Jenny Rooke built and led one of AngelList's largest life sciences syndicates to back biology-technology companies that didn't fit traditional healthcare or tech VC categories, which directly shaped Genoa Ventures' fund strategy. She invests in the biology-technology white space that many VCs avoid, focusing on tools, platforms, and engineered biology that behave more like tech businesses than pharma, while applying a milestone-backward financing approach that starts with Series A requirements and works backwards to design seed-round goals.
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Genoa Ventures
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Biotech, Health, Food & Ag, Medtech, AI
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Genoa Ventures is a seed-stage fund led by PhD geneticist Jenny Rooke that focuses on bioconvergence—investing in tools, platforms, and technologies that enable biology rather than traditional drug development companies. The fund positions itself as more resilient during biotech downturns since life science tools remain essential infrastructure that pharma and biotech companies still need regardless of market conditions.
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