NJF Capital: Funding, Team & Investors

NJF Capital is the venture investment arm of NJF Holdings, investing in transformative technology companies. The firm targets life sciences, deep tech, fintech, and human performance. It supports ventures merging technical innovation with human relevance, backing firms developing advanced solutions across these sectors, prioritizing scalable projects with significant impact.

Nicole Junkermann founded NJF Capital in 2015. Her insight was to invest where science meets purpose and innovation creates lasting consequence. As NJF Holdings’ founder, Junkermann established the firm to identify and support ventures with global potential, aiming for profound, long-term impact across technological sectors.

The firm's investments empower companies to develop solutions extending human longevity, improving population outcomes, and reshaping industries through intelligent systems and frontier technologies. NJF Capital envisions cultivating enduring technologies and systems that deliver societal benefits, fostering progress in its investment areas.

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Nov 9, 2023	Evolv AI	$13.3M Other Equity	Kerry LIU	Engage, Major Group Asia
May 1, 2023	Pesto	$11.0M Series A	—	Arrive, Cherry Ventures, Expa, Kleiner Perkins, LUX Capital, Penny JAR Capital, Sequoia Capital, SNR, Sweet Capital, ASH Pournouri, David Yang, Commerce Ventures, Core Innovation Capital, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Human Capital, Nomad Ventures, OEL Ventures, OVO Fund, Khaled Helioui, Soma Capital, Sozo Ventures, Y Combinator
Jun 1, 2021	Terzo	$3.0M Seed	RAJ Sandhu	20VC, 7BC Venture Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, C2 Investment, Caffeinated Capital, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Heretic Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, SciFi VC, Seven Seven SIX, Weekend Fund, Worklife Ventures, Anthony Pompliano, Baron Davis, Fidji Simo, Jeremy YAP, John Collison, Kevin LIN, Mike Krieger, Ryan Breslow, Scott Belsky, Steve Chen, Abnormal Security Ventures, Innovation Global Capital
May 28, 2020	Phaidra	$1.5M Seed	Flying Fish Partners	Firstminute Capital, Section 32, University OF Washington
Sep 8, 2016	Jobbio	$5.6M Series A	NJF Capital	Barry Maloney, Michael Chadwick
May 26, 2016	Owkin	$18.1M Seed / Series A	—	Brent Hoberman, Jean Paul Clozel, Jörg Mohaupt, Nicole Junkermann, Shana Fisher, Cathay Innovation, GV, Plug And Play

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Nov 9, 2023	Evolv AI	$13.3M Other Equity	Kerry LIU	Engage, Major Group Asia
May 1, 2023	Pesto	$11.0M Series A	—	Arrive, Cherry Ventures, Expa, Kleiner Perkins, LUX Capital, Penny JAR Capital, Sequoia Capital, SNR, Sweet Capital, ASH Pournouri, David Yang, Commerce Ventures, Core Innovation Capital, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Human Capital, Nomad Ventures, OEL Ventures, OVO Fund, Khaled Helioui, Soma Capital, Sozo Ventures, Y Combinator
Jun 1, 2021	Terzo	$3.0M Seed	RAJ Sandhu	20VC, 7BC Venture Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, C2 Investment, Caffeinated Capital, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Heretic Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, SciFi VC, Seven Seven SIX, Weekend Fund, Worklife Ventures, Anthony Pompliano, Baron Davis, Fidji Simo, Jeremy YAP, John Collison, Kevin LIN, Mike Krieger, Ryan Breslow, Scott Belsky, Steve Chen, Abnormal Security Ventures, Innovation Global Capital
May 28, 2020	Phaidra	$1.5M Seed	Flying Fish Partners	Firstminute Capital, Section 32, University OF Washington
Sep 8, 2016	Jobbio	$5.6M Series A	NJF Capital	Barry Maloney, Michael Chadwick
May 26, 2016	Owkin	$18.1M Seed / Series A	—	Brent Hoberman, Jean Paul Clozel, Jörg Mohaupt, Nicole Junkermann, Shana Fisher, Cathay Innovation, GV, Plug And Play

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