VIC Technology Venture Development

VIC Technology Venture Development, LLC is a venture capital firm established in 2000 and located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, with additional offices across North America. The firm specializes in seed, startup, and early-stage investments, focusing primarily on technology solutions and healthcare-related innovations. It identifies and commercializes technologies sourced from leading universities worldwide, employing a rigorous vetting process to select high-potential opportunities with significant societal impacts. VIC Technology Venture Development typically invests between $0.25 million and $0.5 million in its portfolio companies, which span various sectors, including medical devices, therapeutics, diagnostics, clean water, animal health, food safety, and automotive safety. The firm actively participates in the management of its investments, often taking board positions to ensure effective governance and strategic development.

Michael Artinger

EVP and MD

4 past transactions

Solenic Medical

Seed Round in 2020
Solenic Medical, Inc. manufactures an apparatus for the eradication of biofilm from metallic implants. Its product is used in surgeries, such as knee and hip replacements, as well as in trauma related implants, such as plates and rods. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in College Station, Texas.

Filtravate

Seed Round in 2020
Filtravate is a membrane technology company that develops ultrafiltration membranes for applications in the bioprocessing and biopharmaceutical industries. Filtravate’s membranes have controlled and tunable pore size, even pore distribution, and functionalized surfaces. Based on patent-pending technology licensed from New Mexico State University (NMSU), Filtravate’s products provide significant anti-fouling and improved flux characteristics.

Solenic Medical

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Solenic Medical, Inc. manufactures an apparatus for the eradication of biofilm from metallic implants. Its product is used in surgeries, such as knee and hip replacements, as well as in trauma related implants, such as plates and rods. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in College Station, Texas.