# Calvin VanderWal

> Calvin VanderWal is a seed investor at Red Cedar Ventures backing Renewable Energy. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Red Cedar Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/red-cedar-ventures)
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Dec 2025
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/calvinvanderwal/

Calvin VanderWal is a seed investor at Red Cedar Ventures focused on Renewable Energy and Waste Management. Calvin VanderWal

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Renewable Energy | 1 | 100% |
| Waste Management | 1 | 100% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Woodchuck.AI | Woodchuck.AI creates a sustainable cycle from construction and manufacturing sites to eco-friendly power generation. |  | Seed | Dec 16, 2025 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About Red Cedar Ventures

VC Fund · East Lansing, United States

At Red Cedar Ventures, they are inspired by Michigan State University’s faculty, staff, and students. Their venture capital fund focuses on growing MSU-based startup companies and accelerating commercialization of MSU technologies.Their goal is to provide participatory, growth-stage capital to new companies and technologies that have secured leadfunding from a venture capital firm.Michigan Rise is the team's latest fund that is focused on supporting Michigan's entrepreneurs and startups. Michigan Rise focuses on pre-seed to Series A investments and is industry-agnostic.

5 contacts available at Red Cedar Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Abdel Qader Diab | Data Analyst | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/abdel-qader-diab-f63e |
| Calvin VanderWal | Venture Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/calvin-vanderwal-12e4 |
| Christian McKenzie | Investment Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christian-mckenzie-4ae4 |
| Jeff Wesley | Executive Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeff-wesley |
| John Tran | Venture Analyst | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-tran-b212 |

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## FAQ

### What does Calvin VanderWal invest in?

Calvin VanderWal invests primarily in Renewable Energy, Waste Management and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed stage. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Calvin VanderWal last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Calvin VanderWal closed in Dec 2025. Shizune tracks 1 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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