Virginia Venture Partners
Formed in 2004, Virginia Venture Partners (VVP) places equity investment in Virginia founders and takes Limited Partner positions in venture capital funds to generate significant economic returns for entrepreneurs, General Partners (GPs), co-investors, and the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Investments for StartUps:
VVP places equity investments in Virginia’s leading technology, energy, life science and scalable non-tech startups through a family of seed and early-stage investment funds.
Fund-of-Funds Investment:
VVP Fund of Funds, invests in venture capital fund managers committed to the Commonwealth of Virginia and aligned with VVP’s seed stage investment thesis.
Virginia Venture Partners Investments in StartUps
VVP places equity investments in Virginia’s leading technology, energy, life science and scalable non-tech startups through a family of seed and early-stage investment funds capitalized by the Commonwealth of Virginia and the U.S. Treasury Department’s SSBCI Program.
VVP Direct Investment Considerations
Management Team
VVP Funds invest in founders who have a made a full-time commitment to their business, demonstrate integrity, passion, coachability and creativity, and demonstrate a record of high achievement.
Investment Stage
VVP Funds target seed and early-seed stage pre-venture investment opportunities with a clearly articulated business plan, in which Commonwealth funds serves as a critical enabler of company growth. Generally, VVP Funds invest 12-36 months in advance of a Series-A venture investment.
Investment Range
VVP Funds initially invest up to $500,000 alone, or in larger syndication rounds. Focusing use of proceeds on specific technology or business development milestones, the achievement of which will enable recipients of raise larger sums of private capital, VVP Funds seek to participate in the earliest stages of company formation.
Proprietary Advantage
VVP Funds seek portfolio companies that have a proprietary advantage such as a unique technology development approach, intellectual property position or a difficult-to-replicate business model.
Scalability
VVP Funds invest in companies capable of generating returns aligned with the expectations of angel or venture capital investors. Specifically, VVP Funds look for evidence of large-scale buying power and the company’s ability to capture, rapidly grow and sustain a dominant market position.
Geographic Focus
VVP Funds invest exclusively in companies headquartered, and with an express desire to grow in, the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Contact Us
For consideration by VVP Funds or the Virginia Founders Fund, please:
Email your executive summary or pitch deck to gap@VirginiaIPC.org
• All submissions will be reviewed in a timely manner.
• Additional questions may be addressed to the Virginia Venture Partners Team.
OR
Apply for VVP Funds using the link below
The VVP Family of Funds Includes:
A vintage 2004 fund fully invested in a diversified portfolio of seed-stage science and technology-backed companies.
Early stage funds focused on IT and technology companies.
Early stage funds focused on life science companies.
Early stage funds focused on energy efficiency and renewable energy companies.
Early stage fund focused on founder teams in Virginia’s traditionally under-served communities.
Seed stage cybersecurity fund dedicated to companies start-ups aligned with the MACH37 Accelerator.
Biotechnology | Biopharmaceuticals | Medical Devices | Laboratory Instrumentation | Diagnostics | Healthcare IT | Nutraceuticals | Agricultural | Biotechnology | Biomaterials
Software | Telecommunications | | Information & Communication Technologies | E-Commerce | Networking & Equipment | Electronics/Instrumentation | Sensors | Materials | Special Focus Areas:
Cybersecurity, Data Analytics, AI and ML, UAS
Renewable Energy | Transportation Technologies | Bio Fuels | Green Building Technologies | Water Treatment & Purification | Green Information Technology
Seed-Stage I initiative, investing in women- and minority-owned start-ups and partnering with investor networks, accelerators, and incubators that share this objective.
Seed-Stage I initiative investing in Virginia’s traditionally underserved geographies and partnering with accelerators and tech transfer programs to develop new tech start-ups.
-VVP Funds | Investments for Impact & Return-
Virginia Founders
Fund (VFF)
The Virginia Founders Fund (VFF) shines a light on the creativity and impact of entrepreneurs arising from virginia communities traditionally underserved by risk capital. Through VFF, VVP funds have committed $3M of its return for reinvestment to founders of color seeking to maximize both the economic social equity imperatives of the commonwealth.
VVP Funds Named Virginia’s Most Active Investor Ranked Top 50 VC Funds Nationwide, #1 in Virginia by CBInsights
A developer of a tech market intelligence platform that analyzes millions of data points on venture capital, startups, patents, partners-hips, CB Insights named VVP Funds as “Virginia Most Active Investor” for the past five years. In this distinction, VVP Funds joins an impressive list of VCs, including California’s Andreessen Horowitz, New York’s Lerer Hippeau Ventures, and Washington D.C.’s New Enterprise Associates.
Investment Team Contacts
Tom Weithman – VIPC Chief Investment Officer and Managing Director
Mona Davis – Manager, Portfolio Analysis
Dustin Dunbar – Senior Investment Associate
Alex Euler – Senior Investment Director
Anthony Obi Jr. – Senior Investment Associate
Jennifer O’Daniel – Senior Investment Director
Marco Rubin – Senior Investment Director
Todd Hancock- Portfolio Analyst
Tate Beasley- Investment Associate
Frank Taylor- Investment Associate
Aurelia Flores- Investment Director
Investment Team Contacts
Tom Weithman – VIPC Chief Investment Officer and Managing Director
Mona Davis – Manager, Portfolio Analysis
Dustin Dunbar – Investment Associate
Alex Euler – Senior Investment Director
Anthony Obi Jr. – Investment Associate
Jennifer O’Daniel – Senior Investment Director
Marco Rubin – Senior Investment Director
Todd Hancock- Portfolio Analyst
Tate Beasley- Investment Associate
Frank Taylor- Investment Associate
Aurelia Flores- Investment Director
Investments
-Virginia Venture Partners Investment Advisory Board-
Virginia Venture Partners augments the capabilities of its core investment team by leveraging the VVP Investment Advisory Board (IAB). This independent, third-party panel consists of leading regional entrepreneurs, angel and strategic investors, and venture capital firms such as New Enterprise Associates, Grotech Ventures, Harbert Venture Partners HIG Ventures, Edison Ventures, In-Q-Tel, SJF Ventures, Cari-lion Health Systems, Johnson & Johnson, General Electric, and Alpha Natural Resources.
-Investments-
A list of current and past investments in alphabetical order.
