ICYMI: Jenny Rooke, Managing Director of Genoa Ventures, shared her insights on Bloomberg Businessweek Live! Dr. Rooke spoke about the future she sees for the biotech space – one that extends beyond drugs and into the fundamental biologies that impact our lives. From new bioplastics to better foods and even dinosaur DNA, she answered the host's and listeners' questions and touched on the potential for innovation. Catch the full 10-minute discussion (starting at 21:56) to hear how #Genoaportcos, including BrightSpec, Inc., Bond Pet Foods, and more, are driving these groundbreaking advancements in the field. https://lnkd.in/dGAXyNP5 #BloombergBusinessweek #GenoaVC #Biotech #EarlyStageInvestments #Investing #PrecisionMedicine
Genoa Ventures
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
San Francisco, CA 2,129 followers
Investing Where Biology and Technology Converge
About us
Genoa Ventures invests in early-stage companies innovating at the convergence of biology and technology. Visionary startups developing innovative life science technologies with outsized potential often struggle to raise capital from traditional funders. These companies are typically multi-disciplinary (e.g. genomics + optics + microfluidics + big data) and/or market-making, and don't neatly fit most VC’s patterns and boxes. Genoa Ventures stands in this gap. Genoa Ventures uniquely combines an appetite for technology-driven, “category-defying” opportunities in life sciences with the domain expertise and operational experience necessary to select and nurture the best bio-based companies early, before most other investors. We take the time to understand the science and technology, applications and markets, and to help these companies achieve their full potential. We believe in the enormous and relatively untapped possibilities of life science technologies and discoveries applied to realms outside of healthcare, and in the unbounded potential of the entrepreneurial visionaries who will lead us in realizing these possibilities.
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External link for Genoa Ventures
- Industry
- Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, CA
- Type
- Partnership
- Founded
- 2018
- Specialties
- synthetic biology, genomics, genetics, research tools, venture capital, Seed, Series A, diagnostics, agriculture, go-to-market strategy, and cytometry
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San Francisco, CA 94110, US
Employees at Genoa Ventures
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ZwitterCo is attending Water Environment Federation's Technical Exhibition and Conference (#WEFTEC), this week in New Orleans to drive on the theme, “Leading the Future of Water.” Head to the Innovation Zone: Booth 1459, and speak with the ZwitterCo team about their SuperFiltration and Reverse Osmosis technologies. The development of their membrane technology empowers multiple industries to tap into freshwater sources and recycle previously unrecoverable wastewater. The Zwitterionic membranes are the missing piece to managing wastewater in an overall less expensive and more sustainable manner. #GenoaPortco #sustainability #Water #recycle
Counting down the days to #WEFTEC2024! ⏲ Next month, ZwitterCo will be exhibiting at WEFTEC, hosted by Water Environment Federation, in New Orleans from October 7-9. Visit us at 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝟭𝟰𝟱𝟵 to discover how ZwitterCo membranes are revolutionizing water filtration in ways never before possible—creating clean water from even the most challenging sources and helping preserve vital freshwater resources. 💧 Why Visit Us? ❕ Exclusive demos of our latest innovations 🤝 Meet the experts behind the tech 📢 Stay informed with the latest ZwitterCo updates Book a meeting with our team: https://lnkd.in/eEHgdfRm #WEFTEC24 #Innovation #MembraneTechnology
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Mercy Medical Center and Hall-Perrine Cancer Center announced a new partnership with SimBioSys, Inc. a #GenoaPortCo, to bring advanced technology to our breast cancer patients. They will implement TumorSight™ Viz, SimBioSys' proprietary technology, which uses AI to determine optimal treatment plans for breast cancer. This AI and 3D imaging technology allows for more precise surgical planning, enabling Mercy Medical Center surgeons to remove the tumor more effectively while also preserving as much healthy tissue as possible. Read more about their collaboration here: https://lnkd.in/eNrV_uDv
Mercy Medical Center and The Hall-Perrine Cancer Center Gaining Value from Utilizing TumorSight Viz! We’re thrilled to share that Mercy Medical Center is revolutionizing breast cancer surgeries in Cedar Rapids with TumorSight Viz, providing patients with the most advanced, personalized care available. This partnership represents a major leap in surgical precision for Mercy’s patients, utilizing advanced AI and 3D imaging for enhanced visualization. TumorSight Viz provides detailed 3D visualizations that map the tumor’s exact location, volume, and surrounding anatomy. With these crucial insights, breast surgeons can plan and execute surgeries with greater accuracy, enabling them to explore less invasive approaches. A special thanks to Vincent Reid, MD, FACS and the incredible team at Mercy for their commitment to bringing innovative solutions to patient care. We’re proud to collaborate with such forward-thinking physicians and excited for the positive impact TumorSight Viz will have on breast cancer treatment in Iowa. Check out the full article to learn more: https://lnkd.in/gx3BYdnS #HealthcareInnovation #BreastCancerTreatment #AIinHealthcare #SimBioSys #TumorSight #MercyMedicalCenter #SurgicalExcellence #PatientCare
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#ICYMI: At the Pacific Coast Reproductive Society Annual Meeting, Fellow a #GenoaPortCo, presented findings on how their mail-in semen analysis helps address barriers to test completion related to race, education, and income. Fellow’s Vasectomy Tests and Semen Analysis kits are allowing men to feel comfortable learning about their fertility and other health outcomes in their own homes. The conclusion of the study indicates that the mail-in options are significantly improving patient compliance, with rates rising to 88% compared to the clinical setting where patients traditionally gave sperm samples. Fellows’ semen kit creates awareness and inclusivity around men's health. By producing these patient-empowering analysis kits, men can be educated about their fertility regardless of circumstance. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/eJUcfQZd
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Congratulations to Tropic for securing a spot on the 2024 SVG Ventures | THRIVE Top 50 AgTech & FoodTech Listings. The selected companies represent what is possible in the Agricultural and Food technology landscape, and Tropic’s industry-leading innovations set a new standard for the future of the global agri-food system. Its unique gene editing technology GEiGS®, activates the naturally occurring gene editing and gene silencing mechanisms in tropical crops. Tropic has demonstrated success in programs dedicated to bananas in the Philippines and sugar beets in the UK Food Market. These programs enable disease resistance and improved characteristics, creating solutions for farmers to produce more food and overcome crop diseases. #agtech #sustainability #foodtech #genoaportco
We’re excited to announce that Tropic has been selected for the 2024 SVG Ventures | THRIVE Top 50 AgTech & FoodTech Listings! 🎉 This recognition highlights our commitment to driving sustainable innovation in the agri-food industry. Download the full report here: https://lnkd.in/gNSbNS3p and learn more about the companies leading the charge towards a sustainable future!
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Eager to learn from leaders in biology, technology, engineering, and more? This coming Monday, at the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Network's "Chicago BioEngineering Conference," Vikram Chaudhery, Partner at #Genoa, will speak on the panel: “Trends in Biomedical Innovation” at 3:45 p.m. CT Don't miss this compelling discussion also featuring: Dan Wattendorf (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) Rita Strack (Senior Editor at Nature Magazine) and Milan Mrksich (Henry Wade Rodgers Professor Northwestern University) Grab your tickets from the link below: https://lnkd.in/e5VX_A9G
Chicago BioEngineering Conference 2024
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Welcome water industry veteran Myron Van Ert as the first Chief Commercial Officer at ZwitterCo, a #GenoaPortCo, marking a bold new chapter in global growth! Myron Van Ert joins Zwitterco with nearly 30 years of driving international expansion, including senior leadership roles at Veolia, Myron will be driving the commercial adoption of their revolutionary zwitterionic membrane technology worldwide. “We are thrilled to welcome Myron to the ZwitterCo team as our first Chief Commercial Officer, a pivotal hire that marks a new chapter in our company’s growth,” says CEO Alex Rappaport. https://lnkd.in/ehFMNzBs #Watersustainability #Welcome #CCO
ZwitterCo appoints its first chief commercial officer - Filtration and Separation
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Genoa Ventures reposted this
Really good session today on fundraising and term sheets. Genoa Ventures' Vikram Chaudhery: There's now a higher burden on the startup, as investors now looking for more POC points. Diligence is now taking longer, and term sheets are taking an entire quarter to finalize. Also -- realize that you are not necessarily looking for the investor who can give you the highest valuation. A high valuation at an early stage may not be in your long-term interest, because you want to be demonstrating continual growth and increasing value at later stages. BEVC's Widya Mulyasasmita echoed the sentiment, noting "Remember you are probably not fundraising just once. Future-proof so your next round is not down. It is hard for VCs to explain to LPs later on why your investment just had a down round." You don't want to be valued higher than an equivalent public company. Radar Therapeutics' Sophia Lugo had the founder's perspective: It's key to have empathy with the investor, understanding that you have to bring them returns. They have reasons for their valuation and their choices. Understand that you, with your innovative bioscience, are now competing with high-yield bonds for their money (!). You have to be the "best hammer for the nail." Last word from Widya: Reach out to potential investors for advice. "The best time to raise money is when you don't need it." Thanks to Shoaib Ghias from Goodwin for moderating!
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In Communications Biology 7, 1086 (2024), Aqtual, Inc. published new research demonstrating the potential of its proprietary platform to evaluate gene regulation, epigenetics, and transcriptomics by analyzing previously unexplored cfDNA fragments found in blood, and opening the door to new clinical applications in almost every major disease area. What is the significance of this research and novel platform? In a recent company press release, Clifford Lowell MD, PhD, Distinguished Professor and Chair at the University of California, San Francisco Dept. of Laboratory Medicine, said, “The simple modification of DNA isolation techniques from plasma samples, allowing for enrichment of longer DNA fragments derived from actively transcribed regions, is a major advancement in the cell-free DNA field. This cell-free DNA sequencing assay can follow the normal circadian rhythm of immune cell gene expression, offering a novel and straightforward method to monitor gene expression profiles in immune and potentially non-immune mediated disease states. It will be exciting to see how this new tool is applied.” Read the full study at the link below Link: https://lnkd.in/e9avCvyT #PrecisionMedicine #cfDNA #RA
Extracting regulatory active chromatin footprint from cell-free DNA - Communications Biology
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Earlier this month, a new FDA rule went into effect requiring women be told about the density of their breasts, and how this might impact their risk of breast cancer. Read the links below for thoughts from SimBioSys, Inc. a #GenoaPortCo, and Vikram Chaudhery, Partner at Genoa Ventures, on how this advancement in helping improve early detection and save lives. At Genoa Ventures, we’re here to support SimBioSys, Inc. as they pioneer innovations like TumorSight™, offering personalized, AI-driven insights to transform breast cancer care. https://lnkd.in/eUMEGtha #BreastCancerAwareness #WomensHealth #SimBioSys #EarlyDetection #PrecisionMedicine #Genoaportco
SimBioSys celebrates a great day for women’s health—a day when information and early detection take center stage in the battle against breast cancer! To learn more about this exciting new legislation, please read further! #WomensHealth #BreastCancerAwareness #EarlyDetection #DenseBreastLaw #BreastHealth #CancerScreening #HealthcareInnovation #BreastCancerPrevention #SimBioSys
"Empowering Women’s Health: How the New FDA Breast Density Law is Revolutionizing Early Cancer Detection"
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