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Portal Innovations

VC
Chicago, ILWebsite
How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$500K – $3.0M

AUM

$100M

Portfolio

26+ companies

Team

12 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Backs breakthrough early-stage biotech and healthtech companies with unique platforms in cell and gene therapy and oncology.

Meet the Team

YR

Yolaine Robitaille

Business Development Director

TS

Todd Sluzas

Chief Financial Officer

KF

Kevin Flavin

Director of Design

PR

Parth Rao

Director of Operations

SL

Steven Lehmann

Managing Director

CC

Carson Chang

Technology Manager

PF

Pat Flavin

President

life sciences innovation
health tech
startup ecosystems
RS

Ritu Shah

Managing Director

biopharma operations
portfolio company development
seed to next funding rounds
SC

Shahila Christie, PhD

Managing Director of Strategic Growth

ecosystem expansion
scientific strategy
city-based platform scaling
JF

John Flavin

CEO/Managing Partner

Biotech
Gene Therapy
YZ

Yuan Zhang, PhD, MS

Vice President, Scientific Strategy & Operations

preclinical development
scientific operations
company-building
Series A prep
SL

Steve Lehmann, MBA

Vice President of Venture Operations & Managing Director, Stargaze

venture operations
university spinouts
innovation commercialization

Industry Focus

Invests In

Healthcare
EdTech
Other
SaaS

Portfolio Companies (26)

Other

CL

ClostraBio

Biotherapeutics
AR

ARase Therapeutics

Biotech·Pre-clinical

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

CA

Cardiosense

Medtech·Clinical

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

CR

CrossBridge Bio

Biotech·Pre-clinical

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

DI

Dimension Bio

Biotech·Clinical; 510(k) clearance

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

GR

Grove Biopharma

Biotech·Pre-clinical

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

IT

Iterion Therapeutics

Biotech·Clinical

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

MA

March Biosciences

Biotech·Clinical

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

MO

Moonlight Therapeutics

Biotech·Pre-clinical

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

PE

Pelagos Pharmaceuticals

Biotech·Pre-clinical

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

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