A seed firm for the software behind biotech.

Stage

Pre-seed and seed

Focus

Biotech software, from lab to plant

Markets

United States and the Nordics

Based in

San Diego, California

How we invest

• Buyer first.

  We judge a product the way the lab that buys it will, by the work it changes, how it fits their systems and what it takes to pass validation. Efficiency, quality and compliance are the metrics that matter.
• Direct access.

  Founders work with the person who makes the investment decision, from the first call onward. Early expert feedback and introductions to customers, partners and investors are part of the deal.
• Two markets.

  The US is our home market, and we also back Nordic founders in Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland. We help companies reach customers across the Atlantic when they're ready to expand.
• Research in the open.

  We share our research and perspectives on the science, markets and infrastructure behind biotech, pharma and life-science operations to help founders and operators make better decisions.

Team

Sina Neda

General Partner

Previously

Koppla (co-founder)

Twist Bioscience

Aya Healthcare

Dassault Systèmes BIOVIA

Gambro (Baxter)

Education

MBA Boston University Questrom School of Business

M.Sc. Biotechnology Lund University, Sweden

B.Sc. Biomechanical Engineering Halmstad University, Sweden

Sina is an experienced engineer and product leader who has built software for healthcare and life-science operations. He has led product and engineering teams at early-stage startups and large enterprises, and has deep experience in lab informatics, automation and manufacturing.

Before founding Swea Ventures, he co-founded Koppla, where he built KopplaHQ to make marketing accessible for mental health professionals and scaled Koppla across multiple markets. At Twist Bioscience, he was the technical product manager for the LIMS and MES that ran the synthetic biology manufacturing. He built hospital workforce solutions at Aya Healthcare. At Dassault Systèmes BIOVIA, he built LIMS, lab management and informatics software for drug product development and manufacturing. Earlier, at Gambro (Baxter), he worked on QC and regulatory compliance for drug delivery systems and medical devices.

Get in touch.

We want to meet founders who are driving the next wave of innovation in biotech software.

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