# Amelia Gandara

> Amelia Gandara is a grant investor at Nationwide Ventures (Columbus) backing Apps and SaaS. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Nationwide Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nationwide-ventures)
- Location: Columbus, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Aug 2016
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ameliagandara
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/AmeliaOnPointe

Amelia Gandara is a grant investor at Nationwide Ventures in Columbus focused on Apps and SaaS. Amelia Gandara

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 17% |
| SaaS | 1 | 17% |
| Music | 1 | 17% |
| Mobile | 1 | 17% |
| Internet | 1 | 17% |

21 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Collabra | Collabra Music allows students and independent musicians to connect with each other and instructors, socializing the process of learning music. Customized lesson plans and progress tracking encourages students by providing feedback and reinforcement; retaining beginners through the challenges of learning. Connecting students to instructors extendsindividualized learning past in-person lessons, maximizing the potential to learn and improve. Our educational membership connects students with instructors, extending lessons digitally. A cloud based lesson plan with practice tools, recordings, exercises, progress tracking and feedback increases student engagement. User-friendly recording tools let students hear their progress and provides insight for instructors. Parents of young musicians can participate and tune-in digitally to their child's lessons and practices to track improvement. | $25K | Grant | Aug 24, 2016 |  |
| MailHaven | MailHaven is a smart mailbox that tracks and protects your packages. The MailHaven app for iOS allows you to manage your online purchases and track your shipments – all in one place. No more cluttered inboxes, lost tracking codes, or missed deliveries. When used along with the MailHaven smart mailbox, you unlock the ultimate online shoppingexperience with automatic tracking, protection from the elements, and notifications the instant your package arrives | $25K | Grant | Aug 24, 2016 |  |
| G3 TriTech | G3 Tri-Sports, which manufactures and distributes products that assist triathletes with their training and provides therapy to aid athletes recovering from injury. | $25K | Grant | Aug 24, 2016 |  |
| Curio Learning | Curio is a web and mobile app that empowers teachers to easily discover, curate, and collaborate on new ideas and strategies. Curio Learning create authentic classroom experiences.Organize new ideas and strategies into Stacks that make sense for you. Curio Learning create Stacks around big ideas for professional growth, or around practicalconcepts you can use in the classroom. | $25K | Grant | Aug 24, 2016 |  |
| RMC Solutions | The RMC Cyclone : An automated daily washout system that cleans uncured concrete from inside concrete mixer drums. Key advantages: - Prevents buildup of hardened concrete and eliminates chipping - Uses only 60 gal of water instead of 300+ gal- Automatic, driver operated, 3 minute cleaning cycle- Cleans front and rear dischargemixer trucks and central mixersw | $25K | Grant | Aug 24, 2016 |  |
| Breath Diagnostics | Breath Diagnostics's mission is to globally implement breath analysis technology to provide early detection for cancers and reduce patient exposure to costly, high risk medical procedures.They have developed a patented technology that will determine if a patient has lung cancer by analyzing a patient’s breath with parts per billionaccuracy, allowing very early detection. They have studied over 700 patients. This has the potential to save a significant number of lives and save the healthcare industry significant dollars. | $25K | Grant | Aug 24, 2016 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## About Nationwide Ventures

VC Fund · Columbus, United States

Nationwide Ventures invests in startups, pilots new technologies, and tests new solutions and business models. We focus on delivering next-generation experiences for Nationwide’s customers by exploring leading-edge topics from analytics and automation technology to new insurance and financial services platforms.

5 contacts available at Nationwide Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Erik Ross | Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/erik-ross-2 |
| J. Brian Anderson | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/j-brian-anderson-b6af |
| Amelia Gandara | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amelia-gandara |
| Cathy Marasco | vice president | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cathy-marasco-307f |
| Wade Hunt | Agent | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wade-hunt-a13b |

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## FAQ

### What does Amelia Gandara invest in?

Amelia Gandara invests primarily in Apps, SaaS and Music startups, most often at Grant stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Amelia Gandara last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Amelia Gandara closed in Aug 2016. Shizune tracks 6 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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