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Top 50 Health & Wellness Venture Capital Firms (2026)

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Finding the right investor for your health and wellness startup can feel like a big task. The good news is that many firms are actively funding companies in this space.

Firms like Lightspeed Venture Partners have backed over 1,500 companies, and Khosla Ventures has seen nearly 200 exits from its portfolio. Knowing which funds are the right fit for your stage and focus is the first step.

Below is our list of the best 50 Health & Wellness VC firms.

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Khosla Ventures backs companies with bold, experimental ideas from their earliest stages through IPO, focusing on sectors like AI, sustainability, and enterprise technology. By offering strategic support to build enduring companies, they have helped launch category-defining businesses including OpenAI, DoorDash, and Impossible Foods.

HeadquartersMenlo Park, California, United States
Year Founded2004
FoundersSamir Kaul, Vinod Khosla
Total Funding$15B
IndustriesConsumer, Enterprise, Education, Health & Wellness, Food & Beverage, Robotics, Advertising, Agriculture, Fintech
Investment StageEarly Stage, Late Stage, Post-Ipo, Seed
Nº of Investments1362 (514 as Lead Investor)
Nº of Exits194 (32 IPO'd)
Top Portfolio StartupsSwadesh, Ultima Genomics, Relation Therapeutics
Contactkv@khoslaventures.com / +1 650 376 8500

Speedinvest backs pre-Seed and Seed tech startups across EMEA with dedicated, sector-focused teams, making them one of Europe's most active early-stage investors. Portfolio companies like Bitpanda and GoStudent also get hands-on support from in-house operational experts to accelerate growth and market expansion.

HeadquartersVienna, Wien, Austria
Year Founded2011
FoundersDaniel Keiper-Knorr, Erik Bovee, Michael Schuster, Oliver Holle, Werner Zahnt
Total Funding€628.4M
Average Check Size€1.3M
IndustriesDeep Tech & Hard Science, Fintech, Health & Wellness, Industrial, Marketplace, Consumer, SaaS, Climate & Sustainability, Crypto & Blockchain, Infrastructure
Investment StageConvertible Note, Early Stage, Late Stage, Seed, Pre-Seed
Nº of Investments540 (216 as Lead Investor)
Nº of Exits51
Top Portfolio StartupsPlanetly, Fincompare - Smarter Business Finance, Iyzico
Contactoffice@speedinvest.com / +43 69911898616

Lightspeed Venture Partners backs ambitious founders across the enterprise, consumer, and health sectors, supporting them from seed to late-stage growth. They have helped build category-defining companies, with a portfolio that includes breakout successes like Grubhub and Zscaler.

HeadquartersMenlo Park, California, United States
Year Founded2000
FoundersBarry Eggers, Christopher Schaepe, Peter Nieh, Ravi Mhatre
Total Funding$18.9B
Average Check Size$50M
IndustriesConsumer, Enterprise, Health & Wellness, Crypto & Blockchain, Fintech, DTC, Education, Media, Social, SaaS, Big Data & Analytics, Biotech, Infrastructure
Investment StageEarly Stage, Late Stage, Seed
Nº of Investments1566 (575 as Lead Investor)
Nº of Exits262 (40 IPO'd)
Top Portfolio StartupsGrubhub, Zscaler, Setu
Contactinfo@lsvp.com / +1 650 234 8300

Seven Seven Six backs early-stage tech startups with a focus on sectors like crypto and the creator economy. They operate as a technology company themselves, providing founders with a proprietary software platform and hands-on support to help them build their businesses.

HeadquartersPalm Beach Gardens, Florida, United States
Year Founded2020
FoundersAlexis Ohanian, Elisabeth Garvin, Katelin Holloway
Total Funding$500M
IndustriesInternet & Mobile, Gaming, Aerospace & Space, Creator Economy, SaaS, Fintech, Health & Wellness, Crypto & Blockchain
Investment StageEarly Stage, Initial Coin Offering, Late Stage, Seed
Nº of Investments123 (67 as Lead Investor)
Nº of Exits11
Top Portfolio StartupsPipe, Alt, Lolli
ContactContact@sevensevensix.com / +1 661 776 2020

Lerer Hippeau backs founders at the seed stage who aren't afraid to tackle hard problems in both enterprise and consumer sectors. As experienced operators, they partner with companies for the long haul, helping build a portfolio that includes Allbirds, K Health, and Blockdaemon.

HeadquartersNew York, New York, United States
Year Founded2010
FoundersBen Lerer, Eric Hippeau, Ken Lerer
Total Funding$667.8M
IndustriesBig Data & Analytics, Cybersecurity, E-Commerce, Education, Health & Wellness, Crypto & Blockchain, Fintech, Food & Beverage, Future of Work, Productivity, Hardware, Robotics, Healthcare, Marketing, Media, Entertainment, Proptech & Real Estate, Supply Chain & Logistics
Investment StageConvertible Note, Debt, Early Stage, Late Stage, Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A, Series B
Nº of Investments682 (119 as Lead Investor)
Nº of Exits174 (8 IPO'd)
Top Portfolio StartupsBlockdaemon, K Health, Allbirds
Contactcontact@lererhippeau.com
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6. Atomico

Atomico backs ambitious European tech founders from the Seed stage onward, focusing on helping them scale their companies into global players. Drawing on operational experience from leaders who helped build companies like Skype and Google, they provide hands-on support to a portfolio that includes Supercell and Truecaller.

HeadquartersLondon, England, United Kingdom
Year Founded2006
FoundersNiklas Zennström
Total Funding£2.3B
Average Check Size£1M
IndustriesEnterprise, Consumer, Automation, Industrial, Food & Beverage, Internet & Mobile, Fintech, Health & Wellness, Transportation, Climate & Sustainability
Investment StageDebt, Early Stage, Late Stage, Seed, Private Equity
Nº of Investments263 (103 as Lead Investor)
Nº of Exits48 (6 IPO'd)
Top Portfolio StartupsSupercell, Lendinvest, Truecaller
Contactcontact@atomico.com / +44 207 499 1093

With a focus on product-centric startups, TheVentureCity operates as a global early-stage fund across the US, Europe, and Latin America. They guide companies from pre-seed to Series A with investments ranging from $100k to $4 million.

HeadquartersMiami, Florida, United States
Year Founded2017
FoundersLaura Gonzalez-Estefani
Total Funding$125M
Average Check Size$4M
IndustriesFintech, Advertising, Media, Marketing, SaaS, Mobility, Marketplace, Sports, Travel & Hospitality, Cybersecurity, Health & Wellness, Proptech & Real Estate, E-Commerce, Supply Chain & Logistics, Productivity, Gaming
Investment StageEarly Stage, Late Stage, Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Nº of Investments142 (20 as Lead Investor)
Nº of Exits12
Top Portfolio StartupsBfore.Ai, Delitbee, Sturdy Exchange
Contacthello@theventure.city
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8. SOSV

Focusing on deep tech for human and planetary health, SOSV backs early-stage startups through its development programs. Founders join either HAX for hardware engineering or IndieBio for lab-based development, receiving intensive support to prepare for their next round of funding.

HeadquartersPrinceton, New Jersey, United States
Year Founded1995
FoundersSean O'Sullivan
Total Funding$527M
Average Check Size$250k
IndustriesHealth & Wellness, Deep Tech & Hard Science, E-Commerce, Consumer, IoT, SaaS, Robotics, AI & ML, Fintech, Healthcare, Media, Crypto & Blockchain, Climate & Sustainability, Advertising
Investment StageEarly Stage, Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth
Nº of Investments2796 (1139 as Lead Investor)
Nº of Exits87 (9 IPO'd)
Top Portfolio StartupsRoadie, Leap Motion, Motiv
Contacthello@sosv.com
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9. Alven

Alven champions ambitious French entrepreneurs by providing early-stage capital for their digital technology ventures. Their portfolio, which includes category-defining companies like Dataiku and Qonto, focuses on sectors ranging from AI and SaaS to disruptive consumer models.

HeadquartersParis, Ile-de-France, France
Year Founded2000
FoundersCharles Letourneur, Guillaume Aubin
Total Funding€720M
Average Check Size€15M
IndustriesMarketplace, Productivity, Developer Tools, AI & ML, Consumer, Social, Entertainment, Fintech, Health & Wellness
Investment StageEarly Stage, Late Stage, Seed, Series A
Nº of Investments238 (92 as Lead Investor)
Nº of Exits41
Top Portfolio StartupsBisam, Bime, BirchBox
Contactcontact@alven.com / 33-1-55-34-38-38

With European roots and a global outlook, Heartcore Capital backs early-stage founders across consumer, web3, and B2B industries. They have helped build some of Europe’s biggest category-defining companies, including Tink, Neo4j, and TravelPerk.

HeadquartersCopenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
Year Founded2007
FoundersChristian Jepsen, Jimmy Nielsen
Average Check Size€6M
IndustriesTravel & Hospitality, Education, Entertainment, Food & Beverage, Health & Wellness, Productivity, Consumer, Gaming, InsurTech, Energy
Investment StageEarly Stage, Late Stage, Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Nº of Investments217 (60 as Lead Investor)
Nº of Exits25 (2 IPO'd)
Top Portfolio StartupsReddit, Insight, Werlabs

40 Additional Health & Wellness VC Firms Worth Pitching

Our top picks are just the start of the story for health and wellness funding. The firms below have collectively invested in nearly 5,400 startups and guided almost 900 of them to successful exits.

While many of these investors are based in the United States, you'll find active firms across Europe, Asia, and Australia. Here’s a look at the other venture capital firms funding what's next in health and wellness.

VC FirmCountryYear FoundedNº InvestmentsNº Exits
Orange Ventures logo Orange VenturesFrance2015759
Union Square Ventures logo Union Square VenturesUnited States200348766
VMG Partners logo VMG PartnersUnited States20055411
Airtree Ventures logo Airtree VenturesAustralia201417616
Brandon Capital logo Brandon CapitalAustralia2006765
.406 Ventures logo .406 VenturesUnited States200520435
Capricorn Partners logo Capricorn PartnersBelgium199311032
Next Coast Ventures logo Next Coast VenturesUnited States201510814
Kapor Capital logo Kapor CapitalUnited States199928568
Chingona Ventures logo Chingona VenturesUnited States2019506
East Ventures logo East Ventures200967867
Partech logo PartechFrance1982602111
Panache Ventures logo Panache VenturesCanada201713311
The Artemis Fund logo The Artemis FundUnited States2019382
BonAngels Venture Partners logo BonAngels Venture PartnersSouth Korea200724716
Real Ventures logo Real VenturesCanada200729445
Superhero Capital logo Superhero CapitalFinland2015764
BBG Ventures logo BBG VenturesUnited States201412017
Willow Growth Partners logo Willow Growth PartnersUnited States2020241
Molten Ventures logo Molten VenturesUnited Kingdom200623156
Lunar Ventures logo Lunar VenturesGermany2017341
Learn Capital logo Learn CapitalUnited States200916532
OVO Fund logo OVO FundUnited States2013466
Crosscut Ventures logo Crosscut VenturesUnited States200816329
District Ventures Capital logo District Ventures CapitalCanada2015772
Selva Ventures logo Selva VenturesUnited States2019141
Spero Ventures logo Spero VenturesUnited States2018564
Project A Ventures logo Project A VenturesGermany201222633
Skalata logo SkalataAustralia2018731
BrandProject logo BrandProjectCanada20134410
Felix Capital logo Felix CapitalUnited Kingdom201412912
Hatzimemos / Libby logo Hatzimemos / LibbyUnited States2009573
Acadian Ventures logo Acadian VenturesUnited States2019325
Morpheus Ventures logo Morpheus VenturesUnited States2016518
XFactor Ventures logo XFactor VenturesUnited States2017858
Archangel Ventures logo Archangel VenturesAustralia2020571
R/GA Ventures logo R/GA VenturesUnited States201312727
Magma Partners logo Magma PartnersUnited States20141276
Western Technology Investment logo Western Technology InvestmentUnited States1980408152
MSA Capital logo MSA CapitalChina20147813

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