Now Raising Fund II

A specialist venture firm investing in women's health and sex-specific biology

Kidron Capital is a specialist early-stage healthcare venture firm investing in companies where sex-specific biology, unmet clinical need, and inefficient capital allocation create overlooked opportunities across devices, diagnostics, digital health, care delivery, and therapeutics.

Specialist focus  ·  Clinical rigor  ·  Cross-border access
Dr. Anula Jayasuriya and Maria Gajda Horowitz, Founding Managing Partners
Sex-Specific BiologyFemale biology as investment lens
Clinical RigorScience, regulation, adoption
Cross-Border AccessUS · Europe · Israel
Specialist FocusWomen's health, broadly defined
Strategic RelevancePharma & MedTech pathways
The opportunity

Why women's health. Why now.

Women's health is entering a new phase.

The category is moving beyond narrow reproductive health and consumer wellness into higher-acuity areas of medicine, including therapeutics, precision devices, diagnostics, and specialty care. At the same time, strategic acquirers are increasingly looking for pipeline renewal and differentiated growth in areas where female biology matters.

"Kidron Capital was built to invest into this inflection point with specialist focus, disciplined healthcare diligence, and access across the US, Europe, and Israel."

How we invest

Our investment approach

We invest with a specialist lens across the full spectrum of women's health.

01

A disciplined view of women's health

We invest across conditions unique to women, diseases that affect women differently, and health needs that disproportionately impact women — broad enough to capture major opportunities, but disciplined enough to remain clinically coherent.

02

Biology-first underwriting

We start with the underlying biology: where female physiology changes disease risk, diagnosis, progression, treatment response, or care delivery. This allows us to identify women's health opportunities that generalist healthcare investors may overlook.

03

Clinical and commercial rigor

We evaluate each opportunity through evidence, mechanism, regulatory pathway, intellectual property, reimbursement logic, adoption barriers, and strategic exit relevance — not through thematic enthusiasm alone.

04

Multiple modalities, one specialist lens

We invest across therapeutics, medical devices, diagnostics, digital health, healthcare services, and consumer health — with a consistent focus on scalable value creation.

05

Cross-border reach

With deep networks across the US, Europe, and Israel, we are positioned to source differentiated opportunities and support companies across major healthcare markets.

Why Kidron

Specialist focus, healthcare investing experience, and cross-border access — in one platform.

We believe women's health requires a dedicated investment approach. The category spans complex clinical, regulatory, and commercial questions that are often not well served by generalist frameworks.

What distinguishes Kidron is not only our focus, but how we invest. We combine domain specialization with relationship-driven sourcing across key healthcare ecosystems — giving us access to differentiated opportunities across multiple modalities and stages of maturity.

Fund I has helped validate this approach. As we build Fund II, we are applying those lessons with greater ownership concentration, stronger follow-on capacity, and a continued focus on companies with clear value-creation pathways and strong return potential.

US
Silicon Valley · Boston
EU
Europe
IL
Israel · Tel Aviv
Our edge
Specialist focus
A dedicated women's health lens — not a generalist framework. We go deep where others stay broad.
Our underwriting
Biology-First Underwriting
We start with the clinical question — where does female biology create a differentiated product, stronger adoption logic, or overlooked market opportunity.
Our reach
Cross-border access
Active networks across US, Europe, and Israel — three of the world's most dynamic healthcare ecosystems.
Now raising
Fund II
Increased ownership concentration, stronger follow-on capacity, and a continued focus on companies with clear value-creation pathways and strong return potential.
Track record

Fund I validation

Clinically grounded underwriting · Active support through key value-creation milestones

Thesis in Practice
Focused women's health portfolio across devices, diagnostics, and therapeutics
Milestone Progression
Clinical, regulatory, and commercial momentum across portfolio companies
Platform Built
Sourcing, diligence, governance, and strategic access infrastructure in place
Selected investments

Where our thesis comes to life

We invest in companies addressing clinically important, commercially significant opportunities across women's health.

Conditions unique to women Sex-based differences in disease Disproportionate impact on women Sex-based aging & longevity Maternal health
Sex-based differences in disease
Portal
Improving chemotherapy access through better vascular port design
Rethinking vascular access in chemotherapy with a novel port designed to improve ease of placement while better addressing the needs of female patients.
Conditions unique to women
May Health
Restoring ovulation in women with PCOS
A breakthrough approach aimed at restoring ovulation in women with PCOS, one of the most common endocrine conditions affecting women of reproductive age.
Disproportionate impact on women
CardioRenal Systems
Reducing AKI risk after cardiac surgery
The only clinically validated solution addressing elevated AKI risk in women undergoing cardiac surgery — commercially active in Saudi Arabia and Europe.
Sex-based aging & longevity
Beyond Medicine
Targeting mitochondrial dysfunction in skin aging
Leveraging clinically demonstrated insights into age-related mitochondrial dysfunction for new approaches in skin rejuvenation and longevity.
Maternal health
Nua Surgical
Advancing maternal health in C-section care
A novel self-retaining surgical retractor designed for C-sections, addressing the procedural needs of one of the most common surgeries in the world.
Conditions unique to women
PregnanTech
Preventing preterm birth with LIONESS™
Developing LIONESS™ — a device to prevent preterm birth by supporting the cervix through a minimally invasive outpatient procedure.

General Partners

A cross-border GP team built for women's health investing

Kidron is led by two healthcare investors with presence across Silicon Valley, Boston, Tel Aviv, Europe, and Israel. Together, the GPs combine women's health specialization, clinical and scientific diligence, venture investing, fund formation, transaction experience, and active portfolio governance.

Dr. Anula Jayasuriya
United States · Silicon Valley, Boston
Dr. Anula Jayasuriya
MD, PhD, MPhil, MBA · Founding Managing Partner

Physician-investor with decades of experience across healthcare, life sciences, and venture capital. Founding Managing Partner of EXXclaim Capital and Evolvence India Life Science Fund I and II. Former VP at Roche Pharmaceuticals. Led investments including nVision Medical (acquired by Boston Scientific). Co-founded Artemis Women's Health Foundation. Vice Chair of WHAM. Board: Jaguar Health NASDAQ, Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Aarvik, Solera Bio, Nua Surgical.

Maria Gajda Horowitz
Israel & Europe · Tel Aviv
Maria Gajda Horowitz
LLM · Founding Managing Partner

15+ years in healthcare venture: portfolio construction, capital strategy, and investor relations. Active in VC investments since 2011, working across Europe and Israel on fund structuring, investment negotiations, healthcare asset acquisitions, and public market transactions. Board: Beyond Medicine Inc., CardioRenal Systems Inc. Observer: Portal Access.

Together, the GPs combine scientific diligence, venture judgment, cross-border sourcing, and active portfolio support across the women's health ecosystem.

Who we work with

Who we partner with

Kidron partners with founders, investors, and strategic healthcare stakeholders who see women's health as a large, undercapitalized, and commercially compelling opportunity. We look for relationships grounded in clinical seriousness, financial discipline, and a shared conviction that sex-specific biology can shape the next generation of healthcare companies.

For Founders

Building a company in women's health or sex-specific biology? We back early-stage businesses with strong science and a clear clinical case — across therapeutics, devices, diagnostics, digital health, and services.

For Investors

We welcome conversations with investors who share our view that women's health is not a niche, but a broad healthcare opportunity where specialist underwriting can identify overlooked value.

For Strategic Partners

We engage with pharma, MedTech, diagnostics, consumer health, and healthcare platforms interested in innovation shaped by female biology, unmet clinical need, and differentiated market opportunity.

Get in touch

Contact

We welcome conversations with founders, investors, and strategic partners working in or around women's health.

Contact us
info@kidron-capital.com

Investing in the business of women's health

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