# Michelson Impact Ventures

> Michelson Impact Ventures is a VC fund backing Pet and Software. See 44 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 44
- Last investment: Mar 2024
- Lead investor: 2%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/michelson-impact-ventures
- Website: https://www.michelson.vc/

Michelson Impact Ventures is a social change fund deploying impact investment capital into mission-aligned, for-profit start-ups in education, future of work, healthcare, human-animal bond, veterinary health, and future of food.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $200k–$8M |
| Pre-Seed | $100k–$700k |
| Venture - Series Unknown | $200k–$6M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pet | 31 | 70% |
| Software | 8 | 18% |
| Veterinary | 8 | 18% |
| Health Care | 7 | 16% |
| Mobile Apps | 6 | 14% |

58 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 24 | 55% |
| Seed | 15 | 34% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 4 | 9% |
| Series A | 1 | 2% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 27 | 61% |
| United Kingdom | 6 | 14% |
| Canada | 2 | 5% |
| Mexico | 2 | 5% |
| Japan | 1 | 2% |

10 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Phil Kim | Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/phil-kim-2 |
| Zach Schultz | Investment Associate | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zach-schultz-1446 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| VetVerifi | VetVerifi develops software to better connect the pet care economy and improve health record portability for pets. | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | Mar 27, 2024 |  |
| Folio.works | Each of us will spend about 30% of our lives at work. Folio prepares young adults to thrive in meaningful careers by helping them gain real-world experience. Our platform facilitates internships, part time jobs, and open-source challenge projects.We partner with universities and governments to facilitate coop programs, for-credit internships, andworkforce training dollars to make internships ubiquitous. In turn, we’re building the most effective dataset on entry-level talent to power the future of hiring. | $100K | Pre-Seed | Mar 18, 2024 |  |
| BorrowMyDoggy | BorrowMyDoggy started on a beautiful summer day in 2012 when Rikke (one of our co-founders) took care of a neighbour's doggy. Instead of spending the day stuck indoors, Aston (the loveable Labrador in question), went to the park, came along to a garden party, chilled with some new friends, and went for another walk. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 27, 2023 |  |
| Companion | Companion creates technology that simplifies how owners interact with and train their dogs. Companion's proprietary technology communicates with dogs through audio, and 3D sensing systems detect and analyze the dog's movement and behaviors. With machine learning, it can adapt in real-time, calculating the best way to engage with a dog.Companion rewards the dog for desired behaviors such as sit, down, stay, and recall using positive reinforcement techniques and proprietary data and algorithms. | $6M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 12, 2023 |  |
| Moggie | Moggie is a digital activity tracker which monitors the frequency and duration of important cat behaviors to identify deviations in normal activities and alert owners of potential problems through simple cat chat messages using AI enabled data analysis and pattern recognition. | $200K | Seed | Apr 12, 2023 |  |
| HiPets | HiPets is a booking system for pet parents which allows them to instant (mobile app and web) book services they need: vets, groomers, behaviourists and more to eliminate waiting in lines and endless calls. Main features: online profiles, online calendar, 24/7 bookings, text reminders, client card. We're starting from creating SaaS enabledmarketplace. Reach us out: Dorota Rymaszewska, CEO - dorota@hipets.com Leszek Wolany, CMO - leszek@hipets.com |  | Pre-Seed | Mar 06, 2023 |  |
| Dr. Cuddles | Dr. Cuddles offers medicated pet cleaning and wellness products. | $200K | Pre-Seed | Feb 27, 2023 |  |
| Tobipets | Tobipets is a one-stop shop that connects pet parents with pet brands, services, and veterinarians. | $200K | Pre-Seed | Feb 27, 2023 |  |
| Blue Pet | Blue Pet provides a variety of exceptional canine supplements that are enriched to meet all of your dog's nutritional needs. | $200K | Pre-Seed | Feb 27, 2023 |  |
| Mirna | Mirna is a veterinary diagnostics company that specializes in the development of veterinary disease testing technology. | $200K | Pre-Seed | Feb 27, 2023 |  |

10 of 44 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Leap Venture Studio](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/leap-venture-studio) — VC Fund, 33 deals together
- [R/GA Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/r-ga-ventures) — VC Fund, 21 deals together
- [Michelson Found Animals Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/found-animals-foundation) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Companion Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/companion-fund) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Mars Petcare](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mars-petcare) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Michelson 20MM Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michelson-20mm-foundation) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Michelson Impact Ventures invest in?

Michelson Impact Ventures invests primarily in Pet, Software and Veterinary startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 44 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Michelson Impact Ventures's check size?

Michelson Impact Ventures typically joins rounds of $200k–$8M at Seed, $100k–$700k at Pre-Seed and $200k–$6M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Michelson Impact Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Michelson Impact Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Michelson Impact Ventures?

The team at Michelson Impact Ventures includes Phil Kim (Managing Director) and Zach Schultz (Investment Associate). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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