# Photon Venture Alpha

> Photon Venture Alpha is a VC fund backing Life Science and Biotechnology. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Mar 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Photon Venture Alpha is a investment management firm.

## Investment focus

### Industry

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

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Eclipse Bioinnovations | Eclipse Bioinnovations is a leading RNA genomics company founded in 2017 based on technology developed at the University of California, San Diego. Eclipse's mission is to use their pioneering RNA genomics platform technologies to advance RNA medicines and scientific discovery. Eclipse’s founders developed eCLIP, the world’s most efficient andunique CLIP-seq technology for identifying RNA binding protein gene partners and gene maps. Eclipse’s suite of RNA genomics technologies now cover eCLIP-RBP for mapping the RNA binding proteins, miR-eCLIP for the miR-interactome, m6A-eCLIP for RNA modifications, End-Seq for 5' and 3' mapping, and FLI-Seq for simplifying Crispr library prep. Products are offered as services and kit for biopharma companies and academic researchers, and can be customized for clients. | $14M | Series A | Mar 15, 2022 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alexandria Venture Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexandria-venture-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [iGlobe](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/iglobe-f6d8) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Phoenix Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/phoenix-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Photon Venture Alpha invest in?

Photon Venture Alpha invests primarily in 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 Photon Venture Alpha last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Photon Venture Alpha closed in Mar 2022. 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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