Backing Founders Building What Matters
We invest $50K–$250K in Vertical applied-AI, Healthcare, and Defense companies with early proof points and clear paths to defensibility.
How We Evaluate Opportunities
Woodard Investments partners with founders building in AI, Healthcare, and Defense. We aim to be the easiest "yes" or the fastest, most useful "no."
High-Value Problems
Clear, well-scoped problems with measurable value to customers.
Founder Insight
Earned domain understanding and clear articulation of the problem, workflow, and wedge.
Early Proof Points
Evidence of customer pull — workflow embed, paid pilots, LOIs, retention, or early validation.
Defensibility
Proprietary data, workflow lock-in, regulatory advantage, or a technical edge that compounds over time.
Where We Invest
We focus on sectors where deep technical execution and domain expertise create durable competitive advantages.
Vertical applied-AI (Primary Focus)
AI applications embedded into real workflows with clear value and defensible advantages.
Enabling AI Infrastructure (Selective)
Infrastructure with strong developer or enterprise pull—supporting inference, evaluation, or workflow automation.
Healthcare Innovation
Technologies improving clinical outcomes, efficiency, or diagnostics, ideally with early validation.
Defense & National Security
Dual-use technologies with credible defense entry points—ISR, sensing, autonomy, or secure communications.
Selected Investments
We partner directly and through funds with founders building in AI, Healthcare, and Defense.
Eovision
Clinician-led decision-support platform for second medical opinions.
EtherMed
AI-powered prior authorization for payers and providers.
Promaxo
Office-based MRI platform expanding access to diagnostic imaging.
Building something meaningful?
We invest from Pre-Seed to Series A. Share your deck and we'll respond quickly with a clear answer.