About Oklahoma Life Science Fund
Oklahoma Life Science Fund is a venture capital firm founded in 2000. It is primarily based out of Tulsa, United States. As of Dec 2023, Oklahoma Life Science Fund has invested in 19 companies. It primarily invests in Series A round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Life Sciences to HealthTech and High Tech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Cadenza Overall, Oklahoma Life Science Fund portfolio has seen 3 acquisitions, namely Selexys Pharmaceuticals and Forhealth.com. A lot of funds co-invest with Oklahoma Life Science Fund, with names like Cortado Ventures sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.Key Metrics
Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed, Series A & 2 more
Portfolio Acquisitions
Portfolio Soonicorns
Oklahoma Life Science Fund's List of Top Investments
Oklahoma Life Science Fund has a portfolio of 19 companies. Their most notable investments are in Ekips Technologies and Sway.Their portfolio spans across and United States. They have invested in Life Sciences, HealthTech, High Tech and 3 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 2 more. Here is the list of top investments by Oklahoma Life Science Fund:1. AliveCor
Developer of remote cardiac monitoring solutions and related analysis software. The company provides devices for consumers and healthcare professionals to monitor heart conditions. It offers solutions for healthcare systems, biopharma companies, payers, and employers. The company's offerings include devices, analysis software, and data integration solutions.
Key facts about AliveCor
- Founded Year: 2010
- Location: Mountain View (United States)
- Stage: Series F
- Total Funding till date: $114M
- Employee Count: 68 as on Aug 31, 2025
- Investors: Square 1 Bank, WP Global Partners and 17 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series F, Aug 16, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Provider of a suite primary care platform for providers. The platform allows patients to connect with healthcare experts through video calls/text messaging. Users can seek medical guidance and receive personalized treatment through online consultations with doctors. Also, it provides home-based diagnostic/lab test solutions for patients. It allows customers to know the specific genes responsible for causing disease. Also, it provides services to healthcare providers, organizations, and payers.
Key facts about Recuro Health
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: Richardson (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $89.3M
- Employee Count: 148 as on Feb 28, 2026
- Investors: Arch Venture Partners, Ropart Asset Management Funds and 8 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Apr 11, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Care ATC
CareATC provides customizable healthcare solutions for employers to improve the health of their workforce. Aims to create a sustainable solution to rising healthcare costs for employers of every size by promoting health, preventing disease, and providing a shorter path to medical care. Provides on-site/near-site clinics eliminating barriers to care such as distance, wait times, and co-pays.
Key facts about Care ATC
- Founded Year: 2000
- Location: Tulsa (United States)
- Stage: Series C
- Employee Count: 461 as on Dec 31, 2022
- Investors: Omega Capital Management, LLR Partners and 3 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Mar 19, 2019, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Sway
Provider of concussion detection and management app. It offers a mobile app to accurately test the patient's stability. Using the built-in motion sensors of mobile phones, health professionals can administer a medical-grade objective balance test. The app assists medical professionals to rapidly test specific metrics through established protocols that provide quantitative analysis on their current status and compare it versus a normative value, obtained in baseline testing. The system also enables medical professionals to communicate via telemedicine or off-site through rapidly shared objective metric data on patients.
Key facts about Sway
- Founded Year: 2010
- Location: Tulsa (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $8.74M
- Employee Count: 22 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Oklahoma Life Science Fund, i2E and 6 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Mar 17, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Provider of an online teleconsultation platform for fertility problems. The platform provides access to fertility clinics and telemedicine for fertility treatments and therapies. The fertility company offers end-to-end fertility services, treatment, and advice from doctors.
Key facts about Mate Fertility
- Founded Year: 2020
- Location: Los Angeles (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $8M
- Employee Count: 21 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Rosecliff Ventures, Gaingels and 17 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Oct 24, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Oklahoma Life Science Fund's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Oklahoma Life Science Fund has invested in 19 companies over the last 24 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 10 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Cadenza and most recent follow-on round was in Recuro Health.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2021 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Oklahoma Life Science Fund's Investments by Stage
Oklahoma Life Science Fund has made 3 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $1.79M, 3 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $4.13M, 2 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $16M and 2 investments in Unattributed stage with an average round size of $3.45M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 3 |
Series A | 3 |
Series B | 2 |
Unattributed | 2 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Oklahoma Life Science Fund's Investments by Sector
Oklahoma Life Science Fund has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Life Sciences, HealthTech, Enterprise Applications, Consumer and Healthcare. Notably, it has invested in 13 Tech companies, 10 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 7 Consumer (B2C) companies and at least 7 companies focusing on Software.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Life Sciences | 5 |
HealthTech | 4 |
Enterprise Applications | 2 |
Consumer | 1 |
Healthcare | 1 |
Others | 3 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Oklahoma Life Science Fund's Investments by Geography
Oklahoma Life Science Fund has made most investments in United States (10).Oklahoma Life Science Fund's recent investments
Oklahoma Life Science Fund has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Oklahoma Life Science Fund:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Dec 14, 2023 | United States | Seed | 5645 | [+3] | |
Oct 24, 2022 | United States | Series A | 5888 | [+9] | |
Dec 09, 2021 | United States | Series A | 8653 | [+5] | |
Oct 27, 2021 | United States | Unattributed | 5103 | [+3] | |
Aug 25, 2021 | United States | Series A | 3735 |
Acquired companies in Oklahoma Life Science Fund's Portfolio
3 companies from Oklahoma Life Science Fund's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition were Selexys Pharmaceuticals in Nov 2016 by Novartis for $665M.Here are Oklahoma Life Science Fund's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 21, 2016 | - | - | 2344 | |
Aug 16, 2010 | Jul 30, 2002 | Series B | 9855 | |
Mar 03, 2009 | - | - | 5920 |
Co-investors of Oklahoma Life Science Fund
Over the past 24 years, 51 investors have co-invested in Oklahoma Life Science Fund's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Oklahoma Life Science Fund: Struck Capital, Andy Dunn and 4 others have invested in rounds before Oklahoma Life Science Fund. There is 1 company where Struck Capital has invested before Oklahoma Life Science Fund and 1 company where Andy Dunn has invested before Oklahoma Life Science Fund.
- Top Co-investors of Oklahoma Life Science Fund: 30 investors entered a company along with Oklahoma Life Science Fund. These include investors like Cortado Ventures (5 companies).
- Invested after Oklahoma Life Science Fund: A total of 15 investors have invested in Oklahoma Life Science Fund's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Omron Healthcare (1 company), Bold Capital Partners (1 company) and Khosla Ventures (1 company).
Recent News related to Oklahoma Life Science Fund
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Cadenza Bio Raises $2.44M Series Seed FundingFinSMEs•Dec 14, 2023•Cadenza, Plains Ventures, Oklahoma Life Science Fund, Cortado Ventures and 2 others
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Recuro Health Raises $15M in Series A FundingFinSMEs•Aug 25, 2021•Recuro Health, Arch Venture Partners, Oklahoma Life Science Fund, Cortado Ventures and 2 others
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Recuro Health Raises Funding RoundFinSMEs•Mar 30, 2021•Recuro Health, Oklahoma Life Science Fund, Cortado Ventures, 1843 Capital and 1 other
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Sway Medical Closes Series A Financing RoundPRWeb•Sep 23, 2020•Sway, Atento Capital, Oklahoma Life Science Fund, ADG Venture Group and 3 others
