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    SJF Ventures

    Durham, North Carolina, United StatesFounded 1999

    SJF Ventures focuses on impact investing in high-growth companies that aim to create a healthier, smarter, and cleaner future. Their strategy involves providing equity financing to businesses with proven customer validation and rapid growth, specifically targeting sectors such as clean energy, circular economy, health, education, and sustainable food, while seeking both financial returns and measurable social and environmental benefits.

    They made 5 investments in the last 12 months. Their most common stage is series-a (59% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $19.4M (across 20 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    22

    Fund Size

    $435M

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    5

    Team

    DK

    Dave Kirkpatrick

    Managing Director and Co-Founder

    CN

    Cody Nystrom

    Managing Director

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    22 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Zero Homes logoZero HomesSeries A$16.8MFeb 2026
    Origin logoOriginSeries BJan 2026
    LLōvu HealthSeries A$8MSep 2025
    Nuclearn logoNuclearnSeries A$10.5MSep 2025
    TTradeverifydSeries A$4MMay 2025
    RRevalue NatureSeries A$10MAug 2023
    DUOS logoDUOSSeries A$10MJun 2023
    Terabase Energy logoTerabase EnergySeries B$44MAug 2022
    Tive logoTiveSeries B$54MApr 2022
    Ellipsis Health logoEllipsis HealthSeries A$26MAug 2021
    PosiGen logoPosiGenSeries D$60MApr 2021
    SSchooLinksSeries A$8.3MMar 2021
    Interplay Learning logoInterplay LearningSeries B$18MFeb 2021
    CCooks VentureSeries A$10MJul 2020
    Solera Health logoSolera HealthSeries C$42MMay 2019
    Voltaiq logoVoltaiqSeries A$6.6MMay 2018
    MmPulse MobileSeries B$11MMay 2018
    TemperPack logoTemperPackSeries A$10MJul 2017
    Raise.me logoRaise.meSeries A$12MMar 2017
    Ayla Networks logoAyla NetworksSeries B$14.5MApr 2014
    RROOMSeries A$12.5M
    TemperPack logoTemperPackUnknown

    Top Co-Investors

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    FJ Labs2 shared
    RRE Ventures1 shared
    AXA Venture Partners1 shared
    Sorenson Capital1 shared
    Fifth Wall1 shared
    NextView Ventures1 shared
    Hyperplane1 shared
    Supply Chain Ventures1 shared
    S3 Ventures1 shared

    Last updated: 24 April 2026