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    SJF Ventures

    Durham, North Carolina, United StatesFounded 1999
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    SJF Ventures is a venture capital firm and certified B Corporation that invests in high-growth companies creating a healthier, smarter, and cleaner future. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, the firm provides equity financings of $1M–$10M across clean energy, circular economy, mobility, health, education, and future of work sectors.

    Average disclosed round size is $18.5M (across 70 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    61

    Fund Size

    $175M

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    3

    Team

    DK

    Dave Kirkpatrick

    Managing Director and co-founder of SJF Ventures

    AK

    Alan Kelley

    Managing Director

    AK

    Arrun Kapoor

    Managing Director

    CN

    Cody Nystrom

    Managing Director

    DG

    Dan Geballe

    Managing Director

    DG

    David Griest

    Managing Director

    JL

    Jackie Lipkin

    Managing Director

    PC

    Perry Clarkson

    Managing Director

    KJ

    Kelsey Jarrett

    Director of Impact

    JB

    Joey Barrick

    Principal

    AR

    Anna Rumer

    Senior Associate, Portfolio Acceleration

    CM

    Cameron Mejia

    Analyst

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    81 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Dewey logoDeweySeries A$5MJul 2026
    Zero Homes logoZero HomesSeries A—Feb 2026
    Origin logoOriginSeries B—Jan 2026
    Lium logoLiumSeed$5.5MJan 2026
    LLōvu HealthSeries A$8MSep 2025
    Nuclearn logoNuclearnSeries A$10.5MSep 2025
    TradeVerifyd logoTradeVerifydSeries A$4MMay 2025
    Solera logoSoleraSeries E$40MJan 2025
    Elemeno Health logoElemeno HealthUnknown$3.5MJan 2025
    LLōvu HealthSeries A$8MJan 2025
    Iron Sheepdog logoIron SheepdogSeries B$10MJan 2024
    TTake CommandGrowth$25MSep 2023
    Revalue Nature logoRevalue NatureSeries A$10MAug 2023
    DUOS logoDUOSSeries A$10MJun 2023
    Respondology logoRespondologySeries A$11MJan 2023
    Terabase logoTerabaseSeries B$44MAug 2022
    Tive logoTiveSeries B$54MApr 2022
    Validic logoValidicUnknown$12MJan 2022
    Tive logoTiveSeries B$54MJan 2022
    EEllipsis Health, Inc.Series A$26MAug 2021
    Rhithm logoRhithmSeed$4MMay 2021
    PosiGen logoPosiGenSeries D$60MApr 2021
    SchooLinks logoSchooLinksSeries A—Mar 2021
    Interplay Learning logoInterplay LearningSeries B$18MFeb 2021
    Interplay logoInterplaySeries B$18MJan 2021
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    Top Co-Investors

    Adams Street Partners6 shared
    International Finance Corporation6 shared
    Voyager Ventures5 shared
    Reach Capital5 shared
    Owl Ventures4 shared
    Supply Chain Ventures4 shared
    RRE Ventures4 shared
    The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.4 shared
    Alumni Ventures4 shared
    Blue Shield of California3 shared
    Sierra Ventures3 shared
    S3 Ventures3 shared
    Khosla Ventures3 shared
    Revolution Growth3 shared
    Harbert Growth Partners3 shared
    LiveOak Venture Partners3 shared
    Techstars3 shared
    Linear Capital3 shared
    Crosslink Capital3 shared
    Cisco Investments3 shared

    Last updated: 20 October 2026