Our focus is on partnering with early-stage businesses at the pre-seed, seed, and series A levels, where our strategic investments and experience in the same trenches of building startups can make a significant impact.
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Our Fund Philoshopy
At Philo Ventures, we believe in the transformative power of early-stage businesses. Our investment philosophy is rooted in funding our studio businesses and partnering with visionary founders from the pre-seed, seed, and series A stages. We provide not just capital, but also strategic guidance, industry expertise, and a robust support network to help our portfolio companies thrive. By nurturing innovation and fostering growth, we aim to turn promising startups into industry leaders.
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Meet Our Portco CEOs
Loren
Larsen
CEO OF VIDERA HEALTH
"Videra Health believes in improving the mental health of individuals throughout the world. We were selective about the investors we partnered with, and chose Philo as an investor because of their commitment to building mission-led companies."
Aaron
McReynolds
CEO of Alysio
"We are grateful for Philo’s role as an investor in our journey, helping provide the capital that enabled us to accelerate our market entry and scale. Philo’s belief in our vision, as well as that of our other investors, has fueled our drive to revolutionize sales performance management."
Tyler
slater
CEO OF nonsense
“Nonsense promotes language learning through movies and entertainment. We appreciate Philo as an investor that believes in the philosophy behind what we’re building and is committed to our success.”
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Studio Fund One
Our Studio Fund One invests in Mountain West businesses, deploying $50k to $2M into innovative, disruptive companies across industries such as B2B Saas, CPG, aerospace, AI automation, insurtech, fintech, digital automotive, and more.
Philo
Fund
The Philo Sandbox Fund provides early investment to standout university Sandbox teams. We dedicate $150k of funding to each student-led organization to help them through the startup process and onto a successful business launch.
Philo Development specializes in complex real estate transactions and development projects that yield positive outcomes for communities and investors in the Mountain West.From untouched landscapes to ground-up development, we collaborate with landowners to progress properties from entitlement to development, systematically enhancing each project.
Our Philo Hospitality Fund specializes in value creation through acquiring, renovating, optimizing and operating smaller, non-flagged hospitality properties at scale.
