# River Valley Investors

> River Valley Investors is a VC fund backing Software and Health Care. See 56 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Springfield, United States
- Total investments: 56
- Last investment: Mar 2021
- Lead investor: 2%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/river-valley-investors/
- Website: http://www.rivervalleyinvestors.com/

River Valley Investors is a VC fund in Springfield focused on Software and Health Care. River Valley Investors (RVI) is Western Massachusetts's angel investor network. RVI has successful entrepreneurs and executives dedicated to helping each other find, evaluate, and profitably invest in exciting companies with significant growth potential. When it invests, it prefer to do so in companies where it has relevant domain expertiseand connections so that it can help its entrepreneurs achieve success.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 9 | 16% |
| Health Care | 8 | 14% |
| Manufacturing | 8 | 14% |
| Medical | 6 | 11% |
| Medical Device | 5 | 9% |

108 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 23 | 41% |
| Funding Round | 16 | 29% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 9% |
| Series A | 3 | 5% |
| Series B | 2 | 4% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 41 | 73% |
| Canada | 2 | 4% |
| Ireland | 1 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Zachary Dutton | Member and Investor | 0 | — |
| Paul Silva | Manager | 0 | — |
| Zachary Dutton | Member and Investor | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lenoss Medical | Lenoss Medical engages in providing solutions that support the natural osseous healing process. They disrupt the treatment of spinal fractures with the osteopearl VBA system, a viable, minimally invasive, and cement-free technology that utilizes the natural healing properties of healthy bone. | $1.3M | Seed | Mar 25, 2021 |  |
| Superfrau | Superfrau has combat food waste and climate change by reusing excess fresh whey produced during yogurt fermentation. They have a deliciously refreshing, not-too-tart, not-too-sweet, fizzy whey beverage with incredible health benefits. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2021 |  |
| QSM Diagnostics | QSM Diagnostics was founded in 2014 as a spin out from the Goluch Group at Northeastern University. They have several decades of experience in the development and commercialization of medical devices. Their main expertise is in sensor development. |  |  | Dec 31, 2020 |  |
| Lumme Health | Lumme Health, Inc. develops smartwatch-based behavior change software for smoking cessation and weight management. For such high-frequency behaviors, Lumme's machine learning apps, which run continuously in the background of a smartwatch, eliminate the burden of tedious self-monitoring by passively tracking real-time, objective consumptionmetrics and behavioral patterns from the motions of the hand. This dramatically increases self-awareness and understanding over traditional, manual reporting methods, and uncovers insights and triggers that lead to problematic habit loops. Lumme further combines decades of clinically-validated research in behavioral psychology with predictive analytics to identify exactly when and how users should focus their efforts to achieve the greatest possible success. | $600K | Seed | Dec 31, 2020 |  |
| Launch413 | Launch413 Serial Entrepreneurs And Veteran Executives Dedicated To Helping Startups Become Profitable Engines Of Prosperity In Our Region. |  | Seed | Dec 01, 2020 |  |
| IgnitePOST | IgnitePOST is a comapany which combines software and robotics to allow those companies to send robotically handwritten notes at scale. |  | Seed | Jul 01, 2020 |  |
| ApprentiScope | Our mission at ApprentiScope is to empower organizations of all sizes to scale Apprenticeships and Work-Based Learning by automating their most time-consuming & repetitive program management tasks. Whether you’re an individual employer, multi-employer intermediary, or state government, using our software will create stability, reduceadministrative time, and boost training outcomes, allowing your team to focus on growing your programs rather than managing them. |  | Seed | Jul 01, 2020 |  |
| ApprentiScope | Our mission at ApprentiScope is to empower organizations of all sizes to scale Apprenticeships and Work-Based Learning by automating their most time-consuming & repetitive program management tasks. Whether you’re an individual employer, multi-employer intermediary, or state government, using our software will create stability, reduceadministrative time, and boost training outcomes, allowing your team to focus on growing your programs rather than managing them. |  | Pre-Seed | Jul 01, 2020 |  |
| Unruly Studios | Unruly Studios creates interactive games that empower children with critical STEM skills while stimulating creative problem solving through physical activity and social engagement. Its pioneering product, Unruly Tiles, teaches kids between the age group of 6-12 years to code and develop creative problem-solving skills while balancing screen-timeand play-time. Unruly Tiles is a set of programmable electronic floor tiles that kids can run around and jump on to play games created by them.Unruly Studios was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | $1M |  | Apr 29, 2020 |  |
| Unruly Studios | Unruly Studios creates interactive games that empower children with critical STEM skills while stimulating creative problem solving through physical activity and social engagement. Its pioneering product, Unruly Tiles, teaches kids between the age group of 6-12 years to code and develop creative problem-solving skills while balancing screen-timeand play-time. Unruly Tiles is a set of programmable electronic floor tiles that kids can run around and jump on to play games created by them.Unruly Studios was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | $1M | Seed | Apr 29, 2020 |  |

10 of 56 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Boston Harbor Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boston-harbor-angels) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [LaunchPad Venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/launchpad-venture-group) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Walnut Venture Associates](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/walnut-venture-associates) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Cherrystone Angel Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cherrystone-angel-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Digital Currency Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-currency-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hub Angels Investment Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hub-angels-investment-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does River Valley Investors invest in?

River Valley Investors invests primarily in Software, Health Care and Manufacturing startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 56 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 River Valley Investors?

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### Who are the partners at River Valley Investors?

The team at River Valley Investors includes Zachary Dutton (Member and Investor), Paul Silva (Manager) and Zachary Dutton (Member and Investor). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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