CAV Angels
VC Fund
Charlottesville, United States
CAV Angels is an angel investing organization that provides funding and education on investment in private, early-stage companies in the technology and healthcare sector.It accelerates investment by members of the club in early-stage growth companies founded by, owned by, or managed by the University of Virginia alumnus. CAV Angels aim to helpadvance the economy by investing in entrepreneurs with exponential ideas and to generate attractive financial and non-financial returns to its committed base of investors who help them.It was established in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2015.
- Total investments:
- 32
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 9%
Last updated:
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Industries CAV Angels invests in
Stages CAV Angels invests in
Countries CAV Angels invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Investment Focus
Industry
- Biotechnology 6 (19%)
- Analytics 4 (13%)
- Artificial Intelligence 4 (13%)
- Software 3 (9%)
- Health Care 3 (9%)
Stage
- Seed 18 (56%)
- Pre-Seed 4 (13%)
- Series A 3 (9%)
- Angel 2 (6%)
- Series B 1 (3%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Bryan Simms
Chairman, Founder's Council
|
Chairman, Founder's Council | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
James Cheng
Co-Founder and Board Member
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Co-Founder and Board Member | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Jerry Peng
Co-Founder and a Board Member
|
Co-Founder and a Board Member | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avant Genomics is a biotechnology company that develops automated laboratory solutions for genomic and cancer research. | $3M / Seed / May 13, 2026 | ||
| Hardshell is an AI cybersecurity company that offers protection for sensitive data in AI/ML systems by detecting vulnerabilities. | $1.1M / Pre-Seed / Feb 12, 2026 | ||
| Springbok Analytics, our AI-powered software platform transforms MRIs into three-dimensional analyses of muscle to enable true precision | $5M / Series A / Jan 24, 2025 | ||
| InSoma Bio integrates biology and materials science that solve problems in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. It offers reconstructive plastic surgeries and injectable materials. InSoma Bio was founded in 2018 by Stefan Roberts and Ashutosh Chilkoti and was headquartered in Carolina, United States. | Seed / Jun 12, 2024 | ||
| Luminoah is a research-stage business to revolutionize the enteral feeding market with a wearable system that combines durable medical equipment, consumable nutrition pouches, and remote patient monitoring to improve compliance and clinical outcomes. | $6M / Series A / Jun 15, 2023 | ||
| Springbok Analytics, our AI-powered software platform transforms MRIs into three-dimensional analyses of muscle to enable true precision | $3M / Seed / Apr 25, 2023 | ||
| CarpeDM app is an exclusive member-only dating community created for singles seeking meaningful relationships with professional Black women. | $1.1M / Pre-Seed / Sep 28, 2022 | ||
| Astraea has built the world’s most advanced machine learning platform for Earth-observing satellite data and geospatial information. Our EarthAI platform provides instant access to more than 20 petabytes and 20 years of satellite imagery and other sources of geospatial data as well as powerful machine learning & cloud based computecapabilities to rapidly and cost-effectively prototype GeoAI applications in any sector or industry. Once developed, these GeoAI applications can be seamlessly scaled and automated thru EarthAI Pulse. A few examples of EarthAI derived applications include a US-wide up-to-the minute survey of ALL utility scale solar installations using free Sentinel 2 satellite data; a multi-state, multi-year assessment of the health and heat stress effects on long leaf pine forest assets for a global non-profit; a multi-city industrial real-estate acquisition target list evaluation for a global real estate investment group; a satellite-based carbon accounting application for a global ERP vendor and many, many more. The power/potential of geospatial AI is almost unlimited. Astraea's EarthAI makes it real. | $6.5M / Series A / Jul 21, 2022 | ||
| CarpeDM app is an exclusive member-only dating community created for singles seeking meaningful relationships with professional Black women. | $60K / Pre-Seed / Sep 01, 2021 | ||
| Brandefy is a Developer of a personal care product reviewing platform designed to offer reviews and information about those products. The company's platform shows shoppers how store brand and name brand products stack up against each other utilizing honest, straightforward consumer feedback and it also offers its own reviews encompassingingredient analyses, it's own experiences with the product and chemical analyses when necessary, enabling customers to discover unknown information about the products before actually purchasing or using it. | $1.7M / Seed / Aug 16, 2021 | ||
| See all 32 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does CAV Angels invest in?
CAV Angels invests primarily in Biotechnology, Analytics and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 32 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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Who are the partners at CAV Angels?
The team at CAV Angels includes Bryan Simms (Chairman, Founder's Council), James Cheng (Co-Founder and Board Member) and Jerry Peng (Co-Founder and a Board Member). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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