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About Red Cedar Ventures
Red Cedar Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2013. It is primarily based out of East Lansing, United States. As of May 2023, Red Cedar Ventures has invested in 32 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Life Sciences to High Tech and HealthTech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Accelerated Filtration Overall, Red Cedar Ventures portfolio has seen 1 IPO and 1 acquisition, namely TheraB Medical and Transcode Therapeutics. A lot of funds co-invest with Red Cedar Ventures, with names like Invest Detroit sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.Key Metrics
Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed & Series B
Portfolio IPOs
Portfolio Acquisitions
Portfolio Soonicorns
Red Cedar Ventures' List of Top Investments
Red Cedar Ventures has a portfolio of 32 companies. Their most notable investments are in GreenMark Biomedical and Ubiquitous Energy.Their portfolio spans across United States and Portugal. They have invested in Life Sciences, High Tech, HealthTech and 20 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series B stages. Here is the list of top investments by Red Cedar Ventures:Scaling regenerative agriculture through advanced technology, data, and trusted advisor network. The company provides a software platform that enables organizations to design, deploy, and manage sustainability programs. It offers solutions for agribusiness, biofuels, government, food and beverage, nonprofits, and sustainability consultants. The platform provides modeling and reporting capabilities, data and API access, program syndication, incentive stacking, and program reporting. It leverages a trusted advisor network to manage grower engagement. The company's technology combines AI, computer vision, and scientific modeling to simulate soil carbon, GHG emissions, and crop yields. It offers software solutions, including program management, modeling and reporting, and data and API access. The company's platform helps scale regenerative agriculture offerings, increase efficiencies, reduce program management costs, automate and digitize processes, catalyze low CI crops, and turn strategy into action. It is a SaaS based platform.
Key facts about CiBO Technologies
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Cambridge (United States)
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $77.4M
- Employee Count: 52 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Generation Investment Management, The Private Shares Fund and 5 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Oct 21, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Genomenon
Provider of software, data, and services for genomic information analysis. The company offers platforms for germline and somatic variant interpretation. It facilitates access to article information on variants and curated germline variant content. The cancer knowledgebase interprets cancer variants, connecting them to therapies and clinical trials.
Key facts about Genomenon
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Ann Arbor (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $36.8M
- Employee Count: 138 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Three Leaf Ventures, Spring Mountain Capital and 19 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, May 01, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Wearable phototherapy technology for infant jaundice treatment, improving care and connection. This company is focused on developing innovative wearable technology to treat neonatal jaundice. Their flagship product, currently under development, is designed to deliver light therapy in a portable form, supporting infant care in both hospital and home settings. The company aims to transform traditional phototherapy by prioritizing mobility and caregiver/parent interaction. They are dedicated to bringing meaningful innovation to the tiniest patients and their families, charting a course toward a brighter, connected, healthier future. This is a medical device company working towards FDA clearance to make their product available for sale and clinical use. Their solution addresses the need for updated jaundice treatments, offering a solution that benefits both mother and baby.
Key facts about TheraB Medical
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: East Lansing (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $250K
- Employee Count: 2 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Invest Detroit, ID Ventures and 10 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Jan 20, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
4. TiiCKER
App-based investor relationship management platform. It explores various perks such as discounts, exclusive merchandise, and VIP event invitations. It allows users to link accounts and discover shareholder perks based on stock ownership. It makes it secure and seamless to connect your brokerage accounts containing individually owned stocks to validate ownership for shareholder perk qualification.
Key facts about TiiCKER
- Founded Year: 2020
- Location: Sacramento (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $10.3M
- Employee Count: 7 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Michigan Economic Development, Michigan Rise and 1 Other
- Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), May 18, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Developer of transparent solar coating for power generation in windows. The coating selectively harvests ultraviolet and infrared light, allowing visible light to pass through. The technology integrates power generation into everyday objects without affecting aesthetics or functionality. The coating uses light-absorbing dyes sourced from non-toxic, earth-abundant materials.
Key facts about Ubiquitous Energy
- Founded Year: 2011
- Location: Redwood City (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $70M
- Employee Count: 8 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Hostplus, National Science Foundation and 9 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Jan 11, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Red Cedar Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Red Cedar Ventures has invested in 32 companies over the last 7 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 5 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Accelerated Filtration and most recent follow-on round was in TiiCKER.Year | No. of Investments | ||
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1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2022 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2021 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Red Cedar Ventures' Investments by Stage
Red Cedar Ventures has made 5 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $2.03M and 2 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $17.7M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 5 |
Series B | 2 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Red Cedar Ventures' Investments by Sector
Red Cedar Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Life Sciences, Enterprise Applications, High Tech, HealthTech and Vertical SaaS. Notably, it has invested in 23 Tech companies, 18 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 9 Software companies and at least 8 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Life Sciences | 4 |
Enterprise Applications | 3 |
High Tech | 3 |
HealthTech | 2 |
Vertical SaaS | 2 |
Others | 6 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Red Cedar Ventures' Investments by Geography
Red Cedar Ventures has made most investments in United States (7).Red Cedar Ventures' recent investments
Red Cedar Ventures has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Red Cedar Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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May 12, 2023 | United States | Seed | 9082 | ||
Mar 15, 2023 | United States | Seed | 1812 | - | |
Jan 26, 2022 | United States | Series A | 9339 | ||
Jan 11, 2022 | United States | Series B | 6385 | [+4] | |
Jul 22, 2021 | United States | Seed | 7664 | - |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Red Cedar Ventures' Portfolio
1 of Red Cedar Ventures' portfolio company became public - Transcode Therapeutics. It got listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ), in Jul 2021 at marketcap of $47.9MHere are Red Cedar Ventures' portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
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Jul 09, 2021 | - | - | 9665 |
Acquired companies in Red Cedar Ventures' Portfolio
1 company from Red Cedar Ventures' portfolio has been acquired. The most recent acquisition was TheraB Medical in Feb 2026 by Natus Sensory for $*****.Here are Red Cedar Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 27, 2026 | - | - | 1868 |
Co-investors of Red Cedar Ventures
Over the past 7 years, 50 investors have co-invested in Red Cedar Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Red Cedar Ventures: University of Michigan, Invest Michigan and 17 others have invested in rounds before Red Cedar Ventures. There are 2 companies where University of Michigan has invested before Red Cedar Ventures and 2 companies where Invest Michigan has invested before Red Cedar Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Red Cedar Ventures: 23 investors entered a company along with Red Cedar Ventures. These include investors like Invest Detroit (2 companies).
- Invested after Red Cedar Ventures: A total of 8 investors have invested in Red Cedar Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Michigan Rise (2 companies), Beringea (1 company) and Spring Mountain Capital (1 company).
Recent News related to Red Cedar Ventures
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Ubiquitous Energy Closes $30 Million Series B Funding RoundBusiness Wire•Jan 11, 2022•Ubiquitous Energy, Andersen Windows, ENEOS Group, Safar Partners and 6 others
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Medical startup raises $1M for equipment to move patients, protect nursesMiBiz•Mar 29, 2021•Patientco, Spectrum Health, Red Cedar Ventures, Invest Detroit Ventures and 2 others
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GreenMark Secures $1.2M Seed FundingMassinvestor•Mar 20, 2019•GreenMark Biomedical, Invest Michigan, Red Cedar Ventures, BlueWater Angels and 3 others
