Scientific Health Development Partners

Formed in 2006, Scientific Health Development (SHD) is a venture capital firm based in Dallas, TX. SHD invests in early-stage medtech companies based in the U.S. that address unmet clinical needs in healthcare. Optimal companies are focused on easily adoptable technologies aimed at improving patient outcomes while minimizing overall economic burden. Over the past 18 years, as SHD has grown its team and refined its investment thesis, we continue to stay true to our core and serve a specific niche. We focus on early-stage innovative medical technologies that require smaller amounts of funding and have attainable, near-term value inflection points that could lead to an exit. We maintain very productive relationships with our portfolio companies, providing a number of skills, disciplines, and experience that are needed by a young, capital-efficient company. We provide a differentiated investment opportunity to our limited partners, offering medical device-focused exposure to early-stage private companies that is shielded from the short-term volatility of public markets and makes use of significant Qualified Small Business tax advantages.