Series A life sciences investors in California

42 of 52 series a life sciences firms that report a preference say they can lead. 4 active since September.

Can leadMostly followsNot reportedRecently active
DCVCActive Oct 8
California · Fund Billions of dollars AUM
Ali Tamaseb, James Hardiman+15 on the team
SeedSeries ALeadsDeep tech +4
$10M to $30M+Can lead
Foothill VenturesActive Sep 23
California
Jinlin Wang, Max Von Poelnitz+6 on the team
SeedSeries ALeadsEnterprise software +3
Check size not reportedCan lead
Hitachi VenturesActive Oct 15
California · Fund USD400M HV Fund IV
Pete Bastien, Stefan Gabriel+19 on the team
SeedSeries ASeries BLeadsIndustrial +3
$1M to $30MCan lead
The Longevity FundActive Sep 24
California
Alex Colville, Satvik Dasariraju
Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsLife sciences
$500K to $10MCan lead
California · Fund $100M+
Manuel Gonzalez, Michael Dean+8 on the team
SeedSeries ALeadsFood and ag +2
$25K to $10MCan lead
California
Joel S. Marcus, Blake L. Stevens+2 on the team
SeedSeries ASeries BLeadsLife sciences +2
Check size not reportedCan lead
California
Bob More, Dan Janney+1 on the team
SeedSeries ASeries BLeadsLife sciences +1
$1M to $30MCan lead
California · Fund $400M (2025)
Lenny Pruss, Mike Dauber+8 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsDev tools and infra +2
$500K to $10MCan lead
California · Fund $200 million (2025)
Ken Horne, Ari Nowacek+9 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BLeadsLife sciences
Check size not reportedCan lead
California · Fund $60M Fund I
Christopher Male, Lauren Ingram+3 on the team
SeedSeries ASeries BLeadsHealthtech +1
Check size not reportedCan lead
California
Drew Lanza, Ted Hou+1 on the team
SeedSeries ALeadsLife sciences +2
Check size not reportedCan lead
California · Fund $500M+ AUM
Murray Rode, Rafi Syed+4 on the team
SeedSeries ALeadsDeep tech +5
Check size not reportedCan lead
California · Fund $114M Fund III (2026)
Julia Moore, Lindy Fishburne+2 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsLife sciences +2
$500K to $10MCan lead
California
Karan Wadhera, Yoni Meyer+1 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BLeadsConsumer +3
Check size not reportedCan lead
California · Fund $900M (2025)
Aydin Senkut, James Detweiler+7 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsCybersecurity +4
$1M to $30M+Can lead
California · Fund $900M
Hyung Chun, MD, Shannon Bergstedt+11 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BLeadsHealthtech +2
Check size not reportedCan lead
California · Fund $35M (2024)
David Fleck, Kevin Barrett
Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsDeep tech +3
Check size not reportedCan lead
California
Michael Liao, Ren Du+1 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsDeep tech +3
$100K to $1MCan lead
California
Nick Naclerio, Ph.D., Abhijit “Ron” Mazumder, Ph.D.+5 on the team
SeedSeries ALeadsLife sciences +1
Check size not reportedCan lead
California
John Noonan, Adam Pelavin+1 on the team
SeedSeries ALeadsHealthtech +1
$500K to $3MCan lead
California
Christine Aylward
SeedSeries ALeadsLife sciences +1
$1M to $10MCan lead
California
Carey Ng, PhD, MBA, Francois Ferre, PhD+1 on the team
SeedSeries ALeadsLife sciences +1
$250K to $3MCan lead
California · Fund $400M (2017)
Ibrahim Ajami, Ayman Alabdallah+4 on the team
SeedSeries ASeries BLeadsHealthtech +3
$1M to $10MCan lead
California
Jay Zaveri
Series ASeries BLeadsDeep tech +2
$3M to $30M+Can lead
California · Fund $360.36M Fund V (2026)
Andrew Beebe, James Joaquin+4 on the team
SeedSeries ALeadsHealthtech +5
$3M to $30MCan lead
California · Fund $389 (2023)
Peter Bisgaard, Rob Hopfner+3 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BLeadsLife sciences
$3M to $30MCan lead
California · Fund Red (2025)
Heath Lukatch, Jeremy Caldwell
SeedSeries ALeadsLife sciences
Check size not reportedCan lead
California · Fund Approximately
SeedSeries ASeries BLeadsLife sciences +1
$3M to $30M+Can lead
California
Srini Akkaraju, Abe Bassan+6 on the team
SeedSeries ASeries BLeadsLife sciences
$10M to $30MCan lead
California
Lucas Harrington, Matt Krisiloff+1 on the team
Pre-seedSeedSeries ALeadsLife sciences +1
$500K to $1MCan lead
California · Fund $4.6B
Jim Healy, Maha Katabi+8 on the team
Series ASeries BLeadsLife sciences
$10M to $30MCan lead
California · Fund $1.3B (Fund III) (2025)
Cariad Chester, Chen Yu+6 on the team
SeedSeries ASeries BLeadsLife sciences
$10M to $30M+Can lead
California
J. Matthew Mackowski, Alexander Herzick+6 on the team
Series ASeries BLeadsLife sciences +1
$10M to $30MCan lead
California
David Friedberg
SeedSeries ASeries BLeadsFood and ag +4
Check size not reportedCan lead
California
D.A. Wallach, Tim Wright, M.D.+1 on the team
SeedSeries ASeries BLeadsHealthtech +1
Check size not reportedCan lead
California
Brad H. Vale, Mudit K. Jain+1 on the team
SeedSeries ASeries BLeadsLife sciences +1
Check size not reportedCan lead
California
Jeff Huber, Peter Zhou+2 on the team
SeedSeries ALeadsDeep tech +2
Check size not reportedCan lead
California · Fund $400M Fund XIII (2022)
Casey Tansey, Dafina Toncheva+4 on the team
Series ASeries BLeadsCybersecurity +4
$3M to $30MCan lead
California · Fund $528M
Aaron Royston, MD, MBA, Corey Goodman, PhD+3 on the team
SeedSeries ASeries BLeadsLife sciences +1
Check size not reportedCan lead
California · Fund $5.5B under management
Alex Mayweg, Brad Bolzon+11 on the team
SeedSeries ASeries BLeadsLife sciences
Check size not reportedCan lead

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How many series a life sciences investors in california are there?

Mode VC tracks 65 firms on this list as of 2026-10-15. 4 have been active since September 2026.

What check size do series a life sciences investors in california write?

The most reported band is $3M to $10M, reported by 17 firms on this list.

Which series a life sciences investors in california lead rounds?

42 of 52 firms that report a preference say they can lead. Turn on "Leads rounds" to see only them.