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    Headwater

    Minneapolis, Minnesota, United StatesFounded 2020

    Headwater Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Minneapolis that backs preseed and seed teams building the infrastructure and intelligence of the healthcare software layer. The firm focuses on digital health and health IT, investing $100K–$500K in companies that make care administratively simpler, clinically safer, and financially clearer.

    33% of their portfolio is in Healthcare. Their most common stage is seed (67% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $6.2M (across 6 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    6

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    Matt Miller, PhD

    Matt Miller, PhD

    Founder / Partner

    RS

    Rick Settle

    Partner

    DJ

    Dan Jacques

    Founder

    MB

    Michael Bornitz

    CFA, CPA

    SK

    Simon Koch

    Founder

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    6 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Saile logoSailePre-Seed$2.2MJan 2026
    Affineon logoAffineonSeed$5MFeb 2025
    Photon Health logoPhoton HealthSeries A$16MJul 2024
    Kintsugi logoKintsugiSeed$8MAug 2021
    Spora Health logoSpora HealthSeed$3MAug 2021
    Spora logoSporaSeed$3MAug 2021

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    Last updated: 27 September 2026