Physic Ventures

Physic Ventures, established in 2007 and located in San Francisco, is a venture capital firm that invests in life science and consumer-focused companies. The firm aims to support entrepreneurs who are developing innovative, science-based solutions in health and sustainable living. By aligning its strategy with significant economic, social, and political trends, Physic Ventures seeks to promote a consumer-driven approach that emphasizes prevention and self-care. The firm’s commitment to enhancing personal and planetary health positions it as a key player in the evolving landscape of health and wellness.

William Rosenzweig

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

28 past transactions

Pharmaca

Venture Round in 2008
Since 2000, Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy has offered traditional pharmacy services alongside holistic remedies so customers can choose how they want to approach their health care (learn more about their history). Their staff of certified practitioners helps guide customers through their selection of over-the-counter medications, alternative remedies, and natural cosmetics and body care products for a stress-free shopping experience.

Novomer

Series B in 2009
Novomer is a new materials company pioneering a family of competitively priced high-performance green plastics, polymers and other chemicals. With proprietary catalytic technology and a world-class scientific team, Novomer's groundbreaking technology allows carbon dioxide and other renewable materials to be cost-effectively transformed into polymers, plastics and other chemicals for a wide variety of industrial markets. It was founded in 2004 and headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Gazelle

Series D in 2011
Gazelle is an e-commerce platform for buying and selling used electronic gadgets. They pay cash for used smartphones, tablets, laptops, and desktops and then inspect, certify them, and sell them to consumers looking for a cost-effective way to stay connected. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with operations in Louisville, Kentucky.

Dreamerz Foods

Series B in 2007
Dreamerz Foods, Inc. provides various natural sleep products. It offers natural sleep beverage, a dietary supplement in the form of an all-natural, creamy, and dairy-based functional sleep beverage. The company also provides chocolate pillows, soothing dairy products, and herbal fruit-flavored mix. It offers its products through stores and online shops. Dreamerz Foods, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Interactive Fitness

Series D in 2009
We didn’t just set out to build a bike – we’re here to help you build your business. Interactive Fitness Holdings, LLC has revolutionized the indoor exercise industry by blending eye-popping virtual reality with a classic cardio workout. The result is a truly unique experience that continues to capture the interest of clubs and members alike. This is a different kind of fitness company, known for its fusion of diverse disciplines. Mechanical engineers innovate alongside game programmers. Seasoned managers work with gifted artists. Together, the team is delivering an unprecedented experience that completely redefines fitness. At IFH, we’re passionate about helping you and your members achieve your goals with our one-of-a kind virtual reality bikes. Built for commercial grade durability, our cardio equipment has proven practically maintenance-free year after year. But in IFH’s case, worry-free doesn’t mean static. Expresso bikes are always changing, downloading new course and games automatically over the internet, so workouts stay fresh for your members and up-grades are painless for your staff. For your members, IFH’s unique combination of precisely engineered biomechanics and compelling psychological motivators bring the excitement of outdoor riding indoors – making workouts so fun they’ll keep coming back for more.

Gazelle

Series E in 2014
Gazelle is an e-commerce platform for buying and selling used electronic gadgets. They pay cash for used smartphones, tablets, laptops, and desktops and then inspect, certify them, and sell them to consumers looking for a cost-effective way to stay connected. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with operations in Louisville, Kentucky.

Own Products

Venture Round in 2012
Headquartered in San Francisco, California, OWN is a new, innovative Skin Care company focused on developing an on-trend "white space" in the category: Bio-Activating Skin Care. Our products bring natural ingredients to consumers with patented / proven results in the Anti-Aging, ACNE, Mineral Sun Care and Lip Therapy segments.

WaterSmart Software

Seed Round in 2012
WaterSmart Software provides intelligence beyond the meter to make the lives of water utility managers easier. Water providers using WaterSmart’s cloud-based, customer engagement, and analytics platform have been proven to reduce costs, protect revenue, and increase customer satisfaction by more than 25%. The company has won the globally coveted World Economic Forum Technology Pioneers Award for their potential to impact business and society through the design, development, and implementation of new technologies and innovation.

WaterSmart Software

Series A in 2013
WaterSmart Software provides intelligence beyond the meter to make the lives of water utility managers easier. Water providers using WaterSmart’s cloud-based, customer engagement, and analytics platform have been proven to reduce costs, protect revenue, and increase customer satisfaction by more than 25%. The company has won the globally coveted World Economic Forum Technology Pioneers Award for their potential to impact business and society through the design, development, and implementation of new technologies and innovation.

Yummly

Series A in 2012
Yummly enables its users to search for recipes by ingredient, diet, allergy, nutrition, taste, calories, fat, price, cuisine, time, course, and source. The Yummly app is available for iPhone, iPad, Android, and Windows. Yummly, Inc. was founded in 2009 and is based in Redwood City, California.

On-Q-ity

Series B in 2012
On-Q-ity is an innovative diagnostic company that is focused on providing physicians with the tools they need to make the best decision when treating individual cancer patients. There platform will enable better decision-making across multiple cancers: improving the quality of life for patients and ultimately increasing survival. Products currently in development are based on two core technologies: 1) DNA repair biomarkers that predict treatment response and 2) Microfluidic chip technology that enables capture, enumeration and characterization of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in the bloodstream.

T2 Biosystems

Series D in 2011
T2 Biosystems is a private company developing a next-generation medical diagnostic platform that will enable rapid and accurate diagnostic tests of all types on a single, easy to use instrument. The proprietary technology combines nanotechnology and miniaturized magnetic resonance (MR) technology and eliminates the need for costly and time consuming sample preparation.

Yummly

Series B in 2015
Yummly enables its users to search for recipes by ingredient, diet, allergy, nutrition, taste, calories, fat, price, cuisine, time, course, and source. The Yummly app is available for iPhone, iPad, Android, and Windows. Yummly, Inc. was founded in 2009 and is based in Redwood City, California.

WaterSmart Software

Seed Round in 2011
WaterSmart Software provides intelligence beyond the meter to make the lives of water utility managers easier. Water providers using WaterSmart’s cloud-based, customer engagement, and analytics platform have been proven to reduce costs, protect revenue, and increase customer satisfaction by more than 25%. The company has won the globally coveted World Economic Forum Technology Pioneers Award for their potential to impact business and society through the design, development, and implementation of new technologies and innovation.

Interactive Fitness

Series D in 2008
We didn’t just set out to build a bike – we’re here to help you build your business. Interactive Fitness Holdings, LLC has revolutionized the indoor exercise industry by blending eye-popping virtual reality with a classic cardio workout. The result is a truly unique experience that continues to capture the interest of clubs and members alike. This is a different kind of fitness company, known for its fusion of diverse disciplines. Mechanical engineers innovate alongside game programmers. Seasoned managers work with gifted artists. Together, the team is delivering an unprecedented experience that completely redefines fitness. At IFH, we’re passionate about helping you and your members achieve your goals with our one-of-a kind virtual reality bikes. Built for commercial grade durability, our cardio equipment has proven practically maintenance-free year after year. But in IFH’s case, worry-free doesn’t mean static. Expresso bikes are always changing, downloading new course and games automatically over the internet, so workouts stay fresh for your members and up-grades are painless for your staff. For your members, IFH’s unique combination of precisely engineered biomechanics and compelling psychological motivators bring the excitement of outdoor riding indoors – making workouts so fun they’ll keep coming back for more.

On-Q-ity

Series A in 2009
On-Q-ity is an innovative diagnostic company that is focused on providing physicians with the tools they need to make the best decision when treating individual cancer patients. There platform will enable better decision-making across multiple cancers: improving the quality of life for patients and ultimately increasing survival. Products currently in development are based on two core technologies: 1) DNA repair biomarkers that predict treatment response and 2) Microfluidic chip technology that enables capture, enumeration and characterization of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in the bloodstream.

Recyclebank

Venture Round in 2011
Recyclebank helps create a more sustainable future by rewarding people for taking everyday green actions with discounts and deals from local and national businesses.

Gazelle

Series C in 2010
Gazelle is an e-commerce platform for buying and selling used electronic gadgets. They pay cash for used smartphones, tablets, laptops, and desktops and then inspect, certify them, and sell them to consumers looking for a cost-effective way to stay connected. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts with operations in Louisville, Kentucky.

EnergyHub

Series B in 2011
EnergyHub is the consumer face of the Smart Grid, helping home owners reduce energy consumption and save money. EnergyHub produces smart, simple, and cost-effective energy management tools that strengthen the relationship between consumers and utilities and solve the energy problems of today and tomorrow.

Alliance Health Networks

Venture Round in 2011
Founded in 2002, Alliance Health is building the leading performance-driven healthcare marketing platform. Their network, brands, and technologies are designed to deliver two critical objectives: greater value to the healthcare consumer and greater efficiency to the healthcare marketer. They specialize in engaging consumers online by diseases, conditions, and other important healthcare segments. By delivering valuable healthcare information about the right products and services at the right time, Alliance Health helps consumers save time and money—and ultimately make better healthcare choices. They believe that helping consumers get better care at a lower cost is essential to improving the healthcare system in this country.

Recyclebank

Series C in 2011
Recyclebank helps create a more sustainable future by rewarding people for taking everyday green actions with discounts and deals from local and national businesses.

GoodGuide

Series B in 2009
GoodGuide.com provides free and easy access to the world's largest and most reliable source of information on the health, environmental and social impacts of products and companies. GoodGuide offers ratings on over 60,000 products commonly found in your home—from baby shampoo to household cleaners—making it quick and easy to find safe and healthy products that are right for you and good for the planet. GoodGuide helps you see what's behind the label, find better products, get expert advice, and view recommendations based on what's most important to you. GoodGuide delivers the information you need anytime, anywhere—online or on your phone. In the coming months, GoodGuide will be adding new product information for toys, electronics, automobiles, and beyond, making it the best resource for buying safe, healthy and green products that protect you and your family. On March 16, GoodGuide launched a comprehensive food guide.

Elixir Pharmaceuticals

Series D in 2009
Elixir Pharmaceuticals is a pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of novel pharmaceuticals for the treatment of metabolic diseases such as diabetes and obesity. The Company's scientific founders identified that interactions between specific genes and enzymes can slow the aging process, and they are developing compounds that stimulate these interactions and will be used to treat a range of diseases of aging, including metabolic disease.

WaterSmart Software

Series B in 2015
WaterSmart Software provides intelligence beyond the meter to make the lives of water utility managers easier. Water providers using WaterSmart’s cloud-based, customer engagement, and analytics platform have been proven to reduce costs, protect revenue, and increase customer satisfaction by more than 25%. The company has won the globally coveted World Economic Forum Technology Pioneers Award for their potential to impact business and society through the design, development, and implementation of new technologies and innovation.

Novomer

Series A in 2007
Novomer is a new materials company pioneering a family of competitively priced high-performance green plastics, polymers and other chemicals. With proprietary catalytic technology and a world-class scientific team, Novomer's groundbreaking technology allows carbon dioxide and other renewable materials to be cost-effectively transformed into polymers, plastics and other chemicals for a wide variety of industrial markets. It was founded in 2004 and headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.

T2 Biosystems

Series E in 2013
T2 Biosystems is a private company developing a next-generation medical diagnostic platform that will enable rapid and accurate diagnostic tests of all types on a single, easy to use instrument. The proprietary technology combines nanotechnology and miniaturized magnetic resonance (MR) technology and eliminates the need for costly and time consuming sample preparation.

T2 Biosystems

Series C in 2010
T2 Biosystems is a private company developing a next-generation medical diagnostic platform that will enable rapid and accurate diagnostic tests of all types on a single, easy to use instrument. The proprietary technology combines nanotechnology and miniaturized magnetic resonance (MR) technology and eliminates the need for costly and time consuming sample preparation.