We Nuture Innovation

1540 Ventures is an early-stage venture investor focused on innovation in women’s health, medical device & technology, and life science tools.  We invest in the teams that create the technology advancing health and improving lives.

We are pre-seed through Series A-round investors providing the hands-on advice, guidance, and fundraising support that our start-ups require to meet milestones and display the progress necessary to raise subsequent rounds of financing with minimal dilution

Mitigating the risk of early-stage investment

In keeping with our mission, at the time investment is made, portfolio companies are engaged in meaningful discussion with their corporate or financial sponsors, or a likely exit partner, where milestones have been mutually identified and partner intent confirmed.  These discussions further corroborate our due diligence and mitigate pathway risk.

Our deal flow is proprietary and unique.  By partnering with Tier I & II corporate strategic investors, high-end development partners, and select incubators, we have a first look at the most innovative and commercially promising of medical technologies.


Investment Focus

  • Women’s digital health (WDH)

  • Intelligent devices leveraging integration & data collection (MedTech)

  • Software-as-a-medical device (SaMD)

  • The intersection of digital biology and medicine (TechBio)

  • Digital manufacturing software & services (DMSS)