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Venrock

VC
Palo Alto, CAWebsite

Venrock is a Seed venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, CA investing in Healthcare, Other. The firm typically writes $2.0M–$10.0M checks and has 26 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed

Check Size

$2.0M – $10.0M

AUM

$14.7B

Portfolio

26+ companies

Team

11 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Invests in transformational healthcare and technology startups, focused on innovative business models and clinical solutions.

How Venrock invests

Venrock is a vc firm based in Palo Alto, CA. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Healthcare, Other.

Venrock typically writes checks of $2.0M–$10.0M per investment, backed by approximately $15B in assets under management.

Venrock has backed 26 companies in our records, including Doctor On Demand, Virta Health, Devoted Health.

Meet the Team

JB

Jessica Baron

Chief Financial Officer

MT

Michael Tan

Director of Finance

NB

Nick Beim

Partner

SM

Sharah Marwah

Talent Acquisition Partner

BA

Brian Ascher

Partner

MC

Michelle Comendul

Talent Director

CL

Connie Lau

Vice President of Finance

EC

Eugene Chew

Vice President of Finance

IC

Isabella Charbeneau

Director of Talent Acquisition

RB

Racquel Bracken

Partner

BK

Bob Kocher

Partner

HealthTech
Healthcare IT
Early-stage

Industry Focus

Invests In

Healthcare
Other

Portfolio Companies (26)

Other

DO

Doctor On Demand

Telemedicine
VI

Virta Health

Diabetes Care
DE

Devoted Health

Health Tech
AN

Anacor Therapeutics

Alumni

Boron based therapeutics for inflammatory and infectious diseases.

AS

Astronomer

Active Private

Modern Data Orchestration.

NE

Nest

Alumni

Smarthome products.

CL

Cloudflare

Public

Web performance and security.

LY

Lyra Health

Active Private

Acquires Bend Health.

CO

Corvidia Therapeutics

Active Private

Targeting inflammation in cardiovascular and renal disease.

AR

Archetype AI

Active Private

Building a foundational model for the physical world.

How to pitch Venrock
  • Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Healthcare, Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $2.0M – $10.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Jessica Baron, Chief Financial Officer.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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