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The Healthcare Fund Betting the Best Founders Are the Ones Venture Capital Missed
Seae Ventures was built by healthcare insiders who saw two blind spots at once: patients the system underserved and founders the funding system overlooked. Its answer is a portfolio designed around access, outcomes and the practical machinery of care.
The Firm That Writes the First Check Before the Company Has a Name
Flybridge has spent more than two decades writing the earliest checks in tech. Now it is betting the whole firm on founders building the AI-powered version of everything.
The Small-Portfolio Bet Behind Mendoza Ventures
The Boston firm is trying to prove that a venture fund can stay institutional, stay hands-on and still widen the door. Its method is unusually finite: three technical sectors, a 12-to-15-company portfolio and more contact than a quarterly board meeting.
The Venture Firm That Refuses to Rush the Clock
Most venture funds are built around an expiration date. Cue Ball Capital is built around the opposite idea: give good people, useful products and durable companies the time they actually need.
The Healthcare VC Selling Something Scarcer Than Money
Flare Capital has nearly $1 billion under management. Its sharper pitch is a network that turns healthcare's guarded buyers into advisers, pilot partners and customers.
The VC That Bet the Cost Curve of a Building Can Bend
Two lifelong construction-tech investors raised $148 million, then handed their startups something rarer than money - a rolodex of the general contractors, builders, and design firms who become their first customers.
The VC That Bets on the Boring, Broken Industries Everyone Else Skips
Two operators who helped build Oscar Health left to fund the unglamorous machinery of insurance, supply chains and climate. Their pitch to founders is simple: the hardest markets are the biggest ones.