# Vera Schroeder

> Vera Schroeder is a Series A investor at Open Avenues Foundation backing Life Science. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Open Avenues Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/open-avenues-foundation)
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jul 2024
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vera-schroeder/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/VeraSchroeder_

Vera Schroeder is a Partner at Safar Partners. He Attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Life Science | 2 | 100% |
| Biotechnology | 2 | 100% |
| Medical | 1 | 50% |
| Health Care | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ancilia Biosciences | Ancilia Biosciences develops engineered bacterial therapies to treat diseases linked to the microbiome. It provides and develops novel bacterial therapies that target the viral components of the microbiome to address chronic diseases across immunology and oncology indications. | $4.2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 17, 2024 |  |
| Concerto Biosciences | Concerto Biosciences discovers and develops specific combinations of microbial ensembles. Using kChip, a patented, high-throughput platform that constructs and screens millions of defined microbial communities - Concerto creates massive data sets on how microbes function when growing in complex communities. From these data, Concerto directlydiscovers microbial ensembles that perform a desired task and learns design rules for ensemble engineering. | $24.5M | Series A | Mar 22, 2022 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Excelestar Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/excelestar-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Horizons Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/horizons-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [MassVentures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/massventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [M Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/merckventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Metaplanet](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/metaplanet-holdings) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [PsyMed Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/psychedelic-medicine-syndicate) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Open Avenues Foundation

VC Fund



1 contacts available at Open Avenues Foundation.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vera Schroeder | Global Talent Fellow - Chemistry | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vera-schroeder |

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## FAQ

### What does Vera Schroeder invest in?

Vera Schroeder invests primarily in Life Science, Biotechnology and Medical startups, most often at Series A and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Vera Schroeder last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Vera Schroeder closed in Jul 2024. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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