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Rock Springs Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm

VC

Rock Springs Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm investing in AI / ML, SaaS, Healthcare.

Partners
4 listed
AUM
$1.5B
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
AI / ML, SaaS, Healthcare
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Last verified: 2026-10-25

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

AUM

$1.5B

Team

4 partners

Investment Thesis

Early-stage investor in AI and software companies with operational software and workflow angles. Could fit a structured B2B platform if the sports-health buyer is presented as a data-driven enterprise workflow problem.

How Rock Springs Ventures invests

Rock Springs Ventures is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on AI / ML, SaaS, Healthcare.

Rock Springs Ventures manages approximately $1.5B in assets. Our records include 3 funds raised by the firm.

Partners & Team

U

Unknown

GP

AI
Enterprise software
KJ

Kris Jenner, M.D., D. Phil.

Managing Member

Founded Rock Springs Capital; M.D. from Johns Hopkins University, D. Phil. from Oxford University, B.S. summa cum laude from University of Illinois.

MB

Mark Bussard, M.D.

Managing Member

M.D. from University of Virginia, M.B.A. from Darden School of Business, B.A. from Williams College.

SS

Scott Schafer, CFA

Partner

Chartered Financial Analyst; M.B.A. from Loyola University, B.S. from Salisbury University.

Industry Focus

Invests In

AI / ML
SaaS
Healthcare

Funds

Rock Springs Ventures Fund III

$500M2023
actively investing

Rock Springs Ventures Fund II

$400M2018
fully deployed

Rock Springs Ventures Fund I

$300M2013
fully deployed
How to pitch Rock Springs Ventures
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in AI / ML, SaaS, Healthcare — the sectors they actively back.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Unknown, GP.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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