# Refinery Ventures

> Refinery Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 27 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cincinnati, United States
- Total investments: 27
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 56%
- Fund size: $37M
- Last fund: Jan 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/refinery-ventures/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/RefineryVC
- Website: https://www.refinery.com

Refinery Ventures is an early-stage venture firm that focuses on investing in information technology, digital health, and human capital technology sectors. The firm invests in early scale companies by bridging the gap and mentoring its teams between post-seed and Series A funding.Refinery Ventures was established in 2017 and is based inCincinnati, Ohio.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 9 | 33% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 4 | 15% |
| Health Care | 3 | 11% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 11% |
| SaaS | 2 | 7% |

50 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 12 | 44% |
| Seed | 8 | 30% |
| Series B | 2 | 7% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 7% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 16 | 59% |
| Canada | 1 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dale Fuller | Venture Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dale-fuller |
| Adam Swick | Principal | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adam-swick |
| Tim Schigel | Managing Partner | 17 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tim-schigel |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kernel | Kernel is a developer platform that provides Crazy Fast Browser Infrastructure for AI agents to use the internet. | $16M | Series A | Oct 09, 2025 |  |
| Kernel | Kernel is a developer platform that provides Crazy Fast Browser Infrastructure for AI agents to use the internet. | $6.6M | Seed | Sep 09, 2025 |  |
| FoodHealth | FoodHealth is a nutrition intelligence company providing healthy food. | $7.5M | Series A | May 06, 2025 |  |
| FoodHealth | FoodHealth is a nutrition intelligence company providing healthy food. | $6M | Seed | Jun 01, 2024 |  |
| Redi.Health | Redi.Health is a healthcare technology company that develops health management platforms for patients. The company aims to connect patients with chronic diseases to patient support programs. These programs are created in partnership with pharmaceutical manufacturers and are always free to patients.Founded in 2021, the company is based inColumbus, Ohio, United States. | $14M | Series B | Feb 28, 2024 |  |
| FoodHealth | FoodHealth is a nutrition intelligence company providing healthy food. | $4.1M | Seed | Jun 22, 2023 |  |
| FRAYT | FRAYT is a developer of a delivery application offering shipping services. The company enables businesses and retailers to offer same-hour delivery to their customers, from coast to coast. | $7M | Series A | Apr 11, 2023 |  |
| StoryFit | StoryFit puts the power of artificial intelligence in the hands of publishers and studios.StoryFit is a technology company that delivers artificial intelligence insights and solutions for the book publishing, movie, and television production industries. The name StoryFit comes from that simple idea: know how your story fits in the landscape; finda story to fit your audience, and an audience that fits your story. It represents their motivation and their promise to their customers: to support creative decision-makers in their production of memorable stories by providing the smartest, most adaptable, and most dynamic machine learning insights to narrative content available. | $5.5M | Series A | Oct 20, 2022 |  |
| Redi.Health | Redi.Health is a healthcare technology company that develops health management platforms for patients. The company aims to connect patients with chronic diseases to patient support programs. These programs are created in partnership with pharmaceutical manufacturers and are always free to patients.Founded in 2021, the company is based inColumbus, Ohio, United States. |  |  | Aug 31, 2022 |  |
| Redi.Health | Redi.Health is a healthcare technology company that develops health management platforms for patients. The company aims to connect patients with chronic diseases to patient support programs. These programs are created in partnership with pharmaceutical manufacturers and are always free to patients.Founded in 2021, the company is based inColumbus, Ohio, United States. | $3.7M | Series A | Aug 31, 2022 |  |

10 of 27 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does Refinery Ventures invest in?

Refinery Ventures invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Health Care startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 27 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Refinery Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Refinery Ventures?

The team at Refinery Ventures includes Dale Fuller (Venture Partner), Adam Swick (Principal) and Tim Schigel (Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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