# The Yard Ventures

> The Yard Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Wellness. See 20 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 20
- Last investment: Mar 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/yard-ventures/
- Website: https://www.avgfunds.com/the-yard-ventures/

The Yard Ventures is an investment firm with broad professional, investing, and entrepreneurial experience. It is part of the Alumni Ventures Group.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 6 | 30% |
| Wellness | 4 | 20% |
| Health Care | 3 | 15% |
| Biotechnology | 3 | 15% |
| Internet of Things | 3 | 15% |

51 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 10 | 50% |
| Seed | 3 | 15% |
| Series B | 3 | 15% |
| Series C | 2 | 10% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 5% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 16 | 80% |
| Ghana | 1 | 5% |
| Canada | 1 | 5% |
| Australia | 1 | 5% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lacey Johnson | Investing Partner | 0 | — |
| Lacey Johnson | Investing Partner | 0 | — |
| Irina Mladenova | Investment Committee Consultant | 0 | — |
| Paul Weichselbaum | Investment Committee Member | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mindset Health | Mindset Health is a digital therapeutics company that helps people manage chronic health issues like irritable bowel syndrome and anxiety with app-based hypnotherapy. | $12M | Series A | Mar 21, 2023 |  |
| Hey Jane | Hey Jane is a telehealth startup that connects patients to healthcare providers that offer online medical consultations. The company's innovative Complete Care model utilizes technology for unparalleled layers of support: medical, emotional, and social. Since 2021, Hey Jane has helped nearly 20,000 patients get the care they need. And this isonly the beginning; soon, we will reimagine care for even more common but underserved treatments, with the ultimate goal of becoming the most trusted healthcare company out there—one that pushes the boundaries of access with convenient, inclusive, and patient-driven care. | $6.1M | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 19, 2022 |  |
| CHEQ | CHEQ is the world's first social payments platform, connecting consumers and businesses to create frictionless, amazing in-person experiences. CHEQ's universal ordering and payment app can be used by restaurants, stadiums, hotels, and more to make transactions fun, easy, and worry- free. Users can even send food and drinks directly totheir friends from anywhere in the world. CHEQ lets venues retain their unique branding within the app and keep their direct relationships with their guests. | $8M | Seed | Sep 21, 2022 |  |
| Fido | Fido builds technology that enables fast and secure access to digital financial services. Their financial platform and machine learning risk models make instant credit decisions for customers with no financial track record while reducing operational costs. | $30M | Series A | May 01, 2022 |  |
| Cyrus Biotechnology | Cyrus Biotechnology builds software tools to accelerate basic research in biotech, pharma, and industrial biotechnology. Cyrus Bench delivers an enterprise version of the Rosetta molecular modeling and design toolkit, with the associated array of bio-molecular computation tools. It was founded in 2014 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington. | $18M | Series B | Dec 06, 2021 |  |
| Hedron | Hedron is in the business of quickly moving data from imaging satellites in space back to the ground. Analytical Space is building the in-orbit communication infrastructure that will enable real time knowledge of what is happening on the surface of our planet. | $17.8M | Series A | Oct 26, 2021 |  |
| Hedron | Hedron is building a satellite network that will enable real-time communication between the earth and space. Their network will bring new opportunities for innovation in space, provide insights to optimize the global economy, and allow them to better understand their planet. | $17.8M | Series A | Oct 26, 2021 |  |
| Vincere Health | Vincere Health is a Techstars-backed health tech company founded at the Harvard Innovation Labs in 2019. They use a combination of intelligent, frequent incentives, objectively verified health data, and health coaching to drive behavior change to solve healthcare's biggest challenges - starting with smoking cessation. | $3M | Seed | Oct 17, 2021 |  |
| Aprende Institute | Aprende Institute is the online education platform for vocational skills training in the US hispanic market and LATAM. | $22M | Series A | Oct 09, 2021 |  |
| Formlogic | Formlogic is an autonomous manufacturing technology that provides rapid precision components for space and other industries. They offer real time order status, production orders in weeks, component production, and customer experience for custom machined components. | $20.4M | Series A | Jun 10, 2021 |  |

10 of 20 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 15 deals together
- [TZP Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tzp-group) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Castor Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/castor-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Blue Ivy Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blue-ivy-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- Explorer 1 Fund — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Fine Structure Venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fine-structure-venture) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does The Yard Ventures invest in?

The Yard Ventures invests primarily in Software, Wellness and Health Care startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 20 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 The Yard Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at The Yard Ventures?

The team at The Yard Ventures includes Lacey Johnson (Investing Partner), Lacey Johnson (Investing Partner) and Irina Mladenova (Investment Committee Consultant). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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