Originate Ventures
Venture capitalBethlehem · Seed–Series A · 6 people tracked
Investment thesis
Originate Ventures is an early-stage-oriented venture capital firm primarily focused on investing in emerging companies located in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The firm was established when the fifth fund of Mid-Atlantic Venture Funds was combined to form Originate Ventures. Beyond financial resources, the partners draw on their own operating and entrepreneurial experience to help CEOs refine their plans, navigate personnel and hiring challenges, pursue creative fundraising, and stay grounded through the ups and downs of building a company.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 7, 2026.
Team · 6 people
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What they invest in
from 7 of 10 portfolio companiesHealthtech ×3SaaS ×3Enterprise Software ×2Fintech ×2Medical Devices ×2AI & Machine Learning ×1Biotech ×1Data & Infrastructure ×1
HQs:United States×4
Investments · 10 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBiotechBethlehem, US
Eric Arnson(Managing Member of the General Partner of the Issuer)Mike Gausling(Managing Member of the General Partner of the Issuer)
Board seatMike GauslingEric Arnson· per SEC Form D · $9M raise · filed Aug 2019
BA Insight provides an AI enablement platform that integrates data from disparate enterprise systems using AI-powered enterprise search and retrieval-augmented generation to help organizations extract accurate answers and information across their content sources.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Katabat is a cloud-based debt collection and management platform serving banks, lenders, and enterprises.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Micro Interventional Devices designs and manufactures medical devices for transcatheter cardiac repair procedures, enabling minimally invasive alternatives to open-heart surgery.
Deep TechHealthtechMedical DevicesNewtown, US
Michael Whitman(Founder, President, & CEO)Willard Hennemann(Executive Officer)
BoardMichael Gausling(Director)Jeffrey O'Donnell(Director)Christopher Thatcher(Director)Gerald Dorros(Director)
AnewHealth (formed in 2023 by combining ExactCare Pharmacy and Tabula Rasa Healthcare) is a national medication management and pharmacy care provider offering clinical pharmacy services, pharmacy benefit management, and its proprietary MedWise medication-optimization technology.
Digital HealthHealthtechSaaS
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 Originate Ventures invest at?
- Originate Ventures invests at the Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Originate Ventures's typical check size?
- Originate Ventures typically writes checks of $500K – $4M.
- What sectors does Originate Ventures focus on?
- Originate Ventures focuses on Consumer, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Healthtech, Medical Devices, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Originate Ventures located?
- Originate Ventures is headquartered in Bethlehem, US.
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