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Genoa Ventures

Founders Jenny Rooke

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Total investments 32
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$18M
Portfolio companies 24
Rounds per year 3.56
Lead investments 7
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.25
Exits 3
Key employees 1
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Late Stage Venture
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Areas of investment

  • Biotechnology
  • Health Care
  • Life Science
  • Medical
  • Health Diagnostics
Summary

In 2014 was created Genoa Ventures, which is appeared as VC. The venture was found in North America in United States. The main office of represented VC is situated in the San Francisco.

The fund was created by Jenny Rooke.

The top activity for fund was in 2017. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 11 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. Opposing the other organizations, this Genoa Ventures works on 21 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually.

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Zymergen, Caribou Biosciences, Akadeum Life Sciences. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Pharmaceutical, Biopharma. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the Genoa Ventures, startups are often financed by Cultivation Capital, Serra Ventures, Novartis. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Jenny Rooke, True Ventures, Shu Duan. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Threshold, Innovation Endeavors, Data Collective DCVC.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

BRAINBox Solutions

Biotechnology
Health Care
Wellness
$7M30 Oct 2023 Richmond, Virginia, United States

BrightSpec

Analytics
Chemical Engineering
Test and Measurement
$18M14 Dec 2022 Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

ZwitterCo

Environmental Consulting
Health Care
Renewable Energy
$33M15 Sep 2022 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Bond Pet Foods

Biotechnology
Health Care
Nutrition
Pet
$17M07 Sep 2022 Boulder, Colorado, United States

Codetta Biosciences

Biotechnology
Clinical Trials
Product Research
$15M07 Apr 2022 Morrisville, North Carolina, United States

Epitel

Biotechnology
Emergency Medicine
Fitness
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Home Health Care
Hospital
Medical
Medical Device
mHealth
Neuroscience
$12M16 Feb 2022 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Meiogenix

Biotechnology
Life Science
Pharmaceutical
$12M14 Dec 2021 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

SimBioSys

Biotechnology
Life Science
Pharmaceutical
$15M26 Oct 2021 Champaign, Illinois, United States

InterVenn

Biotechnology
Life Science
$201M02 Aug 2021 South San Francisco, California, United States
News
SimBioSys Raises $15 Million Series A to Develop the Future of Precision Cancer Care

– SimBioSys announced it raised $15m in Series A funding to accelerate the development and commercialization of its TumorScope software platform.
– The company’s novel, simulation-based, precision medicine platform enables individualized treatment planning for cancer patients.
– This Series A was co-led by Genoa Ventures and Northpond Ventures, with participation from AV8 Ventures, Heritage Medical Group, and Mayo Clinic.
– Existing investors and founders also participated in this financing round, bringing the company’s total capital raised to $21m.
– In the first half of 2021, SimBioSys tripled its headcount, bringing in expert clinicians, scientists, and executives from the life sciences industry.

InterVenn Biosciences Raises $201 Million for AI-driven Glycoproteomic Platform, Liquid-Biopsy development

– InterVenn Biosciences announced the completion of a $201m Series C financing.
– The funding round was led by new investors SoftBank Group, Heritage Provider Network, Irving Investors, Highside Capital Management, and backed by existing investors Amplify Partners, Anzu Partners, Genoa Ventures and True Ventures.
– The proceeds from the financing will be used to accelerate development and commercialization of Dawn, the company’s liquid biopsy assay for immune checkpoint inhibitor response prediction, and to expand the network of partners on the company’s AI-driven glycoproteomics platform.
– To date, the InterVenn glycoproteomics platform has been used to develop 16 clinical use cases across oncology and other indications. Dawn is currently under development and is planned to be commercialized in 2022.

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Total investments 32
Average round size 18M
Rounds per year 3.56
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 7
Follow on index 0.25
Exits 3
Group Appearance index 0.81

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

BRAINBox Solutions

Biotechnology
Health Care
Wellness
$7M30 Oct 2023 Richmond, Virginia, United States

BrightSpec

Analytics
Chemical Engineering
Test and Measurement
$18M14 Dec 2022 Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

ZwitterCo

Environmental Consulting
Health Care
Renewable Energy
$33M15 Sep 2022 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Bond Pet Foods

Biotechnology
Health Care
Nutrition
Pet
$17M07 Sep 2022 Boulder, Colorado, United States

Codetta Biosciences

Biotechnology
Clinical Trials
Product Research
$15M07 Apr 2022 Morrisville, North Carolina, United States

Epitel

Biotechnology
Emergency Medicine
Fitness
Health Care
Health Diagnostics
Home Health Care
Hospital
Medical
Medical Device
mHealth
Neuroscience
$12M16 Feb 2022 Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Meiogenix

Biotechnology
Life Science
Pharmaceutical
$12M14 Dec 2021 Paris, Ile-de-France, France

SimBioSys

Biotechnology
Life Science
Pharmaceutical
$15M26 Oct 2021 Champaign, Illinois, United States

InterVenn

Biotechnology
Life Science
$201M02 Aug 2021 South San Francisco, California, United States
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