# Serra Ventures

> Serra Ventures is a VC fund in Champaign backing Software and Analytics. See 160 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Champaign, United States
- Total investments: 160
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 24%
- Fund size: $42M
- Last fund: Jan 2021
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/serra-ventures/?originalSubdomain=ph
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/serraventures
- Website: http://serraventures.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SerraVentures/

Serra Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in Seed, Seed Plus and Series A tech companies primarily in the U.S.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $250k–$5M |
| Series A | $2M–$15M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 19 | 12% |
| Analytics | 14 | 9% |
| Health Care | 14 | 9% |
| Biotechnology | 13 | 8% |
| Agriculture | 11 | 7% |

143 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 42 | 26% |
| Series A | 38 | 24% |
| Funding Round | 26 | 16% |
| Series B | 13 | 8% |
| Convertible Note | 5 | 3% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 74 | 46% |
| Canada | 3 | 2% |
| Brazil | 1 | 1% |
| Norway | 1 | 1% |
| Turkey | 1 | 1% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alyssa Kolb | Marketing and Communications Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alyssa-kolb |
| David Hodge | Venture Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/c-david-hodge |
| Dennis Beard | Managing Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dennis-beard |
| Drew Beard | Senior Analyst | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/drew-beard-57f3 |
| Eric Wilson | Assoicate and Director of Operations | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eric-wilson-2 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Quercus Biosolutions | Quercus aims to create effective, environmentally friendly alternatives to chemical pesticides by designing proteins from scratch, which can be regulated as biopesticides. This approach promises faster development and deployment compared to traditional methods, with potential for significant advancements in crop protection over the next few years. | $5M | Seed | Jul 29, 2026 |  |
| SWARM | SWARM is an AI-powered operational optimization company that builds decision intelligence software for agrifood and manufacturing. The company focuses on helping organizations improve efficiency and reduce costs by using AI systems that model operational challenges and generate optimized decisions across areas such as supply chain planning,logistics, workforce allocation, pricing, and production management. Its platform is designed around an agent-based architecture that uses intelligent systems to interpret business data, identify inefficiencies, and recommend or execute improved operational plans. Rather than requiring users to build models or write code, SWARM allows organizations to define operational problems in a structured way and then uses AI-driven engines to compute optimal solutions. | $10M | Series A | Jun 10, 2026 |  |
| Völur | Völur is an AI-based technology company that optimizes the cutting and processing of sustainable meat. This technology helps meat producers create value by getting the most out of every animal which reduces the need for animals, increases yields, and improves demand satisfaction while reducing inventory levels. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 03, 2026 |  |
| EIWA | We are an AgTech focused on Digital Transformation required by the Farm Input Ecosystem. We combine technology, images and data, enabling field information and data knowledge management in a simple and reliable framework focused on faster product development cycles and accelerated market deployment of Farm Inputs. | $729.9K | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 16, 2025 |  |
| FloVision Solutions | FloVision Solutions is a food analytic platform that optimizes supplier comparative analysis, meal performance, and food wastage. The platform also develops machine learning algorithms to detect food waste and offers recommendations to the user on how to reduce their "food footprint" and save money. | $8.7M | Series A | Jul 30, 2025 |  |
| SpayVac for Wildlife | SpayVac for Wildlife is a biotechnology firm that produces vaccines for fertility control with a single injection for wildlife animals. | $1M | Seed | Jul 01, 2025 |  |
| Bonsai Robotics | Bonsai Robotics provides vision-based automation solutions for off-road vehicles, such as agricultural machines. The company also offers analytics and telematics to help growers improve their performance, efficiency, and safety. The company is based in San Jose, California. | $15M | Series A | Jan 28, 2025 |  |
| EarthOptics | GroundTruth Ag is a soil cloud creator specializing in sustainable agricultural management. GroundTruth offers insights into soil management and health as well as near-real-time actionable data layers that cover the physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of the soil. This technology allows farmers to obtain accurate soil informationwhile also offering carbon creditors low-cost, hyper-accurate verification. | $24M | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 19, 2024 |  |
| FloVision Solutions | FloVision Solutions is a food analytic platform that optimizes supplier comparative analysis, meal performance, and food wastage. The platform also develops machine learning algorithms to detect food waste and offers recommendations to the user on how to reduce their "food footprint" and save money. |  | Seed | Jun 20, 2024 |  |
| IntelliCulture | IntelliCulture provides a farm management solution that helps to prevent pest outbreaks, improve labor efficiency, and automate machine management. The mission of IntelliCulture is to provide clients with technology that keeps their businesses competitive. IntelliCulture collects data from agricultural equipment and analyzes it to provide insights. | $2.6M | Seed | Jun 03, 2024 |  |

10 of 160 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Serra Ventures invest in?

Serra Ventures invests primarily in Software, Analytics and Health Care startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 160 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Serra Ventures's check size?

Serra Ventures typically joins rounds of $250k–$5M at Seed and $2M–$15M 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 Serra Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Serra Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Serra Ventures?

The team at Serra Ventures includes Alyssa Kolb (Marketing and Communications Director), David Hodge (Venture Partner) and Dennis Beard (Managing Partner), 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 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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