FORGING GREAT
COMPANIES WITH
VENTURE CAPITAL
AND MENTORSHIP

We Fund the Overlooked Entrepreneur

Founded in 2016, Elevate Capital is the first institutional venture capital firm that supports visionary, high-performing overlooked founders with the funds, strategic partnerships, and hands-on mentorship needed to build market-defining companies nationwide. Through managing specialized programs like the Oregon SSBCI Venture Direct Program and Innovation Gap Funds, we also invest in high-risk, research-driven innovation and early-stage growth across healthcare, life sciences, cleantech, sustainability and other target-traded sectors. 

Our Venture Capital Funds

Capital Fund I

The Elevate Capital Inclusive Fund invests principally in women, minority, and veteran-founded startups, primarily in the Portland, Oregon Metro region. See Portfolio companies.

Pre-Seed & Seed Stage

Funds for women, minorities, veterans

$25k to $100k / Investment

Capital Fund II

The Elevate Capital Fund II invests nationally in scalable start-ups primarily founded by underrepresented minority founders, including Women, People of Color (BIPOC), LGBTQ+, and Veterans in technology and health care. See Portfolio companies.

Pre-seed, Seed Stage & Series-A

Local, regional and global startups

$100k up to $2 Million

Innovation Gap Fund

The Innovation Gap Fund, a program under Business Oregon, is managed by Elevate Capital. This Fund mirrors Business Oregon’s key focus industries, such as bioscience, cleantech, advanced materials, and natural resources, while also incorporating Elevate’s mission to bring more inclusivity to the startups in the state. See Innovation Gap Fund companies.

Pre-Seed Stage and Earlier

$50k to $250k / Investment

SSBCI Venture Direct

Elevate Capital was selected by Business Oregon to manage the venture capital component of the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) based on its strong performance in managing the state’s Innovation Gap Funds I & II and its deep roots in Oregon’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. See SSBCI Venture Direct Program companies and additional details about SSBCI.

The Elevate Impact

Our Impact Metrics from Fund I

Whether we’re raising venture capital or investing time and energy, we know the effort is worth it. Because their growth and success brings financial reward and benefits to their communities. At Elevate Capital, we are proud to help make such a positive impact.

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$ 0 M

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Minorities, Women & Veterans

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Founder Diversity

We support visionaries from all walks of life and help them reach entrepreneurial success.

Diverse Founders

83%

WOMEN

55%

FOUNDERS OF COLOR

48%

African American

18%

Other

21%

LATINX

10%

LGBTQ+

7%

Veteran

3%

Industry Diversity

We serve a range of industries to bring disruptive ideas and products to market.

SaaS

50%

CPG

34%

Science/Technology

32%

Healthcare

26%

Platform

24%

Hardware/IOT

21%

Sustainability

16%

Medical Device

11%

Lab Testing

5%

Fintech

5%

Pharma

3%

Blockchain

3%

Our Impact Metrics from Fund II

The Elevate Capital Fund II invests nationally in scalable start-ups primarily founded by underrepresented minority founders, including Women, People of Color (BIPOC), LGBTQ+, and Veterans in technology and health care.
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$ 0 M

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Founder Diversity

We support visionaries from all walks of life and help them reach entrepreneurial success.

Diverse Founders

100%

Founders of Color

75%

WOMEN

69%

African American

50%

LGBTQ+

6%

Veteran

6%

LatinX

12.5%

Industry Diversity

We serve a range of industries to bring disruptive ideas and products to market.

Technology

69%

Medical Device

10%

IOT/Hardware

7%

Healthcare

7%

CPG

7%

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