Founded in 2018, Avestria Ventures is a venture capital firm based in the San Francisco Bay Area that invests in seed-stage, early-stage, growth-stage, and later-stage companies in the healthcare, life sciences, digital health, health technology, and FemTech sectors. The firm aims to address the overlooked opportunities in female entrepreneurship by leveraging the insight of female entrepreneurs to identify and solve unmet needs in the industry. Avestria Ventures seeks out early stage businesses that utilize technology and data to improve healthcare quality, access, and cost-effectiveness, while empowering patients. These businesses must have evidence-based solutions, induce clinical or behavioral change, possess scalable commercialization plans, and maintain a sustainable competitive advantage by considering healthcare policy, reimbursement, and existing infrastructure.