Sharon Kedar

Sharon Kedar is a Co-Founder and Partner at Northpond Ventures, a multi-billion-dollar venture capital firm operating across Bethesda, Maryland, Cambridge, and San Francisco. Prior to establishing Northpond, she spent 15 years at Sands Capital, serving as Chief Financial Officer, Analyst, and Portfolio Manager while helping grow the firm's assets thirtyfold to $50 billion. Earlier in her career, Kedar worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company and co-authored the personal finance book "On My Own Two Feet," published by Simon & Schuster. At Northpond, she has directed over 60 financings and guided multiple portfolio companies through initial public offerings, while also establishing collaborative research laboratories with Harvard University’s Wyss Institute, MIT, and Stanford Medicine. Her current investment focus centers on life sciences, bioengineering, and academic innovation, with a particular emphasis on advancing women's health and human health technologies.