March 25, 2024

Iron Sheepdog Raises $10M in Series B Funding from Strategic Partners

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 business.” — Mike Van Sickel,…

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February 1, 2024

In a Tumultuous Market, These Trends Will Shape Workforce Startups in 2024

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 have offered longer term promise,…

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August 2, 2023

Why We Invested in Revalue Nature

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 and sustainable agriculture – but…

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June 29, 2023

SJF Market Analysis Outlines Startups Disrupting Menopause Care, Opportunities for Investors

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 severity of its symptoms,…

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June 26, 2023

DUOS Raises $10M in Additional Capital from Strategic & Impact Investors

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 live independently, announced today an…

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May 18, 2023

City Innovate Announces ServiceNow Partnership and $12M Series A Round

LAS VEGAS — (BUSINESS WIRE) — Today, City Innovate – the expert in accelerating document-centered workflows for government procurement, contracts, grants, and budgeting for federal, state, and large local government – is announcing the general availability of three City Innovate end-to-end solutions built on ServiceNow: City Innovate S2PInsight™ – Source to Pay – powered by…

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April 27, 2023

Jopwell Acquired by True

NEW YORK — (BUSINESS WIRE) — True, the premiere global platform of innovative talent management products and services, announced today it is acquiring Jopwell, a hiring platform focused on advancing the careers of Black, Latinx and Native American students and early-to-mid-career professionals. Jopwell perfectly complements the executive-level recruitment focus of True Search and sister organization AboveBoard. This holistic offering…

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April 13, 2023

SJF Invests in Respondology

BOULDER, Colo., April 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Respondology, a Boulder Heavy Industries portfolio company (BHI) co-founded by digital veterans to eradicate hate, abuse and spam on social media and to empower brands and organizations to optimally manage social engagement across multiple platforms, has announced the closure of its Series A round of funding. With an established global…

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June 7, 2022

Perishable Shipping Solutions Acquired by Lineage Logistics

Novi, MI – June 7, 2022 – Lineage Logistics, LLC (“Lineage” or the “Company”), the world’s largest and most innovative temperature-controlled industrial REIT and logistics solutions provider, today announced that it is expanding its Direct-to-Consumer (“D2C”) Fulfillment solution to create a market leader in e-commerce for perishable customers. As part of Lineage’s investment in D2C, Lineage…

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May 16, 2022

Partners at Climate Tech Venture Funds Urge Federal Leadership for Energy Transition

DURHAM, N.C., May 16, 2022 / PRNewswire / — SJF Ventures and 38 other climate venture funds write letter to congress and administration: Dear President Biden, Leader Schumer, Speaker Pelosi, As leaders of venture capital funds investing in entrepreneurial companies leading the clean energy transition, we are writing to urge you to pass the pending energy…

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May 12, 2022

SJF Leads Elemeno Health’s Series A

OAKLAND, Calif. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — Elemeno Health, the developer of a proprietary solution serving frontline health care teams, announced the closing of a Series A financing. The $7 million round was led by SJF Ventures and joined by new investor SustainVC and several existing investors. Designed by former nurses for nurses, Elemeno provides clinicians…

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April 21, 2022

Rhithm Acquired by Securly

SAN JOSE, Calif. — April 21, 2022 — (BUSINESS WIRE) — Securly, Inc. (“Securly”), the student safety and wellness pioneer and a portfolio company of Golden Gate Capital, today announced that it has acquired Rhithm Inc. (“Rhithm”), in a transaction that will unite Rhithm’s best-in-class social, emotional, and mental wellness assessments, content, and insights with…

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April 11, 2022

SJF Invests in Tive to Power Sustainable & Efficient Supply Chains

BOSTON, April 11, 2022 / PRNewswire / — Tive, the technology leader in the new era of supply chain and logistics visibility, today announced the closing of a $54M Series B funding led by AXA Venture Partners, with participation from Sorenson Capital, Qualcomm Ventures, Fifth Wall, SJF Ventures and Floating Point Ventures as well as the existing investors RRE Ventures, Two Sigma Ventures, NextView Ventures, Hyperplane Ventures, Broom Ventures, and Supply Chain Ventures. In…

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March 28, 2022

Novinium Acquired by Southwire

SJF Ventures portfolio company Novinium, a power cable rejuvenation and reuse solutions provider focused on electric utilities, has been acquired by one of North America’s largest wire and cable producers, Southwire. Novinium has patented processes to help utilities address a growing infrastructure problem of increasing faults from aging underground power cables.  The company’s injection technology…

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December 20, 2021

An Exit To Accelerate Climate Impact: AES Acquires Community Energy Solar

December 20, 2021 / Dave Kirkpatrick LinkedIn / – We are delighted to announce the acquisition of Community Energy Solar (CES) by AES to accelerate the deployment of utility scale solar and storage. SJF led the Series A financing for CES in 2010, in partnership with our co-investor NGP ETP. At that time, the CES…

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December 20, 2021

Community Energy Acquired by AES

ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 20, 2021 / PRNewswire / — The AES Corporation (NYSE: AES) today announced the acquisition of leading US solar developer, Community Energy Solar, LLC (Community Energy). AES has signed PPAs to deliver 4 GW of renewables in the US this year and the acquisition of Community Energy will further bolster the Company’s future expansion…

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December 16, 2021

SJF Leads Mercado Labs’ Series A

December 16, 2021 / Mercado Labs / — Mercado Labs, an online platform that automates the first mile of the import supply chain, announced today it has closed a Series A investment led by SJF Ventures. Existing investors, LiveOak Venture Partners, Ironspring Ventures, and Supply Chain Ventures also participated in the round. The Series A funding will be used to…

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September 30, 2021

SJF Hosts Future Impact: The Solar Century Panel

SJF Ventures hosted its second Future Impact series event on solar energy’s transition to the primary source of global energy this century.  On September 30, 2021, SJF Ventures hosted a conversation on the future impact of the “Solar Century.” Facilitated by Dave Kirkpatrick and Jacqueline Goodman at SJF, this discussion focused on solar energy’s transition…

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August 31, 2021

SJF Leads Ellipsis Health’s $26 Million Series A

SAN FRANCISCO, August 31, 2021 / PRNewswire / — Ellipsis Health, pioneer of the first voice vital sign to quantify and manage depression and anxiety at scale, today announced that it has raised $26 million in Series A funding to further its measurement-based approach to identifying and quantifying behavioral health conditions. Through voice technology, Ellipsis Health empowers people to take control…

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August 9, 2021

Waycare Acquired by Rekor Systems

SJF Ventures portfolio company Waycare Technologies has been acquired by Rekor Systems, a Govtech company focused on intelligent infrastructure and smart cities. Waycare is an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based connected mobility platform for transportation agencies that provides actionable insights and predictive analytics to improve traffic and safety management operations. Waycare’s technology will enhance Rekor’s existing suite…

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