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Headwater Ventures

Last cheque observed May 2026; 2 cheques on record.

Deploying nowNew fund $11M, Jun 2026VC firm

Pre-seedSeedSeries ABiomarkerMed DeviceMedical Devices

Deploying now
100%of best year1cheques in 12 months, 2 on record
Since the last cheque171days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$9.1MRounds led0 of 2
Pitch Headwater Ventures

Headwater Ventures highlights

  1. 01

    1 cheques in the last 12 months

  2. 02

    Mostly Pre-seed and Series A: 100% of its rounds

What they do

Headwater backs preseed and seed teams building the infrastructure and intelligence that make care administratively simpler, clinically safer, and financially legible.From their own website
Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
Not stated
Stages
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries B
Sectors
BiomarkerMed DeviceMedical Devices
Based in
Minneapolis, United States
Cold pitches
Not accepted

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first2 appearances

  1. 2026

    1 round

  2. May
    SailePre-seed · US · Crunchbase News$2.2MWith 1 other
  3. 2024

    1 round

  4. Sept
    Ferrum HealthSeries A · US · Foundry Group$16MWith 6 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration3 named

JNJeremy NeilsonManaging Director of the Issuer's ManageriFiling they signed
MMMatt MillerManager of the General PartneriFiling they signed
RTRichard ThomsOfficer of the Issuer's ManageriFiling they signed

We also hold 3 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

20 of 54 we have independently watched raise

CuredDevelop HealthElionFerrum HealthFincuraGather HealthGlass HealthKoda HealthMedzoomerMirzaNice HealthcareOneImagingPair TeamPhoton HealthPiction HealthRadical HealthRezilient HealthSaileSwitchboard HealthTrueClaim2024 CAQH Index2025 KFF Employer2025 final guidanceAnchorAndy AIAs of AugustAutomate ClinicBridgeCMS reportsCredo HealthDefiant HealthDune HealthFelt ClinicGratia HealthHHS Office ofHelmJoint Commission's responsible-useJosi HealthMedPAC reportedNIST AI RiskOrbitOutcomesAIPopsPromptWellPubmedReemaSciencedirectSophont AITembo HealthUSCDI Version 6Vector HealthVolta Healthstudy's central lessontest method

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

Recently backed

The latest companies Headwater Ventures put money into.

Quick answers about Headwater Ventures

What does Headwater Ventures invest in?

Headwater Ventures invests most often at Pre-seed and Series A (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Biomarker, Med Device and Medical Devices.

How active is Headwater Ventures?

2 investments on record, 1 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in May 2026.

What has Headwater Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Saile (Pre-seed, May 2026) and Ferrum Health (Series A, Sept 2024).

How big are Headwater Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $9.1M.

Is Headwater Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 1 investments in the last 12 months.

What kind of investor is Headwater Ventures?

Headwater Ventures is a VC firm based in Minneapolis, United States.

Has Headwater Ventures raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Jun 2026, reporting $11M raised.

Where does this information on Headwater Ventures come from?

From 4 articles and filings naming it in a round, public registers and its own website, checked and rebuilt every night.

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