Springhood Ventures — Seed VC Firm
Springhood Ventures is a Seed venture capital firm investing in Other, Healthcare, Developer Tools. The firm has 25 portfolio companies in our records.
- Portfolio
- 25 companies on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- Stage
- Seed
- Sectors
- Other, Healthcare, Developer Tools
- Check size
- Not in our records
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-10-13
Seed
25+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
The first venture capital investor focused broadly on children's health, backing young companies with a clear commercial pathway to improve child health outcomes.
How Springhood Ventures invests
Springhood Ventures is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Other, Healthcare, Developer Tools.
Springhood Ventures has backed 25 companies in our records, including NextGen, Rare Disease Diagnostics, Small Molecule Therapeutics.
Partners & Team
John Parker founded Springhood to address the funding gap in child health innovation. He has brought 25 years in the alternative investment industry together with over a decade of philanthropic experience to create a new model using investment dollars to make a difference in the lives of kids. This model has emerged from his work as the Founder and Managing Director of CH Innovations, LLC, a child health venture fund backed by the Charles H. Hood Foundation, where he also serves as a Trustee.
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (25)
Other
NextGen
clinical decision support addressing the 'discharge dilemma'
Rare Disease Diagnostics
Reducing rare disease diagnostic journey from 7 years to 3 months
Small Molecule Therapeutics
Developing new small molecule therapeutics for difficult-to-treat cancers - starting with DIPG
Intravenous Recombinant Human Decorin
Developing intravenous recombinant human decorin to treat dystrophic epidermis bullosa
Bedside Empowerment Technology
Bedside empowerment technology for parents with babies in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)
Targeted Therapy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Developing a targeted therapy for bone and muscle wastage in Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome Treatment
Treating Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome and other infant respiratory disorders
Lightweight MRI-Receive Coils
Lightweight MRI-receive coils designed for pediatric patients
Clinical Decision Support Tool
Clinical decision support tool for ASD and other neurological conditions
Preterm Infant Feeding Standard
Changing the standard of care for preterm infant feeding
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