# 1855 Capital Partners

> 1855 Capital Partners is a VC fund backing Health Care and Medical. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: State College, United States
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Aug 2024
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/1855-capital/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/1855capital
- Website: http://1855capital.com/

1855 Capital Partners is a VC fund in State College focused on Health Care and Medical. 1855 Capital is a seed and early stage venture capital fund investing in companies with an affinity to Penn State University. They develop investment opportunities by actively engaging with current faculty/staff and students involved in world-class research efforts and the 600,000+ alumni network.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 2 | 22% |
| Medical | 1 | 11% |
| Wellness | 1 | 11% |
| Analytics | 1 | 11% |
| Education | 1 | 11% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 56% |
| Series A | 2 | 22% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 5 | 56% |
| Australia | 1 | 11% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Matt Rhodes | Founder & Managing Director | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matt-rhodes-fe9f |
| Paul Sciabica | Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paul-sciabica |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| TEAMology | Developed a K-8 bully prevention program that takes a school-wide approach to reducing/eliminating aggressive behavior by promoting peer intervention. Schools are now mandated by law to offer programs such as Project TEAM, which includes materials, visuals, and software to not only the students but also the faculty. | $1.2M | Seed | Aug 06, 2024 |  |
| Croptix | Croptix provides a service to farmers to screen for crop disease and detect it early, in order to reduce crop loss and improve profitability for the farmer. |  | Seed | Jun 14, 2023 |  |
| Daasity | Daasity centralizes a brand’s data into a working data model to easily analyze and push their data to their key marketing channels to get more from their data. Gain a holistic view of your customer activities and better speak to your customers with more data. Daasity combines triggers from all your apps, tools, and data sources so that you cancreate more robust, insightful segments, and flows. Unlock powerful insights and create more meaningful customer relationships. | $15M | Series A | Jan 14, 2022 |  |
| studio BE | studio BE is a wellness technology company that reimagining collective well-being, one breath at a time. It serves companies, non-profits, and individuals. We teach both in-person and online, offering down-to-earth, expertly-crafted training modules to executives, management, and their teams. It teaches both in-person and online, offeringdown-to-earth, expertly-crafted training modules to executives, management, and their teams. It believes in the power of using technology for good and coming together for the betterment of all.The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. | $500K | Seed | Jul 29, 2021 |  |
| Daasity | Daasity centralizes a brand’s data into a working data model to easily analyze and push their data to their key marketing channels to get more from their data. Gain a holistic view of your customer activities and better speak to your customers with more data. Daasity combines triggers from all your apps, tools, and data sources so that you cancreate more robust, insightful segments, and flows. Unlock powerful insights and create more meaningful customer relationships. | $3.4M | Seed | Mar 26, 2021 |  |
| Phospholutions | Phospholutions has developed a patented technology to alleviate the environmental impact of phosphorus fertilizer. Current commercial products aim to deliver phosphorus more efficiently to the plant within the soil and reduce unwanted losses to the environment, ultimately minimizing the effect on water quality.Phospholutions is a State College,PA-based sustainable fertilizer startup. | $10.3M | Series A | Jan 26, 2021 |  |
| Daasity | Daasity centralizes a brand’s data into a working data model to easily analyze and push their data to their key marketing channels to get more from their data. Gain a holistic view of your customer activities and better speak to your customers with more data. Daasity combines triggers from all your apps, tools, and data sources so that you cancreate more robust, insightful segments, and flows. Unlock powerful insights and create more meaningful customer relationships. | $2.3M | Seed | Nov 06, 2019 |  |
| Phospholutions | Phospholutions has developed a patented technology to alleviate the environmental impact of phosphorus fertilizer. Current commercial products aim to deliver phosphorus more efficiently to the plant within the soil and reduce unwanted losses to the environment, ultimately minimizing the effect on water quality.Phospholutions is a State College,PA-based sustainable fertilizer startup. | $1.5M | Seed | Jun 06, 2019 |  |
| Pledge It | Pledge It is a leading sports crowdfunding app that powering the efforts of hundreds of professional athletes (like Larry Fitzgerald, Kevin Durant, and Mike Trout), major universities (from Alabama to the Zags), and over 1,000 amateur teams. They have created national programs for the American Cancer Society and St. Jude Children's ResearchHospital with CBSi as their promotional partner and they are growing their impact at nearly 300% year-over-year. | $1.5M |  | Jun 28, 2018 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Cove Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cove-fund-ii-llc) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Mooring Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mooring-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Okapi Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/okapi-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Serra Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/serra-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Advancing Eco Agriculture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/advancing-eco-agriculture) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Ben Franklin Technology Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-franklin-technology-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does 1855 Capital Partners invest in?

1855 Capital Partners invests primarily in Health Care, Medical and Wellness startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact 1855 Capital Partners?

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### Who are the partners at 1855 Capital Partners?

The team at 1855 Capital Partners includes Matt Rhodes (Founder & Managing Director) and Paul Sciabica (Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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