# Gretchen Hooker

> Gretchen Hooker is a startup investor at Biomimicry Institute (Kalamazoo). See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Biomimicry Institute](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/biomimicry-institute)
- Location: Kalamazoo, United States
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gretchenhooker

Gretchen Hooker is a startup investor at Biomimicry Institute in Kalamazoo. Gretchen is a designer and certified Biomimicry specialist, driven by her commitment to design as a tool for positive change and by her awe and reverence for living systems. At the Biomimicry Institute Gretchen is a project manager for design challenges and a content developer for biomimicry education materials and programs. She holds amaster’s degree in Industrial Design from the Rhode Island School of Design.

## About Biomimicry Institute

VC Fund · Missoula, United States

Biomimicry Institute is a non-profit organization that empowers people to seek nature-inspired solutions for a healthy planet. Biomimicry Institute was founded in 2006 by Janine Benyus and Bryony Schwan to share nature’s design lessons. It was founded in 2006 and headquartered in Missoula, Montana.

1 contacts available at Biomimicry Institute.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gretchen Hooker | Project Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gretchen-hooker |

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