capital and advisory.
start up to scale up.

Growth is built on partnerships that nourish powerful ideas. Meet Poppy Ventures, an emerging firm with passionate belief in diverse and brilliant minds. We invest in startups and early stage companies innovating in medical, healthcare, technology, and beyond. As medical practitioners, operational experts, and venture capitalists, our investment goes deeper. Poppy invests in the greater great, building equity through access, insights, mentorship, and advocacy. Poppy Ventures is capital and advisory, from start up to scale up.

How we partner to build better

Direct investment

We are qualified early-stage investors prepared to engage when appropriate in multiple staged rounds and engage as needed.

Advisory for equity

We earn equity and provide in-depth and differentiated advisory services becoming an extension of your management approach

Fee for advisory

We provide in-depth advisory services for a retainer in a way that is comfortable for where your business is. Our goal is to help you build bigger.

Poppy’s portfolio

  • Jeca Energy Bars

  • Circuit Clinical

  • The Rookery

  • Cosi Care

    Cosi Care is a device to alleviate itch.

  • Thimble Health

    A patch to help alleviate needle pain. A world with less ouch.

  • Vicora

    Alleviating PE through vibration

  • Who is next?

    Poppy is looking for two more investment / advisory opportunities in 2025 to close our year and give each founder the focus they deserve.

Connect with our team.

BETHANY LEMA, M.D.

Managing Partner
blema@poppyvc.com

BILL MAGGIO

Managing Partner
bill@poppyvc.com

Managing Partner
josh@poppyvc.com

Joshua Mitchell

Alan Jankowski

Controller
alan@poppyvc.com

Let’s explore partnership.