# Social Venture Fund

> Social Venture Fund is a VC fund in Ann Arbor backing Health Care and Software. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Ann Arbor, United States
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Dec 2021
- Lead investor: 22%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/umsocialventure
- Website: http://www.umsocialventure.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/UMSocialVentureFund

Social Venture Fund is a VC fund in Ann Arbor focused on Health Care and Software. Social Venture Fund, an impact investment fund at the University of Michigan, finances companies based on social and environmental impact.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $225k–$5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 5 | 56% |
| Software | 3 | 33% |
| mHealth | 2 | 22% |
| Education | 2 | 22% |
| Food Processing | 2 | 22% |

39 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 56% |
| Series A | 2 | 22% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 11% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 8 | 89% |
| Kenya | 1 | 11% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Donna Scaffidi | Venture Capital Legal Associate | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/donna-scaffidi |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rhaeos | Rhaeos, the world's first wearable shunt monitor, aims to improve the quality care for patients with hydrocephalus through a novel, thermal biosensor. Developed within Northwestern University with collaboration between Dr. John Rogers, McCormick School of Engineering, Feinberg School of Medicine and Kellogg School of Management, Rhaeosrepresents a unique multidisciplinary translational effort for an important clinical need. | $2.2M | Seed | Dec 24, 2021 |  |
| Hydrosat | Hydrosat is a deep-tech company using thermal satellite data and AI to address society's most urgent challenges. We provide geospatial intelligence for food production, security, and natural resource management. | $5M | Seed | Jun 17, 2021 |  |
| Chirps Chips (Six Foods) | Chirps Chips is a creating edible insect foods for healthyeating and sustainability. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 13, 2018 |  |
| Penda Health | Penda Health is a leading blended healthcare provider dedicated to delivering high-quality, affordable medical care to middle- and low-income families in Kenya. Established with a mission to make healthcare accessible and effective, Penda operates a network of medical centers offering a range of services, from general consultations to specializedcare, diagnostics, and pharmacy services.The company leverages cutting-edge technology, including AI-powered tools, to empower clinicians with real-time guidance for diagnosis and treatment, ensuring optimal patient outcomes. Penda Health is recognized for its innovative approaches to patient-centered care and its ability to scale operations efficiently while maintaining exceptional service standards.With a strong focus on operational excellence, community impact, and financial sustainability, Penda Health has served millions of patients, earning a reputation as one of Africa's most trusted healthcare brands. |  | Series A | Aug 01, 2016 |  |
| Conversa Health | Conversa enables health systems to virtually engage, monitor and manage patients for chronic care, acute discharge, perioperative, oncology, OBGYN, prevention and wellness, and more. The automated care platform engages patients at high frequency and scale, while triaging to care venues when necessary, optimizing and improving the use of telehealthe-visits, phone calls and in-person consults. Conversa’s suite of COVID-19 Virtual Care Programs is being used by innovative organizations like UCSF Health, Northwell, UNC Health, Prisma Health and University Hospitals to provide symptom checking and triage, provide check-ins with quarantined patients, deliver lab results and screen employees, patients and visitors. | $2M | Seed | May 10, 2016 |  |
| Loveland Technologies | LOVELAND is based in Detroit, Michigan and the San Francisco Bay Area with a growing team dedicated to putting America online parcel by parcel. They work with governments, developers, neighborhood groups, and passionate individuals to gather and present information about property in clear, actionable ways.In Detroit their community missionsinclude arming people with information to battle a plague of tax foreclosures and running an ongoing survey of property conditions to help fight blight. | $781K | Series A | Sep 23, 2014 |  |
| Mytonomy | Mytonomy Inc, based in Bethesda, MD is a leading provider of healthcare cloud solutions for video-based patient education and engagement. The company leverages the power of content streaming and intelligent patient/provider communication to improve outcomes, reduce costs and increase volumes. Mytonomy Cloud for Healthcare is used at 70+hospitals, and 200+ clinics including 6 of America’s Top Academic Medical Centers. The enterprise platform provides a seamless, consumer-like experience across all major medical conditions, pre/post procedure, ambulatory, inpatient and at home care, and fully integrates with all major EHR and CRM systems. Mytonomy has been named to the Inc. 5000 List of Fastest Growing Companies in the U.S. four years in a row and was recognized as Best SaaS Platform for Healthcare in 2022 by The Cloud/SaaS Awards. Mytonomy’s award winning clinical studio is the now the largest producer of cinematic quality evidence-based, microlearning education for patients and families, and the studio has received over 150+ Telly, Digital Health and Health Information Awards for excellence in clinical education. |  |  | Apr 19, 2013 |  |
| Jack and Jake’s | Jack and Jakes has developed a local/organic wholesale company, sourcing food from within a 100-mile radius of New Orleans to provide healthy food for hospitals and schools. They have received $500,000 in follow-on funding. | $225K | Seed | Jul 10, 2012 |  |
| LearnZillion | LearnZillion provides educators with curricular products for the new standards in digital and print. Its platform offers access to instructional materials for mathematics and literacy, as well as provides task-implementation guides for teachers that enable students and teachers to get benefited from each other through interactive learning.LearnZillion was founded in 2011 and is based in Washington, District of Columbia. | $2.4M | Seed | Mar 29, 2012 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Social Venture Fund invest in?

Social Venture Fund invests primarily in Health Care, Software and mHealth startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 9 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 Social Venture Fund's check size?

Social Venture Fund typically joins rounds of $225k–$5M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Social Venture Fund participates in.

### How do I contact Social Venture Fund?

Public channels for Social Venture Fund include X (Twitter), the website linked on this profile and Facebook. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Social Venture Fund?

The team at Social Venture Fund includes Donna Scaffidi (Venture Capital Legal Associate). 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 Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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