# Claire Broido Johnson

> Claire Broido Johnson is a seed investor at University System of Maryland Momentum Fund backing Health Care. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio…

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [University System of Maryland Momentum Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/university-system-of-maryland)
- Location: Baltimore, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Mar 2022
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/claire-broido-johnson
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/claire.b.johnson.3

Claire Broido Johnson is a seed investor at University System of Maryland Momentum Fund in Baltimore focused on Health Care and Biotechnology. Claire Broido Johnson is the Co-Founder, Operating Advisor, and Board Member of Sunrock Distributed Generation. She previously worked at Fermata Energy as a Chief Operating Officer. Claire Broido Johnson attended Harvard Business School.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 3 | 75% |
| Biotechnology | 2 | 50% |
| Apps | 1 | 25% |
| Social | 1 | 25% |
| Fitness | 1 | 25% |

10 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Givhero | Givhero develops an innovative social wellness platform designed to leverage causes that employees care about and increase their engagement in activities. The platform allows employers to deliver meaningful motivation, by sponsoring employees' health goals and rewarding their achievements by supporting their favorite causes, thereby, enablingemployees to increase their healthy activities, productivity, and reduce long-term insurance costs. |  | Seed | Mar 07, 2022 |  |
| Kalocyte | Kalocyte is a pre-clinical stage healthcare biotech startup company that provides artificial red blood cell substitutes used for trauma care related services. The company develops a demonstrated proof of concept for ErythroMer, a dried, bio-inspired artificial red blood cell envisioned for use when stored red blood cells are unavailable,undesirable, or in short supply.Kalocyte was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. | $300K | Seed | Jun 08, 2020 |  |
| Pathotrak | Pathotrak's award-winning technology reduces the detection time of food-safety tests from 1-2 days to 6h by replacing the traditional 22-hour enrichment process. Our patented tech meets and exceeds FDA and USDA regulations and integrates into most detection systems.Our innovation is poised to revolutionize the safety and logistics of food.It will reduce the holding time and holding costs associated with food-safety testing, reduce operational costs, enable rapid recalls, and avoid dangerous outbreaks. | $1.2M | Seed | May 18, 2020 |  |
| ARMR Systems | ARMR Systems develops wearable hemorrhage control systems designed to increase the survivability of traumatic battlefield injury in situations where advanced medical support is not immediately available. The company’s simple, yet highly-effective standalone products and integrated solutions provide warfighters, combat medics and other field-basedpersonnel with lifesaving trauma care capabilities unmatched in today’s battlefield environment. ARMR is committed to collaboration and has worked across institutions to develop their technology. Their multi-disciplinary team of innovators guarantees multiple perspectives and paradigms are being used to evaluate a problem. | $750K | Seed | Feb 10, 2020 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Novella Center for Entrepreneurship](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/conscious-venture-lab) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dingman-center-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Maryland Momentum Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maryland-momentum-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [TEDCO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maryland-technology-development-corporation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Swerve](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/swerve) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Tamiami Angel Funds](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tamiami-angel-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About University System of Maryland Momentum Fund

VC Fund · Baltimore, United States

Launched in 2016 with a $10 million commitment from the University System of Maryland (USM), the Maryland Momentum Fund invests in USM-affiliated companies to support entrepreneurism, catalyze outside investment in early-stage startups, and foster economic development and technology commercialization. USM combines the power of its memberinstitutions provide students access to world-class resources and ensure that those resources are used efficiently, effectively, and sustainably.

5 contacts available at University System of Maryland Momentum Fund.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Claire Broido Johnson | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/claire-broido-johnson |
| Leonard Raley | President and CEO; Vice Chancellor for Advancement | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/leonard-raley |
| Lindsay D'Ambrosio | Venture Development Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lindsay-d-ambrosio |
| Michelle A. Gourdine | Secretary, Board of Regents | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michelle-a-gourdine |
| Tina Williams | Cybersecurity Academic Innovation Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tina-williams |

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## FAQ

### What does Claire Broido Johnson invest in?

Claire Broido Johnson invests primarily in Health Care, Biotechnology and Apps startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 4 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 Claire Broido Johnson last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Claire Broido Johnson closed in Mar 2022. Shizune tracks 4 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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