# First Bight Ventures

> First Bight Ventures is a VC fund backing Biotechnology and Health Care. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Houston, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Nov 2024
- Lead investor: 75%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://firstbight.com

First Bight Ventures is a early stage fund that is dedicated to synthetic biology start-ups.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Biotechnology | 4 | 100% |
| Health Care | 2 | 50% |
| Environmental Engineering | 2 | 50% |
| Medical | 1 | 25% |
| Chemical | 1 | 25% |

11 industries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Veronica Wu | Founder and Managing Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/veronica-wu |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| iMicrobes | Industrial Microbes designs and builds microbes that produce better chemicals with lower costs and lower carbon emissions. We use greenhouse gases as the raw materials, including biogas, natural gas, and carbon dioxide. We scale our process with global chemical producers. | $10M | Seed | Nov 19, 2024 |  |
| Algenesis | Algenesis is a material science and technology company on a mission to help the planet recover from the pollution caused by-products made from fossil fuels. The company is producing renewable polyurethanes from algae and non-food plant oils and partnering with companies to use these materials in surfboards and biodegradable flip flops.Algenesiswas established in 2016 and is based in San Diego, CA. | $5M | Seed | Oct 26, 2023 |  |
| Visolis | Visolis, a bioengineering company, develops carbon-negative and sustainable chemicals. Its systems approach integrates innovations in synthetic biology, chemical catalysis, and process scale-up to enable new bio-based manufacturing platforms. Visolis' bio-based process helps in achieving true carbon negative chemical synthesis. It beganoperation in 2012, with its headquarters in Berkeley in California. | $8M | Seed | Jan 11, 2023 |  |
| Persephone Biosciences | Persephone Biosciences develops healthcare technology designed to focus on microbial therapeutics for immuno-oncology applications. The company's technology uses artificial intelligence and omics techniques on multiple cancer patient gut microbiome and blood samples to identify microbes needed for normal immune function for population-scalepatient data analytics, enabling lab researchers to design microbial drugs that prevent and fight cancer.Persephone Biosciences was founded in 2017 and is based in San Diego, California. | $15M | Seed | Jul 19, 2022 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Universal Materials Incubator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/universal-materials-incubator-b260) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Acequia Capital (AceCap)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acequia-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BlueYard Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blueyard-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BrightEdge Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brightedge-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Circulate Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/circulate-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fifty Years](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fifty-years) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does First Bight Ventures invest in?

First Bight Ventures invests primarily in Biotechnology, Health Care and Environmental Engineering 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.

### How do I contact First Bight Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at First Bight Ventures?

The team at First Bight Ventures includes Veronica Wu (Founder and Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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