The state and venture capital firm Elevate Ventures announced Thursday the creation of a $100 million entrepreneurship fund that Gov. Eric Holcomb said will fill a void for growing companies in Indiana.
Elevate Ventures CEO Christopher Day said his firm will use $25 million in its own investment returns and raise the other $75 million from the private sector.
He said the fund will help companies with a total addressable market of at least $500 million that are beyond the initial startup stages.
“So, most of these investments would be in companies that are $7 [million], $8 million or more in revenue,” Day said. “And they would use it to scale up product development, sales and marketing.”
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Holcomb said without this fund to help Indiana businesses, entrepreneurs here have had to look elsewhere to reach the next stage of growth.
“And so, for Indiana, I almost see it as addressing that missing link,” Holcomb said.
Elevate Ventures aims to make the first funds available next year.
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