# Huron River Ventures

> Huron River Ventures is a VC fund in Ann Arbor backing Analytics and Apps. See 32 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Ann Arbor, United States
- Total investments: 32
- Last investment: Dec 2022
- Lead investor: 13%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/huron-river-ventures
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/HuronRiverVC
- Website: http://www.huronrivervc.com

Huron River Ventures is a VC fund in Ann Arbor focused on Analytics and Apps. Huron River Ventures invests in early-stage technologies for antiquated industries including Energy, Agriculture, and Transportation.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $660k–$2.3M |
| Series A | $950k–$10M |
| Series B | $6M–$14M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Analytics | 4 | 13% |
| Apps | 3 | 9% |
| Mobile | 3 | 9% |
| Big Data | 3 | 9% |
| Internet | 3 | 9% |

64 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 8 | 25% |
| Series B | 7 | 22% |
| Seed | 4 | 13% |
| Convertible Note | 4 | 13% |
| Series C | 2 | 6% |

7 stages tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ryan Waddington | Co-Founder and Partner | 10 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ryan-waddington |
| Sam Hogg | Venture Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sam-hogg |
| Tim Streit | Co-Founder and Partner | 35 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tim-streit |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tachyus | Tachyus develops a technology platform to optimize energy production for the oil and gas industry. Its platform provides prescriptive and predictive analytics, descriptive analytics, integration, and measurement features. Tachyus offers solutions for production optimization in cyclic steaming, steam-flooding, CO2-flooding, water-flooding, pumpoptimization, workover prioritization, and shale fracking. It production responses to stimulation, relationships between completion design and initial production, and optimal injection rates through its platform enables users to predict mechanical equipment failure. Tachyus serves through iOS applications. Dakin Sloss, Francisco Leport, and Paul Orland founded Software Revolution in 2013 that became Tachyus in April 2013. It has its headquarters in San Mateo in California. | $1M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 30, 2022 |  |
| SkySpecs | SkySpecs automates the inspection, diagnostics, and maintenance of utility scale wind turbines with custom autonomous drones. The company develops an affordable form of energy, through the use of an automated drone inspection service and analytics platform that allows for repeatability, high-quality data, and safer inspections.SkySpecs wasfounded on 2012 and is based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. | $80M | Series D | May 10, 2022 |  |
| SkySpecs | SkySpecs automates the inspection, diagnostics, and maintenance of utility scale wind turbines with custom autonomous drones. The company develops an affordable form of energy, through the use of an automated drone inspection service and analytics platform that allows for repeatability, high-quality data, and safer inspections.SkySpecs wasfounded on 2012 and is based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. | $8M | Series B | Jan 09, 2018 |  |
| FarmLogs | Their mission is to help bring farmers the future of farming. They challenge what is possible and invent new ways of applying cutting-edge technology to the world's oldest and most foundational industry.Farmers are the core of agriculture and they help them use technology to be more successful. Farmer success is their success. They willnever make a decision that doesn't benefit farmers.Their world depends on agriculture. By making farming more efficient and helping farmers grow more using less, they have the opportunity to make a massive positive impact.And, they've brought together a world-class team to make it happen. | $22M | Series C | Jan 11, 2017 |  |
| Sight Machine | Sight Machine specializes in manufacturing analytics and used by Global 500 companies to make better, faster decisions about their operations. Sight Machine's analytics platform, purpose-built for discrete and process manufacturing, uses artificial intelligence, machine learning, and advanced analytics to help address critical challenges inquality and productivity throughout the enterprise.The platform is powered by the industry’s only Plant Digital Twin, which enables real-time visibility and actionable insights for every machine, line, and plant throughout an enterprise.It was founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $6M | Series B | Nov 16, 2016 |  |
| Algal Scientific | Algal Scientific has two distinct business units that serve the animal feed, human nutrition, and wastewater treatment industries. One unit is focused on the production of their ProGlucan beta-glucan products for animal feeds and human nutrition. The second unit is dedicated to the commercialization of their Hypertrophic wastewater treatmentsystem, which they license to customers in the food and beverage industry.It was acquired by Kemin Industries in March 2017. It was founded in 2017 and is based in Plymouth, Michigan. | $2M | Convertible Note | Sep 09, 2016 |  |
| Ambiq Micro | Ambiq Micro is an early-stage fabless semiconductor company that is developing ultra-low-power mixed-signal solutions for a new generation of wireless electronics.Ambiq Micro was founded in 2010 on the simple yet powerful notion that extremely low-power semiconductors are the key to the future of electronics. Through the use of their pioneeringultra-low-power technology, they help innovative companies around the world develop differentiated solutions that reduce or eliminate the need for batteries, lower overall system power, and maximize industrial design flexibility. | $9.5M | Series C | Jul 27, 2016 |  |
| PeachWorks | PeachWorks develops a software that enables on-the-fly restaurant management. The software simplifies reporting, inventory management, employee scheduling and recipe management, enabling restaurants to solve their business challenges, improve their operations, and increase their profitability. | $2M | Convertible Note | Jul 12, 2016 |  |
| Sportsman Tracker | Sportsman Tracker is a cross-platform digital toolset designed to increase success opportunities for hunters and fishermen and allow them to quickly share their experiences. Powered by W.I.T. (Wild Life Intelligence Technology), the tracker calculates the variables that directly affect wildlife behavior. The platform lets track species and getsadaptive features that are specific only the species.Founded in 2012 by Jon Schwander and Jeffrey James Courter, Sportsman Tracker is headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan. | $950K | Series A | Jul 08, 2016 |  |
| Cribspot | Cribspot is an online platform for college students and property managers that streamlines finding and leasing off-campus housing. It was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan. | $1.8M | Seed | Jun 01, 2016 |  |

10 of 32 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Hyde Park Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hyde-park-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [ff Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ff-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Hatch](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hatch-partners-llc) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [HPA (Hyde Park Angels)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hyde-park-angels) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Mercury Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mercury-fund) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Drive Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/drive-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Huron River Ventures invest in?

Huron River Ventures invests primarily in Analytics, Apps and Mobile startups, most often at Series A and Series B 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.

### What is Huron River Ventures's check size?

Huron River Ventures typically joins rounds of $660k–$2.3M at Seed, $950k–$10M at Series A and $6M–$14M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Huron River Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Huron River Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Huron River Ventures?

The team at Huron River Ventures includes Ryan Waddington (Co-Founder and Partner), Sam Hogg (Venture Partner) and Tim Streit (Co-Founder and Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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