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UpStart Ventures is a venture capital firm in Salt Lake City that invests primarily in early-stage healthcare companies with disruptive market-shifting technologies. Founded 2009 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, the company usually invests in Series B rounds. The company has twice invested on the Series B rounds of Sera Prognostics, a company that develops blood tests that are predictive of preterm birth, preeclampsia and other pregnancy complications. The company’s investment strategy is a unique combination of idea generation, science discovery, seed stage investing, venture judgment and company management.
Its first fund, UpStart Life Sciences Capital, L.P. invests primarily in seed and early-stage healthcare companies, based on breakthrough technologies from major research universities, centered around Utah and neighboring states. The company specifically invests in medical devices, drug delivery systems, and diagnostics, as well as longer range investments in biopharma products and platforms.
