Venture Investors Health Fund (also known as “VI”) today announced the successful close of its seventh fund, raising $80 million to drive breakthrough healthcare innovations that aim to fundamentally change the standard of care. Based in the Midwest—home to world-class research universities and a thriving healthcare ecosystem—VI will continue to support early-stage companies that harness cutting-edge discoveries to deliver more precise, personalized care while improving access and reducing costs. VI is one of the Midwest’s longest-tenured healthcare-focused venture capital firms, with a 40-year track record under its belt.
“Our seventh fund reinforces our commitment to backing visionary entrepreneurs whose innovations have the potential to shift paradigms in healthcare,” said Jim Adox, Managing Partner at VI. “By focusing on technology that truly transforms how patients receive care, we aim to accelerate the translation of decades of research into real-world impact for patients and their physicians.”
Unlike broad-based venture capital firms, Venture Investors Health Fund invests exclusively in innovations that have the capacity to redefine—not just refine—care pathways. From EarliTec, which has developed a novel, objective eye-tracking method to diagnose autism faster than the current standard of care, to HistoSonics, which uses sound energy to noninvasively destroy tumors, VI targets companies that are on track to radically alter patient care.
“The Wisconsin Technology Council applauds Venture Investors on the successful close of its seventh fund at $80 million. As highlighted in the 2025 Wisconsin Portfolio, our state’s startup ecosystem continues to mature, yet still faces a critical need for more mid-sized venture funds capable of bridging the $5 million to $15 million “scale-up” gap,” said Joe Kremer of the Tech Council’s Investor Network. “Venture Investors’ commitment to backing transformative medical devices, diagnostics, pharma and digital health companies, many spun out of university research, is exactly the kind of targeted, sector-smart capital that keeps Wisconsin startups growing here rather than relocating elsewhere. This new fund will not only help raise the standard of health care globally but also strengthen the investor pipeline that fuels job creation, follow-on investment, and long-term economic resilience in Wisconsin.”
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