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Jenny Rooke

Managing Director at Genoa Ventures

San Francisco, California

Overview 

Jenny Rooke is the Managing Director at Genoa Ventures in San Francisco, California, with a Ph.D. from Yale University and a BS from Georgia Institute of Technology. She has a successful track record of investing in and supporting innovative biotechnology and life sciences companies, including leading investments in companies like BrightSpec (Series C) and Meiogenix (Series A). Rooke's career highlights include her role as Managing Director at Genoa Ventures, where she focuses on venture capital investments in the biotech sector, and her successful investments in companies like InterVenn (Series C) and Tropic Biosciences (Series B), demonstrating her expertise in strategic planning and capital allocation within the life sciences industry.

Work Experience 

  • Managing Director

    2012 - Current

    Genoa Ventures (formerly 5 Prime Ventures) invests in early-stage companies innovating at the intersection of biology and technology, with a focus on opportunities in research tools, molecular diagnostics, synthetic biology, ag biotech, and industrial biology.

Genoa Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage life sciences technology companies.

  • Investor, Board Observer

    2023

Fellow provides peer-reviewed, clinical semen analysis solutions that patients can conveniently perform at home.

  • Investor, Director

    2022

Brightspec provides analytical chemistry solutions using FT-MRR spectroscopy, a new commercial technique for direct.

Raised $21,095,928.00 from Genoa Ventures, Felton Group LLC, Arboretum Ventures, UVA Licensing & Ventures Group and Medvest Capital.

  • Investor, Board Observer

    2022

General Inception is an institutional co-founder for science-based companies.

  • Investor

    2021

Redux Bio is a product development company.

  • Investor, Director

    2021

Stemson Therapeutics is a pre-clinical stage cell therapy company.

Raised $22,500,000.00 from Genoa Ventures, AbbVie and DCVC Bio.

  • Investor, Director

    2021

  • Investor, Director

    2021

Aqtual is a biotechnology diagnostics platform that provides healthcare solutions, novel technology and biochemistry for chronic disease.

Raised $16,000,000.00 from Genoa Ventures, Yu Galaxy and Manta Ray Ventures.

  • Investor

    2020

  • Member Board of Trustees

    2019

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