Springhood - backing companies solving the biggest problems in children’s health

The most important investment we can make is in our children

Every child deserves a healthy, happy childhood

Healthy children enjoy a better quality of life - for the rest of their life

Families of healthy kids are spared emotional and financial burdens

Better child health outcomes can transform communities

Large-scale improvements to child healthcare are revolutionary for society

Setting children up to be healthy, smart, productive adults is vital to the future of humanity

Innovative solutions to help sick kids are developed every day

Yet millions of children continue to suffer

All of the pieces for successful innovation seem to be in place

Innovations that were unthinkable or prohibitively expensive a decade ago are now possible and commercially viable

Billions go into pediatric research and development every year

Lawmakers and the FDA understand the importance of children’s health and have prioritized pediatrics

Children's health is a high priority for government, nonprofits, and philanthropists

The investment market is strong - investors are pouring money into healthcare startups

So, why aren't good health solutions reaching these kids?

Most investors have little interest in early stage, child health-focused startups

Unless an investor has a sick child, pediatric solutions are rarely a priority

Children's health is associated with philanthropy not investment

Knowledgeable, risk-tolerant, and supportive capital focused on children’s health is needed

Springhood provides vital early capital to child heath-focused startups

Springhood backs young companies with the potential to significantly improve health outcomes of children. We support passionate entrepreneurs developing strong science with a clear commercial pathway. Young companies developing solutions for kids have more challenges than the average healthcare startup. We meet those challenges head on by providing capital and resources to give the best of these companies a shot to survive the startup journey - knowing that we are uniquely positioned to do this.

We are unabashedly focused on our mission

Because our primary goal is to get meaningful solutions to children sustainably and at scale, we look at investment opportunities through a unique lens. Our true success comes every time we save or improve a child’s life.

Springhood invests through familiar investment vehicles and structures investments to fully capture the rewards of financial success. We believe that focusing on getting solutions to kids sustainably and at scale, rather than returns, will lead to great results for all stakeholders.

Mission success requires commercial success

We back young companies with solid foundations, great potential, outstanding leadership, and clear need for our support

John Parker founded Springhood to address the funding gap in child health innovation. He has brought 25 years in the alternative investment industry together with over a decade of philanthropic experience to create a new model using investment dollars to make a difference in the lives of kids. This model has emerged from his work as the Founder and Managing Director of CH Innovations, LLC, the program-related investment arm of the Charles H. Hood Foundation, where he also serves as a Trustee.

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Investments

Measuring brain oxygenation in preterm and low birth weight infants

Helping reduce the number of children born with HIV

Reducing infant mortality and morbidity in low-resource settings

Saving children's lives by providing clinical knowledge to everyone, everywhere

Treating Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome and other infant sleep disorders

Current investments made for the benefit of CH Innovations and the Charles H. Hood Foundation

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Springhood supports companies in their seed-stage (typically less than $2 million of outside capital raised). To be considered, prospects must have a significant focus on clinical solutions for children. If you think your company may be a good fit, please submit a preliminary application.

If you are otherwise interested in learning more about our unique mission-first approach to investing, we'd love to hear from you.

Together, we can change kids' lives for the better

​The most important investment we can make is in our children