Ambit Health Ventures
Venture capitalBoston · Seed–Series B · 4 people tracked
Investment thesis
Ambit Health Ventures invests in early-stage digital health companies solving for patients, physicians, and payors. The firm prioritizes innovations in digital diagnostics, digital therapeutics, and tech-enabled services where commercialization is imminent and founders have a clear competitive advantage. The firm leverages clinical expertise, operational experience scaling healthcare ventures, and deep understanding of the healthcare ecosystem to support portfolio company growth.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 5, 2026.
Team · 4 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 11 of 18 portfolio companiesMedical Devices ×7Biotech ×5Healthtech ×5AI & Machine Learning ×4Digital Health ×4FemTech ×1Hardware ×1
HQs:United States×8
Investments · 18 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathRedwood City, US
Board seatSam Goldberger· per SEC Form D · $4.2M raise · filed May 2023
BiotechHanover, US
Jeff Sabados(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardGreg Keenan(Director)
Board seatSam Goldberger· per SEC Form D · $11.1M raise · filed Oct 2024
BiotechCambridge, US
Kelly Laurel(Executive Officer)Atif Rakin(Executive Officer)Mike Teodorescu(Executive Officer, Director)Sam Goldberger(Director)Debbie Teodorescu(Director)Julian Greene(Executive Officer)
Board seatSam Goldberger· per SEC Form D · $1M raise · filed Aug 2024
AI-powered diagnosis of diabetic retinopathy from retinal images.
AEYE Health makes AEYE-DS, an FDA-cleared autonomous AI system that screens for diabetic retinopathy using portable and tabletop retinal cameras, producing a diagnostic report in about a minute without physician interpretation.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthMedical Devices
Wearable vibration belt to prevent osteoporosis and reduce fractures.
BRAINBox Solutions develops a diagnostic and prognostic platform for mild traumatic brain injury that combines blood biomarker panels, neurocognitive testing, and AI-driven scoring to provide objective evidence of injury and predict post-injury symptoms.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesHouston, US
Robert Sledd(Director)Marc Goldberg(Director)Donna Edmonds(Executive Officer, Director)Steve Wallace(Executive Officer)Scott Gazelle(Director)Vikram Chaudhery(Director)
Encapsulate develops automated tumor-on-a-chip diagnostic systems that predict cancer patients' treatment responses by screening patient-derived microtumors against therapeutic regimens.
BiotechDigital HealthMedical Devices
Handheld device detecting Parkinson's and brain injuries by scanning eye microtremors.
Head Diagnostics develops AI-driven digital tools for neurological assessment, including HDx Cognition, a cloud-based cognitive assessment platform (formerly Philips IntelliSpace Cognition), and the iTremor handheld device that measures ocular microtremor.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthMedical Devices
BiotechDanbury, US
Erik Steiner(Executive Officer)Solomon S. Steiner(Executive Officer, Director)Peter van Straelen(Executive Officer)James C. Costin(Executive Officer)Philip N. Sussman(Executive Officer)Bryan E. Laulicht(Executive Officer)
Perosphere develops coagulation diagnostic devices, including the ClotChek point-of-care test for assessing global coagulation status.
HealthtechMedical DevicesDanbury, US
Solomon Steiner(Director)Michelle Brennan(Director)Daryl Mootoo(Executive Officer)Bakhru Sasha(Executive Officer, Director)Mark Pavao(Director)Steve Ward(Executive Officer)
Platform company aiming to prevent glaucoma-related blindness and improve glaucoma management.
SOAP Health builds an EHR-integrated, voice-based conversational AI assistant that uses an animated digital human to conduct patient interviews, collect medical histories, assess risk, and generate pre-completed SOAP notes.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechBoca Raton, US
Steven Charlap(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Steve Charlap(MD)
Rapid home diagnostic for ear infections using mobile phone-based acoustic reflectometry.
Seattle, US
Jud Heugel(Executive Officer)Naomi Fried(Director)Ehud Gelblum(Executive Officer)Shyamnath Gollakota(Director, Promoter)Randall Bly(Director, Promoter)Arna Ionescu Stoll(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Ambit Health Ventures invest at?
- Ambit Health Ventures invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B stages.
- What sectors does Ambit Health Ventures focus on?
- Ambit Health Ventures focuses on Digital Health, Healthtech, Medical Devices.
- Where is Ambit Health Ventures located?
- Ambit Health Ventures is headquartered in Boston, US.
- Does Ambit Health Ventures lead rounds?
- Yes, Ambit Health Ventures leads investment rounds.
Co-investors · 4
Connecticut Innovations is the state of Connecticut's investment arm, providing capital and strategic support to early stage and growth companies across multiple funds.
Good Growth Capital is a venture capital firm based in Charleston, SC, focused on early-stage science and technology startups, often spun out of university research labs.
WRF Capital is the investment arm of the Washington Research Foundation, backing early-stage startups based in Washington state, particularly spinouts from local nonprofit research institutions.
Firms observed investing alongside Ambit Health Ventures, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Ambit Health Ventures's recorded portfolio.
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