Fundraising FoxNorth South Ventures
Venture capitalToronto · Pre-Seed–Series B · 4 people tracked
Also known as NORTH SOUTH VC, LLC · NSVCA INC.
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Investment thesis
North South Ventures is a pre-seed and seed-stage partner focused on biotech and healthtech founders. It backs companies advancing therapeutics, platforms and tools, diagnostics, devices, health IT and digital health, and science-anchored consumer products. The firm sizes investments to each company's needs and maintains reserves for follow-on rounds. It invests primarily in the United States, drawing on deep connections across North American research hubs while supporting founders from around the world.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 29, 2026.
Team · 4 people
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What they invest in
from 14 of 14 portfolio companiesHealthtech ×12Biotech ×8AI & Machine Learning ×6Digital Health ×4Deep Tech ×3Medical Devices ×3Wellness & Fitness ×3FemTech ×2
HQs:United States×9France×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 12 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×32 founders×63 founders×3
Where their founders studiedfrom 17 founders with education data
Stanford University ×3Stanford University Graduate School of Business ×2UC San Diego ×2University of California, San Francisco ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 17 founders with field-of-study data
Life Sciences ×9Engineering ×4Business & Management ×3Physics ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 16 founders with career history
Orbital Therapeutics ×2Temple University ×2Thomas Jefferson University ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
Investments · 14 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12024 · 22023 · 12022 · 15 dated
Andromeda Surgical develops an AI-guided surgical platform that provides GPS-like navigation and autonomous task capabilities to surgeons, starting with endourology procedures.
AI & Machine LearningHealthtechMedical DevicesRoboticsSan Francisco, US
Nick Damiano(Founder)inKartik Tiwari(Founder)in
Co-investorsEarl Grey CapitalNZVCPhaze VenturesRebel FundRoar VenturesStandard Capital+11 more
Commons Clinic is an orthopedic care provider offering treatment for spine, joint, and sports medicine conditions, along with preventive health services such as full-body MRI and biomarker labs.
Digital HealthHealthtechWellness & FitnessAustin, US
Brad Hively(Director)inNick Aubin(Founder)inPaulo Marques Da Costa(Executive Officer, Director)Prithviraj Singha Roy(Director)in
BoardJohn Loser(Director)inDavid Berry(Director)
Co-investorsCourtside VenturesFloating PointSteelSky VenturesTime BioVenturesAverin CapitalRA Capital+1 more
Feanix Autopilot is an AI-powered platform that combines whole-genome sequencing, farm performance data, and economics to provide herd-level breeding and culling recommendations for dairy farmers.
Advanced ManufacturingAgTechAI & Machine LearningAsheville, US
Mitchell Angove(Founder)inTom Bishop(Founder)in
Co-investorsOverwater Ventures LlcY Combinator
Granza Bio develops immunotherapy treatments leveraging naturally-occurring attack particles that are released from cytotoxic immune cells to target diseases including cancers, autoimmunity, and infections.
BiotechDeep TechDigital HealthHealthtechSan Francisco, US
Prof. DustinAshwin Nandakumar(Founder)inAshwin Jainarayanan(Founder)inAshwin Menon Nandakumar(Founder)in
Co-investorsFelicis VenturesMetaplanetOxonian VenturesRitual CapitalY CombinatorOxford Angel Fund+3 more
Vitra Bio is a biotechnology company developing technology aimed at transforming fertility treatment.
BiotechFemTechHealthtech
Ivana Muncie-Vasic(Chief Executive Officer and Founder)inJohn Langowski(Chief Technology Officer)in
Co-investorsBreakout VenturesForeground CapitalSpacecadet VenturesBoom Capital VenturesRefactor Capital
Lucis provides personalized health monitoring and guidance by combining laboratory biomarker testing with educational insights and actionable recommendations.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechWellness & FitnessParis, FR
Max Berthelot(Founder)inBaptiste Debever(Co-founder / CTO)inJulien Do Vale(M.D., MSc, Chief Medical Officer)in
BoardAntoine Andremont(M.D., PHD, President of the scientific board)Jérémy Bos(MD, MSc, Specialist in public health and clinical epidemiology)
Co-investorsCircle & Co.CloverMotier VenturesY CombinatorGeneral CatalystSingular
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Noetik builds AI models to identify cancer patients most likely to respond to treatments and to discover new oncology drug targets.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechSouth San Francisco, US
Jacob Rinaldi(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inRonald Alfa(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Ron Alfa, MD, PhD(Co-Founder, CEO)in
BoardJames Hardiman(Director)inAmy Schulman(Director)
Co-investors11.2 CapitalBreakout LabsBreakout VenturesCatalio Capital Management, LPEPIC VENTURESLinearis Ventures+5 more
ParcelBio develops APEXm, a proprietary mRNA platform that enhances protein expression for longer-lasting therapeutic effect compared to conventional mRNA technologies.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechHealthtechSan Francisco, US
David Weinberg(Founder)inChris Carlson(Founder)in
BoardMorgan Cheatham(Director)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorBreyer CapitalGeneral CatalystLexi VenturesMetaplanetRitual Capital+3 more
SFA Therapeutics develops oral therapeutic candidates based on deuterated short-chain fatty acids to treat autoimmune and oncologic diseases.
BiotechHealthtechPhiladelphia, US
Ira Spector(Founder)inAlla Arzumanyan(Founder)inMark Feitelson(Founder)in
Co-investorsAcequia Capital (AceCap)Farvatn VentureImmeasurableY CombinatorBen Franklin Technology Partners
SyntheX develops the ToRFLEx platform, a first-in-class drug discovery technology that enables screening for compounds that modulate protein-protein interactions and targeted protein degradation for previously inaccessible drug targets identified by geneticists.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep Tech
Maria Soloveychik(PhD)in
Co-investorsOMX VenturesThe Column Group8VC
Tiny Health offers at-home gut and vaginal microbiome test kits with age-specific, evidence-based reports that recommend diet, supplement, and lifestyle changes.
Digital HealthHealthtechWellness & Fitness
Cheryl Sew Hoy(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesB Capital GroupB4 CapitalCartan CapitalModi VenturesNext Coast Ventures+11 more
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Vine Medical develops soft robotic medical devices designed to enhance clinician safety and outcomes during procedures.
HealthtechMedical DevicesRoboticsSanta Barbara, US
David Haggerty, PhD(Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer)Elliot W. Hawkes, PhD(Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer)David Drover, MD, FRCP(C)(Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer)
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)
Co-investorsBlue Bear VenturesCivilization Ventures Management, LlcForeground CapitalFuture VenturesPortfoliaOlive Tree Capital+1 more
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
Akash Bakshi(Founder)inNadja Mannowetz(Founder)in
Co-investorsBlue Bear VenturesForeground CapitalOlive Tree CapitalPortfoliaY CombinatorFuture Ventures+1 more
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesLucis · lucis.life · May 26, 2026
ParcelBio · finsmes.com · May 7, 2026
Commons Clinic · prnewswire.com · Jun 12, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has North South Ventures made?
- North South Ventures has 14 tracked investments, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does North South Ventures invest at?
- North South Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B stages.
- What sectors does North South Ventures focus on?
- North South Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Consumer, Digital Health, Healthtech, Medical Devices.
- Where is North South Ventures located?
- North South Ventures is headquartered in Toronto, CA.
- Who does North South Ventures co-invest with?
- North South Ventures most often shares deals with Y Combinator, Breakout Ventures, Foreground Capital, among 47 tracked co-investors.
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