Archive: 2024

About SJF Ventures SJF Ventures is a leading impact venture capital firm dedicated to driving innovation and sustainability. With offices in Durham, New York City, and San Francisco, we partner with entrepreneurs who are transforming their industries to deliver superior financial returns and positive environmental and social impact. Since its […]

By Kelsey Jarrett And we’re back again. It’s time to talk about annual reporting. Every year, SJF Ventures conducts a comprehensive impact survey to assess the social and environmental impacts of our portfolio companies. The survey comprises a set of standard questions about employee experience and job quality, as well as […]

By Kelsey Jarrett and Elizabeth Roberts When we think about cyberattacks, we tend to think about big targets and big ransoms. With costly incidents on the rise, private equity and venture investments have followed. Yet the impact of cybercrime isn’t just on large institutions. Over the past few years, a […]

By Joey Barrick As the frequency and severity of climate-related events increase, investors, insurers, and entrepreneurs are turning their attention to climate adaptation and resilience. But how do we actually prepare for and recover from the current impacts of climate change, and what steps can accelerate innovation for a more […]

By Joey Barrick Annual record-setting in the climate crisis is becoming the new normal. This year is on pace to be the hottest ever recorded. Last year saw a record number of weather events that caused more than a billion dollars in damages. Investing in climate mitigation strategies is essential […]

At SJF Ventures, we look to conduct impact-oriented value creation projects with portfolio companies, helping to ensure additionality in our investments. This work can begin as early as pre-investment diligence, when we identify potential impact initiatives that we can drive during the holding period. These initiatives have ranged from job […]

Earlier this year, SJF Ventures completed its 2023 Impact Survey — a comprehensive review of each of our portfolio companies that assesses the social and environmental impacts of their operations. Our goal as an impact investment firm is to accelerate the positive benefits these companies bring to society, “bending the […]

Congratulations to Easy Metrics on a $31 million investment by Nexa Equity. Easy Metrics empowers leaders to drive operational speed and efficiency, cut waste, prioritize investments, and adopt labor and automation strategies that ultimately fuel the growth of their businesses. Easy Metrics is based in Bellevue, Washington, and serves more […]

The funding, led by SJF Ventures, will fuel the company’s expansion of its technology platform, broker network and innovations in the short haul industry. “By giving brokers a technology platform that incentivizes haulers, helps reduce administrative burden and alleviates cash flow challenges, they can provide better service and grow their […]

By Arrun Kapoor Over the last 12–18 months, we’ve seen some dramatic shifts in the economic and technology environments surrounding education and workforce development. The post-pandemic era of flush corporate budgets has been replaced with more conservative purchasing and decision making. To make things more challenging, advances in generative AI […]