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Northpoint Ventures

VC
Minneapolis, MNWebsite
How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed, Pre-Seed

Check Size

$150K – $1.2M

Portfolio

59+ companies

Team

4 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Backing Midwest-based startups in B2B SaaS and E-commerce, with a deep preference for regional founders.

Meet the Team

SL

Sarah Levin

GP

E-commerce
SMB Enablement
MP

Michael P. Rubin, M.D., Ph.D., CFA

Founder & CEO

Science-driven technology
Life sciences
Translational research
SK

Sharon Kedar, CFA

Co-Founder, Partner

Science-driven innovation
Venture capital
Diagnostics/life sciences
AJ

Andrea Jackson

Partner

Science & technology VC investments
Life sciences
Digital health

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
SaaS
Consumer
Enterprise
Healthcare
AI / ML
Marketplace
Developer Tools

Does Not Invest In

Entertainment

Portfolio Companies (59)

Other

FU

Fulfillly

E-commerce
64

64x Bio

Gene therapy / Biomanufacturing·Early-stage / growth

"Discovered via openai_search (medium confidence)"

Engineering cell lines to address production/manufacturing bottlenecks in gene therapy

90

908 Devices

Analytical instruments / Diagnostics / Tools·Commercial / Growth stage

"Discovered via openai_search (medium confidence)"

Makes handheld & desktop mass spectrometry devices to enable lab analyses anywhere

AN

Ansa Biotechnologies

Synthetic biology / DNA synthesis·Early / startup / pre-commercial

"Discovered via openai_search (medium confidence)"

Building next-generation enzyme-based DNA synthesis to accelerate synthetic biology

AR

Aro Biotherapeutics

Therapeutics / RNA / Delivery·Preclinical / early-stage

"Discovered via openai_search (medium confidence)"

Advances in protein engineering, nucleic acids, disease gene biology to achieve cell-specific oligonucleotide delivery

CA

CAMP4 Therapeutics

Gene regulation / Therapeutics·Preclinical

"Discovered via openai_search (medium confidence)"

Preclinical biotech company pioneering upregulation (via an RNA class “regRNA”) to restore healthy gene expression

CA

Candel Therapeutics

Oncology / Viral therapies·Late clinical stage

"Discovered via openai_search (medium confidence)"

Developing oncolytic viral immunotherapies for cancers with high unmet need (e.g. Glioblastoma, prostate)

CH

ChromaCode

Diagnostics / Lab tools·Growth / scaling lab technology

"Discovered via openai_search (medium confidence)"

Enabling labs to process more samples per equipment/time without reducing accuracy

CO

Code Bio

Biologics / Therapeutics·Early / preclinical

"Discovered via openai_search (medium confidence)"

Targeted, non-viral medicines for serious and life-threatening diseases

CU

Culture Biosciences

Bio-tools / Biotech platform·Tools / scaling stage

"Discovered via openai_search (medium confidence)"

High-throughput bioreactor cloud lab to help scientists accelerate bioprocess development

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