Red Cedar Ventures
VC Fund
East Lansing, United States
Red Cedar Ventures is a VC fund in East Lansing focused on Software and Health Care. Founded in 2014, Red Cedar Ventures (RCV) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the MSU Research Foundation and the first venture fund in mid-Michigan. RCV makes early-stage investments in high-tech startups commercializing intellectual property created at Michigan State University. Red Cedar Ventures supports for funds: Pre-Seed Fund, Opportunity Fund, Opportunity II Fund, and Michigan Rise Pre-Seed Fund III.
- Total investments:
- 229
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 2%
- Fund size:
- $5M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Red Cedar Ventures invests in
Stages Red Cedar Ventures invests in
Countries Red Cedar Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 8 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $20k–$5M
- Pre-Seed
- $20k–$2M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 40 (17%)
- Health Care 33 (14%)
- Manufacturing 19 (8%)
- Medical 18 (8%)
- Biotechnology 14 (6%)
Stage
- Pre-Seed 94 (41%)
- Seed 40 (17%)
- Grant 14 (6%)
- Series A 14 (6%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 11 (5%)
Country
- United States 131 (57%)
- The Netherlands 3 (1%)
- Canada 1 (0%)
- France 1 (0%)
- Argentina 1 (0%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Abdel Qader Diab
Data Analyst
|
Data Analyst | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Calvin VanderWal
Venture Associate
|
Venture Associate | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Christian McKenzie
Investment Associate
|
Investment Associate | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Jeff Wesley
Executive Director
|
Executive Director | Total investments: 11 | Find email | |
John Tran
Venture Analyst
|
Venture Analyst | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 8 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scorbit develops a platform for pinball players and pinball machine owners and operators. | $5M / Seed / Nov 13, 2025 | ||
| Sainte helps health systems, payors, employers, and workforce development organizations reduce costs and improve outcomes by using AI-driven, trauma-informed support to deliver the most proactive care possible. | $250K / Pre-Seed / Feb 01, 2025 | ||
| Motion Grazer AI develops a monitoring system to track livestock using a computer and a real-sense camera. The company's hardware platform, SIM, provides soil monitoring and health assessment to provide individual sensing, monitoring, and analyses to enable precision livestock farming (PLF) breeding for sows.The company was founded in 2020and is headquartered in East Lansing, Michigan. | Pre-Seed / Nov 21, 2023 | ||
| KODE Health is an on-demand medical coding solution for maximum flexibility, quality, and control for systems and Koders alike. KODE is a health-tech company seeking to break the traditional model of medical coding and created the first and only on-demand platform that connects healthcare providers and coders in real time. Its headquarters islocated in Holland, Michigan. | Series B / Nov 01, 2023 | ||
| Great Lakes Crystal Technologies offers crystal diamond materials for applications. | Seed / Oct 16, 2023 | ||
| Reel Free designed a medical device, similar to an automated reel-in garden hose, for managing oxygen tubing. This innovation enhances user mobility and reduces the risk of falls. | Pre-Seed / Oct 05, 2023 | ||
| Quantitative Coin Grading is a technology-based coin grading service platform to assess the value of coins. | Pre-Seed / Oct 05, 2023 | ||
| Kikcit is an engagement guide that recommends vibrant experiences and rewards the social frequency of those interactions. | Pre-Seed / Oct 05, 2023 | ||
| Akeila Bio is a biotech start-up company developing breakthrough medicines that target the retinoid X receptor (RXR) to treat a broad range of diseases driven by dysregulation of the immune system, glucose metabolism, and lipid metabolism. | Pre-Seed / Sep 21, 2023 | ||
| Protein Pints is a high-protein, premium ice cream that is the most delightful method to ingest protein that has ever been invented! | Pre-Seed / Sep 20, 2023 | ||
| See all 229 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Red Cedar Ventures invest in?
Red Cedar Ventures invests primarily in Software, Health Care and Manufacturing startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 229 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Red Cedar Ventures invest in?
Red Cedar Ventures typically joins rounds of $20k–$5M at Seed and $20k–$2M at Pre-Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Red Cedar Ventures's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Red Cedar Ventures took part in.
How do I contact Red Cedar Ventures?
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Who are the partners at Red Cedar Ventures?
The team at Red Cedar Ventures includes Abdel Qader Diab (Data Analyst), Calvin VanderWal (Venture Associate) and Christian McKenzie (Investment Associate), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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