Our twenty-fifth anniversary celebration last week featured over a dozen SJF portfolio company leaders from govtech, clean energy, supply chain, workforce and healthcare, covering topics including AI, policy and impact. The conversations helped illuminate the progress that has been made in the impact investing field to date, and the key […]

SJF has long been active in the employer healthcare benefits and insurance ecosystem, with investments across the stack including Carrum Health, Cecelia Health, Solera Health, and Take Command Health. The pressure on both employers and employees, however, has never been greater. Amid an ongoing government shutdown and political uncertainty, the […]

As climate risks increase, so does the need for adaptive solutions.  During New York Climate Week, SJF Ventures helped convene a series of working sessions that explored how businesses and cities are responding to the realities of a changing climate — and where innovation is urgently needed. Entrepreneurs, investors, and […]

Nuclear energy is the largest source of clean power in the U.S., with 90 operating nuclear reactors across 28 states accounting for roughly 18% of all energy produced in the country. As the U.S. experiences increased electricity demand from data centers, manufacturers, and the electrification of buildings and vehicles, centralized […]

SJF Ventures invests in AI-powered digital maternal health platform driving better patient outcomes and addressing the maternal mortality crisis CUPERTINO, Calif., Sept. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Lōvu Health, the digital maternal health platform ensuring care for mother and baby from conception through postpartum, announced the company secured $8 million in Series A funding, led by […]

August 25, 2025 SJF Ventures has led a Series A financing of NewEdge Power. The company identifies and develops sites with the potential to host next-generation power infrastructure. Current projects focus on utility-scale battery storage, community solar and utility-scale solar development across multiple power markets in the United States. The Series […]

By Mike Van Sickel MBA, DBIA A group of truck drivers who hauled away debris from California’s Palisades Fire in January still haven’t been paid months after working 16 hour days in the burn zone. It’s a familiar story after natural disasters — one that haulers are trying to avoid […]

SJF Ventures invests in AI-powered supply chain risk management platform helping enterprises navigate global trade chaos BOZEMAN, Mont., May 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Tradeverifyd, the supply chain risk management platform designed to help enterprises identify, assess, and mitigate risks before they impact operations, announced the company secured $4 million in new funding from SJF Ventures. […]

Iron Gate Capital, SJF Ventures, Zelkova Ventures, Boulder Heavy Industries (BHI), and RLB Holdings reinvest $5M to expand Respondology’s Comment Activation Platform vision. BOULDER, Colo., April 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Respondology, the pioneering leader in social media comment moderation and intelligence and creator of the industry’s first Comment Activation Platform, today announced the successful closure […]

SAN FRANCISCO, April 10, 2025 (Newswire.com) – Authorium, the cloud-based technology platform that automates and improves complex government processes, celebrates a momentous start to 2025. Investors infused an additional $8 million in the company, Authorium launched a new product that leverages generative AI to enable government teams to author high-quality statements […]

Trusted by over 900 customers, Tive will use the funding to accelerate growth and enhance its leadership in supply chain and logistics visibility technology BOSTON, Jan. 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Tive, the global leader in supply chain and logistics visibility technology, has closed a $40 million investment to bring groundbreaking […]

John Santelli Transitions to CEO to Expand and Optimize the Company’s Value-Based Digital Health Integration and Delivery Platform PHOENIX – Jan. 14, 2025 – Solera Health, the premier technology platform for connecting people seamlessly and easily to health solutions that work, today announced $40 million in new funding. The insider round is […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

As the earth’s climate crisis continues to unfold, SJF Ventures is engaging with a broadening array of companies fighting climate change. We are looking to back businesses not only in areas where we a have been active for decades – such as in clean energy, energy efficiency, mobility, circular economy […]

Menopause has long been overlooked and misunderstood. It is a condition that is, at worst, the butt of jokes and, at best, discussed in whispers. In recent months, however, that narrative has shifted. The New York Times (here,  here and here), Bloomberg, and Axios have all called attention to menopause, […]

The funding, led by Primetime Partners, SJF Ventures, and CEOC‘s Aging Innovation Fund, will fuel the digital health company’s continued expansion of its technology platform and engagement services for older adults and caregivers. NEW YORK, June 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — 3 – DUOS, a digital health company focused on empowering older adults to […]