Investors in Indiana

Elevate Ventures nurtures and develops emerging and existing high-potential businesses into high-performing, Indiana-based companies. They accomplish this by providing rigorous business analysis and robust advisory serivces that connect companies with the resources they need to succeed long-term. As a not-for-profit organization, they are able to offer unbiased, in-depth perspective and recommendations. Emerging, high-potential businesses Elevate Ventures seeks out business endeavors that identify a need in the marketplace and are well-positioned to successfully transition from research to product development to market. High-performing, Indiana-based Companies These companies grow local economies and employment throughout Indiana, in addition to attracting and retaining top-level talent for the Hoosier state. Rigorous business analysis Comprehensive due diligence is critical to determining the long-term financial viability of these companies. Robust advisory services Elevate Ventures provides more than just capital, they partner with entrepreneurs, investors and other local and state organizations to ensure the best return on investment. Resources to succeed long-term In addition to financial resources, Elevate addressees other market barriers, which may include management, business development, talent identification and retention, and specific technology development challenges. They don't just write a check and walk away - they help sustain business success and growth over time. Unbiased, in-depth perspective and recommendations With a seasoned staff and a host of proven outside partners, they provide objectivity and insights that are among the best in their profession.

Eli Lilly & Company Foundation is an organization that supports programs designed to improve patient outcomes and enhance the quality of life. The organization makes strategic and philanthropic investments consistent with Lilly’s purpose. It also supports improving educational opportunities for children living in underserved communities in Indianapolis. Eli Lilly & Company Foundation focuses on early childhood education, supporting quality schools and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) education. The foundation was established in 1968 and is based in Indianapolis, Indiana.

IU Angel Network facilitates connections between startup companies and prospective investors among Indiana University’s global community of alumni, faculty, staff, students and friends, to further Indiana University’s mission of fostering a pervasive entrepreneurial culture that contributes to the prosperity of the State of Indiana, the nation and the world.

Established in 2015, High Alpha is an Indiana-based private equity firm that targets early-stage technology companies in the United States.

Serra Ventures is an early stage venture capital firm investing in technology companies in emerging Midwest technology centers and selected other geographies. Sectors we focus on include information technology, devices/instrumentation and agricultural technologies.

Kinnevik is an industry focused investment company with an entrepreneurial spirit. Its purpose is to build the digital consumer businesses that provide more and better choice. The company do this by working in partnership with talented founders and management teams to create, invest in, and lead fast growing businesses in developed and emerging markets. Kinnevik believes in delivering both shareholder and social value by building well governed companies that contribute positively to society. Kinnevik was founded in 1936 by the Stenbeck, Klingspor and von Horn families. Kinnevik's shares are listed on Nasdaq Stockholm's list for large cap companies under the ticker codes KINV A and KINV B.

Founded in 2015, New Stack Ventures is an early-stage venture firm based Chicago, Illinois. The firm targets pre-seed and seed stage startups; investing $400k - $700k from a fund and the largest AngelList syndicate in the Midwest -- including 1000+ angels and family offices.

Oak HC/FT Partners LLC is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in startups, early to growth stage, growth-equity, buyout investments. Within financial technology it invests in next-generation payments, data-driven solutions, and services. It seeks to invest in fintech, and healthcare information technology and services, diagnostic tools, financial services technology, and financial services companies. It also targets technology-enabled solutions, data and analytics and alternative delivery models in both sectors. It seeks to invest across the United States and Europe. It typically invests between $5 million and $50 million in growth-stage companies, and between $15 million and $35 million in earlier-stage venture startups. The firm prefers taking either minority or majority positions and seeks board participation. Oak HC/FT Partners LLC was founded in 2014 and is based in Greenwich, Connecticut with additional office in Boston, Massachusetts and San Francisco, California.

KPS Capital Partners, LP is a private equity firm specializing in investments in special situations which includes turnarounds, financial restructurings, businesses in bankruptcies, follow on acquisitions, employee buyouts, failed acquisitions, corporate divestitures, carve-outs, and spin-offs of middle market companies. In case of turnarounds, the firm seeks to invest in of underperforming or distressed businesses. It targets business facing closure, liquidation, and with a history of operating losses. In case of business in bankruptcies, it seeks to invest in, fund reorganizations of, and create new companies to purchase operating assets of, companies facing bankruptcy or asset sale under Section 363. The firm targets businesses burdened with, insufficient liquidity; excessive debt; operating in default of obligations to creditors; or lacking capital for investment, modernization, or growth, in order to eliminate, reduce or restructure the company's liabilities. The firm also seeks to invest in operating businesses, including divisions, subsidiaries or individual plants of larger companies capable of operating as stand-alone companies. It also provides exit financing to banks and other creditors, secured or unsecured loans in connection with obtaining control pursuant to a purchase transaction, and considers extending Debtor-In-Possession (DIP) financing. The firm does not invest high technology, financial services, telecommunications, broadcast media, real estate, and natural resources (exploration) sectors and start- up ventures or re-starts. It prefers to invest in companies operating in the manufacturing focuses include: metals automotive, paper, packaging, building materials, construction equipment, luxury and consumer products; transportation; industrial companies across a diverse array of industries, including basic materials, branded consumer, healthcare and luxury products, automotive parts, capital equipment and general manufacturing; and service industries and industries that are out of favor, having low-growth, cyclical, contracting, or burdened with over-capacity. The firm primarily invests in companies based in the United States, North America, Canada and Western Europe and Germany. It prefers to invest between $100 million and $500 million per transaction in companies having revenues of at least $250 million. The firm seeks to invest in transaction sizes up to $1 billion. It sponsors larger transactions by co-investing. The firm’s investments are structured in the form of common stock or securities that are convertible into common stock, including preferred stock debentures. The firm prefers to be a control investor or majority investments and takes a board seat in its portfolio companies. KPS Capital Partners, LP was founded in 1991 and is based in New York, New York with an additional office in Frankfurt, Germany.

Town Hall Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in growth capital investments. The firm seeks to invest in health-care technology and service companies catering to vulnerable populations of America covered by Medicare and Medicaid. The company will invest in companies across the United States. The company will invest in range from $500,000 to $5,000,000. The company seeks to invest across all investment stages from an idea through to growth stages. The company primarily targets earlier stage companies for series A or series B rounds but will opportunistically invest in large stage businesses seeking expansion capital to scale growth. Town Hall Ventures is based in New York, New York with an additional office in Minneapolis, Minnesota.