Leading Edge Ventures invests in exceptionally talented entrepreneurs with vision who bring to market innovative technologies and approaches that are in high demand.
Approach us directly to discuss your plan.
Stage: seed & early stage
Investment size: $50K-$250K initially with ability to invest up to $750K over time
Geography: Mid-Atlantic (Delaware, Eastern Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey)
Sectors: IT (software, cloud-based apps, tech-enabled services), MedTech (devices & equipment), Materials & Chemistry
Approach us directly to discuss your plan.
Stage: seed & early stage
Investment size: $50K-$250K initially with ability to invest up to $750K over time
Geography: Mid-Atlantic (Delaware, Eastern Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey)
Sectors: IT (software, cloud-based apps, tech-enabled services), MedTech (devices & equipment), Materials & Chemistry
Employees: 1-10
Founded date: 2014
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A
Mentions in press and media 12
| Date | Title | Description |
| 20.01.2022 | How to start a business in Delaware: 21 (mostly) free resources for entrepreneurs | Starting a business is always a challenge, but you might be surprised how many resources for entrepreneurs and small business owners there are in Delaware. And many of them — from grant programs to mentorship orgs to webinars — are free. Ri... |
| 07.01.2020 | Ride Health Lands $6.2M to Deliver Real-Time Ride Coordination Platform | – Ride Health, an NYC-based real-time ride coordination platform that improves access to care and patient’s ride experience has raised $6.2M in seed funding. – Penn Medicine is already using Ride Health’s ride coordination platform to reduc... |
| 13.12.2017 | Healthcare startup with a belt-encased airbag to prevent fall injuries for seniors closes Series A (Updated) | Last year the business closed a $2.6 million round. ActiveProtective’s smart belt houses a micro airbag designed to cushion the user’s fall Generator Ventures was established in 2014 and focuses on technologies to support the aging populati... |
| 22.11.2016 | Healthcare startup raises $2.6M for smart belt to deploy airbag to cushion seniors when they fall | Lakatos noted that the Philadelphia-area company would use the new funding to support pilot studies in collaboration with two large senior care providers. He aded that the funding would also be used to expand applications for the device bey... |
| 20.11.2015 | Letter from Austin: 3 things the Delaware tech scene needs to do better | Although I sit on the patio of my new Austin home, wearing shorts and flip-flops, I sorely miss being a part of Delaware Innovation Week. I miss working with my friends and colleagues from Delaware. I want to give you something. I want to s... |
| 05.08.2015 | How Carvertise got these 3 investors onboard | Mac Nagaswami has moxie. The 24-year-old Carvertise founder and Wilmington resident injects his methodically scrappy affability into every inch of his business. All you have to do is look at the photo for Carvertise’s News Journal profile t... |
| 04.02.2015 | Leading Edge Ventures partner talks about entrepreneurs, investment priorities | Here are some highlights from the interview. On working in venture capital “…You’d be hard-pressed to find another industry that is such a meritocracy, where you interact exclusively with smart, motivated people committing their lives to id... |
| 17.09.2014 | From school to sales, help promote Delaware’s startup business pipeline | One of the key challenges to growing and retaining Delaware’s talent pool of entrepreneurs is facilitating a meaningful interaction between industry and university students. It’s that pipeline from opportunity to success that Delaware is bu... |
| 22.07.2014 | Leading Edge Ventures Forms Early Stage Venture Fund | Newark, Delaware-based Leading Edge Ventures I, L.P., formed an early stage venture fund. Led by General Partners Richard C. Birkmeyer, J. Michael Bowman, Jeffrey A. Davison, Douglas R. Petillo, and Vance V. Kershner, the vehicle will make ... |
| - | Leading Edge Ventures partner talks about entrepreneurs, investment priorities | Leading Edge Ventures, a $10 million venture investment fund in Delaware is relatively new on the venture scene since its launch last year. Among its targets are early stage and seed stage medical device and IT companies. In a recent interv... |
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