# Walnut Venture Associates

> Walnut Venture Associates is a VC fund backing Software and Health Care. See 83 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Wellesley, United States
- Total investments: 83
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 4%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/walnut-ventures/
- Website: https://www.walnutventures.com/

Walnut Venture Associates is a venture capital firm specializing in investments in seed, and early stage companies. The firm typically invests in information technology sectors. It typically invests in companies based in the New England area. The firm prefers to invest between $250,000 and $1 million. It seeks to have a board seat in its portfoliocompanies. Walnut Venture Associates is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.Walnut Venture Associates is a group of experienced entrepreneurs and investors seeking investment opportunities in seed and early-stage companies in the New England area. We are focused on information technology companies with significant technology addressing rapidly growing markets. We can commit $250,000 to $1,000,000 to a single financing. Our objective is to help talented entrepreneurs build lasting businesses of significant value and to participate as active investors.Walnut Venture Associates can help your company by working with you to refine your business plan, to fill out the management team, to develop financing strategies, and to make key contacts for strategic partnerships. A single member of the group will normally serve on the Board of Directors of your company, but the resources of the entire group are available to you

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 27 | 33% |
| Health Care | 17 | 20% |
| SaaS | 10 | 12% |
| Information Technology | 9 | 11% |
| Advertising | 8 | 10% |

163 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 32 | 39% |
| Funding Round | 24 | 29% |
| Series A | 13 | 16% |
| Angel | 3 | 4% |
| Series B | 3 | 4% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 73 | 88% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Arrigo Bodda | Associate | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arrigo-bodda |
| Frank Ferguson | Member | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frank-ferguson-2 |
| Fred Bamber | Member | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fred-bamber |
| Gil Syswerda | Member | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gil-syswerda |
| Jeff Herrmann | Member | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeff-herrmann |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HomeRoots | HomeRoots is a B2B eCommerce Company that connects buyers and sellers from across the globe. Specialties include furniture, home décor, rugs, lighting, outdoor and more. | $1M |  | Feb 11, 2026 |  |
| Jaia Robotics | Jaia Robotics is a provider and developer of microsized autonomous and subsurface marine vehicles. It also provides comprehensive data collection services helping clients to affordable aquatic data collection. It also provides a multi-sensor configurable technology that requires minimal user training with wide-ranging capabilities compared totraditional crewed or uncrewed data collection systems. | $1M | Seed | Jun 21, 2022 |  |
| Statera | Statera is an application bringing transparency, predictability, and simplicity to clinical compensation models. They provide a user-friendly application for clinicians with easy-to-understand visuals, and organizational tools for institutions to enable compensation model design as a lever for improving healthcare. It also offers consultingservices to facilitate compensation model redesigns aligned with institutions' strategic priorities and culture.Statera's goal is to bring transparency and predictability to clinical compensation and return clinicians' focus on providing quality patient care. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Boston, MA, USA. | $750K | Seed | Sep 23, 2021 |  |
| Metrobi | Metrobi is a mobile platform that leverages artificial intelligence to provide a shared B2B local delivery service. Our routing and pairing technology was developed out of MIT and currently increases driver output by 23% and reduces mileage by up to 50%.Businesses simply enter their deliveries, we pair similarly routed goods, send a van and getit done. The result is cheaper deliveries and an on-demand fleet for businesses and fair wage work for drivers.Our team is comprised of experienced transportation entrepreneurs who have developed solutions currently routing millions of people every day in the world’s most populated cities. Metrobi applies this technology to B2B deliveries. | $2.6M | Seed | Jul 26, 2021 |  |
| 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 |  |
| AltrixBio | AltrixBio is a pharmaceutical company focused on oral drug that replicates the metabolic success of bariatric surgery. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2021 |  |
| Statera | Statera is an application bringing transparency, predictability, and simplicity to clinical compensation models. They provide a user-friendly application for clinicians with easy-to-understand visuals, and organizational tools for institutions to enable compensation model design as a lever for improving healthcare. It also offers consultingservices to facilitate compensation model redesigns aligned with institutions' strategic priorities and culture.Statera's goal is to bring transparency and predictability to clinical compensation and return clinicians' focus on providing quality patient care. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Boston, MA, USA. |  | Seed | Dec 25, 2020 |  |
| Quantivly | Empowering radiology to make data-driven decisions |  | Seed | Dec 20, 2020 |  |
| Metrobi | Metrobi is a mobile platform that leverages artificial intelligence to provide a shared B2B local delivery service. Our routing and pairing technology was developed out of MIT and currently increases driver output by 23% and reduces mileage by up to 50%.Businesses simply enter their deliveries, we pair similarly routed goods, send a van and getit done. The result is cheaper deliveries and an on-demand fleet for businesses and fair wage work for drivers.Our team is comprised of experienced transportation entrepreneurs who have developed solutions currently routing millions of people every day in the world’s most populated cities. Metrobi applies this technology to B2B deliveries. |  | Seed | Dec 20, 2020 |  |
| Viv | Viv is a webshop that manufactures and supplies ecofriendly menstrual products for women. |  | Seed | Dec 01, 2020 |  |

10 of 83 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [LaunchPad Venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/launchpad-venture-group) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [Techstars](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstars) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Beacon Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beacon-angels) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Cherrystone Angel Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cherrystone-angel-group) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Techstars Boston Accelerator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstars-boston-accelerator) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [River Valley Investors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-river-valley-investors) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Walnut Venture Associates invest in?

Walnut Venture Associates invests primarily in Software, Health Care and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 83 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### Who are the partners at Walnut Venture Associates?

The team at Walnut Venture Associates includes Arrigo Bodda (Associate), Frank Ferguson (Member) and Fred Bamber (Member), among 11 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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