Maroon Venture Partners

Maroon Venture Partners Fund is a for-profit venture fund that invests in early-stage companies linked to UMass Amherst. Its investments are typically in the range of $50,000 to $200,000 and are often a venture’s initial outside equity funding. The firm is driven by a goal to foster the growing spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship throughout the UMass Amherst community.

Johnson, Charlie

Investment Committee Member and Managing Director

6 past transactions

Aclarity

Seed Round in 2022
Aclarity is a VC-backed cleantech startup developing and selling water treatment systems to clean the world's water and wastewater.

Theromics

Seed Round in 2022
Theromics is the developer of a tool to address the unmet medical need to create more effective ablation zones during image-guided thermal ablation of soft tissue. Their HeatSYNC TA is used during microwave and radiofrequency ablations of cancerous tumors. Their heatSYNCTM Gel is a novel biopolymer thermal accelerant that amplifies the movement of heat energy in soft tissue and bone. The gel is made from a naturally occurring protein and delivered via a syringe, laparoscope, or bronchoscope.

TOP the organic project

Seed Round in 2020
TOP is a women-owned period care company that aims to empower women with better product choices, protecting their bodies and the environment. It offers offers organic tampons and pads that are accessible to everyone. Wherever there is toilet paper, there MUST be period products.

Ompractice

Seed Round in 2018
Ompractice is the leading provider of interactive digital wellness for B2B and B2G. Customers include many large corporates, massive health systems, and the Dept of Veterans Affairs. The platform is differentiated by its high engagement and utilization rates, ability to build programming to target specific corporate HR/health goals, and its diverse and highly credentialed teaching team.

QSM Diagnostics

Seed Round in 2018
QSM Diagnostics was founded in 2014 as a spin out from the Goluch Group at Northeastern University. They have several decades of experience in the development and commercialization of medical devices. Their main expertise is in sensor development.

Dauber

Seed Round in 2017
Dauber Applications is a company trying to reinvent how one part of the construction industry works: dump trucks.it is a multi-sided network providing on-demand material transportation for contractors, truckers, dump sites and material suppliers.
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