Innosphere Ventures
Venture capitalFort Collins · Pre-Seed–Series A · 2 people tracked
Investment thesis
Innosphere Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm headquartered in Northern Colorado that invests in B2B SaaS, cleantech, and medtech companies. The firm focuses on seed and early funding rounds for businesses in these sectors.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 2 people
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What they invest in
from 20 of 21 portfolio companiesSaaS ×10AI & Machine Learning ×6Healthtech ×6Enterprise Software ×5Deep Tech ×4Medical Devices ×4Cleantech ×3Hardware ×3
HQs:United States×14
Who they back
founder profiles across 8 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×53 founders×24+ founders×1
Investments · 21 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2024 · 12021 · 22019 · 25 dated
GelSana Therapeutics develops zwitterionic polymer-based biomaterials for wound care, addressing excess sustained inflammation that impedes healing.
BiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesNew MaterialsAurora, US
Melissa Krebs(Founder and CEO)inDonald Gregg(Chief Commercial Officer)inAdam Rocker(Director R&D)inVicki Abbas(Executive Director Clinical Operations)inAnia Camplin(Fractional CFO)in
BoardMike Freeman(Director)in
Co-investorsMINES VENTURE
Loveland, US
Jeff Grobaski(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Michael Hersh(Director)Scott Mead(Executive Officer, Promoter)Andrew Lordi(Executive Officer, Promoter)Mark Newhouse(Director)
Board seatMark Newhouse· per SEC Form D · $2.3M raise · filed Jul 2019
Aspero Medical develops the Pillar balloon overtube solution with micro-textured design to improve control and anchoring during balloon endoscopy for small bowel diagnosis and treatment.
Deep TechHealthtechMedical DevicesBoulder, US
Mark Rentschler(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardMike Freeman(Director)in
Co-investorsCreative Destruction Lab (CDL)Rockies Venture Club
Bandwango connects visitors and locals to experiences at locally owned businesses to build community connections.
MarketplacesSaaSTravel & HospitalityCottonwood Heights, US
Monir Kalapi Parikh(Executive Officer)Scott P. Nussbaum(Executive Officer, Director)David J. Ide(Director)Monir K. Parikh(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsKickstartNext Frontier CapitalOcean Azul PartnersSignal Peak Ventures
Boulder AI builds edge computing devices that combine sensors, on-device AI inference, and cloud orchestration to analyze high-resolution scenes locally and transmit reduced, contextual insights.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareIoT
Brillity Digital is a digital marketing agency that provides account management, strategy, and marketing services (SEO, PPC, paid social, email marketing, websites, analytics) to clients.
AdTechDigital HealthEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSFort Collins, US
Derrick Kuhn(Founder, Managing Director)
Developing a point-of-care diagnostic assay integrating washing and signal amplification.
HealthtechFort Collins, US
Cathy Petti(Director)Xi Yu (Larry) Jia(Director)Mary Gunn(Director)Tim Jones(Director)Charles Henry(Executive Officer, Director)
Catalyze develops, finances, builds, owns, and operates on-site renewable energy systems — combining solar, storage, and EV charging — for commercial and industrial real estate owners and operators across national portfolios in the US, with no upfront capital cost to the property owner.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyPropTechSaaSMadison, US
Mohan Balachandran(Executive Officer, Director)Travis Good(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardMark Bakken(Director)James Burgum(Director)Don Layden(Director)
Co-investorsEnCap Energy TransitionArthur VenturesBaird Venture PartnersChicago VenturesLewis & Clark Ventures
Epic River provides digital lending software for community banks and credit unions, offering ID verification, eSign, and remote eNotary tools that automate the loan closing and document signing process.
FintechSaaSFort Collins, US
EyePop.ai provides computer vision and AI-based analytics tools that help businesses derive actionable insights from visual data.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsInterlock CapitalNew Leaf Invest
Gravwell is a security data platform that collects, stores, and analyzes unstructured logs and large data volumes in raw format without enforcing predefined schemas.
CybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Kristopher Watts(Founder)in
Co-investorsGula Tech AdventuresKickstartNext Frontier CapitalTwo Bear Capital
Heads Up Health provides software that aggregates and organizes personal medical records and health-tracking data into a central platform for individuals to manage and explore their own health information.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechSaaSWellness & Fitness
Co-investorsBoston Harbor Angels
Omnigo develops configurable safety and security software for public safety and security professionals, with products covering incident planning, reporting, evidence, and jail management from intake to release.
Enterprise SoftwareGovTechSaaSGreenwood Village, US
Kevin Lafeber(Chief Executive Officer)Cameron Marijosius(Chief Customer Officer)inGary Schlisner(Chief Financial Officer)Nick Kehoe(Chief Growth Officer)Brian Pagels(Chief Revenue Officer)Cody Koetter(Chief Strategy Officer)
Innosphere Ventures is a venture capital and economic development organization that operates incubators and venture capital funds focused on technology sectors including climate resilience, life sciences, and smart cities.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechClimate TechDeep TechImpact & Social Good
Tim Jones(Chief Operating Officer)
BoardMike Freeman
Kiwibot develops autonomous delivery robots that operate across multiple countries and continents.
HardwareLogistics & Supply ChainRoboticsMiami, US
Sergio Pachon(Executive Officer, Director)Andres Felipe Chavez(Executive Officer, Director)Andres Felipe Chavez Cortes(Executive Officer, Director)Eduardo Iniguez(Executive Officer)Judah Longgrear(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardJoseph Huang(Director)
Co-investorsClub Italia Investimenti 2Karma VenturesPi CampusTYLT VenturesMAGIC FundThird Sphere
Microgrid Labs (MGL) is a consulting and software company focused on commercial fleet electrification and microgrids, offering services from feasibility studies, modeling, and simulation to implementation and operations support.
CleantechDeep TechEnergyMobility & TransportationSaaSCary, US
Narayanan Sankar(Co-founder & CEO)inNamit Singh(Executive Officer)Dr. Namit Singh(Co-founder)Jonathan Levy(Chief Product Officer)in
BoardMike Freeman(Director)in
Origin Endoscopy has developed a multipurpose hydrogel designed for rapid bio-adhesion and submucosal injection applications in endoscopy.
BiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesEnglewood, US
Jason Ylizarde(Executive Officer)Jeremy Starkweather(Executive Officer, Director)John Wynne(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardMichael Freeman(Director)inJason Grimes(Director)Stephen Hoag(Director)
RedDrop Dx makes a capillary blood collection device for virtually pain-free, one-click sampling that produces higher blood volume and reliable samples.
HardwareHealthtechMedical Devices
Co-investorsChicago Early Growth Ventures (CEGV)Stout Street Capital
VirtualZ Computing provides no-code software solutions for enterprise data integration and access, enabling organizations to unlock data from mainframes, legacy systems, and archives for use in AI, analytics, and cloud platforms.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareMinneapolis, US
Jeanne Glass(Founder and Chief Executive Officer)Vince Re(Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer)inDustin Froyum(Co-Founder and SVP of Global Alliances)Jeanne M. Glass M.I.M.(Founder)in
BoardMarc Sokol(Director)in
Co-investorsNext Coast VenturesNext Frontier CapitalFlorida Funders
Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesGravwell · securityweek.com · Oct 27, 2025
VirtualZ Computing · businesswire.com · Apr 15, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Innosphere Ventures made?
- Innosphere Ventures has 20 tracked investments.
- What stage does Innosphere Ventures invest at?
- Innosphere Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Innosphere Ventures focus on?
- Innosphere Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Cleantech, Consumer, Energy, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Hardware, Medical Devices, New Materials, Robotics, SaaS.
- Where is Innosphere Ventures located?
- Innosphere Ventures is headquartered in Fort Collins, US.
- Who does Innosphere Ventures co-invest with?
- Innosphere Ventures most often shares deals with Next Frontier Capital, Kickstart, Karma Ventures, among 20 tracked co-investors.
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