# Innovation Valley Partners

> Innovation Valley Partners is a VC fund in Knoxville backing SaaS and Computer. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Knoxville, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Apr 2022
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/knoxoakridgeiv
- Website: http://innovationvalleypartners.com/

Innovation Valley Partners is a VC fund in Knoxville focused on SaaS and Computer. Knoxville, Tenn.-based Innovation Valley Partners (IVP) is the affiliate fund of Battelle Ventures, an independent venture fund based in Princeton, N.J.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 20% |
| Computer | 1 | 20% |
| Software | 1 | 20% |
| Logistics | 1 | 20% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 20% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 40% |
| Series B | 1 | 20% |
| Series C | 1 | 20% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Obsidian Security | Led by former founding team members of Cylance and Carbon Black, Obsidian Security is a Southern California technology company living at the intersection of cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and hybrid-cloud environments. Backed by Greylock Partners, Obsidian Security is based in Newport Beach, CA. | $90M | Series C | Apr 14, 2022 |  |
| GRIDSMART Technologies | Aldis, Inc., a CleanTech company, develops, commercializes, and sells traffic and energy management technology and services to municipal partners. The company offers GridSmart, a vision-based traffic monitoring and control system. Its GridSmart line of products include Spectra 360, a single-camera solution that sees in various directions; GridSmartOptima 360, which provides stop-bar detection, as well as vehicle counting, speed, and classification; GridSmart Ultra 360, which tracks vehicle speed, turn and pedestrian counts, emergency vehicle preemption modes, machine-enabled red light mitigation, and real-time video feeds; GridSmart XPress, a freeway monitoring system to view and track vehicles and provides traffic control center with vehicle counts and average speeds; and GridSmart Centrex, a smart parking system. The company also provides SmartWay, a line of products that provide energy efficient LED traffic signals. In addition, its solutions include vehicle/turn counts, red light runner (RLR) mitigation, auto alerts, pedestrian tracking, and software upgrades. The company serves transportation logistics and advanced infrastructure management markets. Aldis, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is based in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. | $6M |  | Aug 22, 2010 |  |
| GRIDSMART Technologies | Aldis, Inc., a CleanTech company, develops, commercializes, and sells traffic and energy management technology and services to municipal partners. The company offers GridSmart, a vision-based traffic monitoring and control system. Its GridSmart line of products include Spectra 360, a single-camera solution that sees in various directions; GridSmartOptima 360, which provides stop-bar detection, as well as vehicle counting, speed, and classification; GridSmart Ultra 360, which tracks vehicle speed, turn and pedestrian counts, emergency vehicle preemption modes, machine-enabled red light mitigation, and real-time video feeds; GridSmart XPress, a freeway monitoring system to view and track vehicles and provides traffic control center with vehicle counts and average speeds; and GridSmart Centrex, a smart parking system. The company also provides SmartWay, a line of products that provide energy efficient LED traffic signals. In addition, its solutions include vehicle/turn counts, red light runner (RLR) mitigation, auto alerts, pedestrian tracking, and software upgrades. The company serves transportation logistics and advanced infrastructure management markets. Aldis, Inc. was founded in 2006 and is based in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. | $3.8M | Series A | Oct 22, 2007 |  |
| Rajant Corporation |  | $3.3M | Series B | Jul 24, 2006 |  |
| BioVigilant Systems | BioVigilant Systems invented instantaneous microbial detection technology to address environmental monitoring needs in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare, and environmental applications. BioVigilant’s IMD systems detect—instantaneously and in real time—particulate count, size, and biological status. Unlike other rapid microbialmethods, BioVigilant’s optically-based systems require no staining, no reagents, no waiting period, and little human intervention. | $6.7M | Series A | May 23, 2006 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Battelle Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/battelle-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [IVP](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/institutional-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Greylock](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greylock) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Meritus Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/meritus-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Community Investment Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/community-investment-corporation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Google Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/google-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Innovation Valley Partners invest in?

Innovation Valley Partners invests primarily in SaaS, Computer and Software startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 5 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 Innovation Valley Partners last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Innovation Valley Partners closed in Apr 2022. Shizune tracks 5 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?

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