# Purple Cow Agency

> Purple Cow Agency is a VC fund in Brentwood backing Medical and Health Care. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Brentwood, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Aug 2019
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/purple-cow-websites
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/purplecowtweets
- Website: http://www.purplecowagency.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/purplecowagency

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.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Purple Cow Agency. Shizune tracks 1 team members at Purple Cow Agency. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/purple-cow?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $2.9M–$16M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Medical | 2 | 40% |
| Health Care | 2 | 40% |
| Travel | 1 | 20% |
| Content | 1 | 20% |
| Tourism | 1 | 20% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| China | 4 | 80% |
| Canada | 1 | 20% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| John Smulo | CEO, Owner & Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-smulo |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Roto Travel | 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 | http://www.rototravel.cn/ |
| Stork Healthcare | 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 | http://stork.3618med.com/ |
| Dedao | 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 | http://www.hbdedao.com.cn/ |
| Digital Precision Medical (DPM) | 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 | http://www.digipmc.com/ |
| ONO Social | 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 | https://www.ono.chat/en/ |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [China Growth Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/china-growth-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [36Kr](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/36kr) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Everbright](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everbright) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Frees Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/freesfund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Grand Shores Management Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/grand-shores-management-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Green Pine Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/green-pine-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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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 stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in China. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Purple Cow Agency's check size?

Purple Cow Agency typically joins rounds of $2.9M–$16M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Purple Cow Agency participates 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.

### 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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