# Joe Gatto

> Joe Gatto is a seed investor at SeedFolio (San Francisco) backing Software and Biotechnology. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [SeedFolio](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seedfolio)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Sep 2024
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joegatto1

Joe Gatto is a seed investor at SeedFolio in San Francisco focused on Software and Biotechnology. Joe Gatto is the managing director at SeedFolio.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 40% |
| Biotechnology | 2 | 40% |
| Aerospace | 1 | 20% |
| Biopharma | 1 | 20% |
| Health Care | 1 | 20% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 80% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 80% |
| Canada | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HDAX Therapeutics | HDAX Therapeutics is pioneering next-gen precision therapeutics for cardiovascular and neurological diseases by targeting their root causes to enhance patient outcomes. | $3.2M | Seed | Sep 05, 2024 |  |
| VerImmune | Located in Baltimore, Maryland, VerImmune is an Immuno-Oncology company developing a first-in-class cancer therapy known as Anti-tumor Immune Redirection. This strategy utilizes a proprietary tumor-specific, tumor type agnostic, virus-inspired platform termed Anti-tumor Immune Redirection Virus-inspired Particles (AIR-ViPs) that redirectspre-existing pathogenic or childhood vaccine immune memory towards tumors. | $2.5M | Seed | Jul 27, 2022 |  |
| testRigor | TestRigor offers a codeless test automation tool powered by generative AI, designed to help manual testers and product managers. Comprising a team of engineers and data scientists, the company developed testRigor with a focus on catering to fast-paced startups in industries where the critical functionality of applications is paramount. TestRigor isdedicated to empowering developers and QA teams to leverage the capabilities of machine learning, pushing the limits of software testing. | $2.6M | Seed | May 24, 2021 |  |
| CoderBuddy | CoderBuddy is focused on solving the problem of the shortage of software development talent and capacity. CoderBuddy's first offering lets people create and publish application and web sites on Google's servers easily and for free, working with Google App Engine. |  | Seed | Oct 01, 2011 |  |
| Moon Express | Moon Express is a privately financed commercial space company blazing a trail to the Moon. Their prime directive is to open up the Moon’s vast resources for humanity and establish new avenues for commercial space activities beyond Earth orbit. They begin with profitable on-ramps by disrupting space transportation with innovative, flexible, andscalable new spacecraft that will radically reduce the cost of commercial robotic space activities. In doing so they will extend the economic sphere of Earth and make the resources of the Moon and asteroids accessible.They have a team of driven, visionary people merging the best practices of traditional aerospace know-how with the innovation and entrepreneurial culture of Silicon Valley. They have partnerships with NASA as both collaborators and customers. They have signed a contract with NASA for lunar cargo delivery, and NASA has selected Moon Express as a partner in developing lunar landers to put the U.S. back on the surface of the Moon.The company was founded by Dr. Bob Richards, Naveen Jain, and Dr. Barney Pell in August 2010 and was quickly selected by NASA for its $30M Innovative Lunar Demonstrations Data (ILDD) program. Moon Express entered and became the recognized leader in the $30M Google Lunar XPRIZE competition in October of that same year, and in 2014 was selected by NASA for its Lunar CATALYST program focused on a U.S. return to the Moon. Moon Express is headquartered at the NASA Ames Research Park in Mountain View, California, with facilities and operations in Huntsville, Alberta, and at the Kenneday Space Center and Cape Canaveral, Florida. | $2.5M |  | Sep 01, 2010 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [FACIT](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/facit-prospects-oncology-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Anges Quebec](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anges-quebec) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Eos BioInnovation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eos-bioinnovation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Flashpoint](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flashpointvc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Gaingels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gaing) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [LAUNCH](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/launch-co) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About SeedFolio

VC Fund · San Diego, United States

SeedFolio is a seed-stage venture capital firm investing in early-stage companies with a high potential of profitable impact in life sciences and resource efficiency.

1 contacts available at SeedFolio.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Joe Gatto | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joe-gatto |

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## FAQ

### What does Joe Gatto invest in?

Joe Gatto invests primarily in Software, Biotechnology and Aerospace startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round 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 Joe Gatto last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Joe Gatto closed in Sep 2024. 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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