# Deven Clemens > Deven Clemens is a Series B investor at White Road Investments backing Manufacturing. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [White Road Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/white-road-investments) - Total investments: 3 - Last investment: Jul 2015 - Lead investor: 33% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deven-clemens-67b107?trk=hp-identity-name - Website: http://www.whiteroadinvestments.com Deven Clemens is a Series B investor at White Road Investments focused on Manufacturing and Consumer Goods. Deven is an investor and venture capitalist with White Road Investments where he focuses on consumer products and outdoor lifestyle companies. He is based in the San Francisco Bay Area. ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Manufacturing | 3 | 100% | | Consumer Goods | 2 | 67% | | Food and Beverage | 2 | 67% | | Energy | 1 | 33% | | Retail | 1 | 33% | 9 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Series B | 1 | 33% | | Funding Round | 1 | 33% | | Private Equity | 1 | 33% | ### Country | Country | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | United States | 2 | 67% | | Canada | 1 | 33% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | BioLite | BioLite is a dynamic, rapidly growing, and profitable social enterprise that develops, manufactures and markets consumer energy products for off-grid communities around the world. Over the last three years, our team has tripled, and sales have doubled each year. Their business serves two distinct markets: 1) developing world families living inenergy poverty, and 2) outdoor enthusiasts seeking fuel-independent cooking and power. They address these markets simultaneously through parallel innovation: by incubating core technologies that can serve users in both markets, they are able to re-invest near-term revenue to solve long-term, high-impact problems.Developing World:Half the planet still cooks on indoor open wood fires and the toxic smoke they emit kills nearly 4 million people every year, twice as many as malaria. BioLite has developed an advanced, affordable, clean- burning stove that combines unprecedented emissions reductions with economically valuable electricity generation. The HomeStove™ is capable of reducing indoor smoke by more than 90% while cutting fuel use in half. By providing their largely off-grid customers with the ability to charge cell phones and LED lights, our stoves create economic incentive for purchase and continued use, ensuring sustainable delivery of their health and environmental benefits. | $5M | Series B | Jul 28, 2015 | | | Manitoba Harvest | Manitoba Harvest is the hemp food manufacturer and a leader in the natural foods industry. It produces, manufactures, markets and distributes a broad-based portfolio of hemp-based consumer products, which are sold in over 16,000 stores at major retailers across the U.S. and Canada. | | | Jan 05, 2012 | | | The Honest Kitchen | We make our foods with only real, thoughtfully sourced ingredients using the same quality and safety standards as healthy people foods. From eggs and salmon to pumpkin and parsley, we only use wholesome ingredients you can recognize and pronounce. The Honest Kitchen was established in 2002 in San Diego, California. | | Private Equity | Sep 13, 2011 | | 3 of 3 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [Acumen](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acumen-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Alliance Consumer Growth](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alliance-consumer-growth) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Deutsche Bank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deutsche-bank) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Rose Park Advisors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rose-park-advisors) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [RRE Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rre-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [United States Agency for International Development](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/usaid) — VC Fund, 1 deal together ## About White Road Investments VC Fund White Road Investments was founded in 2008 2 contacts available at White Road Investments. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Deven Clemens | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deven-clemens | | Jason Winship | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jason-winship | ## Similar investors ### Similar stage - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund - [FJ Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fj-labs) — VC Fund ## FAQ ### What does Deven Clemens invest in? Deven Clemens invests primarily in Manufacturing, Consumer Goods and Food and Beverage startups, most often at Series B and Funding Round stage. Most of the 3 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 Deven Clemens last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Deven Clemens closed in Jul 2015. Shizune tracks 3 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. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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