Innova Memphis
VC Fund
Memphis, United States
Innova Memphis is a VC fund in Memphis focused on Health Care and Medical. Founded in 2007 by the Memphis Bioworks Foundation, Innova is a pre-seed, seed and early-stage investor focused on starting and funding high-growth companies in the Biosciences, Technology and AgBio fields across the state of Tennessee. Innova links capital with great ideas to create groundbreaking products and services.At Innova we invest instart-up companies, help them grow, and then assist them in linking with established corporations for licensing, buy-outs or further investments. We provide the synergy of experienced management, market expertise and venture capital to accelerate the development of new products and services into viable business units that can stand on their own and then take their place with a mature market leader, if desired.Whether an innovation is still on the drawing board or stalled in the market place the Innova staff has the expertise, skills, and experience to envision and create a functioning business unit that is prepared to thrive in the market place. Technical know-how, market-proven staffing, and "just-right" funding assure the greatest chance possible for success.
- Total investments:
- 291
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 25%
- Fund size:
- $40M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Innova Memphis invests in
Stages Innova Memphis invests in
Countries Innova Memphis invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $25k–$1.5M
- Pre-Seed
- $25k–$1.3M
- Convertible Note
- $48k–$1.4M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Health Care 43 (15%)
- Medical 28 (10%)
- Medical Device 21 (7%)
- Agriculture 20 (7%)
- Biotechnology 20 (7%)
Stage
- Seed 86 (30%)
- Pre-Seed 23 (8%)
- Convertible Note 20 (7%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 16 (5%)
- Series A 15 (5%)
Country
- United States 116 (40%)
- Germany 1 (0%)
- Argentina 1 (0%)
- United Kingdom 1 (0%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Dean Didato
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 33 | Find email | |
Jan Bouten
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 109 | Find email | |
Ken Woody
Founder, President & Partner
|
Founder, President & Partner | Total investments: 44 | Find email | |
Nate Smith
Associate
|
Associate | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Insignum AgTech develops biotech plants that communicate with producers, alerting them to an illness in its early stages. | $2.4M / Seed / Sep 16, 2025 | ||
| HerdDogg is a global herd health and data science platform. It is a two-part system that helps ranchers track health and proximity data from their herd. The company's device gathers the data captured by the ear tags and reports it directly to the rancher via an app or web database. | $6M / Series A / Mar 26, 2024 | ||
| Soiltech Wireless is a developer of ag-tech solutions to design electronic devices for agricultural professionals. Its product provides real-time data to drive efficiency and optimize quality. It also provides actionable data without installation hassles and creates scalable monitoring solutions for farmers.The company was founded in 2019 and isheadquartered in Rupert, Idaho. | Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 06, 2024 | ||
| iYOTAH Solutions is a transformational SaaS technology company that connects data to help the animal protein industry thrive. | $2.8M / Series A / Feb 05, 2024 | ||
| HerdDogg is a global herd health and data science platform. It is a two-part system that helps ranchers track health and proximity data from their herd. The company's device gathers the data captured by the ear tags and reports it directly to the rancher via an app or web database. | $3.5M / Series A / Oct 06, 2023 | ||
| Rantizo delivers targeted liquid dry applications for agriculture precisely where and when they are needed in the field.The company's system utilizes an electrostatic spraying technology which reduces problems with uneven coverage and covers crops uniformly, enabling farmers to apply pesticides and chemicals in the farms evenly without ahassle and within a short duration of time. | $6M / Series A / Oct 02, 2023 | ||
| Birds Eye Robotics develops a poultry robot that provides solutions to poultry farmers. Birds Eye's autonomous robotic solution aims to bring cutting-edge technology together with farmer intuition. Birds Eye navigates 20,000+ bird broiler houses, commercial feeders, water lines, and migration fences. | $750K / Seed / Mar 24, 2023 | ||
| Isomark, LLC develops infectious disease detection technology for healthcare providers. Its technology offers a non-invasive method for the detection of invasive infections, and to monitor personal health and disease states by measuring and analyzing isotopic biomarkers through exhaled CO2 samples. The company’s technology enables to detect andtreat illnesses and diseases before they become serious or chronic. It offers its technology for primary clinical disease detection and outpatient medical services applications, as well as for the post-operative monitoring of patients for the contraction of hospital-related infections, such as sepsis. The company was incorporated in 2005 and is based in Madison, Wisconsin. | $2.7M / Seed / Dec 30, 2022 | ||
| Glanris developed a completely green, non-toxic, filtration media for water purification from an agriculture by-product. This agricultural product is grown around the world, is plentiful, and can be used locally to ensure clean drinking water in developing countries. It also gives local farmers a significant additional income source for a productthat today they are throwing away.This media has been independently tested over the last two years of development and is ready for production. | Seed / Dec 08, 2022 | ||
| Beta Hatch grows insect protein for animal feed. Nutrient balanced fertilizer is a sterile by-product of their process. Beta Hatch knows bugs better than anyone- they use their expertise in entomology to grow the most efficient and nutritious insects. They are currently farming mealworms from their urban farm in Seattle. They believe in changingfood systems. Their goal is to develop the technology and knowledge that will make insects the next commodity crop. | Convertible Note / Dec 07, 2022 | ||
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FAQ
What does Innova Memphis invest in?
Innova Memphis invests primarily in Health Care, Medical and Medical Device startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 291 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 Innova Memphis's check size?
Innova Memphis typically joins rounds of $25k–$1.5M at Seed, $25k–$1.3M at Pre-Seed and $48k–$1.4M at Convertible Note. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Innova Memphis participates in.
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Who are the partners at Innova Memphis?
The team at Innova Memphis includes Dean Didato (Partner), Jan Bouten (Partner) and Ken Woody (Founder, President & Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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