Portfolio Companies
SaaS recruiting platform for students and recruiters seeking top talent with advanced degrees
Funded 2017 and 2019. Approximately $200k over multiple rounds
Founders: Sarah Rumbaugh, Zach Mayo
Drug discovery – Natural Therapy for Dry Eye
Funded $300k+ over multiple rounds including Series A in 2020
Founders: Mark Logan, Gordon Laurie PhD
AC direct LED lighting solution
Funded 2017 Series Seed $250k
Founder: Roger Whyte
Augmented reality (AR) platform that serves the unique needs of cultural institutions and the travel industry creating dynamic, immersive
experiences to their visitors
Funded successive rounds of Series Seed in 2018-2020 $400k+
Founders: Greg & Marion Werkheiser
Drug discovery – developing a novel microRNA therapy to treat patients
with peripheral artery disease (PAD)
Funded Series Seed in Q3 2019 $300k
Founder: Dr. Brian Annex
Autonomous underwater vehicle (UAV) not requiring a support vessel
Funded Series Seed in Q1 2020 $300k+
Founders Jerry Sgobbo, Bill Lebo
SaaS mentoring /Mentor management platform
Funded June 2020
$150k+ Series Seed
Founder: John Failla
Specialty materials – additive that strengthens polymers and composites enabling light-weighting
Funded Series Seed Q3 2020 $250k
Founders: Haley & Kevin Keith
CAV Angels Investments
Empowering innovation with quality location data
Funded H1 2020 Approximately $800k of Bridge round to Series B
Founder: Josh Anton
Organic bio- pesticide to treat high value crops and control mold
Funded $300k+ over multiple rounds including Series A in 2020
Founders: Bryan Berger, Evan Eckersley
AdTech – Helping brands engage GenZ consumers 10x more effectively
Series Pre-Seed and Seed Approximately $100k 2018/19
Founders: Victor Layne, Aneesh Dhawan
SaaS security platform that secures digital assets and reduces digital risk
Funded in H1 2016.
Approximately $50K
Founders: Jim Zuffoletti, Otavio Freire
Building unique fluorescent labels to enable high resolution biology at the single cell level
Funded Series Seed in 2019 approximately $200k
Duke spin-out with UVA PhD CEO Mike Stadnisky
MedTech – developing Adam, a long-lasting, reversible male contraceptive using hydrogel technology
Funded $50k+ pre-Series A bridge
Founder: Kevin Eisenfrats
Fin/InsurTech – Saas-based insurance underwriting platform leveraging data science, AI and machine learning
Funded 2018 Series Seed approximately $100k
Founders: Paul Ford,
Glen Hibler & Bryan Simms