# Michael Lavin

> Michael Lavin is a Series A investor at Germin8 Ventures (Chicago) backing SaaS and Software. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Germin8 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/germin8-ventures)
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Mar 2025
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-lavin-4224b018

Michael Lavin is a Series A investor at Germin8 Ventures in Chicago focused on SaaS and Software. Michael Lavin is the Managing Partner of Germin8 Ventures.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 33% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |
| Livestock | 1 | 33% |
| Agriculture | 1 | 33% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 33% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |
| Series B | 1 | 33% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Australia | 1 | 33% |
| United States | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Avalo | Avalo is a plant biology company that harnesses interpretable machine learning, genomic discovery, and evolutionary theory to rapidly design new crops for the future of agriculture. Their process uses AI-assisted plant breeding, so all products are non-GMO and support the natural diversity of the world around us. The technological core of Avalo isa discovery engine that can identify the genetic underpinnings of complex traits with minimal training. In turn, these findings are leveraged into high-precision, low-cost simulations and forecasts. Even in understudied crops, Avalo can reduce the time that it takes to produce new crops by years and reduce the cost by an order of magnitude. | $11M | Series A | Mar 06, 2025 |  |
| AgriWebb | AgriWebb is a software company focused on the livestock production industry. Its products enable simplified on-farm data collection and analysis to improve management efficiency, decision-making, benchmarking, and transparency while integrating through horizontal and vertical supply chains. AgriWebb’s founders come from 5 generations of livestockproduction and aim to transform the livestock industry through data-driven decision-making built from intuitive on-farm data recording. | $7.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 06, 2024 |  |
| AgriWebb | AgriWebb is a software company focused on the livestock production industry. Its products enable simplified on-farm data collection and analysis to improve management efficiency, decision-making, benchmarking, and transparency while integrating through horizontal and vertical supply chains. AgriWebb’s founders come from 5 generations of livestockproduction and aim to transform the livestock industry through data-driven decision-making built from intuitive on-farm data recording. | $6.3M | Series B | Oct 10, 2022 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Grosvenor Food & AgTech](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wheatsheaf-investments) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Alexandria Venture Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexandria-venture-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [At One Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/at-one-ventures-2a2a) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Better Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/better-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Climate Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/climate-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Coca-Cola Europacific Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coca-cola-european-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Germin8 Ventures

VC Fund · Chicago, United States

Germin8 Ventures is a multi-stage, strategically-oriented venture capital firm investing in disruptive Food & AgTech companies across the value chain, in various stages, globally. It is a group of like-minded industry veterans and sophisticated investors providing investment and strategic resources to transformative Food & AgricultureTechnology companies that are addressing major demand trends and improving the global food system through disruptive technologies and solutions.

2 contacts available at Germin8 Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ashlie Burkart | CSO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ashlie-burkart |
| Michael Lavin | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-lavin |

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## FAQ

### What does Michael Lavin invest in?

Michael Lavin invests primarily in SaaS, Software and Livestock startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Australia. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Michael Lavin last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Michael Lavin closed in Mar 2025. Shizune tracks 3 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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