Purple Cow Agency
VC Fund
Brentwood, United States
Purple Cow Agency is a VC fund in Brentwood focused on Medical and Health Care. John Smulo is the owner of Purple Cow. He regularly works with entrepreneurs and executives who want to develop website and social media strategies that will stand out and make a difference. John is a regular speaker on internet marketing, search engine optimization, and search engine marketing.
- Total investments:
- 6
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 33%
Last updated:
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Industries Purple Cow Agency invests in
Stages Purple Cow Agency invests in
Countries Purple Cow Agency invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Series A
- $2.9M–$16M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Medical 2 (33%)
- Health Care 2 (33%)
- Travel 1 (17%)
- Content 1 (17%)
- Tourism 1 (17%)
Stage
- Series A 5 (83%)
- Angel 1 (17%)
Country
- China 4 (67%)
- Canada 1 (17%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
John Smulo
CEO, Owner & Founder
|
CEO, Owner & Founder | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provider of travel photography services. The company has employed many professional photographer and makeup artists and cooperated with stores in different countries, providing travel photography services in Europe, Indonesia, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, Vietnam, Japan. | $7.1M / Series A / Aug 05, 2019 | ||
| Stork Healthcare is a company that specializes in the field of ultrasound and provides portable, non-invasive diagnostic ultrasound medical equipment and services. The company has its own original imaging platform, as well as a number of key technologies such as original elastic imaging technology and 3D Doppler spectrum imaging. There are nowhandheld ultrasound products for liver disease diagnosis, cervical vascular screening, and thyroid screening. | $3M / Series A / Feb 01, 2019 | ||
| Dedao manufactures auto parts. Their products include inspection tools, towing hooks, waveform crash barriers, threshold stiffeners, and roller beams. They provide sales, research, and development services. | $14M / Series A / Jan 01, 2019 | ||
| DPM's business scope includes several series of high-end intraoperative optical molecular imaging surgical navigation equipment and contrast agents developed and produced independently. Digital Precision Medical product lines are primate MPI-CT fusion, multimodal imaging system, near-infrared region ii, full spectrum, smart eye h280, 4Kfluorescence-hui yan h3800, and super eye c1000. The products are used for various surgical procedures and have the benefits of high sensitivity, high-definition fidelity, and ease of operation. | $2.9M / Series A / Oct 22, 2018 | ||
| Stork Healthcare is a company that specializes in the field of ultrasound and provides portable, non-invasive diagnostic ultrasound medical equipment and services. The company has its own original imaging platform, as well as a number of key technologies such as original elastic imaging technology and 3D Doppler spectrum imaging. There are nowhandheld ultrasound products for liver disease diagnosis, cervical vascular screening, and thyroid screening. | $3M / Angel / Jun 27, 2018 | ||
| ONO is a new type of social network based on blockchain technology that aims to create an ecosystem based on the value of attention with the main principles of freedom, equality and social public governance for users. ONO users can freely share and obtain valuable content, chat for study, communicate, and participate in building the ONO ecosystem.While creating network activity, it will provide users with incentives to earn ONOT as the reward as laid forth by the referendum. | $16M / Series A / Jun 08, 2018 |
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FAQ
What does Purple Cow Agency invest in?
Purple Cow Agency invests primarily in Medical, Health Care and Travel startups, most often at Series A and Angel stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in China. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Purple Cow Agency invest in?
Purple Cow Agency typically joins rounds of $2.9M–$16M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Purple Cow Agency's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Purple Cow Agency took part in.
How do I contact Purple Cow Agency?
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Who are the partners at Purple Cow Agency?
The team at Purple Cow Agency includes John Smulo (CEO, Owner & Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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