Osage Venture Partners

Osage Partners LLC is a private equity and venture capital firm based in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, with additional offices in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1990, it specializes in investing in early-stage, startup, and late-stage companies primarily in the technology and healthcare sectors. Osage Partners focuses on a diverse range of industries, including business-to-business software, life sciences, healthcare information technology, medical devices, data analytics, cybersecurity, and advanced materials. The firm typically invests between $1 million and $4 million in companies with annual revenues ranging from $500,000 to $3 million, emphasizing those that are commercializing university technologies. Osage Partners actively engages with its portfolio companies by leading or co-leading investment rounds and participating on corporate boards and governance committees. It concentrates its investments in the East Coast and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States, broadly defined as the area from Washington, D.C., to New York and Pittsburgh. The firm is also known for its collaboration with over 80 research universities to support innovative startups.

Louis Berneman

Founding Partner

Sean Dowling

Partner

David Drahms

Partner

Claudia Dunnous

CFO

Emily Foote

Partner

Jon Gulardo

Associate

Will Harrington

Managing Partner

Nate Lentz

Managing Partner

Nathanael Lentz

Managing Partner

Kirsten Leute

Partner, University Relations

Manny Stockman

Partner

Past deals in New Jersey

Malbek

Series A in 2021
Malbek is an AI-driven platform specializing in enterprise contract lifecycle management, encompassing all stages from request and redlining to signature and commitment tracking. Its cloud-based solution simplifies the contract authoring process, allowing businesses to close deals more quickly and efficiently. By enhancing contract visibility and enabling easy searches, Malbek helps organizations manage increasing workloads while maximizing contract profitability. The platform features a user-friendly interface that is as straightforward as using an ATM, allowing both end-users and application administrators to customize their experience without the need for coding. This innovative approach aims to accelerate contract cycle times and improve overall efficiency in contract management.

Malbek

Seed Round in 2020
Malbek is an AI-driven platform specializing in enterprise contract lifecycle management, encompassing all stages from request and redlining to signature and commitment tracking. Its cloud-based solution simplifies the contract authoring process, allowing businesses to close deals more quickly and efficiently. By enhancing contract visibility and enabling easy searches, Malbek helps organizations manage increasing workloads while maximizing contract profitability. The platform features a user-friendly interface that is as straightforward as using an ATM, allowing both end-users and application administrators to customize their experience without the need for coding. This innovative approach aims to accelerate contract cycle times and improve overall efficiency in contract management.

HiveIO

Series B in 2017
HiveIO Inc. is a provider of cloud computing solutions that combines the agility of public cloud services with the security and governance typical of private cloud environments. Established in 2015 and headquartered in Dover, Delaware, the company offers a comprehensive platform that supports various workloads, including virtual desktop infrastructure and Hadoop applications, without requiring significant capital investments in hardware. HiveIO's innovative zero-layer architecture integrates built-in security features and eliminates the need for proprietary hardware, allowing clients to utilize commodity computing resources efficiently. Its HiveIO Fabric™ architecture is designed for scalability and operational efficiency, offering streamlined, adaptable solutions that reduce costs and complexity for enterprises and managed service providers. The platform is also equipped with advanced capabilities, making it compatible with artificial intelligence applications, thereby enhancing its utility across diverse industries.

Galactic Fog

Venture Round in 2016
Galactic Fog IP, Inc. develops a cloud-native management platform designed to help companies build future-proof applications. The company’s Gestalt Platform serves as a common control plane that enables rapid adoption, development, and deployment of cross-cloud solutions, including Function as a Service (FaaS) and Container as a Service (CaaS). Its offerings include a lambda application server compatible with various programming languages such as .Net, JavaScript, Java, Scala, Ruby, and Python, facilitating integration with other systems like message queuing or notification services. Additionally, Galactic Fog provides container management solutions and a policy engine that allows users to manage aspects of lambda and container deployment and usage. Established in 2015, the company is headquartered in South Orange, New Jersey.

AppBus

Pre Seed Round in 2015
AppBus, Inc. is a New Jersey-based company that develops a Workplace-as-a-Service platform designed to deliver enterprise functionality on employee-owned devices. The platform integrates, automates, and secures the delivery of enterprise applications across various devices and networks. By leveraging existing enterprise capabilities, AppBus facilitates adaptation to change, enhances transparency in automation, and accelerates the delivery of optimal user experiences. The company aims to foster innovation and improve time-to-value within the enterprise ecosystem, benefiting employees, customers, and partners alike. Formerly known as 51maps INC., AppBus rebranded in July 2016 to reflect its focus on modern workplace solutions.

Liquid Light

Series B in 2014
Liquid Light Corporation specializes in developing and licensing innovative technology for converting carbon dioxide into valuable chemicals and fuels. Based in Monmouth Junction, New Jersey, the company utilizes a low-energy catalytic electrochemistry process to transform CO2 into multi-carbon chemicals, with a focus on producing ethylene glycol. This patent-pending electrocatalytic platform is designed to efficiently turn industrial waste into revenue, allowing customers to lower production costs, decrease reliance on volatile petroleum feedstocks, and diminish their carbon footprint. Founded in 2008, Liquid Light operates as a subsidiary of Avantium Technologies B.V.

Liquid Light

Series A in 2011
Liquid Light Corporation specializes in developing and licensing innovative technology for converting carbon dioxide into valuable chemicals and fuels. Based in Monmouth Junction, New Jersey, the company utilizes a low-energy catalytic electrochemistry process to transform CO2 into multi-carbon chemicals, with a focus on producing ethylene glycol. This patent-pending electrocatalytic platform is designed to efficiently turn industrial waste into revenue, allowing customers to lower production costs, decrease reliance on volatile petroleum feedstocks, and diminish their carbon footprint. Founded in 2008, Liquid Light operates as a subsidiary of Avantium Technologies B.V.

FieldView Solutions

Venture Round in 2011
FieldView Solutions specializes in optimizing the operations of data centers by providing real-time monitoring and management tools for facilities and IT professionals. Its central offering, the FieldView platform, is a web-based enterprise solution that enhances the efficiency of physical space, rack space, power, and cooling systems. Since its inception in 2006, the platform has been adopted by numerous large data centers across the United States, Europe, and Asia. FieldView Solutions enables data center managers to perform environmental monitoring, circuit alarm notifications, and cabinet asset management, improving both resource utilization and security. The company primarily serves clients in sectors such as finance, insurance, co-location, and pharmaceuticals, helping them to effectively manage their critical infrastructure.

Aerie Pharmaceuticals

Series B in 2011
Aerie Pharmaceuticals is an ophthalmic pharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery, development, and commercialization of innovative therapies for various eye diseases, including glaucoma, dry eye, and retinal conditions. The company's key products include Rhopressa, a once-daily eye drop that lowers elevated intraocular pressure in glaucoma patients, and Rocklatan, a fixed-dose combination of Rhopressa and latanoprost for treating open-angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension. Additionally, Aerie is advancing its clinical-stage product AVX-012 for dry eye and developing sustained-release implants AR-1105 and AR-13503 for retinal diseases. Established in 2005, Aerie is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, with research facilities in Research Triangle Park. The company has also formed a collaborative research and development agreement with DSM.

FieldView Solutions

Series A in 2009
FieldView Solutions specializes in optimizing the operations of data centers by providing real-time monitoring and management tools for facilities and IT professionals. Its central offering, the FieldView platform, is a web-based enterprise solution that enhances the efficiency of physical space, rack space, power, and cooling systems. Since its inception in 2006, the platform has been adopted by numerous large data centers across the United States, Europe, and Asia. FieldView Solutions enables data center managers to perform environmental monitoring, circuit alarm notifications, and cabinet asset management, improving both resource utilization and security. The company primarily serves clients in sectors such as finance, insurance, co-location, and pharmaceuticals, helping them to effectively manage their critical infrastructure.
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