US health secretary’s son launches investment fund tied to health movement

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A son of US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr is launching a fund to invest in healthcare companies, touting his ties to his father’s “make America healthy again” movement (Maha) and backing groups that could benefit from it, according to an offering document obtained by the FT.

William Finbar “Finn” Kennedy is seeking to raise $100mn for the fund, Victura Ventures, targeting early-stage growth companies involved in healthcare AI, consumer health and other health technologies, the document said. The fund is named after a sailboat owned by former President John F Kennedy, his great uncle.

The fund already has about $70mn in commitments. “Healthcare is entering a rare convergence,” it said. “Victura is built to capture this moment.”

Kennedy’s foray into healthcare investing marks the latest example of the cosy relationship between the Trump administration and close associates who have sought to capitalise on it.

Sons of President Donald Trump and commerce secretary Howard Lutnick have invested in cryptocurrency businesses as Trump has promoted alternative currencies. Donald Trump Jr has joined the board of 1789 Capital, a fund founded by pro-Trump donors in 2023. At least four of 1789’s portfolio companies have won contracts from the Trump administration. 1789 has also invested in big government contractors, such as Anduril and Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

In a statement to the FT, Finn Kennedy said he was inspired to launch the fund after his own experience with chronic pain, and to help corporate entrepreneurs.

“My objective with this fund is to support the founders building better healthcare and turn some of the painful parts of my experience into something positive,” the statement said.

Born in November 1997, Finn Kennedy is a child of RFK Jr and Mary Richardson, who passed away in 2012. He was an investor with 8VC, an Austin-based fund founded by Palantir founder Joe Lonsdale. While he has worked in venture capital and technology, it was not clear how much experience he had in the healthcare industry. 8VC declined to comment.

The Health and Human Services Department said Kennedy adheres to all ethics and confidentiality requirements. “He regularly consults with the Office of the General Counsel and its ethics attorneys to ensure full compliance with these obligations.”

Victura is focusing on opportunities stemming from “policy initiatives in government” and Maha, which RFK Jr started and blends healthy eating with concerns about vaccines. The document references a 2025 Maha conference in Washington that featured RFK Jr and vice-president JD Vance and also touted start-up health businesses as well as Google and Walmart.

Finn Kennedy is also listed as a board member of MAHA Holdings, a business with little public information about its operations. Speaking at the Maha event in Washington last year, Kennedy did not mention a fund, but highlighted healthcare start-ups FitOn, Whoop and Nourish.  

Legal experts said the investment fund did not appear to violate conflict-of-interest guidelines. “Unless secretary Kennedy was providing non-public information to his son in order to get ahead of the news of what the administration was doing, then all of it is within the colour of the law,” said Danielle Caputo, senior legal ethics counsel at the Campaign Legal Center.