# Landon Merrill

> Landon Merrill is a Series A investor at Genoa Ventures backing Health Care and Life Science. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Genoa Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/5-prime-ventures)
- Location: Alameda, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jun 2024
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/landonmerrill/

Landon Merrill is a principal at Genoa Ventures

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 1 | 100% |
| Life Science | 1 | 100% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alida Biosciences | Alida Biosciences is a biotech company creating RNA analysis tools to improve human health. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA. | $7.5M | Series A | Jun 12, 2024 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Vertical Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vertical-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [FusionX Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fusionx-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Genoa Ventures

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Genoa Ventures invests in early-stage life sciences technology companies. They fund entrepreneurs and companies looking to change the way science gets done with new tools and technologies. Sector focus areas include research tools, molecular diagnostics, synthetic biology, and industrial biology.Genoa Ventures was founded in 2014 by Jenny Rookeand is based in San Francisco, California, United States.

5 contacts available at Genoa Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jenny Rooke | Founder & Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jenny-rooke |
| Jonathan Burbaum | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jonathan-burbaum |
| Landon Merrill | principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/landon-merrill-ca74 |
| Paul Conley | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dr-paul-conley |
| William (Bill) Hyun | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bill-hyun |

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## FAQ

### What does Landon Merrill invest in?

Landon Merrill invests primarily in Health Care, Life Science and Biotechnology startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 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 Landon Merrill last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Landon Merrill closed in Jun 2024. Shizune tracks 1 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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