Series A investors
Firms that report investing at series a — with the sector focus, cheque range and headquarters currently held for each. A firm spanning several stages appears on each hub it answers.
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Foundation Capital
Mr. Jonathan Ehrlich serves as Partner at Foundation Capital. He concentrates on identifying and investing in early-stage consumer, mobile, small business-oriented startups and technologies. Jonathan has deep experience building fast-growing startups. From 2009 to 2011, he ran Marketing for Facebook where he led the company's consumer and brand marketing efforts. Prior to his career at Facebook, he was the executive vice president, online, at Indigo Books & Music, Canada’s largest book retailer, where he was responsible for building the online business to over $100 million. Jonathan also co-founded Utah Street Labs, backed by Foundation, Google and Relay Ventures and Mobshop, backed by Marc Andreessen, Visa and GE. He also spent several years as an EIR at Albright Ventures (now Relay Ventures). Jonathan began his career in Advertising and Consumer Packaged Goods, working for McCann: Erikson and Unilever respectively. He holds an MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business and a BA in Political Science from the University of Western Ontario.
Masters
We are women who have invested in tech startups for 10+ years, with 4 exits and $475 million in generated revenue. Our superpower is connecting and attracting powerful partners, all experienced entrepreneurs and investors. We use gender lens investing to bring valuable information to the investment decision. Gender lens investing is the deliberate integration of gender analysis into investment analysis and decision making. Such intentional investing is not only about funding women, but about looking at deals with an understanding of gender bias in ideas and processes. When we are aware of our bias, we make better investment decisions. Our expertise lies in B2B and B2C tech companies. We will look at other business models and invest when we and our VP and LP advisors can bring the company to an exit or the next stage of capitalization. We may syndicate funding, taking either a lead or follow-on position. When we lead, we take a Board Seat; when we follow, we or the other investors take a Board Seat to represent the interest of the investors.
Newcorpinc
NewCorp Inc. is a 501(c) (3) organization that was formed in 1995. NewCorp, Inc. is a certified Community Development Institution (CDFI) whose mission is to be an economic development catalyst by providing technical and financial assistance to small and emerging businesses to improve their basic business capabilities by way of training, counseling, planning and financial products and services. NewCorp has an array of products and services to address the needs of the business community. NewCorp provides a blend of traditional, flexible and patient capital financing to support the growth and development of start-up, early stage, and seasoned businesses. In partnership with our public, private, and community partners, we promote the sustaibability of small businesses and their communities. NewCorp, Inc.’s target market is located primarily in Orleans and Jefferson parishes and the surrounding parishes of St. Bernard, St. Tammany, St. Charles, St. John, and Plaquemines. The entire state of Louisiana is NewCorp, Inc.’s secondary target market.
Collidecap
Collide Capital is a Black-owned VC firm ushering in a new era of venture capital where opportunities go to the most deserving, not the most privileged. The firm is led by two GPs who founded AfroTech and BLCK VC, and combines institutional training from Goldman Sachs, Bain & Co, Harvard Business School, and Stanford Graduate School of Business. Following their top-quartile proof-of-concept fund, they set out to raise a $40M Fund 1 and successfully closed an oversubscribed vehicle with $66M in AUM. This fund is backed by a diverse array of LPs from Big Tech (Alphabet, Twitter), Private Equity (General Catalyst, Lightspeed, Bain Capital, Insight Partners), Philanthropy (Weinberg Foundation, George Kaiser Family Foundation), and Institutional Banking (Bank of America & Citi). The portfolio consists of 40+ companies with over 80% led by Black, Latine, and Female founders, and the Collide Capital team works to equip their founders with the resources, knowledge networks, and hands-on operational support for a successful exit.
Authentic Ventures
Authentic Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Oakland. The firm was founded in 2016, and invests in Pre-Seed through Series B companies that are solving the world’s hardest problems with diverse teams. We invest primarily in B2B software with a particular focus on AI and Machine Learning, Vertically focused Software, FinTech, and selective Consumer subscription companies. We have a strong focus on investing in companies that are led by diverse teams. Engaging great founders seeking to solve some of our world’s hardest problems might be the single greatest challenge of our generation. Wherever and whoever they are - we endeavor to find them. Solutions to the world’s hard problems are more likely to come from diverse teams. To many, this talent is invisible. Our mission is to seek out and engage with this talent. Authentic has built a differentiated and diverse network that over-indexes to women and people of color who are extremely accomplished yet underrepresented in traditional funding circles.
Oak Investment Partners
Ms. Annie Lamont serves as a Managing Partner at Oak HC/FT. She also serves as an Advisor at Mansa Capital. She serves on the Boards of Acculynk, Aspire, Benefitfocus, Candescent, Castlight Health, Freshbooks, Hometeam, ILS, Poynt, Precision for Medicine, Quartet, VillageMD & xG Health Solutions. Prior investments include athenahealth, American Esoteric Laboratories (SHL acquired), Argus (Verisk acquired), CareMedic (Ingenix acquired), CLARiENT (GE acquired), Harbor Payments (AmEx acquired), Health Dialog (BUPA acquired), Odyssey, Oak Tree/Oxford, NetSpend (TSYS acquired), PayFlex (Aetna acquired), PharMEDium (CD&R acquired), Point Carbon (Thomson Reuters acquired), Psychiatric Solutions, TxVia (Google acquired) & United BioSource (Medco Health Solutions acquired). She also serves on the board of HCA Holdings and is a member of The Advisory Council for the Financial Solutions Lab. She served on the Stanford University Board of Trustees and on the Executive Board of the NVCA. Annie graduated from Stanford University.
The Carlyle Group
Mr. Marcel Poecke serves as Head, International Energy at The Carlyle Group. He has a long-term relationship with Carlyle and is a 25-year energy sector veteran. Most notably, he founded Petroplus in 1993 and grew the business into the largest independent oil refiner in Europe. Following his departure from Petroplus in late 2007, Mr. Poecke established AtlasInvest N.V. to make oil and gas investments where he and his team built an energy portfolio in oil, gas and renewable energy. In 2009, the team made its largest investment to date, Oranje-Nassau Energie (ONE). ONE is a private Dutch exploration & production company with a long track record in running a diversified upstream portfolio. Marcel van Poecke is chairman of the ONE Board and a Board Member at Discover Exploration, VARO, Hestya and Argos Group Holdings. He has a degree in Agricultural Business Administration from the University of Wageningen and a Masters in Business Administration from the William E. Simon School of Management, University of Rochester.
Razor's Edge Ventures
Ms. Peggy Styer is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Partner at Razor's Edge Ventures. Additionally she serves as Chief Executive Officer at Raytheon Blackbird Technologies and as an Advisor at ICX Media. Before Razor's Edge, she was the CEO and Chairman of the Board of Blackbird Technologies, a company she co-founded with Steve Pann and Richard Moxley. She oversaw the record-setting sale of Blackbird to Raytheon Corporation, a $427 million deal that closed in November 2014. From 2003-2007, Peggy simultaneously served as CEO of Blackbird and RavenWing, an affiliated company, leading both companies to substantial growth and profitability before selling RavenWing to Boeing in 2008. Earlier in her career, Peggy co-founded and served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Merex, Inc. before it was sold to Infodata Systems, Inc. in 1996. Peggy earned a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from California State University and a MS degree in Technology Management from the University of Maryland.
Transmedia Capital
Mr. Peter Boboff serves as General Partner at Transmedia Capital. He was a Co-Founder and served as Managing Director at Kicklabs. He has been in the early stage venture business for more than 14 years. Peter has invested in more than 50 startups including top search engines Baidu (China), Yandex (Russia), C2B (Inktomi) and more recently: Domo, Percolate, Kiip and Levelup. Previously, Peter was the founder and CEO of Pakana Corporation, a venture-funded company focused on online marketplaces. In 1998, he was a Managing Partner at Whittman-Hart (WHIT), a $1 billion global IT solutions provider. Prior, he was a founder and CEO of Axis Consulting, a leading systems integrator specializing in Internet and ERP solutions, which was a self-funded venture that was acquired by Whittman-Hart in 1997 in a deal valued at $60M. After relocating from Australia in 1991, Peter began his US career as a consultant with Charles Schwab & Co. He holds a BS degree in Mathematics from the Western Australian Institute of Technology.
Opportunity Resource Fund
The Opportunity Resource Fund offers several types of loans to help further the economic development goals of your community. Our goal is to ensure that all small businesses have equal access to capital. We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit community development financial institution with a successful, nearly 30-year history serving Michigan. We are structured as a revolving loan fund and provide loans to benefit Michigan communities from Lansing, Grand Rapids, and Detroit. Our small business loan types are small business and micro-enterprise, which are for the startup and expansion of a small business, at every stage. Our lending capabilities include: startup capital. working capital, business expansion, build-out, inventory, short-term financing. Business loan amounts range from $10,000 to $250,000. Terms are flexible with a wide range of loan amortization and maturities although, generally not beyond five years. Interest rates are competitive and designed to accommodate the needs of your business.
Foolventures
We’re an early stage, technology-focused venture capital fund, powered by The Motley Fool’s brand, investing approach and communities. We consider early stage to be young, growing companies with operating businesses and initial customers. Often, these companies fall into the category of “Series A,” but we recognize that those labels are fluid. While not all of our companies will initially be focused on revenue, many will join the portfolio with between $500K and $5M of annualized revenue. Technology-focused does not simply mean that a company employs technology in the business. It’s rare that one does not. We look for situations where founders are leveraging technology to create a clear competitive advantage and to disrupt their industry. We have a particular interest in the areas of finance, culture, people, and business processes. Motley Fool Ventures is a part of Beyond the Billion, a pledge campaign aimed at mobilizing a global consortium committed to invest $1 BILLION in women founders.
Grameen America
Women entrepreneurs often just need a little capital and support to help them reach their goals. Founded in Queens, NY, in 2008, Grameen America builds on the legacy and proven model of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus. His revolutionary but simple idea that all people can lift themselves out of poverty through their own entrepreneurial spirit has dramatically altered how the world views global poverty. Grameen America provides microloans (starting at no more than $2,000), financial training, and support to members. As part of our program, members open free savings accounts with commercial banks and make weekly deposits. We also report microloan repayments to Experian, enabling our members to build their financial identity. Our target population is women who live below the federal poverty line, for whom the mainstream financial system is currently out of reach. Our members are women who previously had few options for accessing capital and most lacked bank accounts and credit scores.
Bamboo Capital Partners
Bamboo Capital Partners is an impact investing platform which provides innovative financing solutions to businesses in emerging markets serving the needs of low- and middle income populations, thus catalyzing lasting impact. We bridge the gap between seed and growth stage funding through a full suite of finance options - from debt to equity - which we activate unilaterally or through strategic partnerships. Bamboo is a partner of Palladium, a global impact firm with operations in 90 countries. We invest mainly in four sectors - financial inclusion, access to clean energy, access to healthcare and agribusiness - where we see mass-market opportunities for high growth and social impact. In each of them, technology and data analysis provide the opportunity to scale access to essential services for low- to middle-income populations. Bamboo Capital Partners is a part of Beyond the Billion, a pledge campaign aimed at mobilizing a global consortium committed to invest $1 BILLION in women founders.
Providence Equity Partners - Growth
Mr. Mark Hastings serves as Managing Director & Head of Providence Strategic Growth at Providence Equity Partners. Mr. Hastings is currently a director of Abacus Data Systems, Burning Glass Technologies, GlobalTranz, Netsurion, PaySimple, Skybox Security, SnapApp and Vertical Knowledge. Prior to joining Providence in 2013, Mr. Hastings most recently served as managing partner and founder of Garvin Hill Capital Partners. Prior to spinning out of CIBC to form Garvin Hill in 2009, Mr. Hastings led CIBC's technology-focused growth equity team in the United States. At CIBC, he developed the successful investment strategy and recruited the team. He was the primary deal originator and investment team leader. Prior to joining CIBC, he was a principal and general partner at BCI Partners. Mr. Hastings started his investment career at Edison Ventures. He received a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Arts from Colorado College.
Dreamspring
DreamSpring is an award-winning nonprofit Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) with a mission to increase access to business credit and provide loans to enable underserved entrepreneurs to realize their dreams. Founded in 1994 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, our work has grown to support entrepreneurs across the country. We work with diverse business owners, each with unique needs, and we are often able to provide loans when traditional sources cannot. We have the flexibility to work one-on-one with your business and welcome the chance to get to know you. From entrepreneurs just getting started to established businesses looking to grow, we are invested in your success. We offer small business loans and lines of credit across the US, including: Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
EchoVC Partners
EchoVC is a technology-focused early-stage VC firm focused on unapologetically investing in underrepresented founders and underserved markets. We invest in secrets that become obvious with the benefit of hindsight. Our mission is to be the Sequoia Capital for underestimated founders and markets. Our firm finances entrepreneurial inspiration in diverse founding teams. We are a VC fund unapologetically investing in women, underrepresented founders (particularly of African descent), and underserved POC markets, backing bold ideas and business models that harness the power of technology to deliver value to mass markets. We are sector agnostic and currently invest from our offices in Africa, the U.S., and the UK. Our current portfolio comprises companies delivering value in the following sectors: Smart planet, health and human services, emerging fintech, The Next Frontier, commerce, media and entertainment, access to energy, sustainable mobility, and connectivity, among other themes.
Newjerseycommunitycapital
Through our work across the state, we continuously witness the power of people and place. As our strategies, innovations and impact evolve, we still measure our work against our fundamental vision entrenched by our founders: to always sustain deep roots in the communities of New Jersey and operate as a vehicle for supporting residents and the creation of healthy and livable neighborhoods for all. Whether investing in vibrant arts and cultural institutions, community facilities, early child care centers or diverse small businesses, we know that the strongest community-building efforts are localized and resident-driven. NJCC partnered with the Pascale Sykes Foundation in December 2014 to launch THRIVE South Jersey, an economic development initiative developed to address the challenges of poverty and unemployment in the targeted four-county region (Gloucester, Cumberland, Salem and western Atlantic counties) as part of Pascale Sykes’s South Jersey Strengthening Families Initiative.
Revolvingfund
The mission of the Providence Revolving Fund is to preserve historic buildings and places of cultural significance by providing lending and services to promote equitable neighborhood revitalization. The Providence Revolving Fund (PRF) was established in 1980, as an independent non-profit corporation. The organization was formed in order to provide financing to preserve structures in historic districts that faced underinvestment because of the redlining of neighborhoods. PRF is Rhode Island’s only homegrown CDFI focused on housing, historic preservation and equitable neighborhood revitalization. The PRF model focuses on providing investment to neighborhoods where the plurality of the residents are people of color and/or low-income and where the building stock is historic (over 50 years old). We currently have three fund pools, our Neighborhood Loan Fund ($3 million), the Opportunity Investment Fund ($10,000,000), and the Providence Commercial Corridor Micro-Business Loan Fund.
Sigma Partners
Mr. Robert Davoli serves as a Managing Director at Sigma Prime Ventures. He also serves as a Board of Director at VIRTUSA. From February 1993 to September 1994, Mr. Davoli was president and chief executive officer of Epoch Systems, Inc., a vendor of client-server data management software products. From 1990 to 1992, Mr. Davoli served as an executive officer of Sybase, Inc. (which AnchorAnchoracquired SQL Solutions). In 1985, Mr. Davoli founded SQL Solutions, a purveyor of services and tools for the relational database market where he was president and chief executive officer from 1985 to 1990. Mr. Davoli holds a B.A. in History from Ricker College and studied Computer Science at Northeastern University for two years. Mr. Davoli brings to the board of directors his broad entrepreneurial experience, his extensive experience in the technology industry and his service as a director of the Company since 2000, which affords him unique perspectives on our growth and evolution.
Insight Partners
Jerry Murdock is a Co-Founder and serves as Managing Director of Insight Venture Partners. He played a leading role in defining the company's investment strategy and was primarily responsible for the development of many of the firms portfolio investments. From 1988 to 1995, Mr. Murdock was a founder and director of the Aspen Technology Group. Mr. Murdock graduated with a degree in Political Science from San Diego State University and subsequently worked at the Georgetown Center for Strategic & International Studies (now known as CSIS), where he was a contributor to the export competitiveness project. His work was published in The Export Competitive Series: Comparative Analysis of Export Policy, United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Canada and Japan. Mr. Murdock is a member of the Board of Trustees of both The Santa Fe Institute and The Aspen Institute and is a co-founder of For The Forest. He is also the Board Member at FuzeBox Software and Truecaller.
Pathwaylending
We’re Tennessee’s largest Community Development Financial Institution - that means we’re mission-driven to help your business grow! The Pathway lending team provides lending solutions and educational services that support the development, growth, and preservation of underserved small businesses, affordable housing, and sustainable communities. With a focus on serving veteran, women, minority, rural and low-income business owners and business borrowers with growth opportunities who may not qualify for traditional lending. We’re not just another lender, we’re your partner in success. Our loans and advisory services move businesses forward, create jobs and strengthen communities by cutting operating costs, improving cash flow and boosting the bottom line. Why use Pathway Lending for your small business financing needs? Our products feature up to 100% loan to value, extended amortization, and competitive interest rates for projects ranging from $5,000 to $5 million.
Btn
http://btn.vc/ is a seed-stage venture platform targeting first-quartile returns by leading investments nationally in high-impact software companies (i.e., with potential for multi-$100m exits). Favored sectors include edtech, fintech, healthtech, climate change, and culture-based markets. We are very intentional about broadening access to capital markets: all our founder/CEOs are diverse (75% Black, 75% Women, others Latinx, Asian). Our partners have decades of venture experience managing multiple funds, building companies worth over $19b. Our fund team is largely diverse (85% Black, 60% Women). We are generally first institutional investors in our companies, leading/co-leading seed rounds of about $2m-$3m at valuations in the $5m-$15m range. Companies should run on this capital for 18-24 months, generating about $1m in revenue. We’ll then help them secure up-round follow-on financing to fuel growth from our network of over 100 co-investors (over $4b to date).
General Catalyst
Mr. Hugh Crean serves as Entrepreneur-in-Residence at General Catalyst Partners. He is a Co-Founder and serves as Chairman at Vhoto. He also serves as Chief Executive Officer and Board Member at Farecast. Mr. Crean focuses on all stages of consumer online businesses. He is the former President of Farecast. He joined the Microsoft search team as General Manager and Principal Engineering Manager focused on development and launch of Bing Travel. Before Farecast, he was Senior Vice President of Business Development at National Leisure Group (NLG). Before NLG, he served as Vice President of Product and Corporate Development with Priceline and as Vice President of Strategic Analysis for Citigroup's Advanced Development. Before Citigroup, he also held positions in equity research at DLJ, corporate finance at Viacom and corporate audit at AC Nielsen/Dun & Bradstreet. He is a graduate of Boston College. He serves as Board member at Luxury Retreats International.
Laconia Capital Group
Mr. Vamsi Sistla serves as Operating Advisor & Operating Partner at Laconia Capital Group. He is an innovative technologist with over 18 years of experience in the Television, Digital Media & Financial industries. He has built various enterprise quality software and technology (Web and Mobile) platforms. Vamsi currently serves as CTO for OfferBoard and Technical Advisor to various early stage startups. Previously, Vamsi co-founded – Telvetto (2nd Screen Social TV Platform), Mogozz (Mobile Events Platforms) and Captivision Networks (iTV Educational Channel). Vamsi is an active Angel investor in ARC Angels, Eniac Ventures (1 & 3) and TIE SV Angels. He is also active in social & impact enterprises as a mentor (Microsoft Ventures, The Unreasonable Institute, TechStars London IoT Spring 2013 Session, 37Angels and Americas Amazing Teens Project), advisor to various early stage startups and a board member (The Good Life Organization & Chaupal India).
Bee Partners
Mr. Michael Berolzheimer is the Founder and serves as Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Bee Partners. Michael began his career in finance at DLJ/Credit Suisse, working in alternative asset management (private equity, venture capital and hedge funds). After two years in investment banking he was recruited by his lead client, Harvest Partners, to focus exclusively on Private Equity. He completed his first angel investment deal with Bear Naked Granola shortly after joining Harvest Partners, and he never looked back. Michael is known for his empathy and understanding for entrepreneurs-- based on his meeting and overcoming their same challenges in his own startups. He possesses an uncanny ability to network and bring together the right players for each project Bee Partners engages with. Perhaps most importantly, he grasps the big picture situation quickly, he identifies and sizes up opportunity, and sees the clearest path to success.
NextView Ventures
Mr. Rob Go is a Co-Founder and serves as Partner at NextView Ventures. He has dedicated his career as an investor and operator to internet enabled innovation. Previously, Rob was a venture capitalist at Spark Capital. Before joining Spark Capital, Rob held product roles at Ebay, and was the North America Business Unit owner for "Finding". In this role, he helped to launch over 20 products that significantly enhanced Ebay's search, browse, and merchandising capabilities. Rob began his career at The Parthenon Group, a boutique strategy consulting firm. He was a member of the firm's Private Equity practice, and focused on the consumer and retail industries. Additionally, he has held product management roles at Fidelity Investments, BzzAgent, and helped to found Letslink.jp, one of the first social networking sites outside of the United States. Rob holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Duke University.
Workday Ventures
Mike Frandsen is vice president at Workday and oversees product management, quality assurance and product delivery. Prior to joining Workday, he was CEO at Potenco, a green energy startup. Before Potenco, Mike was CEO at TradePoint Solutions, a provider of SaaS-based retail promotion management applications. He led TradePoint from delivery of a successful product prototype to the sale of the company to DemandTec in 2006. Preceding TradePoint, he was at PeopleSoft for seven years in various leadership roles, including vice president and general manager of supply chain management. He began his career at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) specializing in software strategy, product planning, development and customer support. He holds a bachelor of science degree in business from the University of Colorado. He is also certified in planning and inventory management and resource management by the American Production and Inventory Control Society.
Adcminnesota
ADC’s loans are for those who don’t qualify for traditional financing. Loans are available to small and medium-sized businesses located in the Twin Cities metro, St. Cloud, Rochester, Owatonna, Faribault, Mankato, Willmar and Marshall. Eligible borrowers include individuals, partnerships, corporations, and cooperatives. The money for the loan fund may come from different sources; some of those sources limit where, geographically, the funds can be used. Microloans: For startups and existing small businesses, loans up to $50,000. Small business loans: For startups and existing businesses, loans from $50,000-$250,000. ADC is an approved SBA Community Advantage (CA) lender. These loans benefit businesses operating in underserved areas for working capital, etc. These are 7(a) SBA Guaranteed Loans. Sharia compliant/asset based financing: For startups and existing small businesses. Buy and sell agreements for assets like vehicles, equipment etc.
Versatile VC
Versatile Venture Capital backs early-stage companies which help investors generate alpha and succeed. For example, we’re investors (via prior funds) in alternative data, investment research, back-office tech, marketplaces for private companies, and salestech to help gather assets. Our typical check size is $200,000 to $1,000,000. We lead rounds and will also co-invest. We are an aggressive user of technology internally to manage the firm and make better investments. We manage PEVCtech, a community for family offices, private equity funds, and VCs focused on using technology and analytics to make better investments in private companies. We also manage Founders’ Next Move, a community for founders researching their next move: launching a new company; angel investing/becoming a VC; scouting for investments; buying a company; joining boards; consulting; participating in expert networks; serving as an interim executive; or just getting a job.
Plainsightcapital
Plain Sight Capital, an early-stage venture capital fund, invests in pre-seed to seed-stage B2B SaaS companies with at least one underrepresented founder. We look for Product-Led companies that focus on providing value to customers as quickly as possible by eliminating long, complicated sales processes. Furthermore, these companies use product-led growth strategies to scale horizontally across industries. In addition, Plain Sight Capital enables success by helping early-stage companies to validate that they are solving the right problem, for the right people, with the right solution. Equity serves as the foundation of everything we do. We are committed to the success of our founders, investors, and the larger community we operate in. Likewise, our unwavering commitment to our stakeholders drives us. We believe the best stories are told through results and work every day to tell our story of success through the results that we produce.
Fairhaven Capital
Mr. Paul Ciriello is a Co-Founder and serves as Partner at Fairhaven Capital Partners. He founded TD Capital Ventures in 2001. His past investments include: iPhrase (acq NYSE: IBM), Softricity (acq NASDAQ: MSFT), Cloakware (acq JSE: NPN), SiGe Semiconductor (acq NASDAQ: SWKS) and Third Screen Media (acq NYSE: TWX). Paul’s current investments include: Springpad in Cambridge, MA and YottaMark in Redwood City, CA. Previously, Paul was an executive at Fidelity Investments in Boston where he was the President of Fidelity Interactive, Founder and President of Proxy Edge, Inc. (acq: ADP), President of The Water Street Project and President of Fidelity Capital Technology. Earlier, Paul was a Senior Policy Advisor at the US EPA, and a US Presidential Management Intern. He earned an MPA from Northeastern University, where he was a University Fellow and a US Public Research Fellow. Paul received a BA in Political Science from SUNY at Buffalo.
Lakotafunds
Lending for the purpose of starting or growing reservation businesses is the heart of our mission. We have several financing options to help aspiring or established entrepreneurs turn their ideas into reality. Lakota Funds wants to work with you to make your business a success. Lakota Funds can also package loans with off-reservation banks for larger projects. Ag loans up to $300,000 support Native American farmers, ranchers, and gardeners by providing the capital necessary to launch a new operation or expand an existing one. The small loan (up to $25,000) is perfect for the serious startup or existing business that has a substantial need for capital. The business loan ($25,001-$300,000) is great for the existing business that is looking to reach new levels of success. And lastly, if someone has been in business for at least two years and is in need of access to additional credit, our business line of credit might be the right fit.
Aligned Partners
We are a team of venture capitalists who are obsessively focused on alignment with founders. Everything we do at Aligned Partners centers around enabling great outcomes for our founders and investors. To do so, we have crafted an investment approach that uniquely serves the needs of capital-efficient companies. In particular, we believe that: - Aligning the interests of founders and investors works better for everyone. When we’re all pulling the oars in the same direction, we can accomplish great things with fewer obstacles. - Higher efficiency yields higher returns. Entrepreneurship is, at its essence, about resourcefulness. Companies that achieve their goals in a resource-efficient manner provide high value to their founders and investors alike. - Sustainable growth is a side effect of creating real value for customers. Great companies deeply understand their customers and offer them exceptional, targeted value propositions.
Fourdirectionsmaine
Four Directions Development Corporation is a nonprofit Community Development Corporation and Native Community Development Financial Institution (CDC/CDFI) certified by the US Department of Treasury. Established in 2001, Four Directions was created by the Penobscot Indian Nation. It was the first Native CDFI in Northern New England and is the only Native CDFI in Maine. Four Directions offers three loan types: Residential loans for aspiring home owners; small business loans for Native entreprenuers looking to grow their business and in need of financing for working capital/operating expenses, equipment, vehicles, and commercial real estate (businesses that are at least 51% Native-owned are eligible to apply); and community development loans to further economic and community development activities that build assets, promote self-determination, strengthen nation building, and advance tribal sovereignty in Wabanaki communities.
Leap Global Partners
Founded in 2018, LEAP Global Partners is a LatinX led VC that partners with underrepresented founders challenging the status quo in Fintech, Commerce, and SaaS. We focus on the LatinX markets given secular growth opportunities that are often overlooked by traditional VCs. Our team is uniquely positioned to partner withing our target markets given our domain expertise and extensive network. This unique cross-border network of investors and co-investors we have established differentiates us with our founders, which in turn enables us to win some attractive, highly competitive investment opportunities. As discussed below, we leverage our network to add significant value in the areas of recruiting, international expansion, and fundraising - all critical elements of an early-stage startup’s journey. We are committed to invest in underrepresented founders in our key sectors. This includes ethnic minorities and/or female founder
Ansa
Ansa is a New York-based venture capital fund on a mission to empower operators as they scale their businesses from early venture to early growth. Building on our past experiences as partners to market-defining companies such as Coinbase, CrowdStrike, EverlyHealth, FanDuel, Kindbody, Ro (Dadi), and Peloton, we are committed to investing in new markets and distribution models across software and internet. As a firm, we’ve built an authentically diverse team - formerly of Google, TCV, Glossier, Silversmith, M33, The Chernin Group, Lead Edge, and KKR - who share strong cultural values centered around community, collaboration, and thesis-driven investing. We operate as a true partnership and make a small number of high-conviction, thesis-driven investments each year, primarily investing $5-30M into Series A and B businesses. Our ambition is to be your most aligned, impactful partner. Find out more at http://ansa.co/.
Nathaniel V. Henshaw
For nearly 30 years, we have successfully identified and cultivated growth-oriented businesses that create good jobs for people living in rural towns and small gateway cities across the Northeast. We finance and help to grow businesses that pay a living wage, provide basic benefits and host a fair and engaging workplace that offers opportunities for training and advancement. We view our investment relationships as collaborative partnerships. In addition to the investment of capital, we are actively involved in our portfolio companies participating in strategic, financing, capitalization and exit planning, as well as team building and recruiting. We pride ourselves on being a Community Development Venture Capital firm (CDVC) that provides equity capital to businesses in underinvested markets, seeking market-rate financial returns, as well as the creation of good jobs, wealth, and entrepreneurial capacity.
Luminari Capital
Mr. Edgar Bronfman serves as Senior Advisor and Special Limited Partner at Luminari Capital. He serves as Managing Partner at Accretive. He is the Director at IAC/Interactivecorp. He also serves as Chairman at BIM. He served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG), one of the world's largest music companies and home to a collection of the best-known record labels in the music industry (2004-2012). He also serves as Chairman at Endeavor Global. In 2004, Mr. Bronfman led a private investment group in its acquisition of WMG from Time Warner and, in 2005, led the company's initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Bronfman currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Endeavor Global, an international non-profit development organization and serves as General Partner at Accretive, a venture capital firm specializing in the business process outsourcing area.
NOEMIS Ventures
NOEMIS Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund investing in FinTech, marketplaces, and AI/ML. The pilot fund invested in 10 companies funded solely by the GP for the proof of concept fund. The pilot fund had 2 exits including Trigger acquired by Circle and Gitlinks acquired by Infor. Some of the first breakout winning companies, where NOEMIS was among the earliest seed investors, are Squire (marketplace / fintech) Series D, Petal (fintech) Series D, and Markable (AI) Series A+. The pilot fund (2016) is marked at a MOIC of 5.4x with a DPI of 0.3x placing the performance in the top decile according to Cambridge data. NOEMIS completed the raise of its $25 million first institutional fund in January of 2022. We have been investing out of the new fund since January of 2021 (2021 vintage) and have made 19 investments thus far (target is 25 companies) with 14 companies having already raised up-rounds.
Vsjf
We support sustainable job creation in Vermont through our economic development approaches (programs and services), which can include navigating access to capital. When funding permits, we provide small, strategic grants in the sectors we serve (agriculture and food systems, forest products, waste management, renewable energy, and environmental technology). When capacity exists, we offer administrative support to early- stage nonprofit organizations who do not yet have their own 501(c)3 nonprofit status and other special projects that are aligned with our mission. The Flexible Capital Fund, L3C (Flex Fund) is a low profit, limited liability company launched in 2011. Managed by the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund, the Flex Fund is supported by 38 investor members committed to helping small and innovative growth-stage companies in working landscape and clean technology sectors stay and grow in Vermont.
TMV
We make investments that reflect the way the world actually looks. As a female-led fund with a portfolio that’s 65% women- and minority-owned, TMV represents an opportunity for a more inclusive society and culture. We are committed to investing in diverse companies because it’s simply good business. We pledge to put more capitalistic power into the hands of women and people who are BIPOC (Black, indigenous, and people of color). Our terrain: Purpose-driven founders reimagining. The way we work: We invest in companies that help both workers and entrepreneurs cultivate talent. Logistics and mobility: We invest in companies creating transparency and efficiency around global trade and movement. Sustainable solutions: We invest in the circular economy. The Care Economy: We invest in companies broadening access to care. Fintech: We invest in companies enabling equal access and education in finance.
Illuminate Ventures
Illuminate’s focus is on finding, funding and accelerating great founders in the B2B/enterprise cloud and mobile computing space. We focus on companies building SaaS applications as well as solutions that leverage data and mobility to improve business results. We seek innovative ideas led by talented teams - frequently bringing together diverse perspectives that marry “creative destruction” with new technologies to solve old problems in new ways. Illuminate is typically a startup’s first institutional investor, but can also be a fit for an established company seeking its first equity financing. Our sweet spot is series seed rounds - filling the gap between angel capital and larger funding rounds of traditional VCs. When the timing is right, we collaborate with the best large-scale firms for the next round of financing, but we love lean startups that preserve flexibility in their early years.
XG Ventures
Mr. Pietro Dova is a Co-Founding Partner at XG Ventures. He was Corporate Controller and Finance Director at Google from 2001 to 2007. He was partly responsible for the Google IPO and roadshow, and directed Google's operational and transactional accounting responsibilities worldwide. Immediately prior to joining Google, Pietro was CFO of Employeeservice.com. From 1996 to 1999, Pietro was VP Finance of Quote.com, an early online pioneer providing financial news and stock information to active investors. Pietro began his career in technology in 1988 at Oracle Corporation and held various executive finance positions through 1992. From 1993 to 1996 Pietro headed Fulcrum Technologies' European finance operations based in Paris, France. Pietro received his undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering from Imperial College, London and his Masters in Management from M.I.T.'s Sloan School of Management.
Romulus Capital
Mr. Neil Chheda is a Co-Founder and serves as General Partner at Romulus Capital. He is an entrepreneur. He has a passion for building product and teams. He focuses on investments in internet, mobile, and healthcare companies. Before Romulus, Neil was a product manager at Zynga. He built products features for Farmville, which has since reached tens of millions of users and become one of the most successful internet products in history. Prior to Zynga, he founded and successfully sold a healthcare company that designs new anesthesiology service solutions to outpatient centers. Neil founded and managed a boutique private equity firm to invest in niche healthcare markets. He has also spent time at McKinsey & Company and Kleiner Perkins, where he focused in healthcare and technology industries. Neil received an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in Political Science from Yale University.
Womenventure
Do you need money for your small business? WomenVenture offers loans from $1,000 up to $100,000 to qualified new and existing business owners. We are a U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), and Minnesota Department of Employment &; Economic Development (DEED) lender. We lend to businesses located in the 16-county Twin Cities metro region in Minnesota. The counties we serve include: Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Isanti, McLeod, Ramsey, Scott, Sherburne, Steele, Washington, Wright, Pierce (WI), Polk (WI), and St. Croix (WI). Loan features: no application fee, fixed interest rates, monthly repayment - for up to 5 years, no pre-payment penalty, one-time commitment fee, plus collateral filing fees, access to business advisors for the duration of your loan on topics including: finance, marketing, human resources, legal and more
Cowboy Ventures
Mr. Noah Lichtenstein serves as Venture Partner at Cowboy Ventures. He has been helping build start ups in Silicon Valley for nearly a decade, and is passionate about turning ideas into products and businesses that customers love. Prior to joining Cowboy, Noah was a founding member of HomeRun, a leading social commerce platform that reached over 100 million consumers at its peak (acquired by Rearden Commerce). Noah built and managed the sales infrastructure, led strategic partnerships with AT&T, Google, Facebook, and Amazon, and helped develop the company's B2B commerce platform. Before HomeRun, Noah led consumer business development at the Climate Corporation (acquired by Monsanto (MON)), was the Co-Founder & President of Annuvia, and served as a wildland firefighter in rural Oregon. He attended Stanford University and serves on the Board of Directors for the United Way of the Bay Area.
Smapply
Black women-owned businesses are vital to our economy yet receive less than one percent of venture capital funding. Fearless Fund is deepening its commitment to this community with the launch of the contest. With Mastercard prizing, we’ll be awarding eleven lucky small businesses across the country $10,000 grants, digital tools to help them get and sustain their business online, and Priceless one-on-one mentorship so they can continue to bolster their business. Don’t miss your chance! Complete your entry form for your chance to win. See Official Rules for full details, including entry qualification details. Click the ‘Apply Now’ button below and enter for the chance to win. If your business is located in Atlanta, Birmingham, Dayton, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York City or St. Louis, stay tuned to learn more about how you can enter your city specific Fearless Strivers Grant Contest.
Divergent Capital
Divergent Capital is a $30M pre-seed fund backing founders commercializing deeply technical and scientific innovations. We were launched by two experienced investors and operators, Lucy Wang and Katie Shea. Lucy is a Machine Learning scientist by training. She has spent her career building tech and product at the earliest stage and investing in deep tech + science founders. Katie is a sales and marketing expert. She spent her career launching and helping startups commercialize and backing founders with unique business model innovations across industries. Our strategy is to lead rounds with conviction and build a concentrated portfolio of companies using tech and science innovations to solve real world problems across manufacturing & industrial, life science & healthcare, consumer, and next-gen services. Our average check size is $500K - $1M, investing in about 8 companies a year.