Laerdal Million Lives Fund
Venture capitalSan Francisco · Series A–Series B · 10 people tracked
Investment thesis
The Million Lives Fund backs disruptive, data-driven technologies that help deliver the right care at the right time to maximize life-saving impact. Its focus is on advancing global health equity by investing in solutions that improve access, affordability, and quality of healthcare, particularly those developed by entrepreneurs building life-saving technologies.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 7, 2026.
Team · 10 people
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What they invest in
from 12 of 13 portfolio companiesHealthtech ×11Digital Health ×6Medical Devices ×6AI & Machine Learning ×3Hardware ×3IoT ×2SaaS ×2B2B Marketplaces ×1
HQs:United States×8Switzerland×1Nigeria×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 8 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×12 founders×43 founders×24+ founders×1
Investments · 13 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 12024 · 22022 · 14 dated
Corflow develops diagnostic and therapeutic solutions to restore healthy microvascular blood flow in the human body, serving the cardiovascular medical device industry.
HardwareHealthtechMedical Devices
Martin(Physician Co-Founder)Rick Geoffrion(Chairman and CEO)
Co-investorsBroadview Ventures415 CapitalPanakes PartnersMérieux Equity Partners
Sovato provides a platform and integrated hardware system to enable remote robotic-assisted surgery and procedures, connecting surgical teams across sites with verification, communication, and workflow tools for healthcare organizations and surgical system manufacturers.
HardwareHealthtechMedical DevicesRobotics
Yulun Wang, PhD(Executive Chairman & Co-Founder)Cynthia Perazzo, MBA(President & Co-Founder)
Co-investorsBeringea
Aloe Care develops a comprehensive platform for monitoring and coordinating care for independent older adults, addressing safety, communication, and care collaboration among family members and caregivers.
Digital HealthHardwareHealthtechIoTMedical Devices
Co-investorsCity LightGrit Capital PartnersOceans VenturesSpringbank
AMOpportunities operates a clinical training platform that connects medical, MBBS, and nursing students with clinical placements at U.S. and international healthcare sites, offering visa and immigration support.
B2B MarketplacesEdTechHealthtechMarketplacesSaaSTravel & HospitalityChicago, US
Benjamin Bradley(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Kyle Swinsky(President, Co-Founder)Daniel Flores(Executive Officer)Kevin Iverson(Executive Officer)John Danaher(Executive Officer)Mamta Patel(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsDreamit VenturesChicago Early Growth Ventures (CEGV)HealthX VenturesM25Oui CapitalPACE Healthcare Capital+1 more
Avive develops automated external defibrillators (AEDs) and cardiac emergency response systems designed to improve outcomes for sudden cardiac arrest.
Digital HealthHealthtechIoTMedical DevicesForsyth, US
Rory Beyer(Co-founder)Moseley Andrews(Co-founder)Sameer Jafri(Co-founder)
Co-investorsAngel Physicians FundHealthtech CapitalIrishAngelsQuesta CapitalRC CapitalCatalyst Health Ventures+1 more
Boulder provides medication-assisted treatment for addiction through licensed specialists who prescribe buprenorphine, supported by dedicated care teams offering medical care, peer recovery coaching, and care coordination accessible via a digital platform.
Digital HealthHealthtechMental HealthBoulder, US
Co-investorsAdvance Venture PartnersGreycroftTusk Venture PartnersTakeda Ventures
Cardiosense develops wearable sensing hardware and deep-learning algorithms that convert physiological signals into clinical insights for cardiovascular disease detection and management.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesChicago, US
Amit K. Gupta(Executive Officer, Director)Omer Inan(Co-founder, Chief Scientific Officer)Andrew Carek(Co-founder, Chief Technical Officer)Amit Gupta(Co-founder, Advisor)inMozziyar Etemadi(Co-founder, Head of AI)Omer Inan, PhD(Co-founder, Chief Scientific Officer)in
Co-investorsBayMed Venture PartnersBroadview VenturesCross-Border Impact VenturesOSF VenturesPortal InnovationsHatteras Venture Partners
Co-investorsOrbiMedVU Venture PartnersZORA
Novocuff is a medical device company developing the Novocuff Cervical Control System, an investigational device aimed at improving outcomes for 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)
BoardLilly DeSouza Burr(Director)Curt LaBelle(Director)Rebecca Shmukler(Director)inShacey Petrovic(Director)
Co-investorsForeground CapitalTullis
RapidSOS operates a safety network that connects public safety agencies, enterprises, and consumer/corporate devices to provide critical context and pre-arrival intelligence to emergency responders and 911 dispatchers.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareGovTechNew York, US
Nicholas Horelik(Executive Officer)inMichael Martin(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardDan Nova(Director)Matthew Bozik(Director)
Co-investorsAcrew CapitalAlumni VenturesAvanta VenturesBasecamp FundCity LightDorm Room+11 more
Reliance HMO provides employer-sponsored health plans that give employees and their families access to a network of healthcare providers, telemedicine via an app, and simplified digital claims and reimbursement.
Digital HealthHealthtechInsurTechLagos, NG
Femi Kuti(Co-Founder & CEO)inMatthew Mayaki(Co-Founder & SVP, Product and Design)inOpeyemi Olumekun(Co-Founder & COO)in
Co-investorsLoftyInc CapitalP1 VenturesPICUS CAPITALGeneral AtlanticVentures Platform
HealthtechPasadena, US
Ramon Lizardo(Executive Officer)Christopher Maloney(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Marc Eckstein(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardJeff Trost(Director)inBruce Meadows(Director)
Co-investorsTakeda Ventures
Fabric builds healthcare technology that unifies virtual and in-person care across intake, triage, routing, and treatment while automating clinical and administrative workflows for staff.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechSaaSTroy, US
Keith Algozzine(Executive Officer, Director)Aniq Rahman(Founder & CEO)Aiden Feng(COO)Derek Rockwell(CTO)Jillian Moulton(Chief People Officer)Stefan Behrens(Chief Strategy Officer)
Co-investorsUpVentures CapitalArmory Square Ventures
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesAMOpportunities · techcabal.com · Aug 17, 2026
Boulder · bouldercounty.gov · Jul 17, 2026
Sovato · therobotreport.com · Nov 6, 2025
Novocuff · businesswire.com · Sep 16, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Laerdal Million Lives Fund made?
- Laerdal Million Lives Fund has 13 tracked investments, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Laerdal Million Lives Fund invest at?
- Laerdal Million Lives Fund invests at the Series A, Series B stages.
- What is Laerdal Million Lives Fund's typical check size?
- Laerdal Million Lives Fund typically writes checks of $1M – $5M.
- What sectors does Laerdal Million Lives Fund focus on?
- Laerdal Million Lives Fund focuses on Digital Health, EdTech, Healthtech, Impact & Social Good, Medical Devices.
- Where is Laerdal Million Lives Fund located?
- Laerdal Million Lives Fund is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
- Who does Laerdal Million Lives Fund co-invest with?
- Laerdal Million Lives Fund most often shares deals with Broadview Ventures, City Light, Greycroft, among 45 tracked co-investors.
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Co-investors · 7
City Light is an impact-focused investment firm that partners with experienced teams to build scalable companies addressing challenges in education, safety and care, and the environment.
Picus Capital is a privately financed venture capital investor focused on early-stage technology ventures, having backed over 170 companies with a long-term, entrepreneur-aligned approach.
Advance Venture Partners (AVP) is an evergreen venture capital firm making concentrated, long-duration investments in tech and tech-enabled companies across enterprise and consumer markets. It is built in partnership with Advance, a family-owned holding company.
Springbank is a venture firm investing in mission-critical infrastructure across work, life, and care, backing companies rebuilding essential economic systems using technology and AI.
Partech is a global investment firm that backs founders across multiple continents and at every stage through dedicated teams and funds.
Telescope Partners is a thesis-driven, early growth investor backing entrepreneurs building enterprise software companies, offering hands-on advice and bespoke support to founders.
Global Health Investment Corporation is a nonprofit organization that invests in life sciences and healthcare technology companies to develop and commercialize products addressing global health challenges, particularly infectious diseases and maternal and child health in low- and middle-income countries.
Firms observed investing alongside Laerdal Million Lives Fund, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Laerdal Million Lives Fund's recorded portfolio.
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