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JLS Fund

VC
San Francisco, CAWebsite

JLS Fund is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA investing in Other. The firm typically writes $250K–$1.5M checks and has 8 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$250K–$1.5M
Portfolio
8 companies on record
Partners
3 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Other
HQ
San Francisco, CA
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-05-03

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$250K – $1.5M

Portfolio

8+ companies

Team

3 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Dedicated to supporting the growth of novel mental health solutions through psychedelics and therapy innovation.

How JLS Fund invests

JLS Fund is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other. It does not invest in Consumer.

JLS Fund typically writes checks of $250K–$1.5M per investment.

JLS Fund has backed 8 companies in our records, including MindMed, Field Trip Health, Enthea.

Partners & Team

SS

Simeon Schnapper

Managing Partner

LH

Lindsay Hoover

Co-Founder

BH

Brendan Hussey

Vice President

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other

Does Not Invest In

Consumer

Portfolio Companies (8)

Other

MI

MindMed

Psychedelic Therapy
FI

Field Trip Health

Mental Health
EN

Enthea

Mental health company dedicated to providing access to safe and affordable psychedelic-assisted therapy, beginning with ketamine therapy.

PR

ProNovo

ProNovo Therapeutics, leveraging emerging science and cutting-edge technology, to develop novel, precision therapeutics to address urgent unmet needs in the treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders such as Major Depressive Disorder and Schizophrenia.

PS

Psilera Bioscience

Reimagines psychoactive natural products as the building blocks for the next generation of neurological products.

TR

Tripp

An award-winning breakthrough wellness platform.

IM

Immunis Biomedical

Immunis is a clinical-stage biotech company developing multi-active biologics with immune modulating factors that can address age-related diseases and immune dysregulation.

GI

Gilgamesh

A clinical-stage neuroscience biotech transforming the treatment paradigm of psychiatric diseases.

How to pitch JLS Fund
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $250K – $1.5M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Simeon Schnapper, Managing Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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