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Regional Investment Roundtable on Sustainable Job Growth, Pittsburgh, PA June 5, 2006 Rick Larson, Managing Director. www.sjfund.com . Institutional Innovation. SJF Ventures Founded in 1999 with offices in Durham and Philadelphia $32MM under management in two funds
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Regional Investment Roundtable on Sustainable Job Growth, Pittsburgh, PA June 5, 2006 Rick Larson, Managing Director www.sjfund.com
Institutional Innovation • SJF Ventures • Founded in 1999 with offices in Durham and Philadelphia • $32MM under management in two funds • Now investing from SJF Ventures II • SJF Advisory Services • 501(c)(3) nonprofit • Founded 2001 • Entrepreneurial, workforce, and sustainability assistance to portfolio and prospect companies 2
SJF Investment Focus • Strategy and Sectors: Rapidly-growing companies whose competitive advantage includes environmental or workforce innovation. Sectors: • Clean technologies in mainstream markets • Technology-enabled business services • Premium and natural consumer products • Geographic Focus: Primarily eastern US • Investment Size: $500K to $1.5MM investments, independently or with a syndicate in rounds up to $7MM • Investment Stage: Expansion-stage companies with revenues of $1MM to $20MM at an inflection point for growth 3