VC

San Francisco, CA

Check: $2.0M – $6.0M
B2B SAASDEVELOPER TOOLSBIOTECH+1

We back technical founders solving hard problems as early as possible, with checks up to $6M. We partner with very few companies because we believe that founders deserve to have deeply committed...

Exploring38 portfolio co.

JUMP Investors

JUMP Investors

VC

Los Angeles, CA

Check: $100K – $5.0M
BIO HEALTHCAREHEALTHCARE SAASDIGITAL HEALTH+4

Founded in 1999, JUMP Investors is a venture capital firm based in Los Angeles, California. The firm seeks to make investments in sectors like information technology, healthcare, media, and...

Exploring39 portfolio co.

NTTVC

NTTVC

VC

Menlo Park, CA

Check: $500K – Varies
AI MLDIGITAL HEALTHHEALTHCARE SAAS+2

NTTVC is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California, founded in 2019. The firm seeks to invest in early-stage startups across the technology spectrum, with a focus on enterprise,...

Exploring17 portfolio co.

Switch Ventures

Switch Ventures

VC

San Francisco, CA

Check: $100K – $5.0M
FINTECHPAYMENTSAPIS AND PLATFORMS+10

Seed-stage venture fund partnering with founders early. Focus on being founder-first partners and building long-term relationships; strong emphasis on diverse founders and early technology-enabled...

Exploring36 portfolio co.

Lightspeed Venture Partners

Lightspeed Venture Partners

VC

Menlo Park, CA

Check: $500K – Varies
AI MLFINTECHCRYPTO BLOCKCHAIN+6

Depth-focused global VC investing in bold founders across enterprise, AI, fintech, healthcare and consumer sectors; active from Seed through later stages with a global team and long-term engagement.

Exploring54 portfolio co.

Blumberg Capital

Blumberg Capital

VC

San Francisco, CA

Check: $500K – $5.0M
AI MLB2B SAASFINTECH+7

We partner with visionary teams from inception through their growth journey as early and growth stage investors, serving as active board members and hands-on advisors, with focus on B2B software,...

Exploring16 portfolio co.
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About Healthcare & Biotech in California

The Healthcare & Biotech scene in California features 59 investors and 3 startups focused on healthcare & biotech innovation.

41 Healthcare & Biotech investors in California have made recent investments. The average check size is $2.7M.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many investors and startups are in Healthcare & Biotech in California?
We track 59 investors and 3 startups in Healthcare & Biotech in California. 41 investors have made recent investments, and 0 startups are generating revenue.
What is the typical check size for investors in Healthcare & Biotech in California?
The average check size among investors in Healthcare & Biotech in California is $2.7M. Check sizes vary by investor type — angels typically write smaller checks while VCs and funds invest larger amounts.
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Why focus on Healthcare & Biotech investors in California?
California has 59 investors interested in Healthcare & Biotech and 3 Healthcare & Biotech startups. Local investors often provide hands-on mentorship, warm introductions, and follow-on support that remote investors may not offer at the early stages.
Which cities in California have the most startup activity?
The highest concentration of investors and startups in California is in San Francisco, Menlo Park, Los Angeles. These cities have the strongest local ecosystems for fundraising and startup growth.

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