Adena Ventures provides equity capital and operational assistance to high-growth businesses, primarily in Appalachia. The principals have decades of experience in venture capital, financial services, strategy and company operations.
Adena Ventures is the nation’s first New Markets Venture Capital Company designated by the U.S. Small Business Administration. Adena’s investment focus includes growth-oriented firms at various stages of development, across a broad range of industries. From cutting-edge technology to more traditional opportunities, Adena works with portfolio companies to maximize growth.
SJF Ventures is a venture capital fund that finances and assists rapidly growing companies with more than $1 million in sales. SJF specializes in supporting entrepreneurial teams whose competitive advantage includes environmental or workforce innovation. SJF especially looks for companies with disruptive strategies in the cleantech, business services and consumer products industries.
SJF’s contribution to the market is to seek out and support unique ventures, often in locations and sectors often overlooked by venture capitalists. All of their efforts are directed towards finding those entrepreneurial companies and providing the management assistance and equity capital to help accelerate their growth.
OCA Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on investments in companies with dramatic growth potential, primarily in technology, financial services, for-profit education and business services. OCA Ventures believes that venture capital investing is successful when a strong partnership is forged with the entrepreneurs in which it invests. This active partnership approach is how OCA Ventures manages financial and operational risk.