• Leveraging capital: the pooling of investor capital into a professionally managed fund-of-funds vehicle can magnify the impact of venture capital investment for NVNG’s stakeholders and our local communities.
    • Participate at a scale challenging to achieve independently
    • Access exclusive funds through NVNG’s and our investors’ collective reputation
    • Connect with peers, strategic investors come in all shapes and sizes
    • Create social, financial, and organizational impact
      • For organizations with strategic aims, NVNG works for those seeking to combine strategic insights and cultural commitments to develop a strong reputation of engagement and sustainable drivers of success through venture capital fund investments.
    • Increasing national and global venture capital exposure:
      • NVNG Fund I, LP is focused on expanding Wisconsin’s reach and scale by working alongside other like-minded investors in a carefully designed package that retains many of the benefits of direct investing. NVNG Fund I, LP will be diversified across investment stage, industry, fund size, and geography. This represents an effective mechanism to hedge or manage the risk of technology disruption across a wide variety of industries.
    • Access to top-tier venture capital funds:
      • Access is the name of the game in venture capital fund investment. We heighten access to highly sought-after venture capital funds in a competitive market. We’re fortunate to have partners and investors that are attractive to a world-class group of venture capital funds, funds looking to break into newer markets and invest throughout Midwest industry.
    • Transparency & Engagement:
      • Facilitating engagement with the best of local, regional, and national innovation. We provide engagement in the venture capital industry from our investor’s vantage point. Our partners and investors are experts within their areas of focus, they allow us to be the experts in locating and investing in the best of venture capital funds applicable to their needs.
      • We are network and community-driven, meaning all our venture capital fund relationships belong to all our partners and investors as well. We facilitate portfolio company transparency and advanced engagement through our +Venture platform available to NVNG investors.
      • Building a stronger network of people, talent, market expertise, and idea generation, we believe that interactions among investors, venture capital firms, and portfolio companies, create stronger local, regional, and national networks. Partnering and knowledge transfer amongst like-minded investors sharing similar struggles and victories related to the building of innovation programs, improves all programs for the investors and communities in which NVNG supports.
    • The Flywheel:
      • We need more eyes looking at Wisconsin’s innovation and startup scene. We and our partners and investors are seeking to enhance our national reputation in the venture capital industry.
      • By investing into many venture capital funds, NVNG provides a built-in mechanism to maintain a continual presence over the long term. We ensure continuous exposure to the larger venture capital industry over the life of NVNG Fund I, LP.
    • Direct support of the local ecosystem:
      • Based in Wisconsin, we believe that NVNG Fund I, LP creates direct and indirect impacts that benefit all local partners.
      • For our corporate partners, we know that having labeled your organizations as innovative, and those who will support entrepreneurship, this will help to facilitate and promote a vibrant and growing community – one in which entrepreneurs and enhanced talent will be easier to attract and retain.

* We are a regionally focused firm, backed by our community, and driven to support local entrepreneurs. You can learn more about why on our Impact page.