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SickKids Foundation Breakthrough Fund — Seed VC Firm

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SickKids Foundation Breakthrough Fund is a Seed venture capital firm investing in Other, EdTech, Healthcare. The firm has 4 portfolio companies in our records.

Portfolio
4 companies on record
Partners
10 listed
Stage
Seed
Sectors
Other, EdTech, Healthcare
Check size
Not in our records
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-10-13

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed

Portfolio

4+ companies

Team

10 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

A child-health commercialization fund that supports proof-of-principle grants and entrepreneurs in residence to advance SickKids innovations toward market.

How SickKids Foundation Breakthrough Fund invests

SickKids Foundation Breakthrough Fund is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Other, EdTech, Healthcare.

SickKids Foundation Breakthrough Fund has backed 4 companies in our records, including Cerebrospinal fluid liquid biopsy for paediatric brain tumours, Stem-cell derived therapy for respiratory diseases, Novel therapy for glioblastoma.

Partners & Team

BG

Bailey Gallinger

Director

JH

Jackie Hubbert

Executive Director

MM

Michael Moran

Director

NG

Nicole Graham

Director

GH

Greg Harvey

Program Director

TM

Trent Mizzi

Medical Director

KS

Kyle Stevens

Director of Orthodontics

ED

Elizabeth Dettmer

Director of Psychology

FK

Farzad Khalvati

Director of Radiology AI

MB

Maryse Bouchard

Director

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
EdTech
Healthcare

Portfolio Companies (4)

Other

CE

Cerebrospinal fluid liquid biopsy for paediatric brain tumours

diagnostics / medtech·proof-of-principle / early clinical translation·Breakthrough Fund

A diagnostic test developed to detect brain-tumour DNA in cerebrospinal fluid, avoiding risky surgical biopsy.

ST

Stem-cell derived therapy for respiratory diseases

therapeutics / regenerative medicine·early-stage research / proof-of-principle·Breakthrough Fund

A regenerative medicine approach using stem-cell-derived therapy for pediatric respiratory conditions.

NO

Novel therapy for glioblastoma

therapeutics / oncology·early-stage research / proof-of-principle·Breakthrough Fund

A proposed treatment platform for glioblastoma, a lethal brain cancer.

DY

Dynamic clubfoot brace

medical devices / orthopedics·early-stage device development / proof-of-principle·Breakthrough Fund

An orthopedic device intended to improve clubfoot treatment and commercialization.

How to pitch SickKids Foundation Breakthrough Fund
  • •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Other, EdTech, Healthcare — the sectors they actively back.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Bailey Gallinger, Director.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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