# Pura Vida Investments: portfolio, investments and team

> Pura Vida Investments is a vc firm based in United States. 6 investments on record, latest Jan 2023. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/pura-vida-investments (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Pura Vida Investments

No cheque observed since Jan 2023, after 6 earlier cheques, and the website is dead.

Dormant VC firm

Seed Series A Series B Telehealth Well-being Wellness

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 6 on record

Since the last cheque **1382** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$70M** Rounds led **0 of 6** Mostly in **United States, 50%**

Pitch Pura Vida Investments

## Pura Vida Investments highlights

- 01 6 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Series C and Growth: 75% of its rounds

## What they do

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B Growth
- **Sectors:** Telehealth Well-being Wellness
- **Based in:** New York, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **6 appearances**

- **2023** 1 round
- **Jan** **[Monogram Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/monogram-health)** Growth · US · Cigna Ventures **$375M** With 9 others
- **2021** 1 round
- **Dec** **[NanoMosaic](https://millionrounds.com/company/nanomosaic)** Series A · US · Firms' own news pages **$41M** With 4 others
- **2019** 1 round
- **Jun** **[Acutus Medical](https://millionrounds.com/company/acutus-medical)** US · FinSMEs **$170M** With 7 others
- **2018** 2 rounds
- **Jul** **[MedAvail](https://millionrounds.com/company/medavail)** CA · FinSMEs **$17M** With 4 others
- **Apr** **V-Wave** Series C · IL · FinSMEs **$70M** With 10 others
- **2014** 1 round
- **Oct** **[MedAvail](https://millionrounds.com/company/medavail)** Series C · TR **$30M** With 5 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 registration **2 named**

CF **Cara Faith Bradfield** CCO & CFO i Form ADV

EJ **Efrem Jason Kamen** Managing Member i Form ADV

We also hold **2** 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 the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

**$91M** assets it manages Oct 2026

**Registered** investment adviser full reporting to the SEC

- **Legal name:** PURA VIDA Investments, LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 166703

Funds on its Form ADV

**3** private funds, **$147M** in gross assets · filed Mar 2024

Hedge **2** Private equity **1**

- Pura Vida Master Fund, LTD. *Hedge* 187 investors $76M
- Pura Vida X Fund L.P. *Private equity* 52 investors $50M
- Pura Vida PRO Special Opportunity Master Fund, LTD. *Hedge* 126 investors $21M

## The cheque

Seed Series A Series B

Median round joined **$70M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 6 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Jan 2023

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series C *2*
- Growth said *1*
- Series A said *1*
- Seed said *-*
- Series B said *-*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2014 2023

Often in the room with

- [Deerfield](https://millionrounds.com/fund/deerfield) 3

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Pura Vida Investments. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Deerfield** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/deerfield)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Pura Vida Investments put money into.

[**Monogram Health** $375M · Jan 2023](https://millionrounds.com/company/monogram-health)[**NanoMosaic** $41M · Dec 2021](https://millionrounds.com/company/nanomosaic)[**Acutus Medical** $170M · Jun 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/acutus-medical)

## Quick answers about Pura Vida Investments

### What does Pura Vida Investments invest in?

Pura Vida Investments invests most often at Series C and Growth (75% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Telehealth, Well-being and Wellness.

### How active is Pura Vida Investments?

6 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Jan 2023.

### What has Pura Vida Investments invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Monogram Health (Growth, Jan 2023), NanoMosaic (Series A, Dec 2021) and Acutus Medical (Undisclosed round, Jun 2019).

### How big are Pura Vida Investments's cheques?

The median round it joins is $70M.

### Does Pura Vida Investments lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 6 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Pura Vida Investments invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (50%), Canada (17%) and Israel (17%).

### Is Pura Vida Investments investing now?

It looks quiet: no investment on record since Jan 2023.

### Who does Pura Vida Investments invest alongside?

Most often Deerfield (3 rounds together).

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