Foreground Capital
Venture capitalActively deployingBoston · Pre-Seed–Series B · 9 people tracked
Investment thesis
Foreground Capital invests in companies addressing health conditions that affect women directly, differently, and disproportionately. It backs businesses broadly across health segments, including life sciences, digital health, and healthcare services. Its strategy is organized around four impact pillars — transformative innovation, access, affordability, and systemic change — aiming to improve healthcare outcomes for women while delivering competitive financial returns. The firm views women's healthcare as a trillion-dollar market opportunity with potential to strengthen economies and communities.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 9 people
from the firm's website
What they invest in
from 15 of 38 portfolio companiesFemTech ×11Healthtech ×11Digital Health ×8Biotech ×5Medical Devices ×4Wellness & Fitness ×3AI & Machine Learning ×2Consumer ×2
HQs:United States×12Canada×1
Investments · 38 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathNext-gen treatment for urinary incontinence.
AOA Dx develops a blood-based liquid biopsy platform using mass spectrometry and machine learning to detect ovarian cancer at early stages through tumor-associated biomarkers in serum.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesDenver, US
Oriana Papin-Zoghbi(Founder)inAlex Fisher(Founder/COO)inAnna Jeter(Founder)inAbigail Mcelhinny(Executive Officer)Oriana Zoghbi-Harb(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardSurbhi Sarna(Director)
Bloomlife offers a remote patient monitoring platform for high-risk pregnancy care, giving clinical teams customizable protocols and smart notifications to identify at-risk patients and address potential complications early.
Digital HealthFemTechHealthtechSan Francisco, US
Julien Penders(Executive Officer, Director)Eric Dy(Executive Officer, Director)Young Sohn(Director)Max Mirgoli(Director)Lucio Lanza(Director)
BoardUriridiakoghene Onovakpuri(Director)
Cadence provides over-the-counter contraceptive products including morning-after pills, pregnancy tests, and UTI relief kits distributed through convenience stores.
ConsumerFemTechHealthtech
Providing insurance-covered specialized therapy and community support for perinatal mental health conditions.
Mobilizing the power of the community and technology to deliver personalized, home-based maternity care for underserved communities.
Making continuous hormone monitoring possible by bringing the first at-home technology, giving real time insights from the hormones in your saliva.
Cofertility connects intended parents seeking egg donors with women who want to freeze their eggs for their own future, offering a "Split" program where women can donate eggs while subsidizing their own egg-freezing costs.
FemTechHealthtechNew York, US
BiotechCharlottesville, US
Kevin S Eisenfrats(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Iris Van Alderwerelt van Rosenburgh(Director)Martin J Emerson(Director)Gurdane Bhutani(Director)Tom Thorpe(Director)Michael King(Director)
Evvy is an AI-powered precision medicine platform using vaginal microbiome testing and analysis to diagnose and treat women's health conditions including vaginal health, fertility, and menopause.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthFemTechHealthtech
Developing a non-hormonal treatment for endometriosis to reduce pain and lesion burden.
Neuspera develops an integrated sacral neuromodulation system for treating urinary urge incontinence, using a smart implanted neurostimulator paired with a wireless external battery.
BiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesSan Jose, US
Milton M. Morris(Executive Officer, Director)
Novocuff is a medical device company developing the Cervical Control System, a device to improve outcomes in pregnancies affected by preterm prelabor rupture of membranes (PPROM) or cervical shortening.
FemTechHealthtechMedical DevicesMountain View, US
Donald Lee(Executive Officer)Amelia Degenkolb(Executive Officer, Director)Amy Degenkolb
BoardLilly DeSouza Burr(Director)Curt LaBelle(Director)Rebecca Shmukler(Director)
Ovia Health provides digital health tools and clinical programs for reproductive and family health, including fertility, pregnancy, and parenthood support.
Digital HealthFemTechHealthtechWellness & FitnessBoston, US
Building the family planning company of the 21st century with novel non-hormonal contraceptives for men and women.
Seven Starling provides virtual mental healthcare and psychiatric support for women experiencing anxiety, depression, or trauma related to fertility, pregnancy, pregnancy loss, postpartum, early parenthood, and menopause.
Digital HealthFemTechMental Health
Astoria, US
Demetrius Michael Karagas(Executive Officer, Director)Steven Craig Gutentag(Executive Officer, Director)Rebecca Kaden(Director)
Twenty Eight Health is a direct-to-consumer telehealth service focused on women's reproductive and sexual healthcare, including contraception and related care.
Digital HealthDirect to ConsumerFemTechBrooklyn, US
BRUNO VAN TUYKOM(Executive Officer, Director)Amy Fan(Co-founder)Bruno Van Tuykom(Co-founder)
BoardWES BARTON(Director)ARIANNE KIDDER(Director)
Redesigning maternity care with holistic, tech-enabled, midwife-led pregnancy care.
San Francisco, US
Ivana Muncie-Vasic(Executive Officer, Director)Bonnie Maven(Director)
BoardJulia Moore(Director)
YourChoice Therapeutics is developing YCT-529, a non-hormonal oral contraceptive for men currently in Phase 2 clinical trials.
BiotechFemTechHealthtech
Akash Bakshi, MSc(Co-founder & CEO)Nadja Mannowetz, PhD(Co-founder & CSO)
YourChoice Therapeutics develops YCT-529, a non-hormonal oral contraceptive for men currently in Phase 2 clinical trials that works by blocking a receptor essential for sperm production.
BiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesSan Francisco, US
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Foreground Capital invest at?
- Foreground Capital invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B stages.
- What sectors does Foreground Capital focus on?
- Foreground Capital focuses on Biotech, Consumer, Digital Health, FemTech, Healthtech, Impact & Social Good, Medical Devices, Mental Health, Wellness & Fitness.
- Where is Foreground Capital located?
- Foreground Capital is headquartered in Boston, US.
- Does Foreground Capital lead rounds?
- Yes, Foreground Capital leads investment rounds.
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