# Baylor Angel Network

> Baylor Angel Network is a VC fund backing Artificial Intelligence and Apps. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Waco, United States
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Aug 2025
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/baylor-angel-network
- Website: http://www.baylor.edu/business/angelnetwork

Baylor Angel Network is a VC fund in Waco focused on Artificial Intelligence and Apps. The Baylor Angel Network (BAN) is an investment network that provides early-stage capital to entrepreneurial companies. As an active investment network, BAN provides a collaborative platform for experiential learning by students of Baylor University, creating a mutually beneficial experience for investors, students and entrepreneurs.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 33% |
| Apps | 2 | 22% |
| Education | 2 | 22% |
| Health Care | 2 | 22% |
| Medical Device | 2 | 22% |

34 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 5 | 56% |
| Convertible Note | 2 | 22% |
| Series C | 1 | 11% |
| Series F | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 7 | 78% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 11% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bruce Ballengee | Member | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bruce-ballengee |
| Hall T Martin | Vice Chair | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hall-martin |
| Sam Henry | Member | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sam-henry |
| Steven Diedrich | Executive Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/steven-diedrich |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Delta Development | Delta manufactures battery operated, medical refrigerators designed to store vaccines and blood products in any climate or environment. Delta is an innovator and manufacturer of ruggedized thermal systems, specializing in military applications. |  | Series A | Aug 04, 2025 |  |
| VenoStent | VenoStent is a clinical-stage tissue engineering company that’s developed tunable, bioabsorbable smart polymer wraps in order to fundamentally transform the 5 million vascular surgeries performed each year. | $16M | Series A | Jul 31, 2023 |  |
| Deep Cognition | Deepcognition.ai provides industries first deep learning platform to design, train and deploy deep learning models with cloud or local GPUs. Models can be designed without needing to do any programming. | $1.3M | Convertible Note | Jun 07, 2023 |  |
| Fintica | Fintica develops a technology that addresses financial industry domains by making sense of the massive amounts of data that exist in this space. It improves data anomaly detection and enhances predictive analytics for the financial markets' infrastructure and compliance functions by deploying next-generation autonomous artificial intelligence.It reduces costs, increases efficiencies, improves scalability and strengthens operational security for its clients in doing so. Utilizing unsupervised artificial intelligence, it is able to comb through raw and unstructured data, thereby removing the barrier to so many existing technologies. The legacy problems across banking data pose little challenge with an ability to find patterns and organize data on its own. It is a partnership between Tel Aviv-based Cortica, a developer of next-generation artificial intelligence systems, and Duotem, a consulting firm based in Hong Kong. |  | Series A | Jun 09, 2022 |  |
| Phunware | Phunware is a multiscreen as a service integrated enterprise software platform for mobile. Its platform provides companies the products, solutions, and data and services necessary to engage, manage, and monetize its mobile application audiences. | $4.7M | Series F | Feb 07, 2018 |  |
| SonarMed | SonarMed was founded in 2005 to commercialize technology licensed from Purdue University to improve the placement and monitoring of endotracheal (breathing) tubes (also known as ETTs or artificial airways) which are used in patients who cannot breathe on their own. The technology was initially developed at Purdue University by SonarMed foundersJeffrey Mans-field, Eduardo Juan and George Wodicka, using the principles of acoustic reflectometry in tubes to provide the medical community with a more comprehensive approach to assist in the maintenance of breathing tubes. | $3M | Series C | Oct 24, 2017 |  |
| ClearBlade | ClearBlade is an Edge Computing software company enabling enterprises to rapidly engineer and run secure, real-time, scalable IoT applications. ClearBlade was built for the enterprise from the ground up to run securely in any cloud, on-premise, and at the edge. ClearBlade enables companies to ingest, analyze, adapt and act on any data in real timeand at an extreme scale. Users can unleash their data by leveraging local computing, artificial intelligence, and actionable visualizations while integrating with any enterprise system - all from a single platform.The industry-leading ClearBlade Edge delivers the full power of the ClearBlade Platform directly to devices and gateways. The ClearBlade Edge runs autonomously - independent of network connectivity - ensuring resiliency and security. ClearBlade’s patented communications-agnostic AutoSync technology guarantees your environment is always up-to-date. ClearBlade is fully extensible with a suite of proven components and integrations to deliver solutions quickly and at scale. ClearBlade empowers you to focus on business results and outcomes. Providing a consistent platform across edge, cloud, and on-premise environments.ClearBlade is headquartered in Austin, TX. | $1.5M | Convertible Note | Jan 01, 2015 |  |
| SignUp.com | SignUp.com is a provider of free, digital solutions for group and activity coordination. Since its founding in 2009, SignUp.com (formerly VolunteerSpot) has made group coordination and participation easy and successful for millions of people. Free tools and resources such as activity SignUps, online calendars, automated reminders, and tips andideas are designed to save time, reduce stress, and make every group activity a greater success. The company is based in Austin, Texas. | $1.5M | Series A | Jun 27, 2012 |  |
| MyEdu | MyEdu helps college students succeed in college and get a job. Combining the largest warehouse of academic information in the U.S. with easy-to-use web applications, MyEdu helps students to create a personalized graduation plan, a rich profile, and then receive targeted job and internship opportunities. MyEdu is changing the way thatcollege students pursue their degree by bringing together a wealth of information from validated university sources with easy-to-use web applications that enable students to create a personalized college plan and make better decisions throughout college. Working closely with students and universities over the last decade, MyEdu has assembled the richest academic warehouse of course, professor, grade history, student review, and degree information—sourced directly from universities nationwide. This data is the foundation of the MyEdu approach, which arms students with customized and relevant information so they can make better decisions at critical academic milestones—such as choose a major, plan a degree, build their schedule, select the right courses, balance their workload and map out their path to graduation. | $3.2M | Series A | Jan 01, 2009 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Central Texas Angel Network](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/central-texas-angel-network) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Arizona Tech Investors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arizona-technology-investor-forum) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BioCrossroads](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/biocrossroads) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Corsa Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/corsa-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cowtown Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cowtown-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Baylor Angel Network invest in?

Baylor Angel Network invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Apps and Education startups, most often at Series A and Convertible Note 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 Baylor Angel Network?

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### Who are the partners at Baylor Angel Network?

The team at Baylor Angel Network includes Bruce Ballengee (Member), Hall T Martin (Vice Chair) and Sam Henry (Member). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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