# Jennifer Tegan

> Jennifer Tegan is a seed investor at Cayuga Venture Fund backing Manufacturing. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct…

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Cayuga Venture Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cayuga-venture-fund)
- Location: Ithaca, United States
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 45%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jennifer-tegan/0/332/761
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/jrtegan

Jennifer Tegan is a seed investor at Cayuga Venture Fund in Ithaca focused on Manufacturing and Telecommunications. Jennifer joined CVF in February 2002 and currently oversees the funds' investments in GiveGab and Intrinsiq Materials as well as representing CVF as an observer on the boards of BinOptics and Calient. Jennifer previously served as Director of Allworx prior to its sale to Paetec. She also manages the financial and administrative operations ofCVF.Prior to joining CVF, Jennifer worked as a consultant with Cap Gemini Ernst & Young. She was the Business Manager of EMF Corporation, a small optical coating manufacturing company in Ithaca and before that she was at the Paleontological Research Institution where she managed educational programs, community outreach and marketing, and conducted original research. Jennifer is past Chair of the Board of the Tompkins County SPCA and serves on the Tompkins Cortland Community College Foundation Board, the Elizabeth Ann Clune Montessori Board, the Upstate Venture Association of New York Board (UVANY), the Economic Development Committee of the Ithaca Urban Renewal Agency and the Advisory Board of the Ithaca College School of Business. She earned BA and MS degrees in Geology from Smith College and the University of Cincinnati, respectively, and an MBA from Cornell University.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 3 | 27% |
| Telecommunications | 2 | 18% |
| CRM | 1 | 9% |
| VoIP | 1 | 9% |
| Sales | 1 | 9% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 18% |
| Series A | 2 | 18% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 18% |
| Series B | 1 | 9% |
| Series C | 1 | 9% |

6 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fesarius Therapeutics | Fesarius Therapeutics is a biotechnology company that intends to develop and sell modified skin replacement products. To create a line of engineered tissue goods, developed a tissue engineering technique based on IP for microsphere-containing hydrogels. The company's method uses microspheres embedded in a collagen hydrogel to enhance thenumber of differential density interfaces that drive cell invasion into the scaffold, allowing patients to heal from trauma, burns, or infection at an affordable cost. | $20M | Series A | Jun 10, 2026 | https://www.fesariustherapeutics.com |
| GiveGab | GiveGab provides services for fundraising professionals to raise money online. Designed for cause-based organizations, community foundations, and education institutions, GiveGab offers a complete suite of products and services. The company was founded in 2011 and headquartered in Ithaca, New York. | $7.4M | Series A | Apr 04, 2018 | http://www.givegab.com |
| GiveGab | GiveGab provides services for fundraising professionals to raise money online. Designed for cause-based organizations, community foundations, and education institutions, GiveGab offers a complete suite of products and services. The company was founded in 2011 and headquartered in Ithaca, New York. | $1.7M | Convertible Note | Dec 06, 2016 | http://www.givegab.com |
| GiveGab | GiveGab provides services for fundraising professionals to raise money online. Designed for cause-based organizations, community foundations, and education institutions, GiveGab offers a complete suite of products and services. The company was founded in 2011 and headquartered in Ithaca, New York. | $1.2M | Seed | Jan 21, 2015 | http://www.givegab.com |
| Intrinsiq Materials | Intrinsiq Materials manufactures highly functional electronic inks for use at room temperature, in air, enabling printed electronics today. Intrinsiq Materials offers a variety of electronic ink, including screen-printable, and inkjet copper ink, silicon inkjet, and nickel inkjet. |  | Seed | Sep 23, 2013 | https://www.intrinsiqmaterials.com/ |
| GiveGab | GiveGab provides services for fundraising professionals to raise money online. Designed for cause-based organizations, community foundations, and education institutions, GiveGab offers a complete suite of products and services. The company was founded in 2011 and headquartered in Ithaca, New York. | $1.6M | Seed | Aug 20, 2013 | http://www.givegab.com |
| GiveGab | GiveGab provides services for fundraising professionals to raise money online. Designed for cause-based organizations, community foundations, and education institutions, GiveGab offers a complete suite of products and services. The company was founded in 2011 and headquartered in Ithaca, New York. | $1.5M | Seed | Mar 14, 2013 | http://www.givegab.com |
| BinOptics | BinOptics Corporation manufactures monolithically integrated optoelectronic components. It offers directly modulated fabry-perot, directly modulated distributed feedback, and ring lasers; and custom integrated chips, such as edge- and surface-emitting lasers, monitoring and high-speed photodetectors, electroabsorption modulators, semiconductoroptical amplifiers, beam couplers/splitters, waveguides, and on-chip lenses. The company offers its products for use in datacom and telecommunication applications, such as gigabit ethernet and PON applications, as well as advanced non-telecomunication applications. BinOptics Corporation was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Ithaca, New York. | $13.3M |  | Dec 15, 2011 | http://www.binoptics.com/index.html |
| BinOptics | BinOptics Corporation manufactures monolithically integrated optoelectronic components. It offers directly modulated fabry-perot, directly modulated distributed feedback, and ring lasers; and custom integrated chips, such as edge- and surface-emitting lasers, monitoring and high-speed photodetectors, electroabsorption modulators, semiconductoroptical amplifiers, beam couplers/splitters, waveguides, and on-chip lenses. The company offers its products for use in datacom and telecommunication applications, such as gigabit ethernet and PON applications, as well as advanced non-telecomunication applications. BinOptics Corporation was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Ithaca, New York. | $6M | Series C |  | http://www.binoptics.com/index.html |
| Allworx | Allworx develops and sells Voice Over IP (VoIP) phone and phone systems specifically designed for small businesses with 3 to 150 users per site.Allworx believes that modern small businesses should have access to the same advanced information and communication technologies as big enterprises. The Allworx products provide businesses with all themission-critical communications support they need in a single system, combining PBX and Key phone functionality with PC network services, secured Internet access, remote office, group collaboration tools and messaging software such as email, voicemail, unified messaging, follow-me calling, and group calendaring. | $2.5M |  |  | http://www.allworx.com |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Rand Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rand-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Great Oaks Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/great-oaks-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Excell Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/excell-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Advantage Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/advantage-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [American Society of Plastic Surgeons](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/american-society-of-plastic-surgeons) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Angel Investor Forum](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angel-investor-forum-ct) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Cayuga Venture Fund

VC Fund · Ithaca, United States

Cayuga Venture Fund funds advanced technology and high growth companies in New York State.

5 contacts available at Cayuga Venture Fund.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Zachary Shulman | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zachary-shulman |
| A.J. Edwards | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a-j-edwards |
| Kim Stedman | Fund Administration Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kim-stedman |
| Philip Proujansky | Managing Partner, Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/phil-proujansky |
| Ryoko Nozawa | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ryoko-nozawa |

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## FAQ

### What does Jennifer Tegan invest in?

Jennifer Tegan invests primarily in Manufacturing, Telecommunications and CRM startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Jennifer Tegan last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jennifer Tegan closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 11 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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