Sharon Kedar

Co-Founder & Partner of Northpond Ventures; Author of "On My Own Two Feet: A Modern Girl's Guide to Personal Finance"

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Sharon Kedar Biography

Sharon Kedar is Co-Founder, Partner of Northpond Ventures. Northpond Ventures is a multi-billion-dollar science-driven venture capital firm based in Cambridge, MA; San Francisco, CA; and Bethesda, MD. Northpond has consistently been named one of the most active lead life science investors in venture industry rankings. It is deeply engaged in the academic ecosystem, having founded The Laboratory for Bioengineering Research and Innovation at Harvard’s Wyss Institute; launched the MIT-Northpond Program – Advancing Life Science & Engineering Innovation; and sponsored a prize for women entrepreneurs at MIT. It has led or co-led over 60 financings over the past several years and sits on the board of the vast majority of these businesses.

Prior to Northpond, Kedar was CFO of Sands Capital. Over her 15-year tenure, Sands Capital grew assets over 30x from $1.5 billion to $50 billion. At Sands Capital, Kedar held multiple leadership roles across the firm over her tenure prior to CFO: Analyst/Portfolio Manager for the technology sector, Western States client relations, and Sands Capital Ventures board member. Prior to Sands Capital, Kedar was a consultant at McKinsey & Company.

While at Sands Capital, Kedar co-wrote two books on personal finance. “On My Own Two Feet: A Modern Girl’s Guide to Personal Finance” is currently in second edition as a Simon & Schuster imprint. Her work has been featured nationally.

Kedar has served on many of Northpond’s portfolio company boards, including multiple IPOs. She is currently a board member of Emulate, a Harvard spin out focused on organ on a chip technology. She is also an advisor at SEEN Hair Care. Kedar has an MBA from Harvard Business School, a B.A. in Economics from Rice University, and is a CFA charterholder. She lives in the Washington, DC area with her husband, Greg, and their three kids.

Sharon Kedar Books

  • On My Own Two Feet: A Modern Girl's Guide to Personal Finance
    On My Own Two Feet: A Modern Girl's Guide to Personal Finance

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