# Beta Fund

> Beta Fund is a VC fund in Newton backing Biotechnology and Mobile. See 23 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Newton, United States
- Total investments: 23
- Last investment: Nov 2022
- Lead investor: 4%
- Last fund: Oct 2012
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/beta-fund/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/beta_fund
- Website: http://betafund.co

Beta Fund is an early-stage venture fund focused on emerging high-tech and biotechnology companies.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Beta Fund. Shizune tracks 3 team members at Beta Fund. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/beta-fund?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Biotechnology | 6 | 26% |
| Mobile | 4 | 17% |
| Software | 4 | 17% |
| Medical Device | 4 | 17% |
| Health Care | 3 | 13% |

45 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 5 | 22% |
| Funding Round | 5 | 22% |
| Seed | 4 | 17% |
| Series B | 3 | 13% |
| Debt Financing | 1 | 4% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 14 | 61% |
| China | 1 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bill Johnson | CFO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bill-johnson |
| Dan Von Kohorn | Principal | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dan-von-kohorn |
| Norman Meisner | Principal | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/norman-meisner |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bangyao Biological | Bangyao Biological is a gene pharmaceutical company focusing on biological research activities and pharmaceutical development. |  | Series B | Nov 14, 2022 |  |
| ViralGains | ViralGains is a video ad journey platform that enables marketers to engage people with relevant brand stories in the contexts that people most favor. Using the platform to engage in a two-way conversation, brands discover exactly what people want and how they feel and build a unique journey that connects highly qualified consumers with relevantmessages that generate awareness, motivate intent, and impact purchase decisions. ViralGains is headquartered in Boston, with regional offices in Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York. | $12.3M | Series A | Jan 06, 2016 |  |
| Windgap Medical | WindGap Medical is a biotech company that manufactures medical devices used to treat patients with severe allergies. The company develops auto-injectors that are filled with heat-stable epinephrine that enable physicians to inject it into a patient suffering from anaphylaxis due to an acute allergy attack.The company was established in 2011 andis headquartered in Somerville, Massachusetts. | $1.5M | Seed | Apr 28, 2014 |  |
| InfoBionic | InfoBionic transforms the efficiency and the economics of ambulatory remote patient monitoring processes and cardiac diagnostic services by optimizing clinical and real-world utility for the users that need it most – physicians and their patients. It has developed the MoMe System, a remote patient monitoring platform initially focused on cardiacarrhythmia detection, to improve clinical efficiency and patient care with any time, anywhere access to patient data. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts. | $17M | Series B | Apr 08, 2014 |  |
| Kalion | Kalion is an early stage industrial biotech company that will transform the traditional chemical industry by providing low-cost access to glucaric acid and S-3-hydroxybutyrolactone (3-HBL) using traditional, green, fermentation technology. Glucaric acid and 3-HBL were identified as “Top Value Added Chemicals from Biomass” and multi-billion dollarmarkets for use of the two chemicals are limited by cost and availability (2004 DOE report). | $300K | Seed | Jan 01, 2014 |  |
| Fetchnotes | Fetchnotes is a productivity application that provides quick note-taking and creates to-do lists. It provides a cloud-based note jotting and organizing system which allows user to capture, organize short notes like books to read, ideas, and shopping lists. |  |  | Jan 01, 2014 |  |
| Avaxia Biologics | Avaxia Biologics is a private, early-stage company developing orally-delivered antibody therapeutics using a proprietary antibody platform. The company is pursuing products for oral mucositis, inflammatory bowel disease, and diabetes, and obesity. Avaxia Biologics was founded in 2005 and headquartered in Lexington, Massachusetts. | $2.9M | Debt Financing | Dec 20, 2013 |  |
| LoopPay | LoopPay is a widely accepted mobile payment provider, empowering consumers to finally leave their physical wallets at home, today. LoopPay’s patented Magnetic Secure Transmission (MST) technology turns existing mag stripe readers into mobile contactless readers without any charge or cost to merchants or their payment processors, enabling securemobile payments at more than 10 million locations in the U.S. Consumers can select from an array of devices that match their phones and fit their lifestyles, including the LoopPay Fob, ChargeCase, CardCase, and Card. In addition, all cards, including payment, gift, loyalty, reward and IDs, can be stored in one place via the LoopPay app, which offers utmost convenience and security, as all data is password and PIN-protected. LoopPay also encrypts and stores all card track data in secure memory within any device and is a Level One PCI Certified Payment Provider. | $10M | Series A | Dec 13, 2013 |  |
| Covocative | Covocative has created a web-based Sales Coaching platform that helps companies improve sales performance by getting the most out of their salespeople.Our software approach makes coaching more effective, more convenient, and more accessible than ever before. For the first time, sales managers and sales reps can use software tools to establishclear professional development objectives, develop action plans for improvement, and receive timely coaching tips - all through the convenience of the same connected devices they use every day.Our sales coaching solutions are a perfect fit for "Sales 2.0" enterprises having a large number of young reps who want coaching and development but who aren't getting it today. Our solutions can also connect distributed teams of enterprise sales professionals, reinforcing a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration.The Covocative Sales Coaching platform uniquely combines the scalability of a cloud-based platform with the domain expertise of proven sales leaders. Our tools and libraries are fully customizable to align with an enterprise's existing sales process, structure, and strategic needs.Sales performance is people performance. Our software solutions ensure salespeople realize their full selling potential by making professional development convenient, effective, and affordable. |  |  | Dec 12, 2013 |  |
| Respiratory Motion | Respiratory Motion is a commercial-stage medical device company that specializes in the fields of medical device, clinical evaluation and testing, manufacturing, and respiratory monitoring. The company is developing and commercializing the ExSpiron. RMI’s goal is to cost-effectively improve the standard of care in respiratory monitoring. It wasfounded in 2010 and headquartered in Watertown, Massachusetts. |  |  | Dec 01, 2013 |  |

10 of 23 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Cherrystone Angel Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cherrystone-angel-group) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [LaunchPad Venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/launchpad-venture-group) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Maine Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maine-angels) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Sidecar Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sidecar-angels) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Golden Seeds](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/golden-seeds) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Mass Medical Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mass-medical-angels) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Beta Fund invest in?

Beta Fund invests primarily in Biotechnology, Mobile and Software startups, most often at Series A and Funding Round stage. Most of the 23 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 Beta Fund?

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### Who are the partners at Beta Fund?

The team at Beta Fund includes Bill Johnson (CFO), Dan Von Kohorn (Principal) and Norman Meisner (Principal). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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