# Maroon Venture Partners Fund

> Maroon Venture Partners Fund is a VC fund backing Health Care and Medical. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Amherst, United States
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/maroon-venture-partners-fund/
- Website: http://www.maroonventurepartners.com/

Maroon Venture Partners Fund is a for-profit venture fund that invests in early-stage companies linked to UMass Amherst. Its investments are typically in the range of $50,000 to $200,000 and are often a venture’s initial outside equity funding. The firm is driven by a goal to foster the growing spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship throughoutthe UMass Amherst community.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 3 | 33% |
| Medical | 2 | 22% |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 22% |
| Medical Device | 2 | 22% |
| Water | 1 | 11% |

24 industries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ameeta Soni | Investment Committee Member | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ameeta-soni-10e5 |
| Charlie Johnson | Investment Committee Member and Managing Director | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charlie-johnson-90af |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Myrias Optics | Myrias Optics offers a comprehensive variety of services that lead to low-cost full-scale manufacture. Provide a template or "master" and Myrias will do an initial scale-up demonstration to back out crucial information about material and process dependencies. | $2.7M | Seed | Feb 24, 2026 |  |
| florrent | florrent is a bio-based materials and energy storage company that develops solutions to critical bottlenecks in global decarbonization and electrification of transportation, and buildings. | $9.5M | Seed | Sep 04, 2025 |  |
| Aclarity | Aclarity is a VC-backed cleantech startup developing and selling water treatment systems to clean the world's water and wastewater. | $3.3M | Seed | Apr 07, 2022 |  |
| Theromics | Theromics is the developer of a tool to address the unmet medical need to create more effective ablation zones during image-guided thermal ablation of soft tissue. Their  HeatSYNC TA is used during microwave and radiofrequency ablations of cancerous tumors. Their heatSYNCTM Gel is a novel biopolymer thermal accelerant that amplifies the movement ofheat energy in soft tissue and bone. The gel is made from a naturally occurring protein and delivered via a syringe, laparoscope, or bronchoscope. | $2M | Seed | Jan 19, 2022 |  |
| TOP the organic project | TOP is a women-owned period care company that aims to empower women with better product choices, protecting their bodies and the environment. It offers offers organic tampons and pads that are accessible to everyone. Wherever there is toilet paper, there MUST be period products. | $1.6M | Seed | Feb 11, 2020 |  |
| TOP the organic project | TOP is a women-owned period care company that aims to empower women with better product choices, protecting their bodies and the environment. It offers offers organic tampons and pads that are accessible to everyone. Wherever there is toilet paper, there MUST be period products. | $1.6M | Seed | Feb 11, 2020 |  |
| Ompractice | Ompractice is the leading provider of interactive digital wellness for B2B and B2G. Customers include many large corporates, massive health systems, and the Dept of Veterans Affairs. The platform is differentiated by its high engagement and utilization rates, ability to build programming to target specific corporate HR/health goals, and itsdiverse and highly credentialed teaching team. | $400K | Seed | Sep 10, 2018 |  |
| QSM Diagnostics | QSM Diagnostics was founded in 2014 as a spin out from the Goluch Group at Northeastern University. They have several decades of experience in the development and commercialization of medical devices. Their main expertise is in sensor development. |  | Seed | Jul 12, 2018 |  |
| Dauber | Dauber Applications is a company trying to reinvent how one part of the construction industry works: dump trucks.it is a multi-sided network providing on-demand material transportation for contractors, truckers, dump sites and material suppliers. | $1.1M | Seed | Jun 22, 2017 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [MassVentures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/massventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [37 Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/37-angels) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Aggie Angel Network](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aggie-angel-network) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alchemy Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alchemy-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bantam Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bantam-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Beacon Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beacon-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Maroon Venture Partners Fund invest in?

Maroon Venture Partners Fund invests primarily in Health Care, Medical and Manufacturing startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Maroon Venture Partners Fund?

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### Who are the partners at Maroon Venture Partners Fund?

The team at Maroon Venture Partners Fund includes Ameeta Soni (Investment Committee Member) and Charlie Johnson (Investment Committee Member and Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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