Investing Profile

John Kuelper

VCInvestor
Early & Growth Stage Investor, Healthcare Technology
United States
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Networks John is a member of
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management Network
124 CONNECTIONS
Washington University in St. Louis Network
46 CONNECTIONS
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law Network
12 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Ascension Ventures Managing Director
Investment Range
$3.0M - $15.0M
Sweet Spot
$8.0M
Investments On Record
14
Current Fund Size
$255M

John Kuelper is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

John Kuelper's Investments On Record (8)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Cofactor Genomics
Series UnknownDec 2025
Series ASep 2017$18M
$21M
Co-investors: David Lee (SV Angel), Matt Ocko (DCVC (Data Collective)), Mark Siegel (Menlo Ventures), Greg Yap (Menlo Ventures), David Lee (SLVC), Greg Castle (Anorak Ventures), Jude Gomila (Golden (Recursion Inc)), Eric Kwan (Locus Ventures), Paul Buchheit (Y Combinator)
NextSense
Series ANov 2025$16M
$16M
Co-investors: Bradley Horowitz (Google Ventures), Esther Dyson (HealthWorldWeb LLC)
Cala Health
Series CDec 2024$50M
Series DNov 2021$77M
$200M
Co-investors: Krishna Yeshwant (GV (Google Ventures)), Laura Rippy (Alumni Ventures ), Nicole Walker (Arboretum Ventures)
Elation Health
Series DJul 2022$50M
$65M
Co-investors: Enmi Kendall (Healthy Ventures), Charlie Cheever
AristaMD
Series BJul 2020$6M
$35M
Co-investors: Jay Lichter (Avalon Ventures)
Syapse
Series FMay 2020$30M
Series EJan 2019$20M
Series DNov 2017$30M
Series CJan 2016$25M
$150M
Co-investors: Chamath Palihapitiya (Social Capital LP), Noah Lewis (GE Ventures), Jay Zaveri (Natural Capital)
Reputation
Series CAug 2019$35M
Series AJan 2017$22M
$57M
Olive
Series DJul 2018$33M
$860M
Co-investors: Keith Rabois (Khosla Ventures), Scott Shleifer (Tiger Global Management), Chris Olsen (Drive Capital), Billy Deitch (Oak HC/FT), Pat Matthews (Active Capital), Jackie Dimonte (Hyde Park Venture Partners), Craig Cummings (Moonshots Capital), Kelly Perdew (Moonshots Capital)

John Kuelper's Education

Washington University in St. Louis BA Cognitive Neuroscience
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management MBA Quantitative Finance
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law JD Technology Law