Sharon Kedar

Northpond Ventures, a multibillion-dollar science-focused venture capital firm, has offices in Cambridge, MA; San Francisco, CA; and Bethesda, MD. In 2021, it was recognized as one of the top three most active lead biotech investors by Crunchbase and the leading investor in life science solutions and molecular diagnostics by Silicon Valley Bank. Northpond actively supports the research community through initiatives like founding a bioengineering lab at Harvard and sponsoring an MIT prize for women entrepreneurs. It has led over 50 financings in recent years, many of which originated in academia. More information is available at npv.vc.